Avila is a relationship-building app for members of the Roman Catholic Church, operated by Ryan Sales, doing business as Avila Catholic, 4020 N. MacArthur Blvd Ste 122-112, Irving, TX 75038, United States.
Avila Catholic is an independent business and is not owned, operated, endorsed, or affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, the Holy See, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, or any diocese, parish, or religious order. See Section 10.
By creating an account, downloading, installing, or using the Avila mobile application (the "App") or any related websites or services (together, the "Service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, you may not use the Service.
To use the Service you must:
The Service is not directed at children. If you are under 18, do not use the Service or submit any personal information to us.
You must provide accurate, current, and complete information when creating an account and keep it up to date. You are responsible for:
You may have only one account. Accounts are personal and non-transferable. You may not sell, lend, or share your account with any other person.
You may delete your account at any time from within the App. Deletion is governed by our Privacy Policy.
Avila helps dating couples grow in their relationship and prepare for marriage through pairing, relationship inventories, guided questions, a relationship roadmap, and AI-assisted guidance. The Service is provided for personal, non-commercial use only.
We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue any feature of the Service at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you or any third party for any such modification, suspension, or discontinuation.
Certain features may require a paid subscription, an active internet connection, a compatible device, or an up-to-date version of the App. You are responsible for your device, network, and any data or carrier charges.
Avila is designed to be used as a pair with a consenting partner. When you invite or accept a pairing with another user, you understand and agree that:
You or your partner may unpair at any time. When a pair is ended, access to shared content may be restricted or removed in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
"User Content" means any content you submit to the Service, including profile information, photos, questionnaire and inventory responses, and any other material you upload.
You retain all ownership rights in your User Content. We do not claim ownership of it.
You grant Avila a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable licence to host, store, reproduce, display, adapt, translate, and transmit your User Content solely to operate, provide, improve, and secure the Service and to enforce these Terms. This licence ends when you delete the relevant User Content or your account, except (a) to the extent it has been shared with other users who have retained copies, and (b) as required by our retention obligations or applicable law.
You are solely responsible for your User Content. You represent and warrant that:
Every photo you upload to your profile or couple profile is automatically scanned for adult, violent, or sexually suggestive content before it becomes visible to your paired partner. Photos that exceed our safety thresholds are rejected at upload time and removed from our storage; a per-upload audit trail is retained. We may also, without obligation, review, refuse, edit, move, or remove any User Content at any time, for any reason, including if we believe it violates these Terms or may expose us or any user to liability. Details of our moderation pipeline are described in our Privacy Policy and Child Safety Policy.
You agree not to, and not to allow any third party to:
We may investigate any suspected violation and take any action we consider appropriate, including warning you, removing User Content, suspending or terminating your account, and cooperating with law enforcement.
If you encounter behaviour or content that violates these Terms, report it within the App via Profile → Report a concern or email safety@avila-catholic.app. Reports relating to user safety, child exploitation, or harmful content are reviewed within 24 hours. General support requests go to support@avila-catholic.app. In an emergency involving imminent harm, contact your local emergency services first.
You can also end contact with another user at any time by using the Unpair control in the App, which immediately revokes your partner's access to your profile, photos, and any other shared content, or by deleting your account entirely. Account deletion removes your data within 30 days in accordance with our Privacy Policy.
Avila has zero tolerance for child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming, sextortion, or any content or conduct that endangers a minor. Any such content found on the Service will be preserved for law enforcement and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) via the CyberTipline (missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline) in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 2258A. See our full Child Safety Policy for details.
Certain features of the Service are offered as paid auto-renewing subscriptions. All purchases are processed by the applicable app store (Apple App Store or Google Play) under that store's terms and conditions, and by our payments partner RevenueCat.
You may cancel your subscription at any time through your app store account settings:
Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will retain access to paid features until the end of that period.
Some features are shared with your partner and require both of you to have an active subscription. Where that is the case, access to those features ends when the earlier of your two paid periods ends, even if your own period runs longer.
Except where required by law, all payments are non-refundable. Refund requests are handled entirely by the applicable app store under that store's refund policy. We have no ability to issue refunds directly for purchases made through an app store.
We may change subscription prices from time to time. Any price change will apply to subsequent billing periods and, where required by law or the app store's rules, will be communicated to you in advance with an opportunity to cancel before the new price takes effect.
Prices shown in the App may be exclusive of applicable taxes. You are responsible for any taxes imposed by your jurisdiction that are not collected by the app store.
Ending a subscription is not the same as deleting your account. If you cancel, or your subscription lapses, your account and everything in it remain in place. What changes is which features you can use:
Nothing is deleted because you stopped paying. Data is removed only when you delete your account, when a pair is ended, or after a long period of inactivity — see the Data Retention section of our Privacy Policy for those timeframes.
Content provided through the Service — including inventory results, questionnaire feedback, relationship roadmaps, and AI-generated guidance — is for informational and reflective purposes only. It is not a professional evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, or recommendation.
AI-generated content may be inaccurate, incomplete, or inappropriate to your situation. You should use your own judgement and should not rely on the Service as the sole basis for any decision affecting your relationship, mental health, finances, or spiritual life.
If you or your partner is experiencing a mental-health crisis, domestic abuse, or any situation involving risk of harm, do not rely on the Service. Seek immediate help from qualified professionals, a trusted priest or pastor, or emergency services. In the United States, you can reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988, and the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
While the Service draws on Catholic teaching and is intended for members of the Roman Catholic Church, Avila is a private commercial product operated by Ryan Sales (d/b/a Avila Catholic).
Avila is not:
Any references to Catholic teaching within the Service reflect our understanding and interpretation and may not fully capture the teaching of the Magisterium. You should always consult the Catechism of the Catholic Church, official Church documents, and your own pastor on matters of faith and morals.
The Service, including the App, its user interface, inventories, questionnaires, roadmap frameworks, written guidance, graphics, logos, and the "Avila" and "Avila Catholic" names and marks (the "Avila Materials"), is owned by Ryan Sales or licensed to us, and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to download, install, and use the App on devices you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial use of the Service. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.
Except as expressly permitted, you may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, create derivative works of, publicly display, or otherwise exploit any Avila Materials. You may not use the Avila Materials to train, fine-tune, or evaluate any machine-learning model.
If you send us suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Service, you grant us a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free licence to use that feedback for any purpose without obligation or compensation to you.
If you believe content on the Service infringes your copyright, send a notice that complies with 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3) to our designated agent:
Avila – DMCA Agent
Ryan Sales
4020 N. MacArthur Blvd Ste 122-112
Irving, TX 75038
Email: support@avila-catholic.app (subject: "DMCA Notice")
We may remove allegedly infringing content and terminate repeat infringers in appropriate circumstances.
The Service integrates with third-party services, including Apple, Google, Supabase, Anthropic, RevenueCat, Google Cloud (Vision API), and Resend. Your use of those services is subject to each provider's own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the availability, accuracy, content, or practices of any third-party service. Any reliance you place on a third-party service is at your own risk.
If the Service is downloaded from the Apple App Store, you acknowledge that these Terms are between you and us only, not Apple, and that Apple is a third-party beneficiary entitled to enforce these Terms against you. Apple is not responsible for the Service or any claims relating to it. Similar conditions apply to Google with respect to apps obtained from Google Play.
You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time from within the App or by emailing support@avila-catholic.app. Cancelling a subscription is separate and must be done through the applicable app store as described in Section 8.
We may suspend or terminate your access to the Service, delete your account and User Content, and refuse current or future use of the Service, at any time, with or without notice, if we believe:
On termination, your right to use the Service ends immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 6.2, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, and 19) will survive.
Termination does not entitle you to a refund of any subscription fees except as required by law or the app store's policies.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE AND ALL CONTENT, FEATURES, AND MATERIALS PROVIDED THROUGH IT ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, STATUTORY, OR OTHERWISE.
WE SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING OUT OF COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. To the extent an implied warranty cannot be disclaimed, its duration is limited to the minimum permitted by law.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:
The limitations in this section apply to the fullest extent permitted by law in the applicable jurisdiction. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you. In those jurisdictions our liability is limited to the minimum amount permitted by law.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability for (i) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, (ii) death or personal injury caused by negligence, or (iii) any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Avila, Ryan Sales, and our respective officers, employees, contractors, affiliates, licensors, and service providers from and against any and all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to:
We reserve the right to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.
These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Service are governed by the laws of the State of Texas, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
Before filing any claim, you agree to try in good faith to resolve the dispute informally by emailing a written description of the dispute to support@avila-catholic.app. We will try to resolve the dispute informally within 60 days of receipt.
If a dispute is not resolved informally, you and Avila agree that any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, and not in a court of law, except as set out below.
You and Avila agree that each may bring claims against the other only in an individual capacity and not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, or representative action. The arbitrator may not consolidate more than one person's claims and may not preside over any form of representative or class proceeding.
Either party may (a) bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies, or (b) seek injunctive or equitable relief in court to protect its intellectual-property rights or to prevent unauthorized access to the Service. Nothing in this section prevents you from reporting a concern to, or seeking relief from, any regulator or government agency with jurisdiction over us.
You may opt out of the arbitration agreement and class-action waiver in Sections 17.3 and 17.4 by emailing support@avila-catholic.app within 30 days of first accepting these Terms (or within 30 days of any material change to this Section 17), with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" and including your name, the email address associated with your account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out. Opting out will not affect any other part of these Terms. If you opt out, disputes will be resolved in court under Section 17.7.
For any claim not subject to arbitration (including a claim brought after a valid opt-out), you and Avila consent to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in Dallas County, Texas, and waive any objection to that venue on the grounds of personal jurisdiction, inconvenient forum, or otherwise.
If any part of this Section 17 is found invalid or unenforceable, that part will be severed and the remainder will continue to apply. If the class-action waiver in Section 17.4 is found unenforceable for any claim, that claim (and only that claim) will be brought in court under Section 17.7.
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by posting the updated Terms at this URL with a new "Last updated" date and, where appropriate, by in-app notification or email. The updated Terms will take effect on the date stated in the notice.
Your continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Service and may delete your account.
Questions, notices, or concerns about these Terms or the Service may be sent to:
Avila – Support
Ryan Sales (d/b/a Avila Catholic)
4020 N. MacArthur Blvd Ste 122-112
Irving, TX 75038
Email: support@avila-catholic.app
For privacy-specific questions or requests, please use the contact details in our Privacy Policy.