Terms of Service

1. Scope, provider, contract language

These Terms of Service govern the use of the online Platform "prank-your-friends.com" (the "Platform"), where users can create AI‑generated prank images ("Prank Images") and related scripts.

The Platform is operated by:
Zanarkand Dev
Lindenstr. 50
44577 Castrop-Rauxel
Germany
("we", "us" or the "Provider"). The full legal details are set out in the Imprint on this website.

These Terms apply to consumers and business users. The contract language is English. For consumers domiciled in the EU, mandatory consumer protection rules of their home country remain unaffected.

2. Description of the Platform

The Platform allows registered users to choose prank characters, upload room photos, write or generate prank scripts for individual photos and have AI render Prank Images based on that input.

All content generated with the Platform is intended for entertainment and prank purposes only. The Platform is not designed for serious, safety‑critical or business‑critical use cases. We do not guarantee that generated content is factually correct, legally unobjectionable or perfectly realistic.

Core features of the Platform – especially the generation of Prank Images – require credits. We may also provide optional features such as an XP/level system, a referral program and TikTok/featured‑submission flows. These extras are voluntary and may be changed or removed at any time.

3. Registration, user account, minimum age

To access most features you need a user account. Registration requires a valid email address and other requested details, and either a password or a supported sign‑in flow.

The Platform is aimed at adults only. By registering you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. You must keep your login details confidential and inform us without undue delay if you suspect unauthorised access to your account.

We may suspend or delete accounts if you breach these Terms, if we have reasonable grounds to suspect abuse, fraud or other unlawful use, or if we are required to do so by law.

4. Credits, prices, payments, XP/levels, referral program

Generating Prank Images requires credits. Credits can be purchased in packages displayed on the Platform, including the number of credits and the total price in euros (including applicable VAT, if any).

Payments are processed via external payment providers (for example, Stripe). Their terms apply in addition to ours. We do not permanently store full payment details on our own systems; these are handled by the payment provider as far as technically necessary.

Once a payment has been successfully processed, the purchased credits are added to your account. Credits entitle you to use the Platform within its current feature set, for example by starting generation runs. Each generation consumes a certain number of credits as shown in the UI before you start. Credits are not transferable, have no value outside of the Platform and – subject to mandatory legal rights – are generally non‑refundable.

If a generation run fails completely due to a technical problem, we will use reasonable efforts to restore used credits or offer an equivalent solution. A legal claim exists only where required by law or where we explicitly promise a refund.

The XP and level system is a purely gamified loyalty feature. XP and levels have no direct monetary value. Any bonus credits granted on level‑ups or feature usage are voluntary rewards. We may change XP rules, level thresholds and rewards at any time. Credits that have already been added to your account remain intact.

If we run a referral program, you may share invite links or codes with friends. Any rewards (for example bonus credits or XP) are governed by the referral rules active at the time. We may change, pause or terminate the referral program at any time, especially if we suspect abuse, self‑referrals or fraudulent activity.

The Platform may allow you to submit your own prank outcomes (for example screenshots or videos) for potential featuring on our social channels or for bonus rewards. Submissions are entirely voluntary. There is no right to be featured or to receive a reward; we may reject any submission at our discretion.

5. Right of withdrawal for EU consumers

If you are a consumer resident in the EU and purchase paid services, you generally have a statutory right of withdrawal. Details are provided in a separate withdrawal notice that we make available during the checkout process where applicable.

When you purchase credits that are intended to be used immediately for digital services (such as starting generation runs), your right of withdrawal can expire early if you explicitly ask us to start providing the service before the withdrawal period ends and confirm that you are aware you will lose your right of withdrawal once we begin performance.

6. Acceptable use and user responsibility

You are solely responsible for all content you upload or generate via the Platform (such as room photos, scripts, screenshots and videos). You may only use content for which you have the necessary rights and which does not infringe the rights of third parties.

In particular, you must not use the Platform to create or distribute content that is illegal, defamatory, harassing, hateful, pornographic, harmful to minors, glorifies violence or is otherwise unlawful; that promotes discrimination or hate speech; that depicts vulnerable individuals in a degrading or dehumanising way; or that unlawfully uses trademarks, logos or copyrighted works.

You are responsible for ensuring that any identifiable persons in your photos or Prank Images (for example friends and family) have consented to the creation and use of such content where required by law. Without appropriate consent you must not publish or share such content.

We may block or delete content if there are concrete indications of a breach of these Terms or applicable law. In serious cases we may temporarily or permanently suspend your account and, if necessary, take legal action.

7. Licence to user content and indemnity

When you upload content to the Platform you grant us a non‑exclusive, worldwide licence to use, store, process and reproduce that content as necessary to operate the Platform and provide our services to you.

Where you submit content for social‑media features (for example TikTok submissions) and consent to this use, you additionally grant us a non‑exclusive, worldwide licence to display such content on our own social‑media channels and websites, to adapt it for that purpose (for example cropping, subtitles, adding our logo) and to use it in connection with promoting our services.

You represent that you are entitled to grant these licences and that our use of the content as described will not infringe any third‑party rights. You agree to indemnify us from any justified claims brought by third parties against us due to content you are responsible for, including reasonable legal defence costs, unless you are not at fault.

8. Rights in software, models and generated content

All rights in the Platform, underlying software, AI models and provided graphics, layouts and texts are owned by us or our licensors. You may not copy, modify, reverse‑engineer or redistribute the Platform except as permitted by mandatory law.

Subject to third‑party rights in content you provide, we grant you a non‑exclusive, non‑transferable, worldwide, perpetual licence to use the Prank Images and other outputs you generate for your own private purposes and for posting on your own social‑media channels.

Any use of generated content as stand‑alone commercial products (for example mass‑produced posters or merchandise that mainly consist of the generated image) requires a separate written agreement with us.

9. Availability, maintenance and test features

We do not guarantee constant, uninterrupted availability of the Platform. Maintenance work, technical issues or overload of the connected AI infrastructure may lead to temporary downtime or degraded performance. We aim to announce planned maintenance where reasonable and to fix disruptions promptly.

Some features may be marked as test, beta or experimental. These features may be unstable, produce unexpected results or be changed or removed at short notice. You have no claim to any particular feature set or quality level of generated content.

10. Liability

We are fully liable for damages resulting from injury to life, body or health caused by us, our legal representatives or vicarious agents, for damages caused intentionally or with gross negligence, for guarantees we have expressly given and where the German Product Liability Act applies.

In case of slight negligence we are only liable for breaches of essential contractual duties (cardinal obligations) and then only for foreseeable, typical damage. Cardinal obligations are those whose fulfilment is essential to proper contract performance and on which you may regularly rely.

Any further liability is excluded. In particular we are not liable for lost profits, missed prank reactions, social reputation effects or other indirect or consequential damages, unless required by mandatory law.

11. Changes to the service and to these Terms

We may further develop, adapt or partially discontinue the Platform, provided that the core service is not restricted in an unreasonable way for existing users.

We may amend these Terms if there is a valid reason to do so, in particular to reflect changes in law or regulatory guidance, changes to features, closure of security gaps or adjustments to economic or technical conditions.

We will inform registered users about material changes in text form (for example by email or in‑app notice) within a reasonable period before they take effect. If you do not object within the notified period, the amended Terms are deemed accepted.

12. Data protection

Information on how we process personal data when you use the Platform, including room photos, account data, payment information (via payment providers) and log data, is set out in our Privacy Policy available at /legal/privacy.

13. Final provisions

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). For consumers, this choice of law must not deprive you of the protection afforded by mandatory laws of your country of residence.

If you are a merchant, a legal entity under public law or a special fund under public law, the courts at our registered seat shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all disputes arising out of or in connection with these Terms.

If any provision of these Terms is or becomes invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. In such case, the invalid provision will be replaced by the applicable statutory rule.