Terms of service
The rules for using Kinolog, in plain language.
Last updated: July 20, 2026
The service
Kinolog is a personal movie diary at kinolog.app. You log the films you watch, add ratings and notes, and Kinolog uses that history to build a taste profile and suggest what to watch next. It is run by a solo founder. The diary is free; an optional paid Plus plan covers heavy AI use, and its price is always shown before you are charged. There are no ads and your data is never sold. By creating an account or using the service you agree to these terms.
Your account
Signups are open and free, anyone can create an account. You must be at least 13 years old to use Kinolog. You sign in with a username or email and a password, with a one-time email link, or with Google; any password you set is stored only as a salted hash, never in plain text. An account is for one person: keep your password and email inbox secure, since anyone who controls either can sign in as you. The founder may disable an account that abuses the service or these terms.
Acceptable use
Use Kinolog as a person keeping a diary, not as infrastructure. Do not scrape, crawl, or bulk-download the service or its data. Do not probe, overload, or interfere with it, and do not try to bypass the bot protection, rate limits, or another person’s account. Do not put unlawful content in your notes or reviews. Break these rules and your account may be disabled.
Your content
Your diary is yours. You own everything you create in Kinolog, logs, ratings, notes, reviews, and your watchlist. You grant Kinolog a limited license to store, back up, and process that content, only as needed to run the service for you, for example, sending a summary of your library to our AI provider to generate recommendations. This license ends when you delete your content or your account. You can export everything as JSON at any time from Settings.
AI features
Recommendations, taste profiles, and verdicts are generated by a large language model. They are suggestions, not facts. They can be wrong, out of date, or just not your thing. Kinolog makes no promises about their accuracy, and you should use your own judgment about what to watch.
Movie data
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Film metadata, posters, and streaming availability come from themoviedb.org.
Availability
Kinolog is free and offered with no uptime guarantee or service-level agreement. Features may change, break, or be removed, and the service itself may be paused or shut down. If that ever happens, you will get reasonable notice and a chance to export your data. These terms may also change; meaningful changes will be flagged in the app.
Ending your account
You can delete your account yourself at any time from Settings. Deletion is immediate and complete. Your diary, notes, and profile are removed, not archived. Kinolog may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms, and will tell you why unless the law prevents it.
Billing (Plus subscriptions)
Plus is an optional subscription ($2.99/month or $24/year) processed by Stripe; card details never reach our servers. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Cancel any time from Settings → Manage subscription, cancellation takes effect at the end of the period you already paid for, and no further charges occur. If a renewal payment fails, Stripe retries for a few days before the subscription ends; Plus access continues through that window. Billing mistakes (double charges, charges after cancellation) are refunded, email support@kinolog.app. Prices may change with at least 30 days’ notice by email; changes never apply to a period you’ve already paid for. Deleting your account cancels any active subscription immediately.
Liability
Kinolog is provided as is, without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent the law allows, Kinolog and its founder are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, lost profits, or lost data arising from your use of the service. Given the service’s free or low-cost nature, if liability is found anyway, it is capped at zero dollars or the smallest amount the law permits. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited. Please export your data regularly. It takes one click.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the United States and the state in which the founder resides, without regard to conflict-of-law principles. Any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be handled in the courts located there.
Contact
Questions about these terms? Email support@kinolog.app.