Terms of Use

Effective 13 November 2026 · updated 14 November 2026

These terms apply to the Real or AI app and the shotorai.com website, operated by Radhika Purushothaman, Bangalore, India ("we", "us"). By using Real or AI you accept them. If you don't, please don't use it.

1. What Real or AI does

You send an image; we tell you whether it carries proof of being made with AI, or what our model estimates. Answers are "Made with AI", "Likely AI", "Can't tell" or "No signs of AI".

2. Answers are estimates, not facts

• Except where proof is found in the file, every answer is a statistical estimate. It can be wrong in both directions.
• "No signs of AI" does not mean a photo is real or unedited. New generators, edits, screenshots and compression can hide AI traces.
• Do not rely on an answer alone to accuse anyone, to make legal, financial, medical, employment or safety decisions, or as evidence. Check the source and context too.

3. Your use

• You must be 18 or older.
• Only check images you are allowed to share with us. Never send illegal content, including child sexual abuse material; we will report it to the authorities.
• Don't overload, probe, scrape or automate the service, work around the free-check limits, or use it to build a competing service.

4. Free checks, accounts and paid checks

• A number of checks per day are free, without an account. Limits may change.
• You can sign in with Google to buy checks. One bought check is used for each check once the day's free checks are gone. If a check fails on our side, its check is given back automatically.
• Bought checks never expire and are used from your oldest purchase first, after the day's free checks. They belong to your account and can't be transferred or exchanged for money, except as a refund under our refund policy.
• Prices are shown before you pay. On the website, payments are taken by Razorpay; in the app, by Google Play under Google Play's terms and refund rules. We may change prices for future purchases.
• If you delete your account, checks left in it are lost.

5. Your images

You keep all rights to your images. You let us process each image only to give you the answer; we delete it right after, as the privacy policy describes.

6. No warranty, limited liability

Real or AI is provided "as is", without any warranty of accuracy, availability or fitness for a purpose. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from your use of the service or reliance on an answer, and our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim (zero for free use). Nothing here limits rights you have under consumer laws that cannot be excluded.

7. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of India. The courts of Bangalore, Karnataka have jurisdiction, without taking away any mandatory right you have to bring a claim where you live.

8. Contact

See our contact page, or write to [email protected].