Terms of Service

1. Scope

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and Bent Eisheuer (“we”, “us”) regarding your use of the Voika macOS application and any updates to it (the “Software”).

2. License

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Software on the Macs you own or control, for the number of activations included with your purchase. The license is perpetual for the version you purchased and does not expire.

3. Free trial

The Software is offered with a 7-day free trial. After the trial ends, a valid license is required to keep using it. We may use a one-way, anonymised device hash to prevent repeated resetting of the trial, as described in our Privacy Policy.

4. Bring your own AI provider

Voikarequires you to configure your own API key for an AI provider of your choice (for example Google Gemini, Anthropic, OpenAI, or xAI). Your use of that provider is governed by your own agreement with them, including their pricing, usage limits, and acceptable-use policies; we are not a party to that agreement and are not responsible for the provider's availability, output, or costs.

5. Desktop access

The Software requests system permissions (Microphone, Speech Recognition, Accessibility, Screen Recording, Automation) in order to perceive and act on your desktop at your spoken or typed direction. You are responsible for the commands you give it and for reviewing any confirmation prompts before an irreversible action (such as deleting a file or sending a message) is carried out.

6. Restrictions

You agree not to:

• copy, redistribute, sublicense, sell, rent, or lease the Software, or share your license key with others;
• circumvent, disable, or tamper with the licensing or trial mechanisms;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the Software, except to the extent this restriction is expressly prohibited by applicable law;
• use the Software for any unlawful purpose.

7. Ownership

The Software is licensed, not sold. We and our licensors retain all right, title, and interest in and to the Software, including all intellectual property rights. The Voika name and logo are our trademarks.

8. Third-party components

The Software incorporates third-party and open-source components (including the wake-word and speech-recognition models it runs on-device, and the Sparkle update framework). Such components remain subject to their own licenses, which do not limit your rights under these Terms beyond what those licenses require.

9. Updates

The Software checks for and installs updates automatically (you can disable automatic checks in Settings). We are not obliged to provide updates indefinitely or to maintain compatibility with future versions of macOS.

10. Warranty & statutory rights

The Software is provided with reasonable care. Your statutory warranty rights as a consumer under German and EU law remain fully unaffected by these Terms. Beyond those mandatory rights, and to the extent permitted by law, the Software is provided “as is” without further warranties.

11. Limitation of liability

We are liable without limitation for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health, for intent and gross negligence, under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz), and to the extent we have given a guarantee. For slight negligence, we are liable only for the breach of an essential contractual obligation (a duty whose fulfilment makes proper performance of the contract possible and on which you may regularly rely), and in such cases liability is limited to the foreseeable, contract-typical damage. Any further liability is excluded. This includes actions taken by the Software at your direction, such as commands you gave it to control other applications.

12. Term & termination

These Terms apply for as long as you use the Software. We may terminate the license if you materially breach these Terms (for example, by sharing your license key or circumventing the licensing). Your statutory rights remain unaffected.

13. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence.

14. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email us at legetdev@gmail.com. See also our Imprint and Refund & Withdrawal pages.