Last Updated: October 2026
Welcome to Quackle ("Quackle," "we," "our," or "us"). By accessing or using the Quackle mobile application, web waitlist, interactive demo, or associated services (collectively, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the Service.
1. Eligibility & Verified .edu Student Status
Quackle is strictly restricted to individuals who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and actively enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students at an accredited higher education institution with a valid university email domain (.edu). You must verify ownership of your university email via our One-Time Passcode (OTP) authentication system. Accounts created using alias, shared, expired, or unauthorized email addresses are subject to immediate termination.
2. Subscriptions (Quackle+), Billing & Auto-Renewal
Quackle offers a free standard tier ("Quackle Free") alongside optional paid auto-renewing subscription plans ("Quackle+ Chat," "Quackle+ Core," "Quackle+ Pro," and "Quackle+ Premium") available in 1-month, 3-month, and 6-month billing cycles:
- Payment & Renewal: Subscriptions are billed through your Apple App Store or Google Play Store account (managed via RevenueCat) and automatically renew at the end of each billing cycle unless canceled at least 24 hours prior to the renewal date in your device's store settings.
- Tier Benefits & Daily Likes: Daily like allowances depend on your active tier (15/day for Quackle Free and Quackle+ Chat, 20/day for Quackle+ Core, 25/day for Quackle+ Pro, and 35/day for Quackle+ Premium). Quackle+ Chat cannot be combined with other paid subscription tiers.
- Sunday Quack Packs: Weekly perk drops included with your tier are credited on Sundays and are subject to your plan's active status.
3. Ad Allowance Economy & À La Carte Virtual Perks
Quackle enables users to earn or purchase virtual in-app perks—including Compliments, Rewinds, Unblurs, Super Quacks, Bookmarks, and Read Receipts:
- Ad Allowance & Daily Caps: Users may watch optional rewarded video advertisements (powered by Google AdMob with cryptographic Server-Side Verification) to earn perks. The Ad Allowance bank holds up to 5 ready ads, recharges at a rate of +1 ad per hour, and is subject to a strict server-enforced cap of 10 rewarded ads watched per day (resetting at 3:00 AM local device time) as well as anti-spam cooldown timers.
- Virtual Goods License: All perks—whether earned via ads, granted in a Sunday Quack Pack, or purchased in à la carte token bundles—are limited, non-transferable, revocable licenses to use in-app features. They possess no monetary or cash value, cannot be redeemed for cash, and all purchases are final and non-refundable except where required by applicable law or app store policy.
4. AI Biometric Selfie Verification & Anti-Spoofing
To earn the Verified badge, you may complete Quackle's live camera verification challenge. By initiating verification, you consent to on-device pose/face liveness detection (via Google ML Kit) and transient, in-memory analysis of your verification frame by Google Gemini (for hand-gesture compliance and presentation-attack/screen-replay detection) and our CompreFace / DeepFace facial recognition service hosted on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) to compare your live selfie against your selected profile photo. Attempting to spoof verification using printed photos, secondary screens, deepfakes, or modified camera feeds is a violation of these Terms.
5. "The Flock" Community Badge & Anti-Ghosting Standards
The Flock is Quackle's inner-circle community signal ("Don't ghost if you don't quack—simply unmatch!"). Earning and maintaining the Flock badge requires meeting at least four (4) of five (5) community metrics: (1) replying to matches, (2) sending 15 comments/compliments (resets monthly), (3) completing all profile sections, (4) passing AI selfie verification, and (5) receiving 3 "Happy Quacks" (positive conversation ratings) from matches (resets monthly). Users may optionally bypass at most one (1) requirement by completing 3 verified reward ads. Quackle reserves the right to revoke Flock status for abusive or bad-faith behavior.
6. Compliment Buffer, Real-Time Chat & Mutual Email Blocking
- 1-Minute Compliment Buffer: Sent compliments are held in a server-enforced 60-second delivery buffer, allowing the sender to edit or cancel the compliment before it is delivered to the recipient.
- Real-Time Messaging & Unmatching: Chat messages are routed via Cloudflare Workers and archived in Supabase. Unmatching a user immediately terminates the chat room (WebSocket closure code 1008) and removes the conversation from both users' active views.
- Mutual Email Block List: Users may block specific
.edu email addresses via the Block List. Blocked accounts are mutually hidden across Discovery, Likes You, and Matches.
7. Community Conduct, Moderation & 24-Hour Abuse Reporting
You are solely responsible for the photos, prompts, voice/text messages, compliments, and media selections you post. Harassment, hate speech, bullying, sexually explicit or non-consensual content, impersonation, underage usage, off-platform financial solicitation, or GPS location spoofing will result in an immediate and permanent ban of your account and university email address. Users can report any profile or message directly in-app; reported content is reviewed and acted upon within 24 hours.
8. Third-Party Media & API Attributions
- The Movie Database (TMDB): Movie and TV show metadata and posters displayed on user profile shelves are provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
- Deezer & Apple iTunes Search API: 30-second music track previews and album artwork are sourced via the public Deezer API; supplemental media metadata is sourced via the Apple iTunes Search API. All trademarks, artwork, and audio snippets remain the property of their respective copyright holders.
9. Disclaimer of Warranties & Limitation of Liability
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. QUACKLE DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS ON USERS. YOU ARE SOLELY RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR INTERACTIONS WITH OTHER STUDENTS BOTH ON AND OFF CAMPUS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, QUACKLE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE.
10. Contact Us
For support, billing inquiries, or legal notices, contact us at support@quackledate.app.
