1. Agreement and license
By downloading or using Sneaker Scout, you agree to these Terms and the applicable App Store terms. The app is licensed, not sold. Unless a custom end-user license agreement is displayed in the App Store, Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement governs the license and is incorporated here.
2. Eligibility and responsible use
You may use the app only when permitted by applicable law and the rules of the App Store. You are responsible for the photos, captions, locations, and corrections you enter. Photograph people, property, and locations only when you have permission to do so.
3. Catalog, identification, and generated content
Catalog descriptions, visual matches, grounded research, rarity tiers, prices, production estimates, release information, and generated artwork are informational and may be incomplete, outdated, or inaccurate. A proposed match or AI-assisted card is not authentication, provenance, title, or an appraisal. Confirm the model and colorway before saving or relying on a result.
AI-assisted additions remain visibly labeled unverified. Generated art is a visual collection aid and may not reproduce every material, logo, color, or product detail exactly.
4. Ranked account and community use
The ranked service is optional. Global rankings may be browsed as a guest, while joining, syncing XP, adding friends, and publishing cards require Sign in with Apple. You are responsible for your handle and activity. Do not impersonate another person, evade a block or moderation action, reserve handles in bad faith, manipulate score events, or send abusive friend requests.
Only publish photos and information you created or have permission to use. You retain your rights and grant Sneaker Scout a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license limited to hosting, resizing, displaying, transmitting, and moderating published cards. Users can report cards and block scouts. Friend lists, requests, and blocks are not public.
5. Acceptable use
You may not misuse Sneaker Scout to violate law, privacy, intellectual-property rights, security controls, or another person's rights. You may not attempt to overload, reverse engineer where prohibited, bypass App Check, automate abusive requests, submit unlawful content, or falsely present an AI result as professional authentication.
6. Subscriptions and purchases
Scout Pro products, prices, trial eligibility, billing periods, and renewal terms are displayed by Apple before purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew for the period shown unless canceled according to Apple's requirements. Payment is charged to your Apple Account. You can manage or cancel from App Store subscription settings; deleting the app does not itself cancel a subscription.
Refund requests and payment disputes are handled according to Apple's policies. Feature descriptions do not override the live terms Apple shows at purchase.
7. Your content, local Vault, and deletion
You retain any rights you have in photos and captions you add. You grant the limited rights needed for the app and its disclosed processors to analyze a submitted scan and return results you request. The private Vault remains local and does not receive account-based backup through the ranked service. You are responsible for maintaining your device and any device backup you choose to use.
You may sign out without deleting the ranked account. Permanent deletion from the You tab requires fresh Apple authentication and removes the Apple-linked Firebase identity and associated ranked data while preserving the private local Vault.
8. Third-party services and marks
The app relies on services provided by Apple and Google. Their separate terms and availability apply. Brand names, shoe names, logos, and other trademarks shown for identification belong to their respective owners. Sneaker Scout is not endorsed by those owners unless expressly stated.
9. Availability and changes
Features that depend on AI services, StoreKit, connectivity, device permissions, or third-party sources may be delayed, limited, changed, or unavailable. We do not promise a particular match, research result, collectible outcome, resale value, uninterrupted service, or permanent availability of a feature.
10. Disclaimers and limitation
To the extent permitted by law, Sneaker Scout is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties beyond those that cannot legally be excluded. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, loss of data, lost profits, purchasing decisions, or reliance on identification, rarity, or market information. Apple's Standard EULA contains additional warranty and liability terms.
11. Suspension, termination, and updates
You may stop using the service at any time. We may restrict access to network-dependent functionality when reasonably necessary to protect the service, enforce these Terms, or comply with law. We may update these Terms as the product changes. Material updates will be posted here with a new effective date.
12. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent through Sneaker Scout Support or to thomaswilliamwall@icloud.com.