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Terms of Service

ALIVE — OnlyVibeApps

Terms of Service

Effective Date: 20 May 2026 Last Updated: 20 May 2026

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") form a legally binding contract between you and OnlyVibeApps ("OnlyVibeApps," "we," "us," or "our"). They govern your download, installation, registration for, access to, and use of the Alive mobile application ("Alive" or the "App"), our website at https://www.onlyvibeapps.com (the "Website"), and any related products, features, content, tools, communications, or services we provide (together with the App and the Website, the "Services").

Please read these Terms carefully. They contain important provisions about your rights and obligations, including a class-action waiver and a binding arbitration agreement (see Section 22). By creating an Alive account, signing in, or otherwise using the Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by the Privacy Policy (available at https://www.onlyvibeapps.com/alive/privacy-policy and in the App at Settings → Help & Legal → Privacy Policy). If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

These Terms incorporate by reference our Privacy Policy and any in-product disclosures we present at the time you use a particular feature (for example, the paywall disclosure for the founder subscription, the screenshot-notification disclosure, and the multi-device data-loss disclosure during onboarding).

1. Who Can Use Alive

1.1 Minimum Age

You must be at least 13 years old to use Alive. If the country where you reside requires a higher age for digital consent or for entering into a contract with a service provider, that higher age applies to you. By using the Services, you represent and warrant that you meet the applicable minimum age.

We do not knowingly provide the Services to anyone below the applicable minimum age. If we learn that an account holder is below that age, we will close the account.

1.2 Capacity

You must be legally capable of entering into a binding contract in your jurisdiction. If you are using the Services on behalf of a company or other legal entity, you represent that you have authority to bind that entity to these Terms.

1.3 Compliance With Local Law

You must be permitted to use the Services under the laws of your country, state, and locality. The Services are not offered to, and may not be used by, anyone subject to applicable export control restrictions, located in an embargoed country, or on a restricted-party list (such as the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN list).

1.4 Single Account

You may hold one Alive account at a time. Multiple accounts, automated accounts, or accounts registered with false information are not permitted. If your account is deleted, the username may or may not be available for reuse — this is at our discretion.

2. What Alive Is (and What It Is Not)

Alive is a closed, friends-only social experience built around four product principles:

  1. Express first; choose audience second. You capture a moment in any combination of text, voice, image, and video. The moment becomes a post on your device. You decide whether and with whom to share it afterward.
  2. Friends are mutual. There are no followers, no one-way fans, and no asymmetric discovery. Connections require explicit acceptance from both sides.
  3. No algorithm; no public feed. Content is delivered only to the recipients you choose (and, by your explicit opt-in per recipient per post, to those recipients' direct friends — one hop only).
  4. No AI inside the product. We do not run any AI on your posts or chats. There is no AI-driven feed ranking, no AI-driven captioning, no AI moderation classifiers, no AI personalities, no AI of any kind.

Alive is not: a journaling app, a wellness app, an AI companion, a public social network, a Snapchat-style ephemeral messenger, an advertising platform, a marketplace, or a public broadcasting service.

The features available in the Service from time to time are described in the App itself and on the Website. We may add, remove, or change features in our discretion (see Section 20). Where the App and these Terms differ on a question of how a feature works, the App is authoritative as to current behavior; these Terms are authoritative as to the legal rules that govern your use of the Service.

3. Your Account

3.1 Creating an Account

You may create an account using:

  • Apple Sign In (Sign in with Apple),
  • Google Sign In, or
  • Email-based magic link / one-time password delivered to the email address you provide.

We do not use passwords. There is no "forgot password" flow because there is nothing to forget.

You agree to provide accurate, current, and complete information at sign-up and to keep it accurate, current, and complete during your use of the Service. We may suspend or terminate your account if any information is materially false or misleading.

3.2 Username and Display Name

  • Your username is a unique, public handle (3–30 characters; letters, digits, underscore, and period; case-insensitive uniqueness). Usernames considered reserved (e.g., admin, support, help, alive, staff, mod, moderator, official, system, root, and variants) or profane may not be available. You may not impersonate other people, brands, public figures, or any other entity through your username, display name, or profile.
  • Your display name is a short label shown alongside your username. Emoji are permitted.
  • We may, in our discretion, require you to change a username or display name (and may reclaim one) if it impersonates someone, infringes someone's rights, is misleading, violates these Terms, or is otherwise unsuitable.

3.3 Account Security

You are responsible for safeguarding access to your account, your email inbox, and the devices on which you are signed in. You agree to notify us at aditya@onlyvibeapps.com promptly if you suspect any unauthorized access to your account.

3.4 Multi-Device Behavior

Posts you create but never share are stored only on the device that captured them. They do not sync across your devices. If you reinstall the App, switch to a new device, or wipe your device, those private posts are lost. We cannot recover them. You acknowledge this constraint at onboarding; by continuing past that screen, you accept the trade-off as part of the product design.

3.5 Your Personal, Non-Transferable License

Your account is personal to you. You may not sell, transfer, lease, license, or otherwise commercially exploit your account, your username, your friend graph, or any access credentials.

4. License We Grant to You

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, OnlyVibeApps grants you a personal, limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to download, install, and use Alive on a compatible mobile device that you own or control, solely for your own personal, non-commercial use. This license terminates automatically if you violate these Terms or if your account is deleted, suspended, or terminated.

All right, title, and interest in and to the Services — including all software, code, designs, graphics, logos, sounds, text, copy, documentation, look-and-feel, user-interface elements, and trademarks (including the "Alive" name and logo) — are owned by OnlyVibeApps or our licensors and are protected by intellectual-property laws. Nothing in these Terms transfers any of those rights to you.

5. Your Content and the License You Grant Us

5.1 Definitions

  • "User Content" means anything you post, upload, send, or otherwise make available through the Services — including text, voice recordings, images, videos, captions, comments, chat messages, group names, reports, and any metadata you supply.
  • "Private Content" means User Content you have not shared (it lives only on your device).
  • "Shared Content" means User Content you have shared with at least one other user.

5.2 You Retain Ownership

You retain all ownership rights you already have in your User Content. Nothing in these Terms takes ownership away from you.

5.3 The License You Grant Us

To operate the Services, we need a license to host, route, render, and deliver your User Content to the people you choose. You grant OnlyVibeApps a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sub-licensable (only to our service providers acting on our behalf, e.g., Cloudflare, Mux, Supabase), transferable (only in connection with a business transfer permitted under our Privacy Policy) license to:

  • Host, store, copy, transmit, transcode, compress, adaptively encode (for example, to HLS), cache, and back up your User Content; and
  • Display the User Content to the recipients you have explicitly selected, including any friends-of-friends visible by your explicit opt-in via the link icon.

This license exists only for the purpose of operating the Services. The license ends with respect to a given piece of User Content when you delete it from the Service (subject to the limited retention described in our Privacy Policy and to legal retention obligations). The license ends with respect to all of your User Content when your account is deleted (subject again to limited retention).

We do not use your User Content for any other purpose. Specifically:

  • We do not use User Content to train AI or machine-learning models.
  • We do not use User Content for advertising.
  • We do not sell User Content to third parties.
  • We do not display your User Content publicly outside the closed sharing graph you set up.

5.4 Private Content Stays on Your Device

We do not have a license to your Private Content because we never receive Private Content. It lives only on your device until and unless you share it.

5.5 Feedback

If you send us suggestions, ideas, or feedback about the Services, you grant OnlyVibeApps a perpetual, worldwide, irrevocable, royalty-free license to use that feedback for any purpose, without restriction. You are not entitled to credit, compensation, or confidentiality with respect to feedback.

5.6 Backup Is Your Responsibility for Private Content

We do not offer a "Backup my data" or "Download my data" feature for Private Content in this version of the App. We may add such a feature in the future. Until then, you accept that the loss of your device or the uninstallation of the App will permanently lose Private Content.

6. Acceptable Use

You agree that you will not, and will not attempt to, do any of the following while using the Services:

6.1 Content Rules

You will not post, share, send, or otherwise distribute any User Content that:

  • Is illegal under any applicable law.
  • Sexually exploits, abuses, or endangers any minor (this is an absolute prohibition; we cooperate with NCMEC and equivalent national bodies and report immediately).
  • Constitutes non-consensual intimate imagery, "revenge porn," or unauthorized recordings of any person in a circumstance where they had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
  • Constitutes child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in any form, real or simulated.
  • Promotes, incites, glorifies, or instructs terrorism, organized criminal violence, or any act intended to cause serious bodily harm or death.
  • Constitutes credible threats of violence against any person or group, or doxxing (publication of private personal information of another person without consent).
  • Constitutes hate speech, harassment, or abuse targeting a person or group on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, immigration status, or serious disease.
  • Promotes self-harm or suicide.
  • Sells, advertises, or facilitates transactions in firearms, explosives, controlled substances, prescription medicines outside a regulated channel, human trafficking, prostitution, counterfeit goods, stolen goods, or any other illegal item.
  • Infringes on copyright, trademark, trade secret, right of publicity, right of privacy, or any other proprietary right.
  • Constitutes spam, deceptive advertising, pyramid schemes, "get rich quick" promotions, phishing, or other fraudulent material.
  • Contains malware, ransomware, spyware, viruses, worms, trojan horses, time bombs, or any other malicious code.
  • Is intended to deceive other users about who you are, who you represent, or what you are sharing (impersonation, false flag, manipulated media presented as authentic).

6.2 Conduct Rules

You will not:

  • Use the Services in any way that interferes with, disrupts, degrades, or imposes an unreasonable load on the Services or the systems that support them.
  • Probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Services without our prior written consent. Responsible coordinated disclosures to aditya@onlyvibeapps.com are welcome.
  • Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the Services, any account other than your own, any sub-processor system, any non-public area, or any related computer system or network.
  • Reverse-engineer, decompile, disassemble, modify, or attempt to derive source code from any portion of the Services, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction.
  • Use any robot, scraper, spider, crawler, or other automated means to access, copy, or extract content or data from the Services, except for general-purpose search engines indexing the Website where we have not blocked them.
  • Bypass, disable, or otherwise interfere with any security or access-control feature of the Services, including the anti-screenshot mechanism described in Section 11.
  • Build a competing product or service using the Services, the data we make available to you, or any insight you derive from the Services in violation of these Terms.
  • Use the Services to send unsolicited communications, promotions, or advertising, or to harvest user information for any of those purposes.
  • Use the Services to facilitate or encourage any other person to violate these Terms.

6.3 Friendly Behavior Norms

  • Friend requests must be sent in good faith. Mass-sending of friend requests to users who do not know you is not permitted.
  • Repeatedly contacting users who have indicated they do not wish to be contacted is harassment.
  • The friend-of-friend "link icon" exists to allow good-faith propagation of a single post to a recipient's immediate friend graph. Manipulating the link icon to mass-distribute content (for example, by spamming recipients chosen solely for their friend count) violates the spirit of the product and these Terms.

6.4 Reporting Violations

You may report a violating post or a violating user from inside the App via the post overflow menu or the profile overflow menu. We review reports manually. We may take action including (without limitation) hiding the reported content, removing the content, warning the reported user, restricting features, suspending the reported account, or permanently terminating the reported account.

We may also remove content or take action against an account at any time, with or without prior notice, if we believe in good faith that doing so is necessary to keep the Service safe, lawful, or operational.

6.5 No Obligation to Pre-Screen

We do not pre-screen User Content. We are not responsible for the User Content posted by others, but we reserve the right (without obligation) to remove or restrict access to User Content that we believe violates these Terms, applicable law, or the spirit of the Service.

7. The Founder Subscription

7.1 Overview

Alive is free for every user. The full functionality of the app — posting (private and shared), friends-of-friends propagation, reactions, comments, chat, search, profile, look-back, saved posts, and every other feature — is available without payment. This free-tier guarantee is permanent and applies regardless of the founder cap state.

The founder subscription is an optional purchase that:

  • Costs USD $1.00 per week (or the local equivalent set by the App Store or Google Play, which may differ due to currency conversion and storefront pricing).
  • Grants the buyer a founder badge displayed everywhere the buyer is identifiable in the App (profile, posts, comments, chat, Founders Wall, and any future surface where the buyer is presented as the actor of an action).
  • Grants the buyer a lifetime ad-free guarantee — see Section 7.3 below.
  • May grant visual-only cosmetic perks (for example, custom backgrounds or palettes) at our discretion.
  • Does not grant additional capabilities such as larger groups, extra storage, advanced search, exclusive features, higher media quality, or any other feature that would create a two-class product. The capability surface of Alive is one-class.

7.2 The Founder Cap

The founder offer is available to the first cohort of users only, up to a fixed cap that we set and publish before launch. The remaining count is displayed on the Founders Wall inside the App. Once the cap is reached, the founder offer closes permanently. New users will not be able to subscribe under the founder offer after that point. Existing founders' entitlements are unaffected.

7.3 The Lifetime Ad-Free Guarantee

You will not see ads inside Alive on a founder account, for as long as Alive operates that account. This commitment is durable: if we ever introduce ads, advertising-based monetization, or sponsored content for newer users after the founder cap closes, founder accounts are permanently excluded from that.

The legally precise framing of "lifetime" is "for as long as Alive operates this account." This wording exists to protect both you and us against corner-case obligations if the product is materially pivoted, while honoring the substantive promise to every founder for as long as the account is operated. The substantive promise — that you will not see ads on a founder account — applies for the entire operating life of the account.

7.4 Billing

The founder subscription is sold and billed entirely through Apple's App Store In-App Purchase system (on iOS) or Google Play Billing (on Android), with entitlement reconciliation handled by RevenueCat. No part of the transaction goes through OnlyVibeApps or any web payment surface.

  • Payment is charged to the Apple ID or Google account associated with the device at the time of purchase.
  • The subscription auto-renews weekly at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period.
  • You can manage and cancel the subscription at any time through your platform-store account: iOS — Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions; Android — Play Store → Subscriptions. You can also reach the management surface via the in-app Settings → Subscription screen, which deep-links to the relevant platform store.

7.5 Restore Purchases

You can restore a previously purchased founder entitlement on a new device or after a reinstall via Paywall → Restore Purchases or Settings → Subscription → Restore Purchases. Restoration relies on the platform-store account being the same one used for the original purchase.

7.6 Refunds and Cancellations

Refunds for founder subscriptions are governed by Apple's and Google's refund policies. We do not process refunds directly; we honor refund decisions made by those platforms.

  • iOS: request a refund at https://reportaproblem.apple.com.
  • Android: request a refund through Google Play.
  • EU/EEA right of withdrawal. If you are a consumer in the EEA, you have the right to withdraw from the subscription contract within 14 days of purchase without giving any reason. By starting to use the subscription before the end of the 14-day withdrawal period, you expressly request that we begin performance immediately and acknowledge that you lose the right of withdrawal once the service has been fully performed. To exercise your right of withdrawal where it has not been lost, contact the relevant platform store (Apple or Google), since they processed the payment.
  • Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; you retain the founder entitlement until that point.

7.7 What Happens at Cap Closure

When the cap is reached:

  • The Founders Wall freezes its growth and displays the final roster and count.
  • The paywall switches to a closed/post-cap variant indicating the founder offer is no longer available.
  • Existing founders' entitlements are not changed. Founder badges remain displayed in perpetuity.
  • We may introduce post-cap monetization for new users (which we have not yet decided as of the date of these Terms — see Section 7.8). Whatever model is chosen, it will not gate the free-tier guarantee and it will not gate sharing.

7.8 Pay-To-Share Is Permanently Rejected

Under any current or future monetization model, sharing will never be gated by payment. This is a hard product commitment and is reflected in these Terms.

7.9 Price Changes

We may change the price of new subscriptions, but we will not change the price of a founder subscription that has already been purchased, except where required by law or where Apple or Google revises pricing tiers in a way that does not allow us to maintain the original price. In those cases, we will give notice as required by the relevant platform store and you will have the opportunity to cancel before any new price applies.

7.10 Subscription Disclosures (Required by App Stores)

When you purchase a founder subscription, the paywall displays:

  • The price and billing period.
  • The duration of the renewal cycle (weekly).
  • Auto-renewal notice.
  • A summary of the lifetime ad-free guarantee using the §7.3 wording.
  • A link to these Terms of Service and to the Privacy Policy.
  • A link to Restore Purchases.

By tapping the purchase button, you authorize the recurring weekly charge and consent to the disclosures above.

8. Friends, Sharing, and Friend-of-Friend Propagation

8.1 Friend Connections Are Mutual

A friend connection requires a request from one user and an explicit acceptance from the other. We do not provide one-sided follows or asymmetric connections.

8.2 Block, Mute, and Decline

  • Block is a one-directional severance of all interaction surfaces between you and the blocked user. Only the blocker can unblock. The full block behavior is described in the App and in our Privacy Policy.
  • Mute hides the muted user's posts from your feed without affecting the relationship. Mute has two variants: direct mute and via-friend-of-friend-link mute.
  • Decline of a friend request does not permanently lock further requests from that user.

8.3 Friend-of-Friend Visibility

On each share, you may optionally enable a "link icon" toggle for any specific recipient. Enabling the link icon for that recipient grants the recipient's confirmed friends visibility on that specific post in their feed. The link icon:

  • Defaults to OFF for every recipient on every post. You must consciously enable it per recipient on each post.
  • Is per recipient, per post. It is not a global "make my account public" toggle.
  • Allows one hop only. A friend-of-friend cannot re-share the post or propagate it further.
  • Allows friend-of-friend viewers to like, comment, and report the post; they cannot re-share.

By enabling the link icon, you authorize us to deliver the post to the relevant friends-of-friends. You are responsible for the consequences of that propagation, including any third-party rights implicated by the content of the post.

8.4 Per-Post Loop and Loop Visibility Toggle

Each share creates an ad-hoc "loop" bound to that specific post. By default, every loop member can see all direct recipients of the post via a bottom sheet. You can change this on a per-post basis using the "Let recipients see who else is in this post's loop?" toggle, and set a global default in your settings. Interactions (likes, comments, mentions) always reveal the participants involved regardless of the loop visibility toggle.

8.5 No Re-Sharing of Posts Outside Alive

The Service does not include a "share to other platforms" function for posts. Your profile can be shared externally via the OS share sheet; posts cannot. You agree not to circumvent this product choice through use of screen capture, screen recording, or external camera capture of other users' content (see also Section 11).

9. Chat

9.1 1:1 Only

Chat is 1:1 only in this version of Alive. Group chat is not provided.

9.2 Default Eligibility

By default, any user can message any other user. You can restrict your inbox via Settings → "Who can message me" to Everyone (default), Friends and friends-of-friends only, Friends only, or No one. When a sender is below your threshold, the Message button still displays on your profile but tapping it surfaces an explainer message rather than opening a thread.

9.3 Persistence

Chat messages persist; they do not auto-delete or fade. A "Delete for me" action is a local-only removal in this version.

9.4 Encryption

Chat is encrypted in transit (TLS) and at rest. End-to-end encryption is not provided in this version. If we add E2EE in a future version, we will update the documentation accordingly.

9.5 Block Severs Chat

If either party blocks the other, the chat thread becomes read-only until the block is lifted. The history is retained on both sides. No new messages can be sent.

10. Notifications

We send push notifications and in-app notifications for the categories you enable, including:

  • New shared posts from friends and friends-of-friends.
  • Likes and comments on your posts.
  • Replies to your comments.
  • @mentions of you.
  • Friend requests received and friend requests accepted.
  • Chat messages.
  • Screenshot detected on a post you own (iOS only — see Section 11).

You can manage which categories you receive in Settings → Notifications and via your OS-level notification settings. We do not send growth-y "you haven't posted in N days" reminders, "on this day" resurfacing, streak prompts, or any other nudge designed to manipulate engagement.

We may also send essential service-related emails (sign-in magic links, OTPs, security alerts, billing notices, and material updates to these Terms or the Privacy Policy). You cannot opt out of essential service communications without ceasing to use the Service.

11. Screenshots and Screen Recording

11.1 Best-Effort Protection of Content Shared in Alive

Alive applies best-effort protection on screens that display user content (the feed, post detail, the profile post tabs, and chat):

  • Android: the App invokes the platform's secure-window mechanism, which blocks screenshots and screen recordings. The OS will refuse the capture and the output will appear black.
  • iOS: Apple does not allow apps to block screenshots. The App therefore detects screenshots and screen-recordings on protected screens and notifies the post owner that a capture has occurred. The notification identifies the user who took the capture.

By using the Service, you acknowledge and agree that:

  • Other users will be notified if you take a screenshot of their post or your chat with them on iOS.
  • These protections are best-effort, not absolute. Rooted/jailbroken devices, secondary cameras, hardware capture tools, and other workarounds can still capture content. We do not — and cannot — promise absolute prevention.
  • You will not attempt to circumvent, disable, defeat, modify, or undermine the anti-capture mechanism, including by modifying the App, the OS, or related software.
  • You will not capture, save, redistribute, or repost another user's User Content outside Alive without that user's affirmative consent. Doing so may violate these Terms, applicable law, and the rights of the other user.

11.2 Your Recourse If Someone Captures Your Content

If another user captures your content and redistributes it without your consent, you may report the user through the in-app reporting flow and we will review the report. We can take action against the Alive account in question. We are not, however, able to remove the captured content from external platforms, devices, or services; you may need to pursue claims against the responsible party or contact the external platform directly.

12. Privacy

Our collection, use, storage, sharing, and protection of personal information is described in our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.onlyvibeapps.com/alive/privacy-policy and inside the App. The Privacy Policy is part of these Terms by reference. By using the Service, you accept the Privacy Policy.

Key privacy commitments at a glance:

  • No AI processing of post content.
  • No advertising; no ad-network sharing.
  • No selling personal information.
  • No cross-app or cross-site tracking.
  • Local-first storage of private posts.
  • 30-day grace period before account deletion is final.

See the Privacy Policy for the complete description.

13. Intellectual Property

13.1 Our IP

The Services and all components — including the Alive software, the Alive name, the Alive logo, the OnlyVibeApps name, the OnlyVibeApps logo, the visual design system, the founder badge, all copy, all illustrations, all icons, and all underlying source code — are owned by OnlyVibeApps and/or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, trade-secret, and other intellectual-property laws. You may not use any of these marks or assets without our prior written consent, except as expressly permitted by these Terms or by applicable law.

13.2 Third-Party Components and Open-Source Notices

The Service includes open-source software licensed under various open-source licenses. The names of those components, the licenses, and the relevant attribution and license text are available on request via aditya@onlyvibeapps.com and will be made available inside the App at Settings → Help & Legal → Open Source Licenses when that screen is enabled.

13.3 DMCA / Copyright Infringement Notices

If you believe that content available through the Services infringes your copyright, please send a notice to our designated copyright agent at aditya@onlyvibeapps.com that includes:

  1. A physical or electronic signature of the rights holder or someone authorized to act on the rights holder's behalf.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to be infringed.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing and reasonably sufficient information to allow us to locate the material (e.g., the username of the poster and the date of the post).
  4. Reasonably sufficient contact information so we can reach you (email is sufficient).
  5. A statement that you have a good-faith belief that use of the material is not authorized by the rights holder, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notice is accurate and that you are the rights holder or are authorized to act on the rights holder's behalf.

We may remove allegedly infringing material upon receiving a notice that substantially complies with the above and may terminate the accounts of repeat infringers.

13.4 Counter-Notices

If you believe your material was removed in error, you may submit a counter-notice to aditya@onlyvibeapps.com. We will follow the procedure set out in 17 U.S.C. § 512(g).

13.5 Trademarks

"Alive" and "OnlyVibeApps" are trademarks of OnlyVibeApps. You may not use these marks without our prior written consent except as part of fair, descriptive use to refer to the Service.

14. Third-Party Services and Platform Terms

14.1 Apple and Google Platforms

Your use of Alive on iOS is also governed by Apple's App Store Terms of Service and the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. Your use of Alive on Android is also governed by the Google Play Terms of Service. We have no control over those platform terms; you must comply with them in addition to these Terms.

14.2 Apple-Specific Acknowledgments (App Store EULA Requirements)

The following provisions apply when you use Alive on an Apple device, in addition to (and where in conflict, in priority over) other provisions of these Terms, but only to the extent required by Apple:

  • These Terms are concluded between you and OnlyVibeApps only, not with Apple. OnlyVibeApps (not Apple) is solely responsible for Alive and its content.
  • The license granted to you for Alive is limited to a non-transferable license to use Alive on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service.
  • Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support services for Alive.
  • In the event of any failure of Alive to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will (to the extent required by law) refund the purchase price for Alive to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to Alive.
  • OnlyVibeApps, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to Alive or your possession and/or use of Alive, including product-liability claims, claims that Alive fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement, claims arising under consumer-protection or similar legislation (including those related to the EU's Digital Content Directive), and claims relating to the General Data Protection Regulation and similar laws.
  • OnlyVibeApps, not Apple, is responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any third-party intellectual-property infringement claim related to Alive.
  • You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  • Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

14.3 Other Third-Party Services

Alive integrates with third-party services to deliver the experience (Supabase, Cloudflare, Mux, Upstash, Inngest, RevenueCat, Expo, Resend, Sentry, PostHog, and others). We are not responsible for the content, services, terms, privacy practices, or availability of any third-party service. Your use of those services is governed by the third party's own terms.

15. Disclaimers

15.1 As-Is Basis

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW THAT CANNOT BE WAIVED. OnlyVibeApps disclaims all warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, reliability, availability, and quiet enjoyment. We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, secure, error-free, free of viruses or other harmful components, or that any defects will be corrected.

15.2 No Guarantee of Content Permanence

We do not guarantee that any specific User Content will remain available for any specific duration. Posts can be deleted by their owner, removed for violations, or lost due to operational issues. You are responsible for preserving anything you care about. We do not currently offer a "Download my data" export feature for User Content.

15.3 No Guarantee of Capture Prevention

The anti-screenshot and screen-recording protections are best-effort, as described in Section 11. We do not warrant that your content cannot be captured.

15.4 No Guarantee Regarding Other Users

We do not screen users in advance. We make no warranty as to the character, identity, conduct, or trustworthiness of any other user. Your interactions with other users are at your own risk.

15.5 No Guarantee Regarding Third-Party Platforms

We have no control over Apple, Google, Cloudflare, Mux, or any other platform or service provider. Their availability, pricing, policies, and behavior may change at any time.

15.6 No Professional Advice

Alive is a social product. Nothing in Alive is medical, mental-health, legal, financial, or other professional advice. If you are in crisis, contact your local emergency services or a crisis hotline appropriate to your country.

16. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

16.1 No Indirect, Incidental, or Consequential Damages

OnlyVibeApps, its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, contractors, and licensors will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of profits, loss of revenue, loss of data, loss of business opportunity, loss of goodwill, or other intangible losses, arising out of or related to your use of the Services, whether based on warranty, contract, tort (including negligence), statute, or any other legal theory, and whether or not OnlyVibeApps has been informed of the possibility of such damage.

16.2 Cap on Direct Damages

Our total cumulative liability arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services for any cause whatsoever — and regardless of the form of the action — will not exceed the greater of (a) USD $100 or (b) the amounts (if any) you have paid to OnlyVibeApps in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim.

16.3 Essential Basis of the Bargain

The disclaimers and limitations in Sections 15 and 16 are essential elements of the bargain between you and OnlyVibeApps. Without them, the Services could not be provided at the price and on the terms offered.

16.4 Jurisdictions That Do Not Allow Limitation

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain damages. In those jurisdictions, the foregoing limitations may not apply to you, and our liability is limited to the smallest amount permitted by law.

17. Indemnification

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless OnlyVibeApps and its officers, directors, employees, agents, affiliates, contractors, and licensors from and against any and all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and costs) arising out of or related to:

  • Your User Content.
  • Your use of the Services.
  • Your violation of these Terms or any incorporated policies.
  • Your violation of any applicable law or any third-party right (including any intellectual-property, privacy, or publicity right).
  • Your interaction with other users.

We reserve the right, at our own expense, to assume the exclusive defense and control of any matter otherwise subject to indemnification by you, in which case you agree to cooperate with our defense.

18. Suspension and Termination

18.1 Termination by You

You may stop using the Services at any time. You may delete your account from Settings → Delete Account, which initiates the 30-day grace period described in our Privacy Policy. Signing back in during the grace period cancels the deletion. After the grace period, deletion is irreversible.

18.2 Termination by Us

We may suspend or terminate your account, with or without prior notice, if:

  • You materially breach these Terms or our Privacy Policy.
  • We believe in good faith that your conduct is harmful to other users, to us, or to the integrity of the Services.
  • We are required to do so by law, a court order, or a request from a regulator.
  • The platform store (Apple, Google) requires us to remove an account.
  • Your account has been inactive for an extended period and we have given you reasonable notice in advance.
  • We discontinue the Service (Section 20).

Where reasonably possible and not prohibited by law, we will provide you with notice and an opportunity to appeal or cure the violation.

18.3 Effect of Termination

Upon termination:

  • Your right to use the Services ends immediately.
  • We may delete or anonymize your account and User Content stored by us, subject to the retention rules in the Privacy Policy.
  • Sections of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 5.5, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18.3, 19, 22, and 23) will survive.

19. Governing Law

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the Services are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence provide different and non-waivable protections, in which case those laws apply to the extent they would otherwise apply.

The U.N. Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply to these Terms.

20. Changes to the Service and to These Terms

20.1 Changes to the Service

We may add, remove, modify, suspend, or discontinue features, content, or functionality of the Services from time to time, with or without notice. Where reasonable and material, we will give notice in-product, by email, or on the Website. We are not liable for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the Services, except for any commitments expressly made in these Terms (for example, the founder lifetime ad-free guarantee in Section 7.3 and the pay-to-share-rejection commitment in Section 7.8).

20.2 Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will:

  • Update the Effective Date and Last Updated dates at the top of these Terms.
  • Post the revised Terms at https://www.onlyvibeapps.com/alive/terms and in the App at Settings → Help & Legal → Terms of Service.
  • Where required by law or material to your use of the Service, provide additional notice (in-product, by email, or both).

If you continue to use the Service after the revised Terms take effect, you accept the changes. If you do not agree, you must stop using the Services and may delete your account (Section 18.1).

21. Notices

We may give notices to you by posting them in the App, on the Website, by sending an email to the address on file, or through a push notification. Notice will be effective when first communicated. You may give notice to us by email to aditya@onlyvibeapps.com. We will not accept service of legal process by email; for that, contact us at the same address for current postal information.

22. Dispute Resolution; Binding Arbitration; Class-Action Waiver

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT REQUIRES THE PARTIES TO RESOLVE DISPUTES THROUGH BINDING ARBITRATION RATHER THAN IN COURT, AND LIMITS THE WAYS YOU CAN SEEK RELIEF.

22.1 Informal Resolution First

Before filing a claim, you and OnlyVibeApps agree to try to resolve the dispute informally. Send a written notice of the dispute to aditya@onlyvibeapps.com describing the nature and basis of the claim and the specific relief sought. You and OnlyVibeApps will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute within sixty (60) days of the notice. If the dispute is not resolved within that period, either party may initiate arbitration as described below.

22.2 Binding Arbitration

Any dispute, claim, or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services that is not resolved informally will be settled by binding arbitration administered by JAMS or another nationally recognized arbitration provider mutually agreed by the parties, in accordance with its rules then in effect. The arbitration will be conducted by a single arbitrator, will be held in English, and will take place in Wilmington, Delaware or, at your election, by telephone or videoconference. Judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrator may be entered in any court having competent jurisdiction.

22.3 Class-Action Waiver

You and OnlyVibeApps each agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action. If for any reason a claim proceeds in court rather than in arbitration, you and OnlyVibeApps each waive any right to a jury trial.

22.4 Exceptions

Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may bring an individual action in small-claims court if it qualifies. Either party may also seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction for actual or threatened infringement, misappropriation, or violation of a party's intellectual-property rights.

22.5 EEA/UK Consumers and Other Mandatory-Court Jurisdictions

If you are a consumer in the EEA, the UK, or any jurisdiction whose laws do not permit pre-dispute arbitration agreements with consumers, the arbitration and class-action waiver provisions of this Section 22 do not apply to you, and you may bring a claim in the competent court of your country of residence.

The European Commission provides for an online dispute-resolution platform that you can access at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr/. We are, however, not obliged to participate in dispute-resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

22.6 Opt-Out (US Residents Only)

US residents may opt out of the arbitration and class-action waiver provisions of this Section 22 by sending a written opt-out notice to aditya@onlyvibeapps.com within thirty (30) days of first accepting these Terms. The notice must include your full name, the email address associated with your Alive account, and a clear statement that you wish to opt out of arbitration. Opt-out does not affect any other provision of these Terms.

23. Miscellaneous

23.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any other documents expressly incorporated by reference, constitute the entire agreement between you and OnlyVibeApps regarding the Services and supersede all prior agreements, communications, and proposals on the subject.

23.2 No Waiver

Our failure to enforce any provision of these Terms is not a waiver of that provision. Any waiver must be in writing and signed by an authorized representative of OnlyVibeApps.

23.3 Severability

If any provision of these Terms is held by a court or arbitrator to be unenforceable, that provision will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted, and the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

23.4 Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms or any rights or obligations under them without our prior written consent. We may assign or transfer these Terms, in whole or in part, without restriction (including in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale of assets). Any unauthorized assignment by you is void.

23.5 No Third-Party Beneficiaries

Except as expressly stated (for example, Apple's third-party beneficiary status under Section 14.2), nothing in these Terms creates any rights in favor of any third party.

23.6 Force Majeure

We will not be liable for any failure or delay in performance resulting from any cause beyond our reasonable control, including acts of God, war, terrorism, riots, embargoes, acts of civil or military authorities, fire, floods, accidents, network or power outages, strikes, shortages of transportation facilities, fuel, energy, labor, or materials, or governmental restrictions.

23.7 Headings

Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation.

23.8 Language

These Terms are written in English. If we provide a translation, the English version controls in the event of any inconsistency, except where prohibited by applicable law.

23.9 Relationship of the Parties

Nothing in these Terms creates an agency, partnership, joint venture, employment, or franchise relationship between you and OnlyVibeApps.

23.10 Export Compliance

You agree to comply with all applicable export-control laws and regulations, including those of the United States, in your use of the Services.

24. Contact

Questions about these Terms:

Document version: 1.0 (initial public version) These Terms of Service are provided for the Alive mobile application published by OnlyVibeApps under bundle identifier com.onlyvibeapps.alive on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store, and the related website at https://www.onlyvibeapps.com.

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