Terms of Use

Last updated 13 July 2026

These terms cover your use of Perron. Using the app means you accept them. If you don't, don't use it — nothing here is worth agreeing to under protest.

What Perron is

Perron opens an anonymous, location-based chat with the people at your railway station, right now. It is for the Dutch rail network. You need no account: an optional sign-in exists only to back up your passport and carry it to another device.

Content you post

You are responsible for what you post. You keep ownership of it, and you give Perron permission to store and display it to other people in that place for as long as the room or post lives — which is what posting to a shared room means.

How that is enforced

• Report any message with a long press. Reports are reviewed within 24 hours, and content found objectionable is removed and its author ejected.
• Block any person, also from a long press. You immediately stop seeing them, and they stop seeing you — no approval, no delay, no notification to them.
• Perron also screens messages automatically as they are posted. Nothing is perfect; that is why the report button exists.
• A ban follows the device, not the anonymous id. Reinstalling does not clear it.

Using it honestly

Perron only works if being somewhere means something. Don't falsify your location, script the app, scrape it, or try to post into a station you're not standing in. Don't use Perron to break the law, and don't use it for anything you would be ashamed to say out loud on the platform to the people around you — which, in the end, is exactly what you are doing.

Perron+ (subscription)

Perron+ is an optional monthly subscription that unlocks cosmetic items. It changes nothing about what you can say, where you can say it, or what you can see. It buys you a nicer avatar and supports the app.

• Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase.
• It renews automatically each month unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the period ends. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the current period.
• Manage or cancel it any time in your Apple ID settings. Cancelling stops the next renewal; the current period runs out as paid for.
• Refunds are handled by Apple under their own terms — we cannot issue them.

Train information

Departure, platform and disruption information comes from open public transport data and is indicative. It can be wrong, late or missing. Always check with the operator before you rely on it. Perron is not affiliated with NS or any transport operator, and is not responsible for a train you miss.

No warranty, and the limits of what we owe you

Perron is provided as it is. We don't promise it will always be available, that a room will still be there tomorrow (most are designed not to be), or that a message will be delivered. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from using it.

Ending it

You can stop using Perron at any time, and Erase this device in the Profile tab deletes everything we hold for you. We may suspend or ban a device that breaks these terms — see zero tolerance above.

Changes

If these terms change, we'll update the date above. Continuing to use Perron after that means accepting the new version.

Contact

Questions, or an urgent report? Email perron@thenextbeacon.com.