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The terms that govern your use of Nova. Operated by Abaas Abshir.
Last updated July 2026
Effective July 2026 · Last updated July 2026
Welcome to Nova.
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Nova application, website, and related services (collectively, the “Services”). By creating an account, accessing, or using Nova, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use Nova.
1. About Nova
Nova is an AI-powered personal finance platform designed to help users:
- Track debts and financial goals
- Monitor expenses
- Analyse bank statements
- Create repayment plans
- Receive AI-powered financial insights
- Organise recurring bills
- Store financial information securely
- Generate reports and financial summaries
Nova is intended to help users better understand their finances. It is not a bank, lender, financial institution, investment platform, accountant, solicitor, or regulated financial adviser.
2. Eligibility
To use Nova you must:
- Be at least 18 years old, or the legal age in your country.
- Have the legal authority to agree to these Terms.
- Use the Services only for lawful purposes.
3. User Accounts
When creating an account you agree to:
- Provide accurate information.
- Keep your information up to date.
- Protect your password.
- Keep your login credentials confidential.
- Notify us immediately if you believe your account has been compromised.
You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your account.
4. AI-Powered Features
Nova uses artificial intelligence to provide:
- Financial insights
- Spending analysis
- Debt repayment suggestions
- Bank statement analysis
- Financial coaching
- Expense categorisation
- Forecasts and predictions
Although we aim for accuracy, AI-generated content:
- May be incomplete
- May contain errors
- May not reflect your full financial situation
- Should not be relied upon as professional financial advice
You remain solely responsible for any financial decisions you make.
5. Bank Statement Analysis
If you upload bank statements:
- You confirm you have permission to upload them.
- Files are analysed solely to provide Nova’s features.
- Analysis results depend on the quality and completeness of the uploaded data.
- Nova may automatically identify recurring expenses, subscriptions, income sources, and spending categories.
You should review all AI-generated results before acting upon them.
6. Financial Information
Nova may process information you choose to provide, including:
- Debts
- Savings goals
- Expenses
- Income
- Budgets
- Repayment plans
- Uploaded financial documents
You are responsible for ensuring the information entered into Nova is accurate.
7. Cloud Backup
If Cloud Backup is enabled:
- Your Nova data may be securely backed up.
- You may restore backups to your account.
- You may delete your backups at any time.
- We recommend keeping your account credentials secure.
Although we use reasonable safeguards, no online storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
8. Accounts and Authentication
Nova may support:
- Email and password
- Sign in with Apple
- Sign in with Google
Third-party authentication providers operate under their own terms and privacy policies.
9. Acceptable Use
You agree not to:
- Attempt to reverse engineer Nova.
- Interfere with our systems.
- Upload malicious software.
- Use Nova for unlawful purposes.
- Attempt unauthorised access.
- Abuse AI services.
- Circumvent security measures.
- Use automated tools to overload the platform.
10. Availability
We aim to keep Nova available at all times.
However, services may occasionally be unavailable due to:
- Maintenance
- Security updates
- Third-party outages
- Internet failures
- Cloud infrastructure issues
We cannot guarantee uninterrupted availability.
11. Intellectual Property
Nova, including its:
- Software
- Branding
- Logos
- Graphics
- AI systems
- Interface
- Designs
- Documentation
remain the intellectual property of Nova and its licensors.
You may not copy, redistribute, modify, or resell any part of Nova without written permission.
12. User Content
You retain ownership of the information you upload.
By using Nova you grant us the limited rights necessary to:
- Store your information
- Process your information
- Analyse uploaded files
- Generate AI responses
- Operate the Services
We do not claim ownership of your financial data.
13. Subscriptions
Some Nova features may require a paid subscription.
Where subscriptions are offered:
- Prices will be displayed before purchase.
- Payments are processed through the Apple App Store on iOS.
- Subscriptions automatically renew unless cancelled.
- Payment is charged to the user’s Apple Account.
- Renewal and cancellation are managed through Apple subscription settings.
- Cancellation normally takes effect at the end of the current paid subscription period.
- Refunds are governed by Apple’s applicable policies.
- Trial or introductory offers apply only where displayed and confirmed by Apple.
- Local prices may vary according to the user’s App Store country or region.
Nova currently offers the following intended UK launch prices:
- £1.99 per week
- £4.99 per month
- £39.99 per year
Apple may display different local prices depending on the user’s App Store region.
14. Beta Features
Some features may be marked as:
- Beta
- Preview
- Experimental
These features may change, be modified, or be removed without notice.
15. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Nova and its developers shall not be liable for:
- Financial losses
- Missed payments
- Investment decisions
- Credit score impacts
- Lost profits
- Indirect damages
- Consequential damages
- Data loss caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control
Your use of Nova is entirely at your own risk.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability where doing so would be unlawful, including liability that cannot legally be excluded under applicable consumer law.
16. No Financial Advice
Nova provides educational tools and organisational features only.
Nothing within Nova should be interpreted as:
- Financial advice
- Investment advice
- Tax advice
- Accounting advice
- Legal advice
Where appropriate, you should seek advice from a qualified professional.
17. Account Termination
You may delete your account at any time from within the application.
We may suspend or terminate accounts that:
- Violate these Terms
- Abuse our systems
- Attempt fraudulent activity
- Threaten platform security
Where required by applicable law, users will retain any mandatory rights relating to their data, purchases or subscriptions.
18. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time.
Where changes are significant, we will notify users within the app or by other appropriate means. Continued use of Nova after updated Terms take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
19. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, unless mandatory local consumer laws require otherwise.
Nothing in these Terms removes any mandatory consumer rights available under applicable law.
20. Contact Us
If you have any questions about these Terms, you can contact us through the in-app Support Centre or via the support contact published on our official website.
Last updated July 2026
By creating an account or continuing to use Nova, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms of Use.
1. Acceptance of terms
By downloading, accessing or using Nova, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use Nova.
2. Eligibility
You must be at least 18 years old (or the minimum legal age in your country) and able to form a legally binding contract to use Nova.
3. Account responsibilities & accurate information
You are responsible for your account and for keeping your sign-in details secure. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep it up to date so that Nova's forecasts and insights are meaningful.
4. Permitted & prohibited use
Use Nova only for your own personal budgeting and planning. You must not misuse Nova, attempt to disrupt it, access it unlawfully, or upload documents that do not belong to you.
5. Nova's purpose & financial disclaimer
Nova is a budgeting and financial-planning tool. Nova does not provide regulated financial, investment, credit, tax or legal advice. Forecasts and insights are estimates based on information supplied by the user and may not reflect future results.
Nova is not a bank, lender, credit agency or financial adviser and does not provide regulated financial advice. Forecasts, estimated dates and insights are estimates only and may not reflect future results.
6. AI-generated content limitations
AI insights and the AI Coach generate suggestions based on the information you provide. Output may be incomplete or inaccurate and should not be relied on as professional advice. Always use your own judgement.
7. Bank-statement upload responsibilities
If you use bank-statement analysis, you are responsible for the documents you upload. Only upload statements that belong to you, and never upload documents belonging to another person.
8. Intellectual property
Nova's original software, name, logo, branding, design and content are owned by Abaas Abshir and protected by law. Third-party libraries, frameworks, SDKs, AI models, open-source software and licensed assets used within Nova remain the property of their respective owners and licensors. You may not copy, modify or distribute Nova without permission. You keep ownership of the data you enter.
9. Availability & changes
We may update, change or discontinue features from time to time, and Nova may occasionally be unavailable for maintenance. We may update these terms; continued use after changes means you accept the updated terms.
11. Suspension or termination
We may suspend or terminate access if these terms are breached or to protect Nova and its users. You may stop using Nova and delete your account at any time.
12. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Nova and Abaas Abshir are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for decisions you make based on Nova's estimates and insights. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
13. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, United Kingdom, and the courts of that jurisdiction will have jurisdiction, subject to any mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence.
14. Contact
Questions about these terms? Email support@novabudgetplanner.co.uk.