Terms of Use

1. Scope

These Terms apply to the use of the CURRENT app (iOS, later Android) and all areas of the website at currentapp.de. The Privacy Policy and the Community Guidelines apply in addition.

We do not accept any conflicting terms unless we have agreed to their application in writing.

2. Contracting party

Your contracting party is Helge Busemann, Saarlandstraße 1, 25421 Pinneberg, Germany. Contact details: see Imprint.

3. Service description

3.1 Free core usage

CURRENT is a learning app for personal flashcards, spaced repetition, and multiple choice. The core features — creating decks, training daily, using community-reviewed cards — are free.

3.2 Guest mode

You can use CURRENT without an account in guest mode. In guest mode your cards and learning progress stay locally on your device only. They are lost on uninstall or device reset. Synchronisation only happens once you sign in.

3.3 Premium (paid)

We may offer additional features as a premium subscription (see section 6).

3.4 Optional AI/PDF features

CURRENT may provide optional AI features, in particular PDF analysis, automatic summaries, and generation of flashcards from content you provide. These features are only executed when you actively start them. The results may contain errors and must be reviewed by you before use. Details on data processing are in the Privacy Policy (sections 3.10 and 8).

3.5 Availability

We strive for high availability but do not promise any specific uptime. Maintenance windows are possible. The service is provided "as available".

4. Sign-in and account

Sign-in uses your email address via a magic link. No password is stored. You are responsible for keeping access to your email secure. We reserve the right to suspend accounts on reasonable suspicion of abuse.

Use is permitted from the age of 16. Younger users require the consent of a legal guardian.

5. Your obligations

You agree:

• not to upload illegal, infringing, youth-endangering, or harmful content;
• not to post content you have no rights to (copyright, trademarks, personality rights);
• not to abuse the service via automated means (bots, scrapers);
• not to circumvent security measures or compromise the infrastructure;
• to comply with the Community Guidelines.

For the optional AI/PDF features, you must additionally not upload or have processed any content:

• you do not hold sufficient rights to;
• that is unlawful, confidential, or personal data, unless a legal basis for processing exists;
• that infringes third-party rights;
• that violates data protection, copyright, trademark, or personality rights.

Violations may result in temporary or permanent account suspension.

6. Paid subscriptions (in-app purchases)

6.1 Billed by Apple

Paid features (such as CURRENT Premium) are processed through Apple's in-app purchase infrastructure. The displayed price follows from the app and the Apple App Store and may vary by country, tax, promotion, or currency. Apple is your payment contracting party; Apple's terms for in-app purchases apply in addition.

6.2 Auto-renewal

CURRENT Premium is a subscription that renews automatically at the end of each period for one further month, unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period in your Apple ID settings. Billing happens at the start of each new period.

6.3 Management and cancellation

You manage your subscription in iOS Settings: Settings → [Your name] → Subscriptions → CURRENT. There you can cancel at any time, disable auto-renewal, or switch the plan. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the already-paid period; no pro-rata refund is issued by CURRENT.

6.4 Restore Purchases

After re-installing or switching devices you can reactivate your subscription via the "Restore purchases" button in the app, as long as you use the same Apple ID.

6.5 Price changes

We may adjust prices for future renewal periods. We will inform you of any price change before the next billing date via the app and/or email. If you do not agree, you can cancel before the change takes effect.

7. Right of withdrawal for consumers

7.1 Withdrawal notice

You have the right to withdraw from the CURRENT Premium subscription contract within 14 days without giving reasons. The period starts on the day the contract is concluded (or your purchase is confirmed by Apple).

To exercise your right of withdrawal you must inform us by an unambiguous statement, by email to info@currentapp.de. You may use the model withdrawal form below, but it is not required.

To meet the deadline it is sufficient that you send the notice before the withdrawal period expires.

7.2 Consequences of withdrawal

Refunds and withdrawal handling may, depending on the purchase path, be processed via Apple, as the purchase contractually runs through Apple's in-app purchase infrastructure. A direct refund by CURRENT only applies if, exceptionally, billing did not run through Apple.

7.3 Early expiry of the withdrawal right

To the extent that, when purchasing CURRENT Premium, you expressly consent that the premium features be unlocked immediately, before the withdrawal period ends, and at the same time confirm that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal, the right of withdrawal may expire early pursuant to Section 356 (5) BGB. This confirmation is shown to you in the app before purchase. Mandatory consumer-protection provisions remain unaffected.

7.4 Model withdrawal form

If you want to withdraw from the contract, please complete this form and return it to us:

To: Helge Busemann, Saarlandstraße 1, 25421 Pinneberg, Germany, Email: info@currentapp.de
— I/We (*) hereby withdraw from the contract concluded by me/us (*) for the following service: CURRENT Premium subscription
— Ordered on (*) / received on (*): _______
— Name of consumer(s): _______
— Address of consumer(s): _______
— Date and signature (only if notified on paper): _______
(*) Delete as appropriate.

8. User content and community

Content you create in the app (cards, images, decks) remains yours. By actively submitting it to the community you grant CURRENT a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to display the content to other CURRENT users, store it technically, and process it for moderation — until you withdraw it or delete it.

We may remove content without prior notice if it violates applicable law, these Terms, or the Community Guidelines.

If you release AI-generated cards or content into the community, you are responsible for ensuring that this content is correct and does not infringe third-party rights.

9. AI / PDF analysis (optional feature)

CURRENT offers an optional, paid PDF-analysis feature: you upload a PDF, a generative AI (Google Gemini — details in the Privacy Policy, section 3.10) generates flashcard suggestions, and you decide in the preview which cards are saved.

9.1 Pricing

PDF analysis is not included in the Premium subscription. It is billed as an in-app consumable pack. The displayed price follows from the app and the Apple App Store and may vary by country, tax, promotion, or currency. Already-consumed credits are generally non-refundable; mandatory statutory provisions remain unaffected.

9.2 Responsibility for uploaded content

You warrant that you hold the necessary rights to any PDF you upload (in particular copyright, trademark, and personality rights). You must not upload third-party, confidential, or unlawful material — including publicly accessible material unless you have an explicit permission to use it. Violations may lead to account suspension and are legally at your own cost.

9.3 Quality of AI suggestions — no warranty

AI-generated content, flashcard suggestions, summaries, and explanations may be incomplete, incorrect, or misleading. CURRENT does not owe factual correctness of AI outputs and makes no warranty as to accuracy, completeness, or fitness of the suggestions. You must review AI-generated content yourself before using it for learning, sharing, or publishing. AI content does not replace professional advice (see section 10).

9.4 Transmission to Google

By triggering a PDF analysis you agree that the PDF content, your optional hint text, and technical parameters are transmitted to Google (Gemini API) for processing. Details on legal basis, region of processing, and retention at Google are in the Privacy Policy (sections 3.10 and 5).

9.5 Prohibited uses

In particular, the following are prohibited:

• attempts to coerce the AI model via manipulative input ("prompt injection") to produce content that violates applicable law, these Terms, or the Community Guidelines;
• automated bulk requests that circumvent the consumable pack or overload the infrastructure;
• inputs intended to profile, re-identify, or de-anonymise personal data of third parties;
• passing on AI-generated suggestions to third parties while concealing their AI origin where the EU AI Act imposes a labelling duty.

10. No medical, legal, or professional advice

CURRENT is a tool to support learning and recall. It does not replace medical, legal, tax, safety-related, aviation-related, or other professional advice. This applies in particular to AI-generated content. App content may be user-generated or generated by a generative AI and may be inaccurate or incomplete. You use the content at your own responsibility.

11. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence and for damage to life, body, or health. For slight negligence in breach of essential contractual obligations ("cardinal duties") our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this kind of contract. Liability for slight negligence is otherwise excluded.

These limitations do not apply within the scope of the German Product Liability Act and not where we have assumed an express guarantee.

12. Termination

You can delete your account at any time in the app (Settings → Account → Delete account) — see also Account deletion guide. Deletion ends any running subscription at the end of the current Apple billing period; no refund of already-paid amounts is issued.

We may terminate the contract for cause, in particular for material breach of these Terms.

13. Changes to these Terms

We may amend these Terms. Material changes affecting your rights will be announced at least 30 days before they take effect, via email or in-app notice. If you do not object within 30 days, the amended Terms are deemed accepted. If you object, we may terminate the contract on the effective date of the change.

14. Governing law and venue

German law applies, with the exclusion of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the country of your habitual residence remain unaffected.

To the extent permitted, the exclusive place of jurisdiction for all disputes arising from this contract is the seat of our company. We may also sue you at your general place of jurisdiction.

15. Dispute resolution

The European Online Dispute Resolution platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025. Online complaints via this platform are therefore no longer possible. We are not obligated and not willing to participate in dispute-resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

16. Severability

Should a provision of these Terms be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is not affected. The invalid provision shall be replaced by a valid one that comes as close as possible to the economic purpose of the invalid provision.

17. Contact

Questions about these Terms: info@currentapp.de.