Terms of Service

Please read these Terms of Service ("Terms") carefully before using any application or service provided by Barbell Apps LLC ("Barbell Apps," "we," "our," or "us"). By downloading, installing, or using our apps, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use our apps.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using any Barbell Apps application or website, you confirm that you are at least 13 years old, have read and understood these Terms, and agree to be bound by them. If you are using our apps on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have the authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Description of Service

Barbell Apps develops and publishes mobile and web applications designed to be practical, well-crafted, and free of dark patterns. Current offerings include:

• Rock Classifier: An app that uses machine learning to identify rocks and minerals from photos.

We may add, change, or discontinue features or apps at any time. We will make reasonable efforts to notify users of significant changes.

3. User Responsibilities

You agree to use our apps only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms. You must not:

• Use our apps in any way that violates applicable local, national, or international law or regulation
• Submit content that is illegal, harmful, threatening, abusive, defamatory, or otherwise objectionable
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any part of our services, servers, or databases
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to extract source code from our apps
• Use our apps to transmit spam, malware, or other harmful content
• Scrape, crawl, or systematically extract data from our services without prior written permission
• Interfere with or disrupt the integrity or performance of our services

4. Intellectual Property

All content, features, functionality, design, graphics, code, and trademarks associated with Barbell Apps and its applications are owned by Barbell Apps LLC or its licensors and are protected by applicable intellectual property laws.

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use our apps for personal, non-commercial purposes. Nothing in these Terms grants you any right to use our name, logos, or trademarks without our prior written consent.

Any content you submit to our apps (such as photos for classification) remains yours. By submitting content, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive license to use, display, and distribute that content to: (a) provide the requested service; (b) feature interesting submissions on our social media channels or marketing materials; and (c) display submissions within in-app community features, such as a curated feed of notable finds. We will not sell your content to third parties.

5. Disclaimer of Warranties

Our apps and services are provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, either express or implied. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Barbell Apps disclaims all warranties, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.

We do not warrant that our apps will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. Classification results (e.g., rock identification) are provided for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon for safety-critical decisions.

6. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Barbell Apps LLC and its officers, employees, agents, and licensors shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages - including but not limited to loss of data, loss of profits, or loss of goodwill - arising out of or related to your use of (or inability to use) our apps, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Our total liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or our services shall not exceed the amount you paid us (if any) in the twelve months preceding the claim, or $10 USD, whichever is greater.

7. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Connecticut, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Any disputes arising under or related to these Terms shall be resolved exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Connecticut, and you consent to personal jurisdiction in those courts.

8. Changes to These Terms

We reserve the right to modify these Terms at any time. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Your continued use of our apps after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, please stop using our apps.

9. Termination

We may suspend or terminate your access to our apps at our discretion, without notice, for conduct that we believe violates these Terms or is harmful to other users, us, or third parties. You may stop using our apps at any time.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about these Terms or need to reach us for any reason, please contact:

Barbell Apps LLC
Email: [email protected]