Terms of Use

These Terms of Use govern your use of How Do I Spell?, provided by SanBytes Pte. Ltd. (“SanBytes”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

By using How Do I Spell?, you agree to these Terms. If you are a parent or caregiver allowing a child to use the app, you are responsible for that child’s use of the app.

1. About How Do I Spell?

How Do I Spell? is an educational tool designed to help children find, understand, practise and remember words.

The app provides features such as:

• spoken word search
• spelling support
• simple meanings and example sentences
• sound-alike word support
• spelling lists
• saved words
• recall and practice activities
• reading and audio preferences

Features may change, improve or be updated over time.

2. Parent and caregiver responsibility

How Do I Spell? is intended to be used by children with the involvement of a parent or caregiver.

Parents or caregivers are responsible for:

• completing setup where appropriate
• managing device and app permissions
• deciding whether the app is suitable for their child
• supervising purchases and subscriptions
• reviewing spelling-list photos or words before saving them
• contacting us if they have privacy or support concerns

Children should not make purchases without permission from a parent or caregiver.

3. Educational purpose

How Do I Spell? is designed to support learning, but it is not a substitute for professional educational, medical or specialist advice.

The app does not diagnose dyslexia, learning difficulties, speech conditions or any other medical or educational condition.

Learning outcomes may vary between children.

4. Accuracy of content

We aim to provide accurate, age-appropriate spelling, meanings, example sentences and learning content.

However, automated speech recognition and AI-assisted content may occasionally be incomplete, inaccurate or unsuitable for a particular context.

Parents and caregivers should use reasonable judgement and contact us if they identify incorrect or inappropriate content.

We may correct, update or remove content at any time.

5. Voice and photo features

Some features require access to the device microphone, camera or photo library.

Voice input is used to help identify words the child is trying to spell.

Spelling-list photos are used to suggest words from a photographed or uploaded list.

You are responsible for ensuring that you have permission to submit any image or content you provide through the app.

Do not upload images containing information that is unnecessary for the spelling-list feature.

6. Acceptable use

You may use How Do I Spell? only for lawful, personal and educational purposes.

You must not:

• misuse or interfere with the app or its services
• attempt to bypass security or access controls
• reverse engineer the service except where permitted by law
• use automated systems to make excessive requests
• attempt to access administrative systems without permission
• submit unlawful, harmful or abusive content
• use the app to infringe another person’s rights

We may restrict access where we reasonably believe the service is being misused.

7. Intellectual property

How Do I Spell?, including its software, branding, illustrations, mascot, designs, text, learning content and other materials, is owned by SanBytes or used under licence.

You may use the app for personal and household educational use.

You may not copy, reproduce, distribute, sell or commercially exploit How Do I Spell? content or branding without written permission from SanBytes.

8. Purchases and subscriptions

How Do I Spell? offers paid subscriptions and may also offer one-time purchases.

Purchases made through the Apple App Store are processed by Apple and are subject to Apple’s applicable terms.

The price, billing period and any trial period shown in the App Store or purchase screen at the time of purchase apply to that purchase.

Free trials

Eligible Monthly and Yearly subscriptions may include a free trial.

Unless cancelled before the trial ends, the selected subscription automatically converts to a paid subscription at the price shown when you started the trial.

The trial length, price and renewal terms are shown before purchase.

Subscription renewals

Subscriptions automatically renew unless they are cancelled in accordance with Apple’s subscription rules.

You can manage or cancel your subscription through your Apple account subscription settings.

Lifetime purchases

Where available, Lifetime access is a one-time purchase and does not automatically renew.

A Lifetime purchase provides access to the features described as included with that purchase for as long as How Do I Spell? continues to operate and support the relevant service, subject to these Terms and applicable law.

9. Cancellations and refunds

App Store subscriptions can be cancelled through Apple’s subscription management tools.

Deleting How Do I Spell? does not automatically cancel an active subscription.

Refund requests for purchases made through the App Store are generally handled by Apple and are subject to Apple’s refund policies and applicable law.

Nothing in these Terms limits any rights you may have under mandatory consumer-protection laws.

10. Availability and changes to the service

We aim to keep How Do I Spell? available and reliable, but we cannot guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

The app may occasionally be unavailable because of:

• maintenance
• technical problems
• service-provider outages
• network problems
• security issues
• updates

We may add, change or remove features where reasonably necessary to improve, maintain or operate the service.

11. Updates

We may release updates to How Do I Spell? from time to time.

Some updates may be required for continued access to certain features, compatibility, security or reliability.

12. Suspension or termination

We may suspend or restrict access to the service where reasonably necessary because of:

• misuse of the service
• security risks
• unlawful activity
• repeated attempts to bypass service protections
• legal or regulatory requirements

You may stop using How Do I Spell? at any time.

Stopping use of the app does not automatically cancel an active subscription.

13. Third-party services

How Do I Spell? relies on third-party service providers for certain functions, such as cloud hosting, speech processing, AI-assisted features and App Store services.

Your use of those services may also be subject to their applicable terms and privacy practices.

Our Privacy Policy explains more about the service providers used to operate How Do I Spell?.

14. Privacy

Your privacy and your child’s privacy are important to us.

Our collection and use of information is described in the How Do I Spell? Privacy Policy.

The Privacy Policy forms part of the information governing your use of the service.

15. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SanBytes will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss arising from the use of or inability to use How Do I Spell?.

We do not exclude or limit liability where doing so would be unlawful.

Nothing in these Terms excludes rights or remedies that cannot legally be excluded under applicable consumer law.

16. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to be responsible for loss or damage arising from your unlawful misuse of How Do I Spell? or your violation of these Terms.

This section does not apply where prohibited by applicable consumer law.

17. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Singapore, subject to any mandatory consumer rights that apply in the country where you live.

Any dispute will be handled in accordance with applicable law.

18. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as How Do I Spell? develops or when legal or regulatory requirements change.

If we make a material change, we will provide notice where required.

The latest version of these Terms will always be available on this page.

19. Contact us

If you have questions about these Terms or How Do I Spell?, contact: