Terms of Service — HiveLogger

Effective Date: May 19 2025

Last updated: July 8 2026

Applicability of Apple Standard EULA

This app is licensed to you under the Apple Standard End User License Agreement (EULA). The Apple EULA governs your use of this app. The additional terms below supplement the Apple EULA. In the event of any conflict between the Apple EULA and these additional terms, the Apple EULA will control.

1. Acceptance of These Terms

By downloading, installing, or using HiveLogger (“App”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) entered into between you and Appco LLC (“Appco,” “we,” “us”). If you do not agree, do not use the App.

2. Who May Use the App

  • You must be at least 16 years old and capable of forming a binding contract.

  • You may create only one account per individual.

3. Your Account

You must provide a valid email address and keep it up to date. You are responsible for all activity that occurs under your login.

4. Subscriptions, Billing & Platform Refunds

  • Free tier: one apiary and one hive.

  • Pro tier: monthly or annual auto-renewing subscription with additional features.

  • All payments are processed through Apple App Store or Google Play. Those platforms’ billing terms (including any mandatory refund rights) apply. Appco itself does not issue additional refunds.

  • You may cancel at any time in your platform settings; access remains until the end of the current paid term.

5. License & Intellectual-Property Rights

We grant you a limited, revocable, non-transferable license to use the App for beekeeping management. All rights not expressly granted remain with Appco and our licensors.

6. User Content

“User Content” includes audio clips, photos, hive data, and other materials you upload.

  • You retain ownership of your User Content. You grant Appco LLC a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, process, transmit, and otherwise use your User Content solely as necessary to provide, maintain, improve, secure, and support HiveLogger.

  • If we introduce optional features that use customer content to improve AI models, we will clearly disclose that use and obtain any legally required permissions.

  • You represent that you have all rights necessary to upload the content and that it does not infringe any third-party rights.

  • If you share an apiary or hive with another user, that user will see all associated data.

7. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to:

  1. Resell, reverse-engineer, or attempt to bypass security (including Firebase App Check).

  2. Upload unlawful, harmful, or infringing content.

  3. Engage in excessive or abusive calls to our APIs, databases, or network that degrade service.

Appco may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules or otherwise abuse the service.

8. Informational-Only Disclaimer

Any advice or recommendations generated by HiveLogger, including AI-based suggestions, are for informational purposes only. You remain solely responsible for your beekeeping decisions.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Appco will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or any loss of data, profits, or goodwill, even if advised of the possibility. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amounts you paid to us in the 12 months before the claim.

Nothing in these Terms limits any liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited under the laws of your country of residence.

10. Indemnification

You will indemnify and hold Appco harmless from any claim or demand arising out of your use of the App, your User Content, or your violation of these Terms.

11. Governing Law & Binding Arbitration

  • These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin (USA) without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

  • Mandatory Arbitration & Class-Action Waiver: Any dispute will be resolved by final, binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA). You and Appco waive any right to participate in a class action or class arbitration.

  • Either party may bring suit in the courts of Brown County, Wisconsin solely to compel arbitration or to enter judgment on the award.

  • Consumer rights carve-out. If you are a consumer resident in the EEA, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, nothing in these Terms deprives you of the mandatory protections of your local law, and nothing requires you to waive your right to bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence. The arbitration and class-action-waiver provisions above apply only to the extent permitted by the law that applies to you.

Nothing in these Terms limits any consumer rights that cannot legally be waived under the laws of your country of residence.

12. Termination

You may stop using the App at any time. We may terminate or suspend access for any breach of these Terms. Sections 6 – 13 survive termination.

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be posted on our website. Continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance.

14. Contact

Appco LLC
support@hivelogger.com