Mochi Legal
Mochi Legal explains how common legal processes work in the US. If something is wrong, unclear, or out of date — especially the legal content itself — there is a real person at the other end of the email link below.
Is this legal advice?
No, and it is built not to be. Mochi Legal describes what usually happens in a process. It
cannot tell you what to do about your own situation, predict what a court will decide,
calculate a support amount or a property share, or tell you whether you qualify for
anything. Those are things a licensed attorney or a judge does. Reading the app creates no
attorney-client relationship.
Does it cover my state?
It covers the shape that is common across the United States, and every situation says
explicitly how much that varies between states — then points at your state's own court
site, which is the authority. There is deliberately no jurisdiction picker: almost everything
in family law and housing is state law, and quietly presenting one state's rule as everyone's
is the worst thing a national app could do. Reviewed state-specific writing appears only in a
clearly labelled appendix.
Something in the content looks wrong or out of date.
Please tell us — this is the most useful message you can send. Include the area, the
situation and the topic, and quote the sentence. Every substantive statement in the app is
linked to the official page it came from, so if that page now says something different we
can check it against the source and correct it in a content update. Laws change, and court
procedures change more often than the laws do.
Where do the sources come from?
Court self-help guides, statutes and government agencies. They are folded under the section
that uses them — tap to open the citation, then tap again to read the original in an
in-app browser. Nothing asks you to take the app's word for it.
How do I stop it sending anything?
Under Settings → Privacy and security. Send crash
reports is on by default and can be turned off. Help us pick what to write next
— anonymous counts of which topics get opened — is off until you turn it on.
Neither ever includes what you read, what you saved, or anything about you. Full detail is on
the privacy page.
Someone else uses this phone.
Three things help. App Lock asks for Face ID or Touch ID when the app reopens.
Hide in app switcher, already on, covers the screen so what you were reading is not
visible in multitasking. The Leave button closes everything you have open in the
app. One caveat worth knowing: none of that covers pages you opened in the in-app browser, so
clearing your browser history is a separate step.
What does the app store about me?
The pages you bookmarked, and your settings. Nothing else — there is no account, no
questionnaire, and nowhere in the app to type a name. Deleting the app deletes all of it.
My bookmark says the page is no longer in the app.
Content updates occasionally retire or merge a topic. The bookmark stays in your list so it
is not silently lost, but the page behind it is gone. Removing the bookmark clears the
message.
Accessibility.
The app is built for VoiceOver, Dynamic Type at every size, and Reduce Motion, and its
contrast is checked against the palette rather than assumed. If something is unreadable or
unreachable with an accessibility setting turned on, that is a bug — please report it
the same way as any other.
I need help now.
Mochi Legal is a reference and cannot help with an individual situation. The app's first
screen links to national safety and legal-aid resources, including domestic violence support,
and every topic points at legal aid and court self-help centres. Those are staffed; this app
is not.
Write to hello@ptk-studio.com. Telling us your iOS version and the app version from Settings → About saves a round trip. Please do not send documents or details of your own legal matter — we cannot advise on them, and the app is built specifically so that no one here ever holds anything about your situation.