Terms of Service

What Storyrific is

Storyrific offers adaptations of classic stories in several languages and at levels from A1 to C2, with a built-in dictionary, a word list, and the option to send books to a Kindle. Some stories are free; others are part of a paid membership. Storyrific may also show ads or sponsored offers.

Who can use it

You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you’re under 18, or under the age of majority where you live, you need a parent or guardian’s permission, and they must agree to these terms for you before you buy a membership.

Your account

You sign in with an email link or with Google. Keep access to your email or Google account secure, since anyone who can use it can sign in as you. You’re responsible for what happens in your account. Let us know right away if you think someone else has used it.

The beta

Storyrific is in beta. Features, the library and prices may change, and things may occasionally break. Beta access is free until paid membership starts, and we’ll tell you before then what membership will cost and how to continue. When membership starts, we’ll ask beta members for a payment method; if you don’t subscribe, your account goes back to the free plan.

Memberships and billing

Paid memberships are billed in advance, monthly or yearly, through our payment processor, Stripe. Prices are shown on the site before you buy. Your membership renews automatically at the end of each billing period until you cancel.

• You can cancel at any time. You keep access until the end of the period you’ve paid for, and won’t be charged again.
• Payments are non-refundable, including for partly used periods, except where the law requires a refund.
• If we change the price of your plan, we’ll tell you at least 30 days in advance, and the new price applies from your next renewal. A founding price stays the same for as long as your membership continues without a break.
• Prices may not include taxes, which are added where required.
• Monthly page allowances for books you send us are described on the pricing page. Unused pages roll over only as described there and have no cash value.

Our content

The original stories in our library are in the public domain. The adaptations, translations, notes and design of Storyrific are ours and protected by copyright. Dictionary definitions come from Wiktionary and, for Chinese, CC-CEDICT, under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.

We give you a personal, non-transferable licence to read our content for your own learning. You may keep copies sent to your Kindle and print or save pages for your own use. You may not resell, republish or redistribute our adaptations, share your account, or copy our library in bulk.

Books you send us

If your membership includes private editions of your own books:

• You may send us only books you lawfully own as DRM-free files, and you confirm that you have the right to have them adapted for your own personal use.
• You give us permission to store and process the book, including with the AI services we use, only to make your edition. We don’t add your book to our library or share it with other readers.
• Your private edition is for your personal use only. Please don’t share or publish it.
• We may decline a request, for example if we can’t confirm you own the book.

How adaptations are made

Our adaptations are made with the help of AI. They aim to be accurate and natural, but they may contain mistakes, and they simplify the original. Storyrific is a learning tool and doesn’t replace a teacher or formal language course.

Acceptable use

When you use Storyrific, please don’t:

• break the law or infringe anyone’s rights, including by sending us books you don’t own;
• scrape, download or copy the library or dictionary with automated tools;
• try to get around paywalls, limits or security measures, or access other people’s accounts;
• interfere with or overload the service; or
• use Storyrific to build a competing product.

Other services

Storyrific works with services we don’t control, such as Google sign-in, Amazon Kindle and our Discord community. Your use of them is covered by their own terms, and we aren’t responsible for them.

Ending your account

You can stop using Storyrific at any time, and ask us to delete your account by emailing hello@rificlabs.com. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, or if we stop offering Storyrific. If we close your account for a reason other than a breach of these terms, we’ll refund the unused part of any paid period.

Disclaimers

Storyrific is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties, express or implied, including of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or non-infringement, and we don’t promise that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Rific Labs LLC won’t be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost data, profits or revenue, arising from your use of Storyrific. Our total liability for any claim relating to Storyrific is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or US $50. Some places don’t allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

Indemnity

If you break these terms or the law, including by sending us a book you don’t have the right to use, you agree to cover the reasonable costs, damages and legal fees we incur as a result.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of California and the United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute will be heard in the state or federal courts located in California, unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring a claim in your local courts.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We’ll change the date at the top, and if a change is significant we’ll tell you by email or in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using Storyrific after that, the new terms apply.

Contact us

Questions about these terms: hello@rificlabs.com.
Rific Labs LLC