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Last updated October 9, 2026. Nest is for adults 18 and older.

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Nest (“Nest”, “we”, “us”). They cover your use of the Nest app and website (together, the “Service”). Please read them together with our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle your information.

1. Agreement to these Terms

By creating an account or using Nest, you agree to these Terms, including the Community Guidelines in section 4. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Nest. In these Terms, your “nest” means your profile.

2. Eligibility: adults only

Nest is for adults. You must be at least 18 years old, and old enough to enter a binding agreement where you live, to create an account or use Nest. Nest is not directed at children, and we don’t knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If we believe an account belongs to someone under 18, we close it and delete its data.

You may not use Nest if we have previously banned you, or if the law where you live prohibits it. Nest is a private community: we may refuse, suspend or close any account at our discretion, for any reason or no reason, with or without notice, to the extent the law allows.

3. Your account and security

You can sign in with Google, X, or an email address and password. Passwords must be at least 10 characters, and we refuse passwords that are very common or known from data breaches. If you join with a password, you confirm your email with a code or link we send you.

In Settings → Account security you can turn on 2-step sign-in (a code emailed to you at each new sign-in), change your password, and sign out other devices.

Keep your sign-in details private and don’t share, sell or transfer your account. You are responsible for activity on your account. If you think someone else has accessed it, change your password and tell us through Settings → Help & feedback.

4. Community Guidelines

Nest is a community for furries to make friends and date. To keep it welcoming and safe:

  • Be respectful. No harassment, bullying, stalking, hate speech, threats or dogpiling.
  • Keep adult content where it belongs. Mark adult photos as NSFW, keep explicit details in your spicy nest (only shown to members who turn on Show NSFW), and never send sexual content to someone who hasn’t asked for it.
  • Be yourself. Don’t impersonate anyone, or present someone else’s fursona, character or art as your own.
  • Respect privacy. Don’t try to work out where someone lives, share their personal information, or out them. Using distances, map pins or photos to locate a member will get you banned.
  • No scams or spam. No advertising, selling, asking for money, or fraud.
  • No harmful or money-making links. Don’t post links that are harmful or malicious (malware, phishing, scams, or anything that tries to get into accounts or devices), and don’t post links that make you or anyone else money — affiliate or referral links, paid content, tip jars, commission shops, crowdfunding, sales pages or similar. Crediting an artist with the credit link on a photo is fine.
  • No bots or scraping. No automation, scraping or mass messaging, and no attempts to get around Nest’s security or limits. Nest limits how fast accounts can like, message and move their pin.
  • Keep private chats private. Don’t share someone’s messages to shame them. Report problems to us instead.
  • Everywhere on Nest. These guidelines apply to everything you post: your nest, photos, sonas, chats, stickers, groups, events, and anything you put on show in the Showroom. Adult or NSFW pictures never go in the Showroom or the Home slideshow. A reported Showroom picture is blurred for everyone until a moderator has looked at it.
  • Follow the law. Follow the laws that apply to you, including United States federal law, Arizona law, and the law where you live. Never post, request or trade anything illegal, including child sexual abuse material, intimate images shared without consent, trafficking, threats, scams, stolen data or pirated work.

We remove illegal content, ban the accounts involved, report apparent child sexual abuse material to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as US law requires, and cooperate with valid legal requests from authorities.

5. Your content

You keep ownership of what you post on Nest, such as your nest, photos, sonas and messages (“your content”). You are responsible for your content and confirm you have the rights needed to post it.

So that Nest can work, you give Nest a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, display and transmit your content only to operate and provide the Service: for example, to show your nest on Nearby, Home and the map, deliver your messages, and show your photos to other members. We don’t sell your content. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for information we keep as described in our Privacy Policy (for example, content attached to a report).

Promoting Nest. Content you make publicly visible on Nest — your display name, mini me, sonas, banner, public profile photos and public group posts — may also be shown in Nest’s own promotion of the app, for example in app store listings, screenshots, our website and Nest’s social media posts. For that you give Nest a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to display and reproduce that public content (cropped or resized as needed) to promote Nest. We never use private messages, anything in your spicy nest or marked NSFW, content from a paused or incognito nest, or your real name or exact location for promotion, and we don’t sell your content to anyone else. If something you posted is someone else’s art, we only feature it with the artist credited where a credit is given. You can opt out at any time through Settings → Help & feedback; we’ll stop using your content in new promotional material, but we can’t recall material that was already published.

7. Messages

Chat opens after a mutual like. You can send text, photos, videos and stickers (including sticker packs you make or import from Telegram). You can edit a message for 15 minutes and unsend it at any time. Unsending removes the message, and any photo or video in it, for both of you, but it can’t undo what the other person has already seen. If someone unmatches or blocks you, the chat closes. “Seen” receipts and typing indicators are two-way and can be turned off in Settings.

We don’t monitor private chats. If a chat is reported, a copy of its last 40 messages is attached to the report so moderators can review it.

8. Location and privacy controls

By default, other members only see your city, and distances are rounded to 5-mile steps. You can choose to show a neighborhood-level spot, drop your own pin, or share live location with matches only. Each stays off until you turn it on. You can also hide your distance, hide your age, hide when you were last active, go incognito (only people you’ve liked can find you), or pause your nest so only your matches can see it. Our Privacy Policy explains this in more detail.

9. Demo profiles

While Nest is new, some areas show demo profiles so the map isn’t empty. They are not real people. They are always labeled “Demo · not real”, can’t be liked or messaged, and never send likes, matches or messages. Once 5 real members are in an area, its demo profiles fade away one at a time over the following days.

10. Safety and meeting in person

Nest doesn’t run background checks and can’t verify that members are who they say they are. You are responsible for your interactions with other members, on and off Nest.

If you meet someone, meet in a public place, tell a friend where you’re going, arrange your own way there and back, and leave if you feel uncomfortable. Never send money or financial details to someone you met on Nest. Report anyone who makes you feel unsafe. If you’re in danger, contact local emergency services (911 in the US) first.

11. Reporting, moderation and appeals

Use the flag on any profile or chat to report it, or tell us about any problem through Settings → Help & feedback. Reports go to Nest’s Trust & Safety team: the Nest team and the moderators it appoints.

Moderators can review reports (including reported chats), ban and unban members, and manage events, notices and Nest Support messages. Only the Nest team can see members’ account email addresses, change billing or app-wide settings, and appoint moderators. Moderators who sign in with a password must use 2-step sign-in, and every moderator action is recorded in an audit log that the Nest team reviews.

We may remove content, or suspend, limit or close an account, if we believe it breaks these Terms or puts members or others at risk, or if the law requires it. Where safety requires, we may act without notice.

Appeals. If your account is suspended, you’ll see the reason when you open Nest. If you think we made a mistake, you can appeal within 30 days. Contact Nest Support and tell us why. We’ll review the decision and let you know the outcome.

12. Supporter plans, billing and refunds

Nest is free to use, and supporting it is optional. Supporter plans are monthly subscriptions sold only through Google Play: Supporter $2.99, Plus $5.99 and Patron $11.99 per month (US prices; Google Play shows the price and any tax for your country). If you bought one of our earlier plans (Friend, Spark, Gold or Motion), it keeps working and counts as the current plan it sat closest to.

  • Billing. Google Play charges you and renews your plan every month until you cancel in Google Play’s subscription settings. After you cancel, your plan stays active until the end of the month you paid for.
  • Activation. Nest turns on a plan only after Google Play confirms the purchase. One purchase can only unlock one Nest account. Nest never sees your card number.
  • Perks. Perks are extras such as supporter badges, profile borders, keeping Showroom pictures up for longer, Showroom spotlights, mini me landings and priority replies to feedback. They last only while your plan is active and may change as Nest grows. They never buy likes, matches or moderation powers, and they don’t change who sees your nest in Nearby, Home or the map.
  • Refunds. Google Play handles refunds under its own refund policies. Request a refund through Google Play.
  • Deleting your account doesn’t cancel your subscription. Cancel it in Google Play first.

13. Care and virtual items

Coins, items, decorations, streaks and events in Care and the Showroom are just for fun. They have no cash value, can’t be bought, sold or exchanged for money, and may change or be reset as we improve Nest.

14. Leaving Nest and account termination

You can stop using Nest at any time. Download a copy of your data in Settings → Your data, and delete your account in Settings → Delete account. Deleting your account removes your nest, photos, sonas, chats, the messages and media you sent, your nestling and your settings. It can’t unsend what others already saw. Some information is kept as our Privacy Policy describes, such as reports about an account, so moderation keeps working.

We may suspend or end your access to Nest if you break these Terms, for safety or legal reasons, at our discretion as section 2 describes, or if we discontinue Nest. Sections 15 to 20, and any other terms that by their nature should last, continue to apply after your account ends.

15. Disclaimers

Nest is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement, to the fullest extent the law allows. We don’t promise that Nest will be uninterrupted, secure or error-free, that you will find matches, or that other members are who they say they are. We are not responsible for the conduct of any member, on or off Nest.

16. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Nest and the people who run it are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost data, profits or goodwill, arising from your use of Nest or your dealings with other members, even if we were told they were possible. Our total liability for any claim relating to Nest is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for Nest supporter plans in the 12 months before the claim, or US $50. Some places don’t allow these limits, so they may not fully apply to you.

17. Indemnity

If a claim is brought against Nest because you broke these Terms or the law, or because your content infringes someone else’s rights, you agree to cover Nest’s reasonable losses and costs from that claim, including reasonable legal fees, to the extent the law allows.

18. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona and applicable United States federal law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.

If you have a dispute with us, please contact Nest Support first. Most issues can be solved informally, and you agree to give us 30 days to try before starting a formal claim. Any claim that isn’t resolved informally must be brought in the state or federal courts located in Arizona, and you and Nest agree to their jurisdiction. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small-claims court if it qualifies. Nothing in these Terms limits consumer rights you have under the law where you live that can’t be waived by agreement.

19. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms as Nest changes. When we do, we update the “Last updated” date. If a change matters, we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using Nest after that, the updated Terms apply; if you don’t agree, you can delete your account.

20. General

These Terms and our Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and Nest about the Service. If a court finds part of these Terms unenforceable, the rest still applies. If we don’t enforce a part right away, we haven’t given up the right to enforce it later. You can’t transfer your account or these Terms. We may transfer them as part of a merger, acquisition or sale of Nest.

21. Images and materials we use

Nest’s built-in banners, demo profile pictures and sample photos come from free-to-use sources: photos released under CC0 (public domain), the Unsplash License or the Pexels License, and Microsoft’s Fluent Emoji, released under the MIT License. We collected the photos from the elementary OS wallpapers and Pop!_OS wallpapers projects, which list each photo’s license. Mini mes, sonas and the app’s icons are drawn by Nest. Those licenses let anyone use these images, so they’re not exclusive to Nest, and the photographers and Microsoft don’t endorse Nest.

If you’re the creator of one of these images and want it credited differently or removed, contact us through Settings → Help & feedback.

22. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Contact Nest Support through Settings → Help & feedback in the app. To report a member, use the flag on their profile or in your chat with them.

Please also read our Privacy Policy our Copyright and DMCA policy and our Child Safety Standards.