Agreement and scope
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) apply when you use Clapps Studio apps, including SideReader, this website, or related support pages. By using a Clapps app or this site, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use them.
If you are not old enough to agree to these Terms where you live, a parent or legal guardian must agree for you. If you use a Clapps product for an organization, you confirm that you have authority to bind it.
App Store and platform terms
Apps distributed through Apple's App Store are licensed under Apple's Standard End User License Agreement, unless the App Store product page says a custom license applies. These Terms supplement that license and govern our website, support, and your relationship with Clapps. If these Terms conflict with an applicable app-store license or usage rule, that platform term controls to the extent of the conflict.
Apple, Google, and other platform providers are not parties to these Terms and are not responsible for Clapps products, support, or claims, except to the extent their own terms expressly say otherwise.
License and restrictions
Subject to these Terms and applicable app-store rules, Clapps grants you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use each app for its intended purpose on devices you own or control. The apps are licensed, not sold, and Clapps and its licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted.
You may not:
- copy, redistribute, rent, lease, sublicense, sell, or commercially exploit an app;
- reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or try to derive source code, except where the law does not allow that restriction;
- circumvent security, access controls, purchase systems, or technical limits; or
- use a Clapps product to violate law, platform rules, or another person's rights.
Your content and responsibilities
You keep ownership of content you create, record, import, save, or view with a Clapps app. Clapps does not claim a license to app content that remains only on your device.
You are responsible for your content, for having the rights and permissions needed to use it, and for complying with privacy, publicity, intellectual-property, recording-consent, and other applicable laws. You are also responsible for your device, permissions, storage, and backups. Clapps cannot recover local content that is deleted, corrupted, or lost.
Privacy
Clapps apps are local-first and do not require a Clapps account. Our Privacy Policy explains in detail how app content, website request logs, browser preferences, platform information, and support messages are handled. It is incorporated into these Terms.
Purchases, subscriptions, and refunds
A platform provider may process paid downloads, in-app purchases, or subscriptions. Prices, billing periods, renewal terms, taxes, cancellation, and refund eligibility are shown in the purchase flow and governed by the provider's terms. Manage or cancel a subscription in your platform account settings. Deleting an app does not automatically cancel a subscription.
Except where the law requires otherwise, refunds are handled by the platform that processed the transaction. Clapps cannot issue a refund for a transaction controlled by an app store.
Third-party services and links
A Clapps product may interact with operating-system features, app stores, files or media you select, or third-party websites. Third-party services are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using them.
We are not responsible for third-party content, availability, security, or practices. A link does not mean Clapps endorses the linked service.
Clapps rights and feedback
The apps, website, software, design, text, graphics, trademarks, and other Clapps materials are owned by Clapps or its licensors and protected by intellectual-property laws. These Terms do not grant you rights to use Clapps names, logos, or branding.
If you voluntarily send ideas or feedback, you allow Clapps to use them without restriction or compensation. This does not give us rights to your private app content or personal information.
Updates and availability
We may update, add, change, suspend, or discontinue features or products. Some behavior depends on device hardware, operating systems, permissions, and app-store rules outside our control. We do not promise that every feature or compatibility level will always remain available.
Updates may be required for security, compatibility, or continued use. Your platform settings may install them automatically.
Disclaimers
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Clapps products are provided “as is” and “as available,” with all faults and without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, accuracy, quiet enjoyment, and non-infringement.
We do not warrant that a product will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or compatible with every device or workflow. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms affects non-waivable consumer rights.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Clapps and its suppliers will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost data, recordings, revenue, profits, business opportunities, or goodwill arising from or related to a Clapps product or these Terms.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Clapps' total liability for all claims arising from or related to a product or these Terms will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid Clapps for that product during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim or US $50. These limits do not apply where prohibited by law or to liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
Termination
You may stop using a Clapps product at any time. We may suspend or terminate your license if you materially violate these Terms or if continued use creates legal, security, or platform risk. Rights and provisions that by their nature should survive termination—including ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, and dispute terms—will survive.
Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by California law, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Subject to any non-waivable rights you have where you live, disputes will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Los Angeles County, California, and each party consents to their jurisdiction.
Before filing a formal claim, please email us with a description of the issue and the relief you seek so we can try to resolve it informally. Nothing here prevents either party from seeking urgent injunctive relief or using an eligible small-claims process.
Changes and general terms
We may update these Terms as our products or legal obligations change. We will post revised Terms here, update the date above, and provide any additional notice required by law. Your continued use after revised Terms take effect means you accept them.
These Terms, the Privacy Policy, and applicable platform terms are the entire agreement about the products they cover. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be limited to the minimum extent necessary and the rest will remain effective. A failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; Clapps may assign them as part of a reorganization, financing, merger, or sale.