Effective 24 September 2026

Terms of Use

These terms apply to Markdown Scratchpad for macOS, iOS, iPadOS and watchOS (“the app”), developed by Jerome Coloma (“we”, “us”). By downloading or using the app, you agree to them. They sit alongside Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement, which also applies to apps obtained from the App Store.

1. Licence

The app is free. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use it on Apple devices you own or control, as the App Store’s usage rules allow. The app is licensed, not sold. It is proprietary software: you may not copy, modify, distribute or reverse-engineer it except where the law permits you to.

2. Your content

What you write is yours. We never receive it, and we claim no rights in it. You are responsible for what you put in your pad and for complying with any law that applies to it.

3. Keys, passphrases and recovery codes

Your scratches are encrypted with a key we never hold. If you turn on the lock, you are responsible for keeping your passphrase and recovery code safe. If both are lost and biometrics are unavailable, nobody can open the pad — including us. The app is a scratchpad, not a backup service: keep anything you cannot afford to lose somewhere else as well.

4. iCloud and other Apple services

Sync uses Apple’s iCloud, which is provided by Apple under its own terms. We do not control its availability, storage limits or behaviour, and we are not responsible for interruptions to it.

5. Third-party components

The app includes open-source components that remain under their own licences. They are listed, with their licence text, in the app’s About screen.

6. Warranty

We provide the app free of charge and as is. To the extent the law allows, we make no warranties about it beyond those these terms state.

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law or any other law that cannot be excluded. Where the law lets us limit our liability for failing to meet such a guarantee, our liability is limited to supplying the app again or fixing it.

7. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for loss of data, arising from your use of the app or your inability to use it.

8. Apple

These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app, its content, its maintenance or support, or any claim relating to it, including product liability, legal or regulatory compliance, and intellectual property claims. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.

9. Changes and ending these terms

We may update these terms. The current version is always on this page, with its effective date. You can stop using the app and delete it at any time. Your licence ends if you break these terms.

10. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Australia. You and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Australia.

11. Contact

Jerome Coloma
[email protected]