Gaudebo Terms of Use

The rules for using the Gaudebo app and website.

Last updated: 13 November 2026

1. Who runs Gaudebo

Gaudebo is run by Paweł Kornosz. Contact for all matters: hello@gaudebo.org.

Gaudebo is not a Church institution and does not act on behalf of any parish, diocese or congregation. It is a private project that offers Catholic content and tools for daily prayer.

2. What Gaudebo is

Gaudebo is a free app: a daily plan of practices, a private journal, a catalogue of prayers and Scripture, a liturgical calendar, a library of books and films, events, communities, and the Companion — a conversation partner based on a language model.

The app is free. There are no ads, no fees and no paid content. Donations are switched off.

Some content is available without an account. An account is needed wherever we store something for you: the daily plan, journal, favourites, communities and conversations with the Companion.

3. What Gaudebo is not

The Companion is a computer program and says so plainly. It is not a priest, it does not grant absolution, and it does not replace confession, spiritual direction or therapy. Its answers can be wrong.

Gaudebo is not help in an emergency. If you need immediate help, call your local emergency number (112 in the European Union) or a crisis helpline.

The app does not grade your faith or your practice. There are no points for sacraments, no rankings and no penalties for a break.

4. Your account

You create an account with an email address. You sign in with a one-time code sent to that address — there are no passwords.

Gaudebo is for people aged 16 and over.

You are responsible for access to your mailbox. Anyone who can read your email can sign in to your account — if that happens, write to us.

You can delete your account at any time: in the app under Settings, on the website after signing in, or by writing to hello@gaudebo.org. The privacy policy explains what happens then.

5. Your content

Content you create — journal entries, community names and descriptions, posts in communities — remains yours. By publishing it in a community you agree that we may show it to the members of that community and store and display it as part of running the service.

Your journal and your conversations with the Companion are private. We do not show them to other users and do not share them with communities. No administrative role in Gaudebo has permission to read them.

6. What you may not publish

In communities and in anything visible to others the following are forbidden: incitement to hatred, insults against people or groups, threats, harassment, sexual content, depictions of violence, advertising and spam, impersonating people or institutions, and publishing other people’s personal data without their consent.

Do not paste copyrighted texts without the rights holder’s permission — this includes modern translations of Scripture, meditations and commentaries.

Do not use Gaudebo for unlawful purposes or to circumvent the security of the service.

7. Reporting and moderation

Every piece of content visible to others, and every community, carries a report button. We review reports within 24 hours.

You can also block a user — after blocking you will not see their content and they will not see yours.

We remove content that breaks these terms. For serious or repeated breaches we may suspend or delete an account. We inform you by email and you may appeal by writing to hello@gaudebo.org — a human reviews every appeal.

8. Content in the app

Prayer and Scripture texts come from public domain editions or from material we have permission to use. We state the source with each text.

We prepare the liturgical calendar carefully, but it may contain errors. It is not an official liturgical ruling.

Links to external services — music, bookshops, event pages — lead to services we do not run and which have their own terms.

9. Availability

We try to keep Gaudebo running without interruption, but we do not guarantee it. We may carry out maintenance and change features of the app.

Gaudebo is provided as it is. To the extent permitted by law we are not liable for damage arising from using the app or from being unable to use it. This does not exclude liability that cannot be excluded, in particular for damage caused intentionally.

10. Changes to these terms

We announce changes in the app and, for significant changes, by email at least 14 days before they take effect.

If you disagree with a change, you can delete your account before it takes effect.

11. Law and disputes

Polish law applies to these terms. This does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory rules of the country where you live.

Before a matter goes anywhere else, write to hello@gaudebo.org — most things can be settled in one message.