Terms of Service

Effective July 12, 2026

Wisdomly is a reading service: non-fiction books distilled into short summaries written in our own words, plus Sparks — short ideas written by the community. These terms are the deal between you and Wisdomly (“we”, “us”) when you use wisdomly.co (the “Service”). Questions any time: hello@wisdomly.co.

1. Your account

You need an account for reading progress, your library, writing Sparks, and Premium. Keep your password to yourself; you're responsible for what happens under your account. You must be at least 13 years old (or the higher minimum age your country requires for consenting to online services) to create an account. You can delete your account at any time from Settings — deletion is immediate and permanent.

2. Free plan, unlocks, and Premium

Sparks are free. On the free plan you can unlock a limited number of book summaries each calendar month; a book you've unlocked stays readable forever. Premium is a paid subscription that removes the monthly meter.

Payments are processed by Stripe — we never see or store your card details. Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel; you can cancel any time from the Premium page, and your access continues to the end of the period you've paid for. We don't do trial-that-silently-converts tricks: if we ever offer a trial, you'll see the price and the date before anything is charged. If something went wrong with a charge, email us within 14 days and we'll make it right.

3. Our content

Every book summary on Wisdomly is our own original expression: we re-tell a book's ideas, arguments, and structure in our own words. We never reproduce an author's text, and our typographic covers are our own. Book titles and author names belong to their owners and appear only to identify the works being discussed. Summaries are a map of what to read next, not a substitute for the books — buy the ones that earn your shelf.

The Service, including our summaries, design, and software, is protected by copyright and other laws. You may read and share links freely; you may not scrape, republish, or resell our content.

4. Your content (Sparks)

You own the Sparks you write. By publishing on Wisdomly you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive license to host, display, and promote your Sparks on the Service and in previews of it (like link cards). Every Spark passes editorial review before publishing; we may decline or remove content that is unlawful, plagiarized, spammy, hateful, or otherwise out of keeping with a service built on good ideas. Don't post copyrighted text that isn't yours — write ideas in your own words.

If you believe content on Wisdomly infringes your rights, email hello@wisdomly.co with the details and we'll investigate promptly.

5. Acceptable use

Don't break the Service or use it to break the law: no unauthorized access, no abusing rate limits or forms, no automated scraping, no impersonation, no attempts to probe other people's accounts or data.

6. Ending things

You can stop using Wisdomly or delete your account whenever you like. We may suspend or close accounts that violate these terms; if we ever discontinue the Service, we'll give paying subscribers reasonable notice and a fair refund of any unused period.

7. Disclaimers and liability

The Service is provided “as is”. Summaries are interpretive works about other people's books — read the originals before betting your career, health, or savings on an idea. To the maximum extent the law allows, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

8. Changes

We may update these terms as the Service evolves. If a change meaningfully affects your rights, we'll notify you (email or an in-product notice) before it takes effect. Continuing to use Wisdomly after a change means you accept it.