Terms of Service
These terms govern your use of Ajitama, the ramen journal app and its related services. Short version: log real bowls, rate them honestly, be a decent human, and we'll get along fine.
1. The service
Ajitama is a social ramen journal: you check in bowls at real shops, rate them, earn progression in a game layer, and discover new ramen. Some features require an account; the core journal works without one.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old. If you're under the age where your country requires parental consent for services like this, get it.
3. Your account
One account per human. You're responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping your credentials to yourself. Usernames are public inside the app; pick one you're happy to wear on a leaderboard.
4. Your content
You own what you submit — reviews, ratings, notes, photos, and everything else remain yours. By submitting, you grant Ajitama, LLC a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to host, display, reproduce, adapt, aggregate, and build derived data from your content, in connection with operating and improving the service. This is the license that lets community ratings, rankings, recommendations, and recipe inference exist and remain stable over time.
Deleting your account removes your content from our servers as described in the Privacy Policy; already-computed anonymous aggregates may persist.
5. Honest data — the house rule
Ratings at Ajitama are computed from real check-ins only. You agree not to:
- submit fake, paid, traded, or manufactured check-ins or ratings;
- rate shops you own or work for (verified owners are excluded from their own shop's score automatically — that's a feature, not a punishment);
- manipulate GPS, timestamps, loyalty codes, or any verification system;
- farm, forge, duplicate, or resell loyalty slips or reward codes;
- use bots, scripts, or multiple accounts to gain XP, items, or influence.
Violations are grounds for permanent ban — account termination and removal of fraudulent data from all aggregates. We built this app because review data everywhere else is polluted; we will protect ours.
6. The game layer
XP, levels, ranks, badges, virtual items, and in-game currency are features of the service, not property. They have no monetary value, cannot be sold or exchanged for money, and may be adjusted, rebalanced, or reset as the game evolves. In-game advantages can never be purchased with real money — that's a design constitution, not just a term.
7. Shops and community data
Shop and dish listings are community records of real places. Adding or editing them grants the same license as §4. Shop owners may claim their listing through our verification process; claiming never changes a rating and confers no control over community content beyond labeled suggestions and the tools we explicitly provide.
8. Acceptable use
No unlawful content, no harassment, no impersonation, no spam, no scraping, no reverse-engineering our services, no interfering with other users or our infrastructure. Photos and text you post must not infringe anyone's rights. We may remove content that violates these terms.
9. Termination
You can delete your account any time in Settings. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms — including the permanent ban described in §5. Sections 4, 5, 10, 11, and 12 survive termination.
10. Disclaimers
The service is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, express or implied. We don't guarantee availability, accuracy of listings, or that any bowl will change your life (though we hope).
11. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ajitama, LLC's total liability arising from these terms or the service will not exceed the greater of US $50 or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. We're not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maine, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes belong to the state or federal courts located in Maine.
13. Changes
We may update these terms; material changes will be noted in the app with a fresh effective date. Continuing to use the service after changes take effect means you accept them.
14. Contact
Ajitama, LLC · Maine, USA
Email: support@ajitamaapp.com