Terms of Service

Version v2.0 · Effective 2026-09-11

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between Project July, a sole proprietorship ("we," "us," or "ToonCat"), and the creator members who use ToonCat ("you" or "Member"). By signing up, you agree to these Terms.

1. Purpose

These Terms set out the rights, obligations, and responsibilities between you and us in connection with your use of ToonCat (the "Services"), together with the rules on plans and usage limits, payment, cancellation, and refunds.

2. Definitions

"Services" means the AI translation of webtoon source files, removal of text from those files, typesetting of the translated text, translation review and editing, download of the output, and related features that we provide to you.
"Member" means a person who has agreed to these Terms and been granted creator-member status by us. A Publisher — a partner of ours that displays content on its own channels — is governed by a separate publisher agreement, not by these Terms.
"Source Files" means everything you register on the Services, including your webtoon images and work information.
"Output" means what the Services produce from your Source Files: the translated text, the images with the original text removed ("clean cuts"), the images with the translation typeset onto them ("typeset cuts"), the translation script, and the like.
"Cut" means one Source File image submitted for translation. "Episode" means the set of Cuts you register as a single unit.
"Plan" means a product that defines the conditions of use of the Services: a free plan with no fee, and paid plans for which you pay a fee on a monthly or annual basis.
"Daily Limit" means the number of Cuts you may submit for translation in one day under your Plan.
"Re-translation" means translating an already-translated Episode again at your request.
"Price List" means the information we post within the Services on each Plan's price, billing cycle, Daily Limit, available features, and re-translation conditions.
"Free Use" means use of the free Plan, and use of paid-Plan features without a fee during a period we designate, such as a test period, trial, or promotion.

3. Posting and Amendment of These Terms

We post these Terms and the Price List within the Services so that you can review them easily.
We may amend these Terms to the extent permitted by applicable law.
When we amend these Terms, we post the effective date, the reason for the change, and a before-and-after comparison within the Services at least 15 days before the effective date. For changes unfavorable to you, we post them at least 30 days in advance and also notify you individually at your registered email.
If we clearly state in that notice that not objecting by the effective date will be treated as acceptance, and you do not object, you are deemed to have accepted the amended Terms. Changes to Plan conditions, however, require your consent under Section 10.
If you do not accept the amended Terms, you may cancel your Plan and this agreement; in that case we refund you under Section 13 with no early-cancellation deduction.

4. Formation of the Agreement

You become a Member by applying in the manner we prescribe and agreeing to these Terms and the required consent items.
You may not register if you are under 14 years of age.
A Member under 19 years of age must obtain the consent of a legal guardian to subscribe to a paid Plan. An agreement entered into without that consent may be cancelled by the Member or the legal guardian, except where applicable law restricts cancellation.
We may decline an application, or later revoke membership, if you:
1. use someone else's identity or provide false information; or
2. have violated these Terms or applicable law.

5. Scope of the Services and Usage Limits

The specific content of the Services, the source and target languages supported, and the features included in each Plan are as posted on the Service screens and in the Price List.
To keep the Services stable, we may set usage limits — such as the number of Cuts per request, image dimensions and file size, and the interval between re-translations of the same Episode — and we post them on the Service screens.
Processing may take time depending on the volume of your Source Files and system conditions.

6. Changes to and Suspension of the Services

We may change or suspend all or part of the Services when:
1. operationally necessary, such as for system inspection, maintenance, or replacement;
2. a force-majeure event occurs, such as a natural disaster, power outage, or network failure; or
3. we make a business decision, such as a change in service policy or a business pivot.
We give you advance notice of any change or suspension; where this is unavoidable, we may give notice afterward.
If we terminate the Services entirely, we give notice at least 30 days before the termination date and also notify you individually by email, we guarantee that you can download your Output until that date, and we refund the fee for the remaining subscription period with no early-cancellation deduction.

7. Plans and Usage Limits

You use the Services on either a free Plan or a paid Plan. The price, billing cycle (monthly or annual), Daily Limit, and available features of each paid Plan are set out in the Price List.
The Daily Limit is counted by the number of Cuts you submit for translation that day and resets at midnight Korea Standard Time. Any unused portion does not carry over to the next day.
Re-translation of the same Episode is not counted against your Daily Limit up to the number of times set out in the Price List. Beyond that number, a re-translation counts against your Daily Limit by the number of Cuts in that Episode, just like a new translation.
Editing the translated text with the review feature and then re-typesetting that Cut is not a Re-translation and is not counted against your Daily Limit.
Before you submit a translation or re-translation, we show you the number of Cuts being submitted, your remaining limit for that day, and — for a re-translation — the number of free re-translations remaining for that Episode.
Before you pay to subscribe to a paid Plan, we show you, on a single screen, the Plan price (total amount), the billing cycle, the Daily Limit, whether it renews automatically and the date of the first scheduled renewal, and how to cancel.
Fees are charged in the currency shown in the Price List. If your payment method uses a different currency, you bear the exchange-rate conversion and any fee charged by your payment-method issuer; we do not charge any additional fee beyond the Plan fee based on your choice of payment method.

8. Free Use

We may offer a free Plan; its Daily Limit and available features are set out in the Price List.
We may provide paid-Plan features free of charge within a period or limit we designate, such as a test period, trial, or promotion, and we post that period and limit on the Service screens.
We do not charge a fee for translations processed during Free Use.
After Free Use ends, a fee arises only if you subscribe to a paid Plan and pay for it. No payment is taken merely because Free Use has ended.
If we end the free provision described in paragraph 2, we post notice within the Services at least 7 days before it ends.
If we run a trial in which we register your payment method in advance, provide the Services free of charge, and then convert to a paid Plan, we will — within the 14 days before the conversion date — inform you of the date and time of conversion, the amount to be charged, the payment method, and how to withdraw your consent, and obtain your consent. If you do not consent, we do not convert you to a paid Plan.

9. Recurring Payments and Automatic Renewal

Unless you cancel, a paid Plan renews automatically on the same conditions at the end of each billing cycle, and the fee is charged to your registered payment method.
For annual Plans, we notify you by email — between 30 days and 7 days before the scheduled renewal date — of that date, the amount to be charged, and how to cancel.
If an automatic payment fails, we notify you and may retry the payment for 7 days. If payment still does not succeed within that period, the paid Plan ends and you are moved to the free Plan.
You must enter accurate payment information and must not use another person's payment method without authorization.

10. Changes to Plan Conditions

If we change the conditions of a paid Plan in a way that is unfavorable to you — such as raising the price or reducing the Daily Limit — we will, within the 30 days before the billing date on which the change would apply, inform you of the change, the date it applies, and how to withdraw your consent, and obtain your consent.
If you do not consent to a change under paragraph 1, your paid Plan is not renewed and ends at the close of the current billing cycle; until then you may continue to use it on the existing conditions.
Changes that are not unfavorable to you, such as a price reduction or a higher limit, are posted within the Services at least 7 days before they apply.
Conditions in effect before the change continue to apply to a billing cycle that has already been paid for.
If we change the Daily Limit or features of the free Plan, we post notice within the Services at least 15 days before it applies. Moving to a Plan under the Price List because Free Use has ended is not a change under this Section.

11. Cancelling a Plan

You may cancel a paid Plan at any time from the account menu in the Services, and we do not make cancellation harder than signing up.
When you cancel, you may choose either of the following:
1. Stop renewal: you continue to use the Plan until the end of the current billing cycle, and no payment is taken from the next renewal onward.
2. Cancel immediately: paid use ends at once and we refund you under Section 13.
When a paid Plan ends, you may continue to use the Services on the free Plan, and your Source Files and Output are retained.
Withdrawal of membership is treated as an immediate cancellation and is refunded under Section 13.

12. Withdrawal of Subscription

Within 7 days of the date you pay for a paid Plan (or, if later, the date the Plan becomes available to use), you may withdraw your subscription and receive a full refund of the amount paid, provided you have not submitted any translation or re-translation during that billing cycle.
Once translation processing has begun during that billing cycle, you may not withdraw your subscription; cancellation and refunds are then governed by Sections 11 and 13. We display this clearly before payment, and we make the free Plan and Free Use available so that you can try the Services beforehand.
Notwithstanding paragraph 2, if the Output differs from how it was described or advertised, or is provided otherwise than as agreed, you may withdraw your subscription within 3 months of receiving the Output and within 30 days of the date you became aware, or could have become aware, of that fact.

13. Refunds on Early Cancellation

If you cancel immediately under Section 11.2.2, we refund the amount paid less (a) the amount corresponding to the period used (the amount paid divided by the number of days in the billing cycle, multiplied by the number of days used) and (b) 10% of the fee for the remaining period. The same calculation applies to both monthly and annual Plans.
We do not deduct the 10% in paragraph 1 where the cancellation is due to a cause attributable to us, or where it is made under Section 3.5 or Section 6.3.
Periods provided free of charge under a promotion are not refundable.
The method and deadline for refunds are governed by Section 15.

14. Processing Failures and Defective Output

A Cut whose translation was not completed for reasons attributable to us is not counted against your Daily Limit; if it has already been counted, we restore it to that day's limit.
If the Output contains an error attributable to us — such as missing translated text, overlapping text, or a corrupted file — you may request reprocessing, and we will process it without counting it against your Daily Limit or your free re-translation count.
If we do not resolve the error within 3 business days of receiving your reprocessing request, you may request a refund of the fee corresponding to the number of Cuts in that Episode (the amount paid divided by the sum of the Daily Limits over the billing cycle, multiplied by the number of Cuts).
A difference of preference as to phrasing or tone is not an error under paragraph 2. A clearly mistranslated meaning or omitted content, however, is an error. You may edit the translated text yourself using the review feature of the Services.

15. Overcharges and Refund Method

We refund overcharges in full. An overcharge caused by us is refunded in full regardless of fees or charges, and if we decline a refund, the burden is on us to show that no overcharge occurred.
For a withdrawal of subscription we begin the refund within 3 business days of the date you withdraw; for other refunds, within 3 business days of the date the refund becomes due. We refund to the payment method you used. Depending on the payment processor, the funds may take longer to arrive. If we cannot refund by the same method, we notify you immediately and refund by the method you choose.
If a refund is delayed, we also pay the late-payment compensation set out in applicable law.

16. Rights in Source Files and Output

All rights in your Source Files, including copyright, belong to you, and nothing in these Terms is to be construed as a transfer of those rights.
We claim no rights in the Output; where rights arise in the Output, those rights belong to you.
We use your Source Files and Output only to the extent necessary to provide the Services (processing, storage, transmission, on-screen display, provision of downloads, and error handling). Internal review by us to analyze the cause of errors and improve quality is included within that scope.
We do not use your Source Files or Output to train our own or any third party's AI models, and we provide them to the external AI providers used for translation only on the condition that they are not used for training.
If we wish to use your Source Files or Output for any purpose beyond paragraph 3, such as promoting the Services, we obtain your separate consent.
We publish your content externally — for example on a Publisher's channel — only where you have separately consented, and only within the scope of that consent.

17. Reviewing AI Output

Because the Output is generated automatically using AI technology, it may contain mistranslations, omissions, or typesetting-position errors.
You should review the Output before publishing or selling it. To that end, we provide review and editing features and quality indicators.
Paragraphs 1 and 2 do not relieve us of liability for our own intent or negligence.

18. Our Responsibilities

We comply with applicable law and these Terms and work to provide the Services reliably.
We maintain security measures to protect your personal information, and we publish and comply with our [Privacy Policy].
We work to handle your legitimate opinions and complaints promptly.

19. Your Responsibilities

You must comply with these Terms, applicable law, and the operating policies we post.
You must not:
1. register Source Files that you have no right to, or that infringe someone else's copyright, trademark, likeness, reputation, or other rights;
2. register Source Files that violate applicable law, such as obscene material;
3. use another person's payment method without authorization, or otherwise improperly increase your Free Use or usage limits, for example by creating multiple accounts;
4. sell, transfer, or share your account with another person; or
5. interfere with our or any third party's normal use of the Services.
You are responsible for keeping your account information secure.

20. Notices and Marketing

We send important matters — such as changes to these Terms, changes to Plan conditions, automatic-renewal notices, and service suspensions — to your registered email.
We may send marketing information such as new features, events, and promotions by email where you have consented, and you may opt out at any time.

21. Feedback

We may freely use the opinions, ideas, and improvement suggestions ("Feedback") you give us to improve the Services.
We owe you no separate compensation for using your Feedback.
Where Feedback includes Source Files or Output, our use of those Source Files and Output is governed by Section 16.

22. Withdrawal of Membership, Post-Withdrawal Handling, and Restrictions

You may end this agreement at any time through the membership-withdrawal process within the Services. If you are on a paid Plan, Section 11.4 applies.
On withdrawal, your use of the Services ends immediately and you can no longer access your Source Files and Output. Please download any Output you need before withdrawing.
We delete a withdrawn Member's personal information, Source Files, and Output without delay and in any event within 30 days of the withdrawal date. The following information, however, is kept separately from other information for the period required by the relevant law and then deleted:
1. records of contracts and withdrawals of subscription, and records of payment and supply of the Services (5 years), and records of consumer complaints and dispute handling (3 years), under the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce; and
2. other information we are required to retain under applicable law.
You may ask us to cancel your withdrawal at any time before the deletion in paragraph 3 takes place.
If you violate these Terms or applicable law, we may restrict your use of the Services or terminate this agreement after notice; where there is an urgent cause, we may give notice afterward.
Even where this agreement is terminated under paragraph 5, we refund you under Section 13. Where your unlawful conduct, such as fraudulent payment, has caused us loss, we may deduct that loss to the extent permitted by applicable law.

23. Liability for Damages

If either you or we breach these Terms and cause damage to the other, the breaching party is liable for that damage.
If you breach Section 19 and thereby cause damage to us or a third party, you are liable for that damage.

24. Disclaimers

We are not liable where we cannot provide the Services due to a force-majeure event such as a natural disaster, war, power outage, or network failure.
We are not liable for service failures or damage arising from causes attributable to you.
Our liability extends to ordinary damages; we are liable for damages arising from special circumstances only where we knew or could have known of those circumstances.
This Section does not relieve us of liability for our own intent or negligence.
As a precaution, please keep your own copy of your original Source Files.

25. Special Provisions for Business Members

Where you use the Services as a business and are not a consumer under applicable law, the withdrawal-of-subscription provisions in Section 12 may not apply.
Where you and we have entered into a separate written agreement, such as an order form or service contract, that agreement prevails over these Terms.

26. Consumers Residing Outside the Republic of Korea

If you are a consumer residing outside the Republic of Korea, the governing-law and jurisdiction provisions in Section 28 do not limit the rights guaranteed to you as a consumer under the law of your country of residence, or your right to bring proceedings in the courts of that country.
Where required by the law of a particular country or region, we may post supplemental terms applicable to members in that region within the Services; where the supplemental terms differ from these Terms, the supplemental terms prevail for members in that region.

27. Other Rules

Matters not addressed in these Terms are governed by the [Content License Agreement], the [Privacy Policy], the Price List, and other policies we establish, as well as the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce, the Door-to-Door Sales Act, the Content Industry Promotion Act, and other applicable law and commercial practice.

28. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms and your use of the Services are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea.
If a dispute arises between you and us, we will try, in good faith, to resolve it through consultation.
If consultation fails, you may apply for mediation to a relevant body such as the Content Dispute Resolution Committee or the Korea Consumer Agency. Copyright disputes may be taken to the mediation procedure of the Korea Copyright Commission.
The court with jurisdiction over litigation related to these Terms is determined under the Korean Civil Procedure Act and the Act on Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce.

Governing Language

These Terms are written in Korean and translated into other languages for convenience. The Korean-language version is the official and governing version. If there is any conflict or difference in interpretation between the Korean version and a translation, the Korean version prevails. The Korean original is available at /legal/terms.

Addendum

These Terms take effect on 2026-09-11.
Members who signed up before these Terms take effect will be asked to accept them the first time they log in to the Services afterward.
No fee is charged for translations processed free of charge before these Terms take effect.