These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a binding legal agreement between you ("you" or "User") and Drinking Buddies, an unincorporated venture operated by its co-founders Christian Liszewski and Patrick Chudecki (together, "Drinking Buddies," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your access to and use of the Drinking Buddies mobile application, any related services, and the drinkingbuddies backend (collectively, the "App" or "Service").
BY CREATING AN ACCOUNT, DOWNLOADING, ACCESSING, OR USING THE APP, YOU AGREE TO BE BOUND BY THESE TERMS. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE, DO NOT USE THE APP.
"Drinking Buddies Inc." is a stylized brand name and a play on words — it is not a representation that Drinking Buddies is incorporated or registered as a corporation. Drinking Buddies is operated directly by its co-founders, Christian Liszewski and Patrick Chudecki.
The App is used to log and track alcoholic beverage consumption. By using the App you represent and warrant that:
Drinking Buddies allows users to log alcoholic (and non-alcoholic) beverages they consume, view personal statistics, connect with friends, participate in social features (feed, reactions, comments, leaderboards, streaks, challenges), and optionally use camera-based, AI-assisted drink recognition to help estimate what they are drinking.
Gamified features (streaks, badges, tokens, rank-ups, leaderboards, challenges, and similar mechanics) are provided solely for entertainment and social engagement. They are not intended to encourage you to consume alcohol, to consume more than you otherwise would, or to drink to maintain a streak, rank, or reward. You should never let any feature of the App influence a decision about whether, or how much, to drink. Never drink and drive. If you or someone you know may have a problem with alcohol, contact the SAMHSA National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357 (US) or a local equivalent.
To avoid encouraging rapid or sustained drinking, the App rate-limits certain actions and caps the in-app rewards tied to them. Camera-based drink logging is limited to no more than one scan every 180 seconds. In-app tokens earned from social engagement and drink logging are capped per day — currently a maximum of 5 tokens per day for giving reactions to other users' posts, 5 tokens per day for commenting on other users' posts, and 10 tokens per day for logging drinks. These are safety and anti-abuse measures, may be changed or removed at any time, and create no entitlement to any reward.
You must create an account to use most features of the App, via email/password or Sign in with Apple. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your login credentials and for all activity under your account. Notify us immediately at drinkingbuddiesinc@gmail.com of any unauthorized use.
The App lets you submit photos, drink logs, comments, reactions, profile information, and other content ("User Content"). You retain ownership of your User Content. By submitting User Content, you grant Drinking Buddies a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, display, and distribute that content solely to operate, provide, and improve the App (for example, showing your posts and photos to your friends in the social feed and story features).
You represent that you own or have the necessary rights to any User Content you submit, and that it does not violate any third party's rights or any law. We may remove any User Content that violates these Terms or that we determine, in our discretion, is inappropriate, without prior notice.
If you believe User Content on the App infringes your copyright, send a notice to drinkingbuddiesinc@gmail.com containing: identification of the copyrighted work, identification of the allegedly infringing material and its location in the App, your contact information, a statement of good-faith belief that the use is unauthorized, a statement that the notice is accurate and made under penalty of perjury, and your physical or electronic signature.
You agree not to: (a) use the App if you are under the legal drinking age to log alcoholic beverages; (b) impersonate any person or entity; (c) harass, bully, or threaten other users; (d) post content that is unlawful, obscene, defamatory, or that promotes illegal drug use, drunk driving, or excessive/dangerous drinking (e.g., binge-drinking "challenges" aimed at intoxication); (e) attempt to manipulate tokens, rankings, streaks, or other in-App metrics through fraud, exploits, or automation; (f) reverse-engineer, decompile, or scrape the App or its backend; or (g) use the App for any commercial purpose without our written consent.
The App may offer virtual currency ("Buddy Gold"/tokens) and, in a future version, real-money in-app purchases and subscriptions processed exclusively through Apple's In-App Purchase system. Virtual items have no cash value, are not redeemable for real money, are non-transferable, and may be modified, suspended, or removed at our discretion. All real-money purchases are billed by and refundable only per Apple's own policies at reportaproblem.apple.com — Drinking Buddies does not process payments or issue refunds directly.
The App relies on third-party infrastructure, including Supabase (backend/database/auth/storage), Apple (Sign in with Apple, push notifications, payments), RevenueCat (in-app purchase validation), Google AdMob (advertising), and an AI vision service used solely to analyze photos you submit for drink recognition. Your use of these integrations is also subject to those providers' own terms. See our Privacy Policy for details on data shared with these providers.
Advertising. The App displays advertisements served by Google AdMob, including optional rewarded videos that grant in-app tokens. Tokens have no cash value and are virtual items governed by the "Virtual Items, Tokens, and Purchases" section above. Ad availability is not guaranteed, ad content is provided by third parties and is not endorsed by Drinking Buddies, and no purchase is ever required to use the App. Active Buddy Gold subscribers do not see advertisements in the App for the duration of their subscription. This arrangement is between you and Drinking Buddies; Apple is not a party to it.
During a promotional and marketing trial period running from September 1, 2026 through September 30, 2026 at 11:59 PM Eastern Time (the "Promotion"), Drinking Buddies is offering the following at its in-person marketing events:
1. Overview: A user who reaches and holds an active, unbroken 7-day check-in streak in the App may redeem one (1) complimentary drink from an authorized Drinking Buddies team member. Streaks completed or redemptions attempted after the September 30, 2026 11:59 PM Eastern Time cutoff are not eligible.
2. How to redeem: Redemption is available only in person and only in the physical presence of an authorized Drinking Buddies team member. To redeem, you must (a) present a physical Drinking Buddies business card that was given to you at one of our marketing events — this Promotion is offered through those marketing events only — and (b) open the App and display your active 7-day streak. For any alcoholic beverage you must also present valid government-issued photo identification showing you are 21 or older. Team-member appearances are announced in advance on the Drinking Buddies Instagram (@drinkingbuddiesinc); we do not guarantee any minimum number, location, or timing of appearances, and any scheduled appearance may be changed or canceled at any time without notice. You are solely responsible for your own transportation to and from any location. The team member may refuse service to anyone who appears intoxicated, cannot present a qualifying business card, cannot verify their age or streak, or where refusal is required by law or venue policy.
3. Non-alcoholic drinks: If your qualifying 7-day streak consists of seven (7) non-alcoholic drink scans, or if the number of non-alcoholic drinks you scanned during the streak exceeds the number of alcoholic drinks you scanned, the complimentary drink provided will be a non-alcoholic beverage corresponding to a drink you scanned, subject to availability.
4. Value; limits; substitutions: The maximum value of any complimentary drink provided under the Promotion is US $5.00. An authorized team member may, in their sole discretion, elect to provide a drink of greater value, but is under no obligation to do so. The Promotion has no cash value, cannot be exchanged for cash or credit, is non-transferable, is limited to one (1) redemption per user for the entire Promotion period, and is subject to drink and ingredient availability at the team member's discretion. Void where prohibited or restricted by law.
5. Promotion liability: Participation in the Promotion is entirely voluntary. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Drinking Buddies, its co-founders, and its team members are not liable for any injury, loss, illness, allergic reaction, property damage, or other harm arising from participation in the Promotion, from attending any marketing event, from travel to or from any location, from consuming any drink provided, or from any interaction with a team member or other person in connection with the Promotion. Any drink provided is "as is," with no warranty of any kind. You assume all risks associated with consuming alcohol and with attending any in-person event, and Sections 8 through 11 (assumption of risk, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability, and indemnification) apply in full to the Promotion. Drinking Buddies may modify, suspend, shorten, or end the Promotion at any time without notice. The Promotion is not sponsored, endorsed, or administered by Apple or by Instagram. Please drink responsibly and never drink and drive.
From time to time Drinking Buddies may issue alphanumeric promotional or redemption codes that unlock a one-time reward (such as tokens or other virtual items). Each code is governed by its own terms, which may include an activation date, an expiration date and time, a per-account limit (typically one redemption per account), a total redemption cap across all users, and eligibility conditions. These terms vary by code and by campaign. A code that has expired, reached its redemption limit, been deactivated, or is entered outside its valid window has no value and will not be honored.
Codes are non-transferable and may not be sold, auctioned, purchased, or combined with other codes or offers except where we expressly permit it. Codes are void where prohibited or restricted by law. Rewards delivered through a code are virtual items subject to Section 6 (no cash value, not redeemable for money, adjustable or removable at our discretion).
We may create, modify, suspend, invalidate, reissue, or discontinue any code or the code program as a whole at any time and without notice. We may reverse a reward, void a redemption, and/or restrict or terminate an account where a code is obtained or used through error, fraud, automation, bots, resale, exploitation of a bug, or any other breach of these Terms.
Liability. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Drinking Buddies is not liable for lost, stolen, mistyped, intercepted, republished, or undeliverable codes; for any user's inability to redeem a code for any reason; for codes distributed without our authorization; or for any technical failure, delay, or error affecting code entry or reward delivery. Sections 9 through 11 (disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability, and indemnification) apply in full to promotional and redemption codes.
Alcohol consumption carries inherent risks, including impaired judgment, addiction, injury, and death. Social features may facilitate connections or in-person meetups with other users. You voluntarily and knowingly assume all risks associated with consuming alcohol, using the App's drink-tracking and social features, and any interactions — online or in person — with other users you meet through the App. Drinking Buddies has no ability to verify the identity, intentions, or conduct of other users and is not responsible for their actions.
The app and service are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, and accuracy. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that drink-recognition or standard-drink calculations will be accurate.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, drinking buddies, its co-founders, and their respective affiliates will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, goodwill, or health/bodily-injury-related damages, arising out of or related to your use of (or inability to use) the app, any conduct of another user, any content, or any decision you make regarding alcohol consumption based on information in the app — even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, drinking buddies' total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the app will not exceed the greater of (a) one hundred u.s. dollars ($100), or (b) the amount you paid us, if any, in the twelve (12) months before the claim arose.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not fully apply to you, and nothing in these Terms limits any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law (including, where applicable, liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, fraud, or death or personal injury caused by our negligence, to the extent such liability cannot be lawfully excluded).
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Drinking Buddies and its co-founders from any claim, liability, damage, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: your User Content; your violation of these Terms; your violation of any law or third-party right; or your use of the App's social/meetup features in connection with another user.
Please read this section carefully. It affects your legal rights, including your right to file a lawsuit in court.
By accepting these Terms, you acknowledge and agree that if any dispute, claim, or disagreement arises from your use of the App, your sole remedy is to contact us directly at drinkingbuddiesinc@gmail.com so we can work to resolve it.
If a dispute is not resolved that way, you agree that it will be settled by final and binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association ("AAA") under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court.
You and Drinking Buddies each waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class action, class arbitration, or representative action. Disputes must be brought in your individual capacity only, through the process described above, not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, consolidated, or representative proceeding.
If the class-action-waiver in Section 12.3 is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, the remainder of this Section 12 remains in effect for all other claims.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the States of Connecticut and New York, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles, and without application of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
We may suspend or terminate your account at any time, with or without notice, for conduct that violates these Terms or is otherwise harmful to the App or other users. You may delete your account at any time from within the App's Settings. Sections 4, 6–13, and 15–18 survive termination.
Drinking Buddies is committed to making the App usable by people with disabilities and has made good-faith efforts to align its interface with Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 Level AA as implemented through Apple's accessibility APIs (including VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, and sufficient color contrast). If you encounter an accessibility barrier, please contact drinkingbuddiesinc@gmail.com so we can address it. This commitment does not extend to third-party content or platforms outside our control (e.g., the iOS operating system itself).
If you obtained the App from the Apple App Store, you acknowledge that: (a) this agreement is between you and Drinking Buddies only, not Apple; (b) Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for the App; (c) Apple is not responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, and any warranty claims are Drinking Buddies' sole responsibility to the extent required by these Terms; (d) Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App or your possession/use of it, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to legal or regulatory requirements, and claims arising under consumer protection or similar legislation; (e) Apple is not responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, or discharge of any third-party intellectual-property infringement claim related to the App; (f) you will comply with applicable third-party terms when using the App (e.g., your wireless data agreement); and (g) Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, will have the right to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary; and (h) you also agree to Apple's Standard End User License Agreement (EULA), available at apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula, which governs your use of the App together with these Terms.
We may modify these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be notified through the App or via the email associated with your account. Continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.
If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. These Terms (with the Privacy Policy) constitute the entire agreement between you and Drinking Buddies regarding the App.
Drinking Buddies
Co-founders: Christian Liszewski, Patrick Chudecki
Email: drinkingbuddiesinc@gmail.com