Terms of use

The agreement

Aparte is a notes app with AI that also transcribes your meetings on your Mac. By downloading or using the app, you agree to these terms and to the privacy policy.

Since the app comes from the App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies. Where something here differs from it, whichever is more favorable to you applies.

We give you a personal, non-transferable license to use the app on the Apple devices linked to your account, as the App Store rules allow.

Subscription and purchase

• Plans. A monthly or yearly subscription, or a lifetime purchase that lasts forever. Prices are shown in the App Store and on the app's purchase screen, in your country's currency.
• Free trial. The subscription starts with 14 days free. If you don't cancel before it ends, billing begins.
• Renewal. The subscription renews on its own at the end of each period until you cancel.
• Cancel. In your Apple account settings, at least 24 hours before renewal. Access continues until the end of the period already paid.
• Payment and refunds. Apple handles billing, and refund requests go to Apple, under its rules.
• Other devices. The same purchase works on Mac, iPhone and iPad with the same Apple account.
• Prices. We may change prices. A change to your subscription only applies after Apple notifies you, under its rules.

When the subscription ends

If the trial ends without a purchase, or the subscription lapses without renewal, the app becomes read-only: you can open, read, search, copy, print and export everything, and delete your data. Creating and editing notes, recording meetings and using the AI come back with a new purchase. Nothing is deleted for lack of payment.

The AI

• Your key. AI features use a provider you connect, like Anthropic or OpenAI, with your own API key. The Aparte subscription doesn't include AI, and plans like Claude Pro and ChatGPT Plus don't work.
• The cost. AI usage is billed by the provider, directly to you. The app shows an estimate, but the real bill is the provider's.
• The provider's rules. AI use also follows the terms and policy of the provider you chose.
• It can be wrong. Summaries, answers and transcripts can contain mistakes or leave things out. Check before relying on them, especially for health, money, legal or work matters.

Recordings and other people

• Consent. Tell people before you record a meeting. In many places the law requires it, and Aparte doesn't tell them for you.
• Nothing hidden. Don't use the app to record someone without their knowledge, or against the rules of the meeting or your workplace.
• Responsibility. What you record, and what you do with the transcript, like sending it to the AI or to someone else, is your choice and your responsibility.

Your content

• It's yours. Your notes, transcripts and whatever you create in the app belong to you. We gain no rights over them.
• It stays with you. Everything stays on your Mac and, if you turn it on, in your iCloud. We keep no copy, so we can't recover anything you delete.
• Backups. Keep your own copies, with iCloud, export or your Mac's backup. A forgotten PIN can't be recovered.

Fair use

Use Aparte lawfully. Don't use the app to:

• violate other people's privacy or rights;
• do something illegal, or help someone do it;
• copy, resell or distribute the app, or try to take it apart beyond what the law allows.

Warranty and limits

• As is. We do our best for the app to work well, but it's provided as is, without a promise that it will never fail or that it fits every use.
• App changes. We may improve, change or remove features. Some depend on other companies' services, like AI providers and iCloud, which may change or stop.
• Limits. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect losses, like lost data, lost profits or decisions made from what the AI wrote.
• Your rights. Nothing here takes away the rights your country's law gives you as a consumer.

Changes and contact

If these terms change, the new version goes on this page, with the date at the top updated. Continuing to use the app after that means you accept the new terms.