PlateClock
Last updated 11 November 2026
These are the terms you agree to by using PlateClock. They are written to be read, not to be impressive.
PlateClock is a planning and timing tool for cooking. It works out when each step of each dish should start so that everything is ready at the time you choose, and it reminds you when to do things.
It is not a food safety authority, and it does not know whether your food is cooked.
Cooking times in the dish library are starting points. Ovens run hot and cold, a piece of meat is never the size the recipe assumed, and only you can see and smell what is in front of you. Judging whether food is cooked through and safe to eat — with a thermometer where that matters — is yours, not ours. Do not leave heat unattended because a timer has not gone off yet.
Reminders are scheduled on your own device. They can be delayed or silenced by your phone — a focus mode, low power mode, or the operating system deciding to save battery. Treat them as a help, not as a guarantee, and never as the only thing standing between you and a burning pan.
You can use PlateClock without an account. If you make one, keep your sign-in secure and tell us if you think someone else is using it. You must be old enough to agree to these terms where you live — at least 13 everywhere, and older in some countries.
We may suspend or close an account that is being used to attack the service, to break the law, or to abuse other people. We will tell you why unless we are not allowed to.
The free tier plans meals of up to two dishes and does not expire. PlateClock Plus adds unlimited dishes, saved meals that sync between your devices, and your own dish recipes.
The meals and dishes you create are yours. You give us only the permission we need to store them and send them back to your devices. We do not publish them, sell them, or use them to make anything else. If you delete your account, they go with it.
PlateClock itself — the app, the scheduling it does, the built-in dish library, the name and the look of it — stays ours. You may use it; you may not copy it, resell it, or pull it apart to make a competing product.
We will try to keep PlateClock working and accurate, but we cannot promise it will be uninterrupted or error-free, and we do not promise any particular result in your kitchen. The service is provided as it is.
Nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law does not allow to be limited. Beyond that, and to the extent the law allows, our total liability to you for anything connected with PlateClock is limited to what you have paid us in the twelve months before the claim, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss — including, specifically, a ruined dinner.
You may have rights as a consumer that these terms cannot take away. Where that is so, those rights win.
If these terms change in a way that matters, the date at the top changes and we will tell you in the app before the change takes effect. Carrying on using PlateClock after that means you accept the new terms; if you do not, stop using it and cancel any subscription.
You can stop using PlateClock at any time, delete your account in Settings, and remove the app. The sections about our content, liability and governing law survive.
These terms are governed by the law of the place where PlateClock is published, and the courts there have jurisdiction — except that if you are a consumer, you keep the right to bring a claim in the courts where you live.