Scratchy
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and RESPONSE GT LIMITED (“we”, “us”) for the Scratchy app (“the App”). By downloading or using the App you accept these Terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the App.
01What Scratchy does
Scratchy helps you free up storage and protect your privacy on your iPhone. It finds duplicate, similar, blurry and other unwanted photos and videos, compresses videos, converts Live Photos, cleans up contacts and calendar events, keeps private items in an encrypted Secret Vault, and checks emails and passwords against known data breaches.
02License
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App for non-commercial purposes on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules of the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
03Your content and deletions
- The App suggests items to remove, but you decide. Nothing is deleted, merged or converted until you confirm it, and you are responsible for reviewing selections before you do.
- Photos and videos you delete are moved to the Recently Deleted album of the Photos app, where iOS keeps them for up to 30 days. Contacts and calendar events you delete are removed immediately.
- Items in the Secret Vault are stored only on your device and are excluded from backups. If you delete the App, reset or lose your device, or lose access to it, vault content cannot be recovered by anyone, including us. Keep your own copies of anything important.
- We recommend keeping a backup of your library, for example with iCloud Photos.
04Scratchy Pro subscription
Some features require Scratchy Pro, an auto-renewable subscription.
- Scratchy Pro is offered as a weekly or monthly subscription. The title, length and price of each option are shown in the App before you buy. Prices may vary by country.
- Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase.
- The subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- If a free trial is offered, you will be charged at the end of the trial unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
- You can manage or cancel your subscription in iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the App does not cancel the subscription.
- Purchases are processed by Apple. Refund requests are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
- If we change prices, Apple will notify you as required by its rules before the new price applies.
05Third-party services
Leak checks rely on the Have I Been Pwned service. Its results are provided for information only: a check that finds nothing does not guarantee that your data has never been exposed. Subscriptions are processed by Apple and managed with Adapty, and campaign measurement uses AppsFlyer, as described in our Privacy Policy. Your use of these services may also be subject to their terms.
06Acceptable use
You agree not to copy, modify, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App, except where the law allows it; not to resell, rent or distribute the App; not to circumvent subscription or security features; and not to use the App to check data that you are not entitled to check, such as other people’s email addresses without their permission.
07Intellectual property
The App, including its name, design, graphics and software, belongs to us or our licensors. These Terms do not give you any ownership rights. Your photos, videos and other content remain yours.
08Updates and availability
We may update, change or discontinue features of the App. These Terms apply to updates unless they come with separate terms. Some features need an internet connection or third-party services and may be temporarily unavailable.
09Disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be error-free or that it will identify every duplicate, similar or unwanted item.
10Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, content, profits or goodwill, arising from your use of or inability to use the App. Our total liability for any claim relating to the App is limited to the amount you paid for the App and Scratchy Pro in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including your statutory rights as a consumer.
11Termination
These Terms apply until terminated. They end automatically if you breach them, and you can end them at any time by deleting the App. Sections 03, 07, 09, 10 and 13 survive termination.
12Apple-specific terms
Because the App is distributed through the Apple App Store, the following also applies:
- Acknowledgement. These Terms are between you and us only, not with Apple Inc. (“Apple”). We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the App and its content.
- Scope of license. Your license is limited to use on Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that the App may be accessed by other accounts associated with you through Family Sharing.
- Maintenance and support. We are solely responsible for maintenance and support of the App. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support services for the App.
- Warranty. We are solely responsible for any product warranties, express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. If the App fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App.
- Product claims. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App or your possession and use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to any legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.
- Intellectual property. In the event of any third-party claim that the App or your use of it infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of that claim.
- Legal compliance. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- Third-party terms. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.
- Third-party beneficiary. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance Apple will have the right to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.
13Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which RESPONSE GT LIMITED is registered, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. If you are a consumer, you keep the protection of the mandatory laws of the country where you live.
14Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. The current version is always available at this address, and the effective date above shows when it was last changed. If you keep using the App after a change, the updated Terms apply.
15Contact
RESPONSE GT LIMITED
Email: [email protected]