GapPlate

Close the nutrient gaps on the plate you already have

Terms and Conditions

Terms of Service — GapPlate

Last updated: 12 October 2026

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By downloading, installing, or using the GapPlate mobile application (“the App,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), you (“you,” “the user”) agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not download, install, or use the App.

If you are using the App on behalf of a minor, or if you are yourself a minor in your jurisdiction, please see Section 3 (Eligibility) below.

2. Description of the Service

GapPlate is a nutrition-tracking application that allows you to:

  • Log foods and meals you consume, and track nutrient intake over time
  • Access a library of foods and nutrients, personalized to dietary restrictions and other profile information you provide
  • Optionally connect your own Google Gemini API key to unlock AI-assisted features, including adding new foods and nutrients, personalized recommendations, and conversational nutrition guidance
  • Back up and restore your data to files under your control
  • Use the GapPlate website (gapplate.com) and the App’s website features: browse and share recipes in the Recipes Market Place, get foods from the GapPlate online library, ask us to add a food or a recipe, and ask us to design a recipe for you

The App can be used without an API key (“Simple” tier) or with your own API key (“Power User” tier), as described in the App itself. GapPlate is available for Android and iOS; some features, screens, or wording may differ slightly between platforms.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the App or our website features (sharing a recipe, asking us to add a food or a recipe, or asking us to design one). If you are under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you may only use them with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian, who accepts these Terms for you.

If you are 13 to 17, use GapPlate with a parent or guardian, and talk to a doctor or a registered dietitian before changing your diet. GapPlate is not meant for weight loss in children or teenagers.

The App is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.

4. Not Medical Advice

This is important, and it governs your use of the entire App.

GapPlate provides general nutrition information and tracking tools. Nothing in the App — including AI-generated content, nutrient recommendations, food descriptions, “meal advice,” or any other feature — constitutes medical advice, a medical diagnosis, or a substitute for professional medical or dietetic advice.

You should consult a qualified physician, registered dietitian, or other healthcare professional before making changes to your diet, especially if you have an existing health condition, are pregnant or breastfeeding, are managing a diagnosed medical condition, or are taking medication that interacts with diet. Do not disregard, delay, or discontinue medical treatment because of anything you read or are shown in this App.

Do not change your food intake or diet based on the measurements, targets, or recommendations shown in the App — whether those come from tracked data, nutrient calculations, or AI-generated advice. These are informational tools, not personalized medical guidance. Consult a registered dietitian or doctor before making any changes to what or how you eat.

5. AI-Generated and Shared Data

Most data in GapPlate was generated by AI, even if you never add an API key. This includes the foods, recipes and nutrient values in the App’s built-in library and in the GapPlate online library, nutrient targets, nutrient scores, cooked weights and servings estimated by AI, and food names in other languages. Some foods and recipes were sent by other users, and some recipes on our website were written by AI, including recipes we add when users ask for a dish or ask us to design one. Recipes are not tested in a kitchen. We have not checked every value, and values can be wrong, incomplete or out of date. Real foods also vary by variety, brand, growing conditions, preparation and portion size, so every value is an estimate.

We give no warranty that any food, recipe, nutrient value, target, score or other information in the App or on our website is accurate, complete or suitable for you. Check anything important against the product’s label or another trusted source yourself, and talk to a doctor or a registered dietitian before relying on it.

Many features in the App — including food details, nutrient information, recommended daily intakes, recipe suggestions, and personalized guidance — are generated using artificial intelligence (currently, Google’s Gemini models) based on prompts constructed from your profile and the food or nutrient in question.

AI-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete, or occasionally wrong. While the App is designed to encourage the AI to be careful and evidence-based, we do not independently verify each individual piece of AI-generated nutritional data before it is shown to you. You are responsible for using your own judgment, and consulting a professional where appropriate, before relying on this information — particularly for any decision with health, allergy, or safety implications (for example, whether a food is safe given an allergy or medical condition).

Check new data before relying on it. When a food or nutrient is newly added — whether by you, or automatically from the App’s built-in library — review its details before using it to make decisions. If any value looks wrong, doesn’t match the product you actually have, or doesn’t reflect your own situation, edit it yourself. The App lets you correct any field at any time; AI-generated defaults are a starting point, not a guarantee.

Data can become outdated. Foods and nutrients already in your own library are not automatically refreshed as AI models and nutrition data improve over time. If you have added your own API key, use AI Prefill on an existing food or nutrient to pull a fresh lookup — useful periodically, or whenever you want to check whether anything has changed since the App was installed or since you last refreshed that item.

6. Your Own API Key and Third-Party Services

If you choose to use Power User features, you must supply your own Google Gemini API key, obtained directly from Google. By doing so:

  • You enter into a separate relationship directly with Google, governed by Google’s own terms of service and pricing, entirely independent of us
  • You are solely responsible for all costs, quota usage, and billing associated with your API key
  • We do not have visibility into, and are not responsible for, Google’s service availability, pricing changes, rate limits, or the accuracy of Google’s AI model outputs
  • Your API key is stored locally on your device and is not transmitted to us or any server we control

We are not affiliated with, and this App is not endorsed by, Google.

If you install the App via Apple’s App Store or TestFlight, your use is also subject to Apple’s own Media Services Terms and Conditions and, for beta versions, Apple’s TestFlight terms. We are not affiliated with, and this App is not endorsed by, Apple.

7. Beta and Pre-Release Versions

If you are using a version of the App distributed through TestFlight, or otherwise labeled as a beta, preview, or pre-release version, you acknowledge that:

  • The App may be less stable than a full release, and may contain bugs, incomplete features, or unexpected behavior
  • Data (including diary entries, foods, and nutrients you add) may not carry over reliably between beta versions, and could be lost during testing
  • Features, screens, and wording may change before the App’s full release, without notice
  • Beta access may be limited, time-boxed, or withdrawn at any time

Beta testing is provided for feedback purposes and should not be relied upon for ongoing, uninterrupted use.

8. Your Data

GapPlate stores your food, nutrient, and diary data locally on your device. Your diary and profile are never sent to us. When you use our website or the App’s website features (for example sharing a recipe, asking us to add a food or a recipe, or asking us to design a recipe), we keep what you send and your email address, as described in the GapPlate Recipes Privacy Policy. Backup files you create are stored wherever you choose to save them (e.g., your device’s Downloads folder) and are your responsibility to keep secure.

For more detail on what information is collected and how it is used, see our Privacy Policy at https://gapplate.com/privacy-policy/.

9. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

  • Use the App for any unlawful purpose
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the App’s source code except as permitted by law
  • Copy, scrape or extract the data shipped with the App or provided through our services (including our website), in whole or in large part, by any means, including automated tools, or use it to build or improve another database, app or service
  • Use the App to generate, store, or distribute content that is unlawful, harmful, or infringes another person’s rights
  • Interfere with or disrupt the App’s functionality or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of it

10. Intellectual Property

The App itself — including its design, code, and branding — is owned by the GapPlate developer and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. The App’s built-in data, and data provided through our services, are owned by or licensed to the GapPlate developer. You may use them for your own personal use within the App and our services. You may not copy, extract, reuse, publish, sell or share them, or any large part of them, without our written permission. Your own data (foods you log, entries you create) remains yours. AI-generated content is provided for your personal use within the App.

11. Recipes You Share on the Website

When you add a recipe on gapplate.com, or share one from the App:

  • You confirm the recipe is your own, or that you may share it, and that it contains nothing offensive or unlawful.
  • You give us a free, permanent, irrevocable, worldwide permission to use, copy, adapt, publish and share your recipe in any way and in any media, including commercially, and to let others do so. You consent to your recipe being edited, and to it being used with or without your name.
  • Your name is shown as part of the recipe’s name (“… by your name”) only if you give it and tick the box to agree. Otherwise the recipe appears as “… by Anonymous”.
  • Your email address is used only to send you links about your recipe and to let you delete it. It is never shown, shared or included in the apps.
  • You can delete your recipe, or all your recipes and details, from the website at any time through My recipes. A recipe someone else has used in their own recipe stays, as “… by Anonymous”, and a recipe already included in a released version of the apps stays in that version and on devices that have it.
  • We may check, decline, hide or remove any recipe, and may leave a wrong or offensive recipe out of future versions of the apps.
  • Recipes are shared by other people. We don’t check them for safety, allergens or accuracy, and dietary tags worked out from the ingredients may be wrong.

When you ask us to add a recipe, or to design a recipe for you:

  • We may make the recipe, change what you asked for, or decline the request, and we don’t promise when it will be ready.
  • The recipe we publish is ours. It is shared with everyone on the website and may be included in the apps, without your name or email.
  • Any health goal you choose is used only to choose ingredients. A designed recipe is general information, not medical or dietetic advice, and is not made for any health condition. Check its ingredients against your own allergies and diet (see Sections 4 and 5).

12. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, or non-infringement. This includes the accuracy of any food, recipe or nutrient data, whether it was generated by AI, comes from the built-in or online library, or was sent by other users.

Nothing in these Terms excludes any guarantee or right you have under the Australian Consumer Law that cannot lawfully be excluded.

13. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the GapPlate developer shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to damages for loss of data, loss of profits, or personal injury, arising from your use of or inability to use the App, including reliance on AI-generated nutritional information.

14. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you (for example, via an in-app notice). Continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

15. Termination

You may stop using the App at any time by uninstalling it. We reserve the right to suspend or discontinue the App, in whole or in part, at any time.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

17. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, contact us at: gapplate@gapplate.com