Terms of Service

Last updated: October 26, 2026

The short version

CollegeApp is a subscription-based platform for personal academic and college preparation use. You own your data. Sofia and Katy are AI assistants that provide general guidance — they are not professional tutoring or college counseling services and do not replace your school counselor or teachers. We help you prepare, but we don't guarantee admission, scholarships, or any particular scores or grades. Be respectful, don't abuse the platform, and don't resell or redistribute our content. We can suspend accounts that violate these terms.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account on CollegeApp ("Service," "we," "us") at collegeapp.us, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, do not use the Service. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian should review these terms with you.

2. Description of Service

CollegeApp is a web-based academic and college preparation platform for high school students. The Service includes:

  • Sofia — an AI-powered tutor for academic subjects, powered by Anthropic's Claude API
  • Katy — an AI-powered college application coach for essays, strategy, and school research, powered by Anthropic's Claude API
  • Spaced-repetition flashcards and mock SAT/ACT practice tests across 15+ subjects
  • Study plans, quiz history, and academic progress tracking
  • College list management, deadline tracking, and essay organization
  • GPA calculator, test score tracker, activities log, and student portfolio
  • Financial aid and scholarship tracking
  • Parent and counselor access through linked accounts

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use CollegeApp. By creating an account, you confirm that you are 13 or older. Users under 18 should have parental awareness of their use of the Service.

4. Your Account

You are responsible for:

  • Keeping your password secure and not sharing it with others
  • All activity that occurs under your account
  • Providing accurate information when creating your account
  • Notifying us immediately if you suspect unauthorized access to your account

Each person may maintain only one account. Creating multiple accounts to circumvent subscription restrictions is not permitted.

5. Subscription and Billing

Free Trial

New accounts receive a 14-day free trial with full access to all features. A valid payment method is required to start a trial, but you will not be charged during the trial period. Unless you cancel before the trial ends, your subscription begins automatically at the end of the trial using the payment method on file. You may cancel at any time before the trial ends to avoid any charge. If a subscription later lapses, your data is preserved so you can resubscribe.

Subscription Plans

After the trial, continued access requires an active subscription:

  • Monthly plan: $29.00 per month, per child, billed each month on your billing date
  • Annual plan: $249.00 per year, per child ($20.75/month), billed once annually
  • Institutional plans: Custom pricing for schools, districts, and counseling programs — contact us at info@collegeapp.us

All prices are in USD. Applicable taxes may be added at checkout depending on your location.

Billing

Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period. You authorize us to charge your payment method on file at the start of each renewal period. If a payment fails, we will retry the charge and notify you by email. After a 7-day grace period without a successful payment, your account will be suspended until billing is resolved.

Cancellation

You may cancel your subscription at any time from your Account Settings. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period — you retain full access until then. We do not provide partial-period refunds for monthly plans except as described in the Refunds section below.

Refunds

Monthly plans: if you are unsatisfied within 7 days of a charge, contact us at info@collegeapp.us and we will issue a full refund for that billing period.

Annual plans: refunds are available on a prorated basis within 30 days of the annual charge if you have not made significant use of the platform during that period. After 30 days, annual plan payments are non-refundable.

Price Changes

We reserve the right to change subscription prices. We will provide at least 30 days' notice of any price increase by email and in-app notice. Continued use after the effective date of a price change constitutes acceptance of the new price.

6. Personal Use Only

CollegeApp is licensed to you for personal, non-commercial use only. You may not:

  • Resell, sublicense, or redistribute access to the Service
  • Use the Service to provide tutoring or college counseling services to others for payment
  • Share your account credentials to allow others to use your subscription
  • Scrape, copy, or systematically extract content or data from the platform
  • Use automated bots or scripts to interact with the Service
  • Attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or access the source code

7. Acceptable Use

You agree not to use CollegeApp to:

  • Post or transmit content that is unlawful, harmful, or offensive
  • Impersonate another person or entity
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to other users' accounts or data
  • Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of the Service
  • Submit false or misleading information

8. AI Assistants Disclaimer

Sofia and Katy are AI assistants that provide general guidance for academic and college preparation purposes only. They are not professional tutors, college counselors, academic advisors, or any form of licensed professional service. AI-generated responses may be inaccurate, incomplete, or not applicable to your specific situation.

You should independently verify any information provided by Sofia or Katy and consult your teachers, school counselor, or qualified professionals for personalized guidance. CollegeApp is not responsible for decisions you make based on AI assistant responses.

9. Your Content and Data

You retain full ownership of all content you enter into CollegeApp — your essays, activities, academic information, and all other data. By using the Service, you grant us a limited license to store and process your content solely to provide the Service to you. We do not claim ownership of your content.

10. Intellectual Property

The CollegeApp platform, including its design, code, features, flashcard content, and other materials (excluding user-provided data), is owned by CollegeApp and protected by intellectual property laws. You may not copy, modify, or distribute any part of the platform without our prior written permission.

11. Privacy

Your use of CollegeApp is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

12. Termination

You may delete your account at any time from Account Settings. We may suspend or terminate your account if you violate these Terms, with or without prior notice depending on the severity of the violation. Upon termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately and your subscription will not be refunded except as described in Section 5.

We reserve the right to discontinue the Service at any time. If we do, we will provide reasonable advance notice and pro-rate any prepaid subscription fees.

13. No Guarantee of Admission or Outcomes

CollegeApp is a preparation, study, and organization platform. We help you learn, practice, and manage your applications — but we do not guarantee any particular result. We make no promise or guarantee that you will be admitted to any college or program, receive any scholarship or financial aid, or achieve any specific test score, grade, or GPA. College admissions and these other outcomes depend on many factors outside our control and beyond the Service.

Any practice scores, AP score estimates, timelines, examples, or guidance provided through the Service — including by Sofia and Katy — are for informational and study purposes only and are not predictions or assurances of actual results. You are responsible for your own applications, deadlines, and decisions.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

CollegeApp is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses.

15. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, CollegeApp and its team shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your use of or inability to use the Service — including but not limited to loss of data, loss of college application opportunities, or reliance on AI-generated content. Our total liability to you for any claims arising from use of the Service shall not exceed the total subscription fees you paid us in the 12 months preceding the claim.

16. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States. Any disputes arising under these Terms will be resolved in accordance with applicable law. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in full force.

17. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will post the updated Terms on this page with a revised date. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. For material changes, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you by email.

18. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact us at info@collegeapp.us.

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