Effective date: [ 2026/8/16]
Welcome to Photo Steward (the “App”). By downloading, installing, or using the App, you agree to these Terms and the Photo Steward Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
1. Eligibility and Authorized Content
You must have legal capacity to agree to these Terms. A minor may use the App only with permission and guidance from a parent or legal guardian. You may access, analyze, import, modify, delete, or share only content that you own or are legally authorized to manage.
## 2. License
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to use the App for personal, non-commercial purposes on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Usage Rules.
These Terms supplement Apple’s [Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement](https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/). If a mandatory Apple term applies and conflicts with these Terms, the mandatory Apple term controls to the extent of the conflict.
## 3. App Features
Depending on your device, permissions, region, and subscription status, the App may provide:
- Smart Clean and review of duplicate or similar photos and videos;
- review of screenshots, screen recordings, and large videos;
- media browsing and organization;
- contact cleanup, duplicate-contact merging, local backup, and restore tools;
- review and deletion of older calendar events;
- locally encrypted Private Space for selected files and media;
- protected audio recording; and
- storage information and cleanup estimates.
Features and results depend on the content and metadata available on your device, permissions, iOS behavior, available storage and memory, and local algorithms. The App does not guarantee that it will identify every duplicate, similarity, incomplete contact, old event, or removable item, or that it will free a particular amount of storage.
## 4. Your Responsibility for Changes and Deletion
The App is a review and management tool, not a backup service. You are responsible for reviewing selections before confirming an action and for keeping independent backups of important content.
The App does not intentionally delete photos or videos without your selection and the applicable iOS confirmation. Items deleted from Apple Photos are generally moved to Recently Deleted and remain subject to Apple’s retention and recovery rules.
Contact merging or deletion, calendar-event deletion, deletion of recordings, and deletion from Private Space may be permanent or difficult to reverse. A local contact backup does not guarantee complete or error-free restoration. Changes may also synchronize to iCloud or other accounts configured on your device.
## 5. Private Space, PIN, and Security
You are responsible for protecting your iPhone passcode and Safe Cleaner PIN. Private Space uses local encryption and iOS Keychain-protected keys, but no security method is infallible.
We do not possess your PIN or encryption keys and cannot recover a forgotten PIN, decrypt Private Space for you, or guarantee recovery after deletion, device failure, corruption, an iOS or Keychain change, uninstalling the App, replacing or resetting the device, or loss of a backup. Exported or shared copies are no longer protected by Private Space.
## 6. Safe Cleaner Pro Subscriptions
Some features require an automatically renewing Safe Cleaner Pro subscription. Available offers may include a weekly plan and an annual plan. Both plans may unlock the same Pro feature set. The weekly plan may include a three-day introductory free trial for eligible users. Trial eligibility is determined by Apple and is shown before purchase. No trial is promised unless it appears in the Apple purchase interface for your account.
The exact price, currency, billing period, trial, and included features displayed by the App and Apple before confirmation form part of your purchase terms. Prices may vary by country or region and may change as permitted by Apple and applicable law.
### Automatic Renewal and Billing
- Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase.
- A subscription renews automatically for the same billing period unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Your Apple Account may be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the current period ends.
- If you cancel, you ordinarily retain access through the end of the already-paid period. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.
- If a free trial is offered and you do not want it to renew as a paid subscription, cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
### Managing or Canceling a Subscription
You can manage or cancel the subscription through your Apple Account subscription settings. On iPhone, open **Settings**, tap your name, tap **Subscriptions**, select Safe Cleaner, and choose the available cancellation option. Apple’s current instructions are available at [Apple Support](https://support.apple.com/en-us/118428).
### Restore Purchases, Refunds, and Billing Issues
You may use **Restore Purchases** in the App to restore eligible purchases associated with your Apple Account. Apple processes payments, cancellations, and refunds. Refund eligibility is determined by Apple and applicable law. Contact Apple for billing or refund issues. Contact us at support@aiphotosteward.com if the App does not recognize an active entitlement after restoration.
## 7. Permissions and Privacy
Some features require access to Photos, Contacts, Calendars, or the Microphone. You may deny or revoke a permission, but a related feature may not work. Permissions are requested for the purposes described in the App and our [Privacy Policy](https://aiphotosteward.com/policy).
The App uses analytics, attribution, remote configuration, and StoreKit services. Privacy choices, information collected, third-party providers, retention, and deletion rights are described in the Privacy Policy.
## 8. User Content
You retain the rights you lawfully hold in your content. You authorize the App to access and process selected content only as reasonably necessary to perform the features you choose. These Terms do not transfer ownership of your photos, videos, contacts, calendar entries, recordings, or files to us.
You are responsible for ensuring that your use of content does not violate another person’s privacy, publicity, intellectual-property, contractual, or other rights.
## 9. Acceptable Use
You must not:
- use the App unlawfully or to violate another person’s rights;
- access, copy, alter, delete, or share another person’s content without authorization;
- use the App for harassment, stalking, unauthorized surveillance, fraud, or other harmful conduct;
- bypass payment, security, encryption, entitlement, or technical restrictions;
- interfere with the App or its services, introduce malicious code, or attempt unauthorized access;
- reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App except where applicable law expressly permits;
- rent, lease, sell, sublicense, redistribute, or commercially exploit the App or its services without our written permission; or
- misrepresent cleanup results, subscription status, or affiliation with us.
## 10. Intellectual Property
The App, including its software, design, text, graphics, icons, trademarks, and other materials, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. Except for the limited license in Section 2, no rights are granted to you.
If you provide feedback, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free right to use that feedback to improve the App without identifying you or creating an obligation to compensate you.
## 11. Third-Party and Apple Services
The App relies on services and frameworks provided by Apple and other providers, including Apple Photos, Contacts, EventKit, AVFoundation, Keychain, CryptoKit, StoreKit, ThinkingData, AppsFlyer, and Google Firebase. Their availability and operation may change and are governed by their own terms and policies.
We are responsible for providing maintenance and support for the App as required by applicable law. Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support services for the App. If you have a support request, contact support@aiphotosteward.com.
## 12. Updates, Availability, and Termination
We may update, change, suspend, or discontinue features to improve the App, address security or compatibility issues, comply with law, or respond to third-party service changes. We do not guarantee that every feature will remain available permanently or work on every device or iOS version.
You may stop using and uninstall the App at any time. Uninstalling does not cancel a subscription and may permanently remove locally stored data. We may terminate the license if you materially violate these Terms or if required by law. Provisions that by their nature should survive termination—including ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, Apple terms, and dispute provisions—will survive.
## 13. Disclaimers
To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App is provided **“as is”** and **“as available.”** We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or compatible with every device, or that cleanup, duplicate detection, similarity analysis, contact merging, calendar filtering, storage estimates, encryption, backup, restoration, or subscription information will always be complete or accurate.
Safe Cleaner is not a professional backup, archival, forensic, secure-custody, medical, legal, or financial service. Review selections and maintain appropriate backups before making irreversible changes.
Nothing in these Terms excludes statutory warranties or consumer rights that cannot lawfully be excluded. If the App fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price paid for the App, if any, to the extent required by Apple’s terms and applicable law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation regarding the App.
## 14. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, we and our licensors will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, exemplary, punitive, or consequential damages, or for loss of content, data, contacts, calendar information, recordings, Private Space access, profits, goodwill, or business opportunity arising from or relating to the App.
Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the maximum extent permitted by law. Nothing in these Terms limits liability for fraud, willful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or another liability that cannot legally be limited. Mandatory consumer protections remain unaffected.
## 15. Product Claims and Intellectual-Property Claims
As between Apple and us, we—not Apple—are responsible for addressing claims relating to the App or your possession or use of it, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to meet legal or regulatory requirements, and claims under consumer-protection or similar laws.
If a third party claims that the App or your permitted use infringes intellectual-property rights, we—not Apple—are responsible for investigating, defending, settling, and discharging that claim as required by applicable law.
## 16. Legal Compliance
You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country and that you are not listed on a U.S. Government prohibited or restricted-party list. You must comply with applicable export-control, sanctions, privacy, and local laws when using the App.
## 17. Governing Law and Disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of **[GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION]**, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Before filing a claim, you and we agree to attempt an informal resolution by contacting the other party and describing the dispute.
Courts or lawful dispute-resolution bodies located in **[VENUE]** will have jurisdiction, except where applicable consumer law gives you the right to bring a claim in another location or requires another procedure. Nothing in these Terms restricts mandatory consumer rights or your right to contact a regulator or consumer-protection authority.
## 18. Apple as Third-Party Beneficiary
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. When you accept these Terms, Apple has the right to enforce the Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary. Apple is not otherwise a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the App, its content, maintenance, support, or claims concerning the App, except as expressly required by applicable law or Apple’s own terms.
## 19. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms when the App, subscriptions, providers, or legal requirements change. We will post the revised effective date and provide additional notice when required. Your continued use after the effective date constitutes acceptance where permitted by law. If applicable law requires affirmative consent, we will request it.
## 20. Contact
- Email: support@aiphotosteward.com
For privacy questions, withdrawal of consent, support, or requests relating to data we actually hold, contact: