Plain English Summary: Use SpectraSort to sort your photos. Don't use it for anything illegal. We're not responsible if something goes wrong with your photos (but we've designed the app to be safe). You own your photos and your Taste profile. We can update these terms, and we'll let you know if we do.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By downloading, installing, or using SpectraSort ("the App"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you don't agree, please don't use the App.
2. Description of Service
SpectraSort is a photo organization application that uses on-device artificial intelligence to help users sort and curate their photo libraries. The App includes features for:
- Analyzing photo quality and aesthetics across seven dimensions (sharpness, exposure, contrast, noise, composition, color, balance)
- Sorting photos by subject (8 built-in categories plus custom keywords) and/or by quality
- Building a Taste profile that captures the user's preferences over time
- Saving picks to a new album, sharing them, and bulk-deleting unwanted photos
3. User Responsibilities
You agree to:
- Use the App only for lawful purposes
- Not attempt to reverse engineer, decompile, or extract source code from the App
- Not use the App to infringe on others' intellectual property rights
- Maintain appropriate backups of your photos (the App is not a backup service)
4. Photo Library Access
The App requires access to your device's photo library to function. By granting access, you acknowledge that:
- All photo processing occurs locally on your device
- The App may read photo data to perform analysis
- The App will not modify or delete photos without your explicit confirmation
- You can revoke access at any time through your device settings
5. Intellectual Property
Your Content: You retain all rights to your photos and any Taste profile you build. We claim no ownership over your content.
Our Content: The App, including its code, design, AI models, and documentation, is owned by SpectraSort and protected by intellectual property laws. You receive a limited, non-exclusive license to use the App for personal purposes.
6. Taste Profile
The Taste profile is built and stored on your device from the photos you keep and the ones you discard during Review. It is not transmitted to us or to any third party, and there is no profile-sharing feature in this version. You can reset the Taste profile at any time from Settings → Reset Taste Profile.
7. In-App Purchases and Subscriptions
SpectraSort operates on a "sorting is free, actions require Premium" model:
- Free features: Photo sorting with the Bookmarked, Custom, and Taste profiles; building the Taste profile from your picks and discards; switching between three preloaded Bookmarked profiles (City & Travel, The Outdoors, Faces); reviewing picks in grid or swipe mode
- Premium features: Saving picks to a new album, sharing photos, bulk-deleting unwanted photos from your library
Premium pricing
Three options:
- Premium Weekly — $1.99 per week, auto-renewing
- Premium Monthly — $4.99 per month, auto-renewing
- Premium Lifetime — $39.99, one-time purchase, never renews
Auto-renewing subscriptions
Weekly and Monthly subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Your Apple ID account is charged at confirmation of purchase. You can manage and cancel subscriptions in your Apple ID account settings (Settings → [your name] → Subscriptions on iOS) at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid period; partial weeks or months are not refunded by SpectraSort. Apple's standard refund policy applies for refund requests — submit those through Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com.
Lifetime purchase
The Lifetime purchase is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase tied to your Apple ID. It unlocks Premium features permanently across any device signed in with the same Apple ID. It can be restored on any new device via the "Restore Purchases" button in Settings.
Free trials and promotional offers
Version 2.0 ships without an introductory free trial; we may run time-limited promotional offers in the future, in which case the offer terms shown in the App at the time of purchase will govern.
8. Disclaimer of Warranties
The App is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that:
- The App will meet all your requirements
- The App will be error-free or uninterrupted
- AI analysis results will be perfectly accurate
- The App will be compatible with future iOS versions
9. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, SpectraSort shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to:
- Loss of photos or data
- Loss of profits or business opportunities
- Damage to your device
Our total liability shall not exceed the amount you paid for the App in the 12 months preceding the claim.
10. Photo Deletion
When you choose to delete photos through the App:
- Photos are moved to iOS's "Recently Deleted" folder
- Photos remain recoverable for 30 days (per iOS behavior)
- We strongly recommend reviewing photos before confirming deletion
- SpectraSort is not responsible for photos you choose to delete
11. Updates and Changes
We may update the App and these Terms from time to time. Continued use of the App after changes constitutes acceptance of the new Terms. Material changes will be communicated through the App or via the App Store.
12. Termination
You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it from your device. We reserve the right to terminate or suspend access to the App for violations of these Terms.
13. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA. Any disputes shall be resolved in the courts of California, USA.
14. Contact
Questions about these Terms? Contact us at: