Last updated: July 30, 2026
These terms cover the Pairent app, which is in private beta, and the pairent.app website. They replace earlier terms that covered only the waitlist page.
The agreement is between you and Daniel Wilson, an individual developer working alone ("Pairent", "we", "us"). There is no company yet: a limited liability company is being formed, and this page will be updated with its name and address when it exists. Until then you can reach us at [email protected].
These terms have not yet been reviewed by a lawyer. We are engaging outside counsel and expect to revise this page before Pairent reaches the App Store.
Pairent turns audio you record of your own household into parenting insights grounded in published parenting frameworks.
Pairent is not medical, psychological, therapeutic or professional advice, and it is not a diagnostic tool. It does not monitor for emergencies and must never be relied on for child safety. If you have concerns about your child's health, development or safety, consult a qualified professional.
Pairent's guidance is informed by published parenting books. All guidance text is Pairent's own paraphrase of those ideas. The authors and publishers of those books are not affiliated with Pairent and do not endorse it.
You must be at least 18, and the parent or legal guardian of the children in your family profile.
You must be a resident of the United States, and not a resident of Illinois. Illinois has a biometric privacy law that our speaker-recognition feature is not built to satisfy. Because Pairent computes voice-recognition data every time it analyzes a recording, and that is not something you can switch off for a single session, we also ask you not to record at all while you are physically in Illinois, and to delete any recording made there before it uploads. We do not collect your state or your location, so we cannot check any of this: we are relying on you.
A Pairent account is for one household. You may not use Pairent to run a childcare business, to monitor employees generally, or in any workplace other than your own home.
If someone is paid to work in your home, such as a nanny, you may record them only if they have separately and freely agreed in writing, you can show that agreement, and you have not made it a condition of their employment.
Pairent records real conversations, so the law where you are matters.
Record your own household. Pairent is designed for a parent recording their own family at home, while present and part of the conversation.
You are responsible for consent. Federal law and most states allow a recording if one person in the conversation agrees, which can be you. A number of states require everyone in the conversation to agree. We are not going to print a list of those states here, because we would rather you check your own state's current law than rely on a list we might let go stale, and we are not your lawyers. If you are in a state that requires everyone's agreement, then everyone whose voice the recorder might pick up has to agree in advance, including adults who visit.
Pairent cannot obtain that agreement for you, and it shows no indicator to the people around you, so telling them is your job. Do not record guests, other people's children, phone calls, or conversations you are not part of.
Do not wear the recorder at playdates with other children, in other people's homes, in workplaces, in schools, or in public places where other people reasonably expect privacy.
You are responsible for complying with the recording and privacy laws that apply to you.
By creating a family profile and recording, you confirm that you are the parent or guardian with authority to consent to the collection of your children's personal information as described in the Privacy Policy, and you consent to that collection and processing.
Some things need their own permission, which you give separately in the app and can withdraw at any time without affecting the others. Voiceprints: given once for your household, and withdrawing it deletes every voiceprint we hold for your family. You can also delete an individual family member's voiceprint. Watercolor portraits: given once for your household, and withdrawing it deletes every portrait. You can also delete a single child's portrait. Story photos: the scope of camera-roll access is a setting, and you can set it to none.
During the beta, a separate consent form that you sign and return to us covers recording the children in your household and enrolling family voiceprints. That signed form, not this page, is what records your consent. If the signed form and these terms ever disagree, the signed form wins.
You own your recordings and your family's content. You grant Pairent a limited, revocable license to host, process, transcribe, analyze and display it in order to provide the service to you, including processing by the service providers listed in the Privacy Policy.
We also use it, at the smallest scale that answers the question, to check and improve the quality of what Pairent writes about your family: for example reviewing how Pairent updated what it remembers, or running a day through a second AI model to compare which produced better coaching. That is quality work on your own account's output, not training anyone's model on your data, and it is limited to the person who operates Pairent.
We claim no ownership, no right to publish your family's content, and no right to use it for advertising or model training.
Feedback about the product, such as bug reports and suggestions, we may use freely to improve Pairent.
Pairent is free right now. There is no subscription, no in-app purchase, and no free trial in the app today.
If we start charging, we will show you the price, the billing period and when it renews before you agree to anything, and we will not start charging an existing account without asking you first. Payments would go through Apple on your App Store account: you would manage and cancel the subscription in your App Store settings, and refunds would be handled by Apple under Apple's refund policy, not by us.
Beta access is free and provided as is. It may break, and we may end it at any time. Please do not publish screenshots of unreleased features or share pricing we have told you about in confidence; if you are not sure whether something is shareable, ask us. When the beta ends, your data is handled exactly as the Privacy Policy describes, and you can delete it, or your whole account, at any point.
You may not: use Pairent to record people without the consent or notice described in section 3; try to reach another user's data; reverse-engineer or scrape the service; use it to harass, surveil or harm anyone; or resell it. We may suspend an account that endangers other people's privacy or the service itself.
You can stop using Pairent and delete your account at any time, from Settings, then Data retention, then Delete account and all data. We may end your access for breach of these terms, with notice where that is practicable.
The service is provided as is, without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows.
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim relating to Pairent is limited to the greater of the amounts you have paid us in the twelve months before the claim, or one hundred US dollars, and we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages.
Nothing in this section limits liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for our gross negligence or willful misconduct, or for anything else that cannot be limited or excluded under the law that applies to you. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law where you live that cannot be waived.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute will be brought in the state or federal courts located in New York, New York, and we each agree to that venue. This may change when the company is formed, and we will tell you if it does.
There is no arbitration clause and no class-action waiver in these terms. Nothing here stops you bringing a claim in small-claims court, or complaining to a government agency such as the Federal Trade Commission or your state attorney general.
This agreement is between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for Pairent or its content and has no obligation to support it. If Pairent fails to conform to a warranty we have given, you may tell Apple and Apple will refund what you paid, if anything; beyond that refund, Apple has no warranty obligation to you. Apple is not responsible for any claim you have relating to Pairent, including product liability, legal compliance or consumer protection claims, and is not responsible for handling any third-party claim that Pairent infringes intellectual property rights. You must comply with your App Store terms and with applicable export law, and you confirm you are not located in an embargoed country or on a restricted-party list. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this section and may enforce it directly. Questions, complaints and claims about Pairent should go to [email protected]; a postal address will be published here once the company is formed.
By joining the waitlist at pairent.app you give us permission to email you about Pairent's launch. You can unsubscribe, or have your address deleted, at any time by writing to us. All content on the site, meaning text, illustrations, design and code, belongs to Pairent, and you may not copy, reproduce or distribute it without written permission. The site is provided as is, with no guarantee of availability or accuracy.
If any part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest still applies and that part is limited only as far as needed to make it valid. These terms, the Privacy Policy, and any consent form you have signed are the whole agreement between us about Pairent. You may not transfer your rights under these terms. We may transfer ours to a company we form or to a buyer of the business, and if we do, the Privacy Policy still governs your family's data and we will tell you before anything changes. Formal notices from us go to the email address on your account; you can reach us at [email protected]. Sections 1, 5, 9, 10, 11 and 13 survive after you stop using Pairent or your account is closed.
We may update these terms. We will change the date at the top, list the change under "What has changed" below, and email you about material changes at the address on your account, with an effective date. Continued use after that date is acceptance. A change that expands what we collect from your children requires fresh consent, as described in the Privacy Policy.
July 30, 2026. First terms covering the Pairent app. Replaces the earlier terms, which covered only the waitlist website; the website terms are preserved in section 12. Governing law remains New York.
Pairent is operated by Daniel Wilson, an individual developer. There is no company yet; a limited liability company is being formed and this page will carry its name and address when it does. Write to [email protected].
See also the Privacy Policy.