Podo Speak
Last updated: August 10, 2026
Effective date: August 10, 2026 Last updated: August 10, 2026
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between you and Awesome Korean (“we”, “us”) governing your use of the Podo Speak mobile application and any related services (together, “the App”).
By downloading, installing or using the App, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
Podo Speak is a Korean speaking-practice app. It plays a Korean sentence and asks you to say it aloud. While it is your turn to speak, the App records your microphone input, transcribes it using an automated speech-recognition service, and scores how closely your speech matched the target sentence. See the Privacy Policy for how that audio is handled. It also tracks practice time, streaks and progress, and can send you a daily reminder.
The App requires microphone permission to function and an internet connection for speech evaluation and content loading.
You must be at least 13 years old to use the App (16 in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, 14 in the Republic of Korea, or the minimum age of digital consent in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher). If you are a minor under the age of majority where you live, you may use the App only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.
You agree not to:
We may suspend or terminate your access if you violate these rules.
We may change the features included in each tier, or the limits of the free tier, on reasonable notice. Changes will not reduce what you already paid for during a term you have already been billed for.
You can manage or cancel your subscription in your store account settings:
Cancelling stops future renewals. You retain access to paid features until the end of the current billing period. Deleting your Podo Speak account does not cancel your subscription — you must cancel through the store.
All purchases are processed by Apple or Google, and refunds are governed by their policies. We cannot issue refunds directly. Request a refund through Apple (https://reportaproblem.apple.com) or Google Play. Where mandatory consumer protection law in your country grants you a statutory right of withdrawal or refund, that right applies and is not limited by this section.
If you reinstall the App or change devices, use Restore purchases on the subscription screen. Your subscription is tied to your Podo Speak account and to the store account used for the original purchase.
The App, including its software, design, learning content, sentences, translations, synthesized audio, trademarks and logos, is owned by Awesome Korean or its licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark and other laws.
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App for your own non-commercial language learning. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. You may not use the App’s content to train machine learning models or to build a competing product.
The App relies on third-party services including Google Firebase (authentication, database, storage, serverless functions, analytics, crash reporting, device integrity), a speech-transcription provider, a subscription-management provider, and Apple and Google (sign-in and payments). Our current providers are listed in the Privacy Policy, and we may change them as the service evolves. Your use of the App is also subject to those providers’ terms. We are not responsible for third-party services’ availability, performance, or acts and omissions.
Podo Speak is an independent product and is not sponsored by, endorsed by, or affiliated with Apple Inc., Google LLC, or any other third party whose services it uses.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of the above may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable statutory consumer rights you have.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law:
These limitations do not apply to liability that cannot be excluded or limited by law, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or fraudulent misrepresentation.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Awesome Korean and its officers, employees and agents from any claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your violation of these Terms or your misuse of the App, except to the extent caused by us.
You may stop using the App at any time and delete your account in Settings → Delete account.
We may suspend or terminate your access, with or without notice, if you breach these Terms, if required by law, or if we discontinue the App. On termination, your license to use the App ends immediately. Sections 7 (your content, as to already-processed data), 8, 11, 12, 13 and 16 survive termination.
We may update these Terms. When we do, we will change the “Last updated” date and post the revised Terms at https://podokorean.com/podospeak/terms-of-use. For material changes we will post the revised Terms at least 30 days before they take effect, and will use reasonable efforts to highlight the change — for example, in a notice shown in a new version of the App. Continued use of the App after the effective date constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept the revised Terms, stop using the App and cancel any subscription.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, without regard to conflict of law rules. Disputes will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Republic of Korea.
If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction whose mandatory consumer law grants you the right to bring proceedings in your place of residence and to the protection of your local consumer laws, nothing in this section deprives you of those rights.
Podo Speak is operated by Awesome Korean.
Contact: Jeongwoo Park
Email: contact@podokorean.com
