Terms of Service

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are a legal agreement between you and South View Studios ("we," "us," "our") governing your use of the Anneal app and this website (together, the "Service"). By downloading, installing, or using Anneal, or by continuing past the onboarding screen that links to these Terms, you agree to be bound by them. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use Anneal. If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may only use the Service with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian, who agrees to these Terms on your behalf. Anneal is not directed at children under 13, consistent with our Privacy Policy.

3. Not medical advice & assumption of risk

Anneal is a training-progression tool, not a medical device. It never diagnoses, never suggests therapeutic exercises, and never estimates recovery time. Around a flagged injury it avoids and resumes conservatively — it doesn't rehab. See a medical professional for diagnosis or treatment.

Nothing in the app or on this website is, or should be treated as, medical, health, or professional advice. The workouts, progressions, and readiness estimates Anneal generates are algorithmic suggestions based on the information you provide; they are not a substitute for the advice of a physician, physical therapist, or other qualified professional. Always talk to your doctor before starting any new exercise program, especially if you have any pre-existing condition, injury, or health concern, and stop immediately if you feel pain, dizziness, chest discomfort, or shortness of breath.

Exercise carries inherent risk of injury, including serious injury, up to and including death. By using Anneal, you voluntarily assume all risks associated with physical exercise and with following any workout, program, or suggestion generated by the app, whether or not you followed it as prescribed. You are solely responsible for choosing weights, exercises, and equipment appropriate to your own fitness level and for using equipment safely and as intended by its manufacturer.

4. Your account and data

Anneal works fully without an account. If you choose to sign in for optional cloud sync, or make in-app purchases, how we handle your data is described in full in our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms by reference.

You're responsible for keeping any sign-in credentials you use to access sync secure, and for all activity that happens under your account.

5. Purchases

Any Pro upgrade is purchased through Apple's App Store using StoreKit and is billed, fulfilled, and refunded by Apple under Apple's own terms and policies. We don't process payments directly and can't issue refunds ourselves — requests should go to Apple.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to: reverse-engineer, decompile, or extract the app's exercise-prescription logic for a competing product; interfere with or disrupt the Service or its infrastructure; use the Service for any unlawful purpose; or attempt to gain unauthorized access to any account, system, or data connected to the Service.

7. Intellectual property

Anneal's software, design, and branding are owned by South View Studios and protected by applicable intellectual property laws. We grant you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable license to use the app for your own personal fitness tracking — nothing more.

The exercise database ships with source, license, and author metadata on every record, viewable in-app under You → About; the great majority is public-domain/Unlicense data from third-party sources credited there, not South View Studios' own content.

8. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR SECURE, OR THAT ANY WORKOUT, PROGRESSION, READINESS ESTIMATE, OR CALORIE FIGURE THE APP PRODUCES IS ACCURATE, COMPLETE, OR SUITABLE FOR YOUR PARTICULAR PHYSICAL CONDITION.

9. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, SOUTH VIEW STUDIOS AND ITS OWNERS, CONTRIBUTORS, AND LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, DATA, GOODWILL, OR — TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW — ANY PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE SERVICE, INCLUDING YOUR PERFORMANCE OF ANY EXERCISE OR WORKOUT SUGGESTED BY THE APP, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (CONTRACT, TORT, NEGLIGENCE, OR OTHERWISE), EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) US$20. SOME JURISDICTIONS DON'T ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF CERTAIN DAMAGES, SO SOME OF THE ABOVE LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

10. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless South View Studios and its owners and contributors from any claim, liability, damage, loss, or expense (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of your use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of any law or the rights of a third party.

11. Termination

You can stop using Anneal, or delete your synced account from within the app, at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to any account-based features (like cloud sync) if we reasonably believe you've violated these Terms. Sections 3 and 7–12 survive any termination.

12. Governing law & dispute resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.

Binding arbitration; class action waiver. You and South View Studios agree to resolve any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service through final and binding individual arbitration, rather than in court, except that either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court. YOU AND SOUTH VIEW STUDIOS EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL AND TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION, CLASS ARBITRATION, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. Arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator under the American Arbitration Association's rules then in effect. You may opt out of this arbitration clause within 30 days of first accepting these Terms by emailing your intent to opt out via the support form, referencing "Arbitration opt-out."

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these Terms as the app develops. If we do, we'll update the effective date above. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the update; if you don't agree to an update, stop using the Service.

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