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Terms of Service

Last updated 5 September 2026.

These terms are an agreement between you and [LEGAL ENTITY NAME] (“Arete,” “we”). They cover this website, the Arete mobile application, and anything you buy from us. By using any of it, you accept them. If you do not, do not use it.

1. Who may use Arete

You must be at least 13 to use the app, and at least 18, or the age of majority where you live, to buy anything from this site. If you are using Arete on behalf of an organisation, you are confirming you may bind it to these terms.

2. Arete is not medical advice

This matters more than anything else here. Arete provides general information about training, movement, breathing, reflection and habit. It is not medicine, it is not physical therapy, it is not psychotherapy, and it is not a substitute for care from a qualified professional who knows your situation.

  • Talk to a doctor before starting a new training programme, particularly if you are pregnant, recovering from injury or illness, or managing any medical condition.
  • Stop and seek help if something hurts, and use your own judgment about what your body can do on a given day. The app cannot see you.
  • Nothing in the app diagnoses, treats, cures or prevents any condition, and no reading, prompt or metric it shows you is a clinical measurement.
  • If you are in crisis, contact your local emergency services or a crisis line. Arete is not a crisis service and no one monitors what you write in it.

You take part in any activity Arete suggests at your own risk.

3. The app and your subscription

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial use.

[PRICING — the app ships free at v1. If and when a subscription is added, state the price and trial here before that version ships.] Subscriptions purchased through the App Store are billed by Apple and renew automatically until cancelled. Cancel at least 24 hours before a period ends, in your Apple ID settings; cancelling stops the next charge and does not refund the current period. Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple under its policies, not by us. We may change prices on notice; a price change never applies to a period you have already paid for.

4. What you write stays yours

Your journal entries, goals, logs and photographs are yours. We claim no ownership of them, and we never receive them — they stay on your device, as the app privacy policy describes. We do not read your journal, and we do not use your content to train models.

You are responsible for keeping your own copies. If you delete the app or your device fails, locally stored content is gone and we cannot recover it.

5. Buying physical products

  • Prices and availability. Prices are in US dollars and may change. Listing an item is not a guarantee it is in stock; if we cannot fulfil an order we will cancel it and refund you in full.
  • Errors. If an item is listed at an obviously wrong price we may cancel the order, even after it is confirmed, and refund you.
  • Shipping. Delivery estimates are estimates. Risk of loss passes to you on delivery to the carrier [CONFIRM — some sellers keep risk until delivery to the customer; decide which you want].
  • Duties and taxes. International orders may attract import duties and taxes, which are yours to pay.
  • Returns. [STATE YOUR RETURN WINDOW AND CONDITION REQUIREMENTS, e.g. 30 days, unworn, original packaging, buyer pays return shipping.]
  • Warranty. [STATE THE HARDWARE WARRANTY, e.g. one year against manufacturing defects.]

6. Pre-orders, waitlists and coming-soon items

Joining a waitlist or a pre-order list costs nothing, reserves nothing legally, and does not create a contract of sale. Products described as coming soon are not available for purchase, and their specifications, price and timing may change or be abandoned entirely. Where a product image is an illustration rather than a photograph of finished hardware, we say so on the page.

7. Acceptable use

Do not: break the law with Arete; reverse engineer, decompile or resell it; scrape or bulk-download the site; interfere with its operation; or use it to harm anyone. We may suspend access if you do.

8. Our intellectual property

The Arete name, logo, written content, training programmes, design and software are ours or our licensors'. These terms give you no right to use them beyond using the product as intended.

9. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent the law allows, Arete is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any result described will be achieved by you.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, neither we nor our suppliers are liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data or goodwill. Our total liability arising out of these terms is limited to the greater of [$100] or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

Some jurisdictions do not allow these exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you. Nothing here limits liability for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence, where the law forbids that limitation.

11. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify us against claims arising from your misuse of Arete or your breach of these terms.

12. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of [STATE], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in [COUNTY, STATE], and both parties consent to that jurisdiction.

[OPTIONAL — if you want binding arbitration and a class action waiver instead, it must be drafted by a lawyer, presented conspicuously, and include an opt-out window. Do not paste a template.]

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. If a change is material we will update the date above and notify subscribers by email.

14. Contact

[LEGAL ENTITY NAME]
[POSTAL ADDRESS]
hello@arete-app.org