Last updated: 9 July 2026
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern access to and use of the Leben in Deutschland — Done! mobile application (the “App”). By installing, signing into, or using the App, the user accepts these Terms. If the user does not accept these Terms, the App must not be used.
These Terms are drafted in plain language for clarity; they remain legally binding.
The App is provided by:
Anastasiia Kirzhanova Trading as Soba Apps Am Kutscherhaus 6 12555 Berlin, Germany Email: hello@sobaapps.com
Soba Apps is operated as a sole proprietorship (Einzelunternehmen) under the small business scheme of § 19 UStG, which means no VAT is charged on direct invoices issued by Soba Apps. Prices displayed in the App Store are set and collected by Apple and may include VAT applicable in the user’s country.
Soba Apps has no employees and does not conduct large-scale automated profiling, and is therefore not required to appoint a Data Protection Officer under § 38 BDSG.
These Terms use “Soba Apps”, “we”, “us”, and “our” to refer to the provider, and “the user” or “you” to refer to the person using the App.
The App is a study tool for the German naturalisation examination (“Leben in Deutschland” / “Einbürgerungstest”). It provides:
The App is an independent study tool. It is not an official application of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated on behalf of BAMF or any German government authority.
The question wording is taken from the publicly available official BAMF catalogue (Gesamtfragenkatalog Leben in Deutschland, state of 7 May 2025, as amended). Translations and explanations are produced by Soba Apps. Use of the App does not constitute passing the official examination, which is administered exclusively by the competent authorities.
The App is intended for users aged 16 or older. This mirrors the official examination: naturalisation applicants aged 16 and above take the test themselves, while children under 16 are naturalised together with their parents and do not take it. Accounts of users under 16 will be deleted on notification.
Use of the App requires an account, created with one of the following methods:
The user is responsible for keeping sign-in credentials confidential and for all activity performed under the account.
The user may delete the account at any time from inside the App (Settings → Delete account). Deletion removes the account together with all associated data — the sign-in identity (email address), profile, and learning progress — from the production database within 24 hours; backups are rotated within 30 days. Deleting the account does not affect the Full access purchase itself: the purchase remains recorded with Apple and tied to the user’s Apple ID, and can be restored via “Restore purchases” after signing up again (Section 6).
The user agrees not to:
Breach of this section may result in suspension or termination of the account under Section 14.
The App is offered on a freemium basis:
All payments are processed by Apple. Soba Apps does not receive payment instrument details and does not collect funds directly.
Purchase verification and cross-device restoration of the Full access entitlement are performed through RevenueCat, Inc. acting as a technical service provider; details of the data involved are set out in the Privacy Policy. The entitlement is tied to the user’s account and to the user’s Apple ID and can be restored at any time via “Restore purchases” on the paywall or in Settings.
Consumers within the meaning of § 13 BGB have a statutory 14-day right of withdrawal for distance contracts under §§ 312g, 355, 356 BGB. Because purchases of the in-app upgrade are concluded directly with Apple in the App Store (for users in the EU: Apple Distribution International Ltd., Ireland), Apple is the seller of record and Apple’s refund policy applies.
Refund requests should be submitted to Apple via reportaproblem.apple.com. Soba Apps is not in a position to issue refunds directly because no payment is received by Soba Apps.
Detailed information on what personal data the App processes, the purposes and legal bases for that processing, retention periods, and the data subject rights available under the GDPR is set out in the separate Privacy Policy, accessible directly inside the App (on the sign-in screen and under Settings → Privacy Policy). The Privacy Policy is incorporated into these Terms by reference.
In summary, Soba Apps collects only the data necessary to operate and maintain the App (email, optional display name, user identifier, selected Bundesland, language preference, practice progress, ticket attempts, free-tier usage, Full access entitlement, purchase verification events, crash reports, and pseudonymous usage statistics). Personal data is not sold, shared with advertisers, or used for profiling.
The App does not display advertising and does not integrate any advertising network, attribution SDK, or cross-app tracking system. No advertising identifier is collected, so the iOS App Tracking Transparency prompt does not appear. The App is a native mobile application and does not use cookies.
To understand how features are used and to find and fix defects, the App uses two technical services: PostHog (product analytics) and Sentry (crash reporting), both configured to store data in the European Union. Neither is used for advertising. Details are set out in the Privacy Policy.
The user is granted a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on devices the user owns or controls, for personal study purposes.
The App may contain links to external websites or services (for example, public BAMF resources or Apple support pages). Soba Apps does not control such external sites and is not responsible for their content, availability, or privacy practices. The user accesses external sites at the user’s own risk.
The App is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. In particular, Soba Apps does not warrant that:
Confirmed defects reported to hello@sobaapps.com will be addressed within a reasonable time.
Soba Apps’ liability under or in connection with these Terms is governed by the following rules:
Nothing in this section limits or excludes liability that cannot, under applicable law, be limited or excluded.
Soba Apps may suspend or terminate the user’s access to the App if there is reasonable cause to believe that the user has breached these Terms or applicable law. In particular, breaches of Section 5 (Acceptable use) and abuse of the in-app purchase system entitle Soba Apps to act without prior notice.
Where reasonable and proportionate, Soba Apps will provide prior notice and a reasonable opportunity to remedy the breach.
Sections 8 (Personal data), 10 (Intellectual property), 12 (Disclaimer), 13 (Liability), 16 (Governing law), and 18 (Severability) survive termination.
Soba Apps may modify, update, suspend, or discontinue features of the App, including changes to the question catalogue, translations, supported languages, freemium gating rules, and visual design. Material changes are communicated within the App where reasonable.
Changes do not deprive Full access purchasers of the substance of what they paid for: access to the full question catalogue with translations and explanations remains part of Full access for as long as the App is offered.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG). Where the user is a consumer, mandatory consumer-protection rules of the user’s country of residence remain unaffected by this choice of law.
For disputes that cannot be resolved out of court, and where consumer protection rules do not establish a different forum, the courts of Berlin, Germany have jurisdiction.
As required by § 36 VSBG: Soba Apps is not obliged and is not willing to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration body (Verbraucherschlichtungsstelle).
If any provision of these Terms is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, unlawful, or unenforceable, that provision shall be deemed severed and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. The parties shall replace the severed provision in good faith with one that most closely reflects the original commercial intent.
These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between the user and Soba Apps with respect to the App and supersede all prior agreements and understandings on the same subject matter.
Soba Apps may amend these Terms from time to time. Editorial and non-material changes (clarifications, new features, corrections) are announced within the App and reflected in the “Last updated” date at the top of this document. Material changes — changes that reduce what users are entitled to — take effect for existing users only after they have been notified within the App and given the opportunity to review and accept them. Users who do not accept amended Terms must stop using the App and may delete their account.
For all questions concerning these Terms, the App, or refunds that cannot be processed via Apple:
Soba Apps Anastasiia Kirzhanova Am Kutscherhaus 6 12555 Berlin, Germany hello@sobaapps.com