Terms of Use

Last updated November 8, 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and Sometimes Functional (“we”, “us”), which runs Brain Sprouts. They cover the Brain Sprouts app and this website (together, “Brain Sprouts”). By using Brain Sprouts, or letting a child in your care use it, you agree to these terms. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle information and is part of these terms.

1. Who can use Brain Sprouts

Brain Sprouts is made for children. A child may use it only with the permission of a parent, guardian or teacher (a “grown-up”), who accepts these terms on the child’s behalf. You must be at least 18, or the age of majority where you live, to make an account. Teachers who use Brain Sprouts with a class are responsible for having any permission their school or local law requires.

2. Your account

• Give us an email address you can receive mail at, and keep your sign-in method (your email, Google or Apple account) secure.
• You’re responsible for what happens under your account, including the children’s profiles you add.
• Use only a nickname or first name for a child’s profile.
• Tell us at hello@sometimesfunctional.com if you think someone else has used your account.
• You can delete your account at any time on the Grown-ups screen.

3. Using Brain Sprouts kindly

Please don’t:

• use Brain Sprouts for anything unlawful or harmful;
• try to get into accounts, data or systems that aren’t yours, or get around the grown-ups-only check for a child;
• overload, disrupt or interfere with the service, including by sending automated requests to it;
• copy, scrape, resell or redistribute Brain Sprouts or its content, or use it to build a competing product;
• remove any copyright or other notices.

4. Our content

Brain Sprouts, including its lessons, games, characters such as Oakley, artwork, text, recordings and code, belongs to us or to the people who license it to us, and is protected by copyright and other laws. We give you a personal, non-commercial, revocable permission to use Brain Sprouts for your family’s or your class’s learning, under these terms. Letter-sound recordings are from Read Naturally, Inc. and used with their permission.

5. Price

Brain Sprouts is currently free. If we ever add paid features, we’ll tell you the price and terms clearly before you pay anything, and nothing will be charged without a grown-up’s agreement.

6. A practice tool, not a guarantee

Brain Sprouts is meant to support practice at home and at school. It isn’t a substitute for a teacher, and it doesn’t diagnose or treat any learning, speech or developmental difficulty. If you have concerns about a child’s learning, please talk to their teacher or a qualified professional. Grown-ups are responsible for supervising children’s screen time.

7. Changes and availability

We’re always improving Brain Sprouts, so lessons and features may change, move or be retired. We try to keep it running smoothly, but it may sometimes be unavailable, for example for maintenance or because of problems outside our control. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, and will tell you why where we can.

8. Disclaimer

To the fullest extent the law allows, Brain Sprouts is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including warranties that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or fit for a particular purpose. Some places don’t allow these exclusions, so some of them may not apply to you.

9. Limit on our liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for lost data or progress, arising from your use of Brain Sprouts. Our total liability for any claim about Brain Sprouts is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim, or US $50. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can’t be limited by law.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. We’ll change the date at the top, and if a change is significant, we’ll let account holders know by email or in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using Brain Sprouts after that, the new terms apply. If you don’t agree, you can stop using Brain Sprouts and delete your account.

11. Contact us

Questions about these terms: hello@sometimesfunctional.com.