The commercial terms below (prices, trial length, billing behaviour) match what the code in this repository actually does, so this is a real starting point rather than filler. It has not been drafted or reviewed by a lawyer, and it does not yet contain consumer-protection provisions that are mandatory in many jurisdictions — notably the EU/UK statutory 14-day right of withdrawal for digital purchases, and US state auto-renewal disclosure laws.
Fill in every TODO and have this reviewed by a qualified lawyer before taking real payments.
Terms of Service
Last updated: TODO — insert publication date
1. Agreement
These terms form an agreement between you and TODO — registered company name ("Answr", "we") covering your use of the Answr browser extension and website. By installing the extension or purchasing a license you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the service.
2. What the service does
Answr captures the visible area of a browser tab when you ask it to, extracts text from that capture using recognition software that runs on your own device, and presents an answer with a step-by-step explanation.
3. Acceptable use — academic honesty
Answr is a study aid. You are responsible for using it in line with the rules of your school, college, or examining body. Many institutions restrict or prohibit the use of automated assistance in graded work, tests, and examinations.
- Do not use Answr where the rules that apply to you forbid outside assistance.
- Do not use it during a proctored or closed-book assessment.
- You, not us, are responsible for any academic consequences of how you use it.
You also agree not to resell, sublicense, or redistribute the service, and not to circumvent the licensing system.
4. Accuracy — no guarantee
Answers and explanations are generated automatically and may be wrong. Text recognition can misread what is on screen, particularly with small, low-contrast, or handwritten text. Check anything you rely on. Answr is not a substitute for teaching, and we make no warranty that answers are correct, complete, or suitable for any particular purpose.
5. Licenses
A purchase grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license key. Sharing it publicly or distributing it may result in revocation without refund.
One license covers one device at a time. You may move your license between your own devices freely: signing out in the extension releases it immediately, and a device that has not been used for seven days releases it automatically. Moving a license between devices repeatedly within a short period is rate-limited to prevent a single key being shared among several people. Using Answr on two devices simultaneously requires two licenses.
To enforce this we store a random identifier generated by the extension on first run. It is not derived from your hardware or from any personal information, and it is used for no purpose other than the device limit described above. See the Privacy Policy for details.
The extension verifies your key with our servers when opened and once per day. If a subscription is cancelled, paused, or a payment fails, access is withdrawn automatically.
6. Plans, billing, and the introductory offer
- Pro — $6.99 per month, recurring until cancelled.
- Premium — an introductory period of $1.49 for the first 7 days, charged at signup, then $12.99 per month beginning on day 8 and recurring until cancelled. This is not a free trial: the $1.49 is collected immediately and is not refunded once the introductory period has begun. Cancelling before day 8 prevents the $12.99 charge. If the introductory period ends and no payment can be taken, the subscription is cancelled and access ends.
- Lifetime — $89 once. No renewal.
Prices are in USD and exclude any tax that may apply. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period until cancelled. Payments are processed by Stripe.
6a. Unlimited use and fair use
"Unlimited" means we do not meter your normal use: there are no scan credits, no monthly allowance, and no counter running down. Reading the text off your screen runs on your own device and is not limited in any way.
We do operate automated abuse protection on the AI answering service, which runs on infrastructure we pay for per request. It is set far above what any individual can reach through ordinary study, and exists to stop automated or scripted use, shared credentials, and resale. If it is triggered you may be asked to retry shortly.
TODO — keep this clause and the code in step. This wording is only honest while the threshold really is unreachable in normal use. If it is ever lowered to a level genuine customers meet, it stops being abuse protection and becomes an undisclosed cap, and the word "unlimited" on the pricing page becomes a misrepresentation. Advertising unlimited service while imposing an undisclosed practical limit is treated as a deceptive practice in the US (FTC Act §5), the UK (CPUTRs), and the EU (UCPD). Review this clause whenever that number changes.
TODO — "Lifetime" means the operational lifetime of the service, not the purchaser's. Define plainly what happens to Lifetime licenses if the service is discontinued; several jurisdictions treat a vague "lifetime" claim as misleading advertising.
7. Cancellation and refunds
You can cancel at any time from the support page: paste your license key and choose Manage or cancel, which opens Stripe's billing portal. Cancellation stops future charges; access continues to the end of the period already paid for.
Lost license keys. Your key is displayed once, on the page shown immediately after payment. We cannot look it up, resend it, or issue a replacement, and losing it is not grounds for a refund. Save it somewhere durable at the time of purchase. This does not apply if you were charged and never received a key at all — contact support with your Stripe receipt and we will resolve it.
Refund policy: TODO — state your policy explicitly. Note that consumers in the EU and UK generally have a statutory 14-day right to withdraw from digital purchases, which overrides the paragraph above and cannot be removed by these terms. It is normally waived only where the buyer expressly consents to immediate delivery and acknowledges losing the right — a checkbox at checkout, which this integration does not currently present. Decide how you handle that and say so here.
8. Availability
We aim to keep the service running but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. The extension keeps working offline for a grace period after its last successful license check, so a short outage on our side does not lock you out.
9. Changes to the service and these terms
We may change features, plans, or prices. Price changes to an existing subscription take effect at the next renewal, and we will give notice TODO — how much, and by what method.
10. Termination
We may suspend or terminate a license for breach of these terms, chargeback abuse, or circumvention of the licensing system. You may stop using the service at any time.
11. Liability
TODO — insert a liability clause drafted for your jurisdiction. Blanket exclusions are unenforceable against consumers in many countries, and you cannot exclude liability for death, personal injury, or fraud. This needs a lawyer.
12. Governing law
TODO — governing law and venue for disputes.
13. Contact
TODO — legal contact address. For product help, see the support page.