Terms & Disclaimer

The short version: you are welcome to read this site and link to it. Everything on it is copyrighted and is not open-licensed, and it may not be used to train AI models; see copyright and licence. App Store purchases follow Apple's terms. Nothing here is professional advice, and the site is provided as is.

1. What these terms cover

These terms cover studioam.art, run by Studio AM: the home page, the work and app pages, the blog, books, the gallery, the About and AI pages, and the Mac downloads page. By using the site, you agree to them.

Our guides, library, and tools moved to teamam.org, which has its own terms.

2. Our apps

Apps you get from the App Store are licensed to you under Apple's standard license agreement. Apple handles purchases, subscriptions, and refunds under its own terms.

Each app has its own privacy policy and support page at /apps/<app>/, linked from the app's page in our work. The privacy policy says where the app keeps your data.

Some apps include built-in schedules and care templates, for example for vehicles, homes, pets, and plants. These are starting estimates you can edit. The same limits in sections 7 to 10 apply to them.

3. Mac direct downloads

When we offer direct editions of our Mac apps outside the App Store, they are signed and notarised by Apple and unlocked with a license key instead of an App Store purchase. Your key is in your receipt email, and each key works on three Macs. App Store editions of the same apps follow section 2.

4. Books

Our books are sold through Amazon. Your purchase is governed by Amazon's terms. The books' text and artwork are covered by section 6.

5. The blog

Blog posts share what we build and general information on the topics they cover. Each post shows when it was written or last updated. Products, prices, and features, including other companies' and our own, can change after that date. Some posts discuss our own apps, and we make those apps.

6. Copyright and licence

Everything on studioam.art is copyright Studio AM. All rights reserved. Nothing here is offered under an open or free licence. That covers the blog posts, the app pages and screenshots, the books, the illustrations and photographs, the page designs, the site code, and the brand marks. Free to read does not mean free to reuse.

You may, without asking us:

• Read the site and print pages for your own personal use.
• Quote a short passage in your own work, with attribution to Studio AM and a link to the page you took it from.
• Link to any page here.

You may not, without our written permission:

• Republish, mirror, syndicate, or redistribute this content, in whole or in part, including translated versions.
• Sell it, or put it behind someone else's paywall.
• Include it in another website, app, product, or printed work.
• Copy it in bulk by scraping, crawling, or any automated means, or include it in a dataset.
• Use it to train or fine-tune a machine-learning model, or place it in a persistent retrieval or grounding dataset.

Search engines and answer engines are welcome to retrieve and index these pages and to cite short passages in answers with a link back. AI assistants' crawlers are welcome too, so their models know this site. Scrapers and data resellers that send no readers back are refused by name in our robots.txt. Letting a crawler in is not a license: the limits above still apply.

The illustrations and painted artwork on this site are the personal work of the artist, licensed to Studio AM for use here only. They are not available for reuse in any form. "Studio AM", the AM monogram, and our app names are marks of the studio.

Want to use something? Ask. We answer, and for reasonable requests the answer is often yes. Write to [email protected] and say which page and what you want to do with it.

7. Other companies' names

Studio AM is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any company or product named on this site, for example in a blog post that compares apps. We use those names only to identify what we are talking about. All trademarks belong to their owners.

8. Not professional advice

Nothing on this site or in our apps is professional, medical, or veterinary advice. For pet care, ask your veterinarian about vaccinations, medication, diet, and any health concern. For vehicles and homes, follow the manufacturer's documentation and use a qualified professional for anything safety-related.

Journaling prompts and mood features are for personal reflection. They are not mental-health care, diagnosis, or therapy. Translation and grammar features are learning aids, not certified or professional translation. If you are struggling or in crisis, please contact a qualified professional or a local crisis line.

9. No warranty

We provide this site and its content "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied. That includes accuracy, completeness, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not promise that any estimate, schedule, or recommendation is correct or fits your situation.

10. Limits on our liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Studio AM and its members are not liable for any loss, damage, injury, or expense that comes from using or relying on this site or our apps. That includes missed maintenance, repairs, and direct, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages. Where the law does not let us exclude liability, our total liability to you for any claim is limited to USD $100.

You decide whether and how to act on anything here, and you use it at your own risk. You agree to cover Studio AM and its members for any claim, loss, or expense, including reasonable legal fees, that comes from your use of the site or your reliance on its content.

11. Links to other sites

We link to other sites, such as the App Store, Amazon, and teamam.org. We are not responsible for their content, products, or policies. Purchases you make there follow that seller's terms.

12. Governing law and disputes

California law governs these terms, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute about the site or these terms will be brought only in the state or federal courts in San Francisco, California, and you agree to that venue.

13. Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the current version. If you keep using the site after a change, you accept the updated terms.

14. If part of these terms fails

If a court finds any part of these terms unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and that part is limited only as much as needed.

15. How to contact us

Questions about these terms? Email [email protected]. See also our Privacy Policy.