Terms of use
These terms apply when you use an app made by Nifty Kite, including Bearing and Bearing Pro. Please read them with our privacy policy. By using our apps you agree to these terms.
Who we are
Nifty Kite is the trading name of Oliver Hornby, a sole trader based in the United Kingdom. Contact: [email protected].
Apple's terms also apply
Our apps are licensed to you, not sold, under Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement. These terms add to Apple's; where they differ, these terms apply between you and us. Apple is not responsible for our apps or for supporting them.
Who can use Bearing
You must be 18 or over to use Bearing. You're responsible for keeping your login details safe and for what happens in your account.
Bearing Pro
- What it includes: Progress (weight trend, goal date, measurements, photos and weekly check-ins), the AI coach and AI meal logging, Apple Health sync and gym busyness. Today, Food and Train are free.
- Monthly: charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. It renews automatically each month at the price shown unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Cancel any time in Settings › your name › Subscriptions on your iPhone; you keep Pro until the end of the period you've paid for.
- Lifetime: one payment, no renewals. "Lifetime" means for as long as we offer Bearing and its Pro features.
- Coach limit: the coach allows 50 AI requests a month (chat messages, meal descriptions or photos and check-in notes) on either plan. The count resets on the 1st of each month.
- Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may change. A price change to your subscription only applies after Apple has told you about it and, where required, you've agreed.
- Refunds are handled by Apple under its policies: request one at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Not medical advice
Bearing gives general information about nutrition, training and body weight. It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for a doctor, dietitian or other qualified professional. Talk to a GP before changing your diet or exercise if you have a medical condition, are pregnant or breastfeeding, have or have had an eating disorder, or are unsure whether a plan is safe for you. Stop exercising and get help if you feel unwell.
Calorie, protein and other targets are estimates based on standard formulas and what you log. Food data comes partly from Open Food Facts and may be incomplete or wrong.
The AI coach
Coach replies, meal estimates and check-in notes are generated by AI. They can be inaccurate, incomplete or unsuitable for you, so use your own judgement and don't rely on them for medical, safety or health decisions. Don't use the coach to seek help in an emergency: call 999 or NHS 111.
Using our apps fairly
Don't misuse our apps: for example by trying to access other people's data, getting around the Pro paywall or coach limit, overloading our servers, or using the coach to produce harmful or illegal content. We may suspend or close accounts that do.
Your content
What you log and upload stays yours. You give us permission to store and process it only to run the app for you, as described in our privacy policy.
Changes and availability
We may update our apps, add or change features, or stop offering an app. If we stop offering Bearing Pro, we'll give reasonable notice and you can export or delete your data. We aim to keep the apps running but can't promise they'll always be available or error-free.
Our responsibility to you
If you live in the UK, you have legal rights under consumer law, and nothing in these terms affects them. We are not responsible for losses that weren't foreseeable, that result from your use of the app against these terms or against health advice, or that arise from business use. Nothing in these terms limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that can't be limited by law. Otherwise, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.
Ending your account
You can stop using our apps and delete your account at any time. Deleting your account does not cancel an Apple subscription: cancel it in your iPhone's Settings.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. We'll change the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the app. If you keep using the app after a change, the new terms apply.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. If you live elsewhere in the UK, you can also bring a claim in your local courts.