Terms of Service

By using Forkmate ("the service") you agree to these terms. Forkmate is a product of High Country Codes, a Colorado sole proprietorship ("we," "us," or "the Company"). Forkmate is an early-stage product offered as-is.

The service

Forkmate lets you log food — including by talking to your AI assistant — and see your daily calories and macros. Features and availability may change as we develop the product. AI features are free but limited: we set daily and monthly limits, which are lower for new accounts, and we may pause or restrict AI to prevent abuse or control cost. When AI isn't available, you can still log meals.

Your account

You're responsible for the activity under your account and for keeping your login secure. You must provide accurate information and be old enough to consent under your local law.

Age

You must be at least 13 to use Forkmate. If you are under 18, use it with a parent's or guardian's awareness; if you are in the EU or UK and under your country's age for consenting to online services, a parent or guardian must consent for you. Tracking food can be hard for some people, especially while still growing. If it ever feels that way, please read the section on eating disorders below and talk to someone you trust.

Acceptable use

Don't misuse the service: no unlawful activity, no attempts to break, overload, or reverse-engineer it, and no using it to harm others.

Your content

What you enter stays yours. You let us use it to run Forkmate for you and, as described in our Privacy Policy, to keep the meals you type in the web app for up to 1 year to improve how Forkmate reads meals.

Price

Forkmate is free. There are no paid plans, no trial and no payment details to give. If we ever introduce a paid plan, it will be optional, and we will update these terms and tell you before anything is charged.

Health disclaimer

Forkmate provides nutrition tracking and estimates for informational purposes only. It is not medical advice and is not a substitute for a qualified professional. Consult a doctor or dietitian for medical or dietary decisions. Our calorie, carbohydrate, and macro figures are estimates and are not accurate enough for insulin dosing, blood-glucose prediction, or any other medical decision — rely on food labels and your care team for those. Forkmate uses an AI model to read the meals you type in the web app, and it can get them wrong. Check your plate before you log it, and when Forkmate logs a meal for you straight away, check what it logged; you can undo it. Nutrition values come from public food databases or, for a dish from a restaurant you name, from figures that restaurant has published, found on the web by our AI provider and linked on your plate, or, for a brand's packaged product, from its published nutrition label, found the same way, linked, and marked "Unverified" until we have checked it. When none of those has a figure for a food, the AI estimates it and the line is labelled "Estimate". An estimate is an approximation, not a measured or published value; the AI can also copy a published figure wrongly, and restaurants change their menus. Check your plate, and the linked page, if accuracy matters to you. Forky, the in-app coach, uses an AI model to word some of his replies, including general fuelling and nutrition ideas. They are general information, not medical or dietetic advice, are not reviewed by a professional, and can be wrong. Don’t rely on them for medication, insulin, pregnancy, a medical condition or an eating disorder: ask your care team.

Restaurant information. Restaurant and menu-item names are trademarks of their owners and are used only to say whose nutrition figures are shown. Forkmate is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any restaurant. Restaurant figures are shown as published or listed, without warranty; restaurants change recipes and portions, so check with the restaurant. The same holds for brand and product names and their label figures used only to say whose figures are shown, shown as published, without warranty; check the package.

Eating disorders & your relationship with food

Forkmate is a general-wellness tracking tool. It is not a treatment, therapy, screening, or monitoring service for eating disorders, disordered eating, or any mental-health condition, and it does not diagnose or treat them. Forky, the in-app coach, replies to some messages that mention self-harm or an eating disorder with a crisis line. It reads only messages you send it, it misses many, and no one watches them as they arrive. It is not a crisis service: if you are in danger, call 911 or your local emergency number. For some people — particularly anyone with a history of disordered eating — logging calories, weighing food, or tracking body metrics can be harmful; only you and a qualified professional can judge whether tracking is right for you. Any wellness reminders, encouragement, or prompts Forkmate may show are general information only, not clinical, therapeutic, or diagnostic advice. If tracking your food or focusing on your body ever feels distressing or compulsive, please consider pausing and reaching out for support. In the US you can call or text 988, the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — it's free, confidential, available 24/7, and also helps with eating-disorder distress.

Disclaimers & liability

The service is provided "as is" without warranties. To the extent permitted by law, Forkmate is not liable for indirect or incidental damages arising from your use of the service.

Changes & contact

We may update these terms; we'll revise the date above. Questions: hello@forkmate.ai.

Preliminary terms for an early-stage product; will be expanded with full legal review.