Terms of use

These terms are between you and Alexandria Thorsgard (“we”), the person who runs Hintwell. Effective November 14, 2026.

Hintwell is a gift reminder. It remembers dates, keeps hints, and suggests ideas. By making an account or using the site, you agree to these terms and to our privacy promise.

Who can use it

You need to be 13 or older. Hintwell isn’t for children under 13. If you’re under 13, don’t make an account, and don’t fill in a quiz — ask a parent or guardian to do it.

Ideas are suggestions

Gift ideas are suggestions, often written with the help of an AI model. They’re a starting point, not a promise that a gift will suit someone, or that a product is available, safe, or a good price. Read the product page before you buy. A card that came from the model says “Suggested with AI”.

Amazon links

“Buy” buttons go to Amazon. Hintwell is an Amazon Associate. When a link carries our tag, we may earn a small commission if you buy. It never changes the price you pay. The note under those lists says so. Amazon doesn’t tell us who you are or what you bought. We don’t earn from our own orders, or from our friends’ and relatives’. Some links (including inside the iPhone app, until Amazon says otherwise) carry no tag at all.

What you add

Hints, notes, names, dates, quiz answers, and the rest of what you type stay yours. You let us store them and use them to run Hintwell: reminders, ideas, and sharing you’ve turned on. Only add things you have the right to share. Don’t put someone else’s secrets, or a child’s private details, in a hint.

Please don’t

Don’t misuse Hintwell. That includes trying to break in, scraping it, overloading it, using it to harm someone, or using it for a child under 13. We can remove content, or close an account, that breaks these terms.

Ending an account

You can delete your account any time under Me → Delete my account. Your account and what it owns are deleted. A circle you started is handed to its longest-standing other member so their shared dates keep working. We can also suspend or close an account that breaks these terms, or if we can’t keep the service running.

Disclaimers and limits

Hintwell is provided as it is, and as it’s available. Dates, ideas, and links can be wrong. We’re not responsible for what you buy, or for a gift that doesn’t land. To the extent the law allows, Alexandria Thorsgard isn’t liable for indirect or consequential damages, or for more than what you paid us in the twelve months before a claim. Hintwell is free, so that amount may be nothing. Some places don’t allow these limits. There, they apply only as far as the law allows.

Which law

These terms follow the laws of the State of Washington, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Disputes are handled in the courts of that state, except where a law says you can bring a claim where you live.

Changes

We can update these terms. This page shows the date they took effect. If a change is a big one, we’ll say so in the app or by email. Using Hintwell after that date means you accept the update.

Contact

Questions about these terms: hello@hintwell.app. Post: 2724 Bald Eagle Ave, Salem, OR 97304, USA.