Vicino Labs
Pianino

Terms of Service

Effective 2026-11-07Version 1.0Operator Vicino Labs

These Terms set out the agreement between you and us for using Pianino, a piano, metronome and tuner app made by Vicino Labs. By installing and using the app, you agree to what follows.

1. Purpose

These Terms govern the rights and obligations between Vicino Labs (“we”, “us”) and users of the mobile app Pianino (the “App”).

2. About the operator

The operator's address and contact details are at the end of this document and in the Impressum.

3. Effect and changes

  1. These Terms take effect once posted in the App or by another method we designate.
  2. We may amend these Terms within the limits of applicable law and will announce the effective date and the reason in advance.
  3. If you don't agree to amended Terms, you may stop using the App and delete it.

4. The service

  1. Piano — landscape keyboard, sustain pedal, several piano sounds, one or two rows of keys
  2. Metronome — tempo, metre, accents, subdivision, tap tempo
  3. Tuner — pitch detection for voices and all instruments, pitch graph, reference tones, transposing instruments
  4. One concert-pitch (A4) setting shared by piano and tuner, note-name systems, eight languages, appearance and colour themes

The App provides all features free of charge, with no in-app purchases. A banner for welegato, a service of the same company, is shown at the bottom of the screen.

5. Accuracy and sound

  1. The tuner and reference tones are practice tools. We work to make them accurate, but readings can vary with your device's microphone and speaker, background noise and the nature of the sound. Where accuracy matters, such as tuning an instrument or recording, please check the result yourself.
  2. When listening through earphones or headphones, keep the volume moderate to protect your hearing.

6. welegato and external websites

The App contains a banner linking to welegato, a music-lesson platform run by the same company, and links to our other apps. welegato, the app stores and any other external website are separate services from the App; their own terms and privacy policies apply.

7. Intellectual property

  1. All rights in the App's logo, the “Pianino” name and icon, design, copy and source code belong to us. Without our prior written consent you may not reproduce, distribute, transmit, publish or reverse-engineer them or create derivative works.
  2. Some piano sounds in the App are third-party samples (Creative Commons Attribution 3.0, CC0, public domain) adapted by us; their authors and licences are listed in the App under Settings › Sounds & licences, and those licences apply to them.
  3. What you play or practise with the App is yours. The App does not record or store it.

8. Your obligations

  1. Do not reverse-engineer or decompile the App or extract its source code.
  2. Do not interfere with the App's normal operation.
  3. Comply with applicable law and these Terms.

9. Changes and discontinuation

We may change or discontinue all or part of the App for operational or technical reasons and will announce this in advance except in urgent cases.

10. Liability

  1. We are liable without limitation, in accordance with the law, for intent and gross negligence and for injury to life, body or health.
  2. As the App is provided free of charge, our liability is otherwise excluded to the extent permitted by law.
  3. Your settings are stored only on your device and may be lost if the device is lost, the App is uninstalled or the device is reset.

11. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany. This does not affect mandatory consumer-protection rights under the law of your country of habitual residence (for example, an EU member state). Otherwise, the courts at our place of business (Dortmund, Germany) have jurisdiction.

12. Contact

For any question about these Terms, please contact:

Trading name
Vicino Labs (sole proprietorship, Einzelunternehmen)
Owner
Jeong-Hwan Lee
Address
Ruhrallee 41, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
Email
contact@vicinolabs.com
Impressum
vicinolabs.com/impressum