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Terms of Use for ByeCut

Effective date: 19 October 2026

Developer: Thinkbyte SRL ("we", "us")

Contact: info@thinkbyte.tech

These terms apply to the ByeCut iPhone and iPad app, previously called AutoCut, TheoCut and TheoReel, and its associated online features. By using ByeCut, you agree to these terms and the applicable Apple terms below. Our Privacy Policy explains how we process data.

1. Apple terms of use and the app license

ByeCut is licensed, not sold. For the App Store version, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (Standard EULA) governs the license unless a custom EULA is supplied with the app. These terms supplement that license for ByeCut's services; they do not replace Apple's applicable license or mandatory consumer protections. The applicable EULA controls app-license matters if there is a conflict.

For further information about Apple's terms of use, including App Store usage rules, payments, subscriptions and refunds, refer to the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions applicable to your country or region, as well as the Standard EULA linked above. Thinkbyte is the provider of ByeCut; Apple operates the App Store and its billing services.

2. The service and your account

ByeCut provides manual video editing, on-device captions, effects and exports without a paid AI subscription. Optional AI features use online services, require an authenticated account and, for audio/text sharing, your in-app consent. Sign in with Apple is supported; Google sign-in may be available when enabled. Protect your sign-in credentials and use only accounts and content you are authorised to use. Compatible hardware, software, sufficient storage and an internet connection are required for the relevant features. Declining AI sharing does not prevent manual editing.

3. Free AI edit, paid allowance and failed runs

Eligible sign-in identities receive one successful introductory AI edit on up to 10 minutes of eligible source footage. This is one edit, rather than a reusable balance for multiple successful edits; using less than the limit does not create another free edit. It is separate from a subscription trial and is not reset by reinstalling the app or deleting and recreating an account. Prior consumed introductory usage remains consumed. The app displays eligibility and applicable limits before a run.

Paid and trial AI allowances are measured in seconds of source footage submitted for analysis, rather than the duration of the finished export. The app may display an equivalent number of "AI edits" based on the selected plan's source-duration allowance per displayed edit; that number is not a promise of unlimited source duration for each run. Subscription plans, allowances, trial limits and billing periods are shown in the app before purchase. Weekly plans have a weekly allowance window; monthly and annual plans use monthly allowance windows. Unused recurring allowance does not roll over. Referral bonuses are accounted for separately. Starting a new analysis can consume allowance again; resuming a recoverable existing run uses that run's reservation.

The backend reserves allowance when a run starts. A failed introductory run restores introductory eligibility; a cancelled introductory run restores it if no AI reasoning request succeeded. Introductory retries are limited after five refunded attempts in a rolling 24-hour period. For other runs, automatic allowance restoration is limited to runs with no successful AI reasoning request and is subject to a maximum of two refunded runs per rolling 24 hours. A cancellation or disappointing result after processing has started does not by itself restore allowance. Restoration can require a successful server settlement or reconciliation after connectivity returns. These usage adjustments are separate from refunds of subscription payments; contact us if an allowance charge appears incorrect.

4. Subscriptions, trials, cancellation and refunds

• Available weekly, monthly or annual subscriptions, local prices, included allowance, trial duration and renewal price are shown in the app and Apple's purchase confirmation. Only the offers actually presented to you apply; eligibility can depend on your Apple Account and purchase history.
• Apple charges the payment method associated with your Apple Account when you confirm a paid purchase, or when an eligible trial converts as disclosed at purchase.
• Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled before renewal. To avoid the next charge, cancel at least 24 hours before the current period or trial ends; renewal may be charged during the preceding 24 hours. Trial and promotional offers renew at the disclosed paid price unless cancelled.
• Manage or cancel in iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions, or through Apple's subscription-management interface. Deleting ByeCut, signing out or deleting your ByeCut account does not cancel the subscription. See Apple's cancellation instructions.
• Restore eligible purchases using Restore Purchases in the app with the Apple Account used for the purchase. Access depends on the verified entitlement and applicable offer conditions.
• Apple handles payment refunds under its policies and applicable law. You may request a refund from Apple; approval is not guaranteed. Contact us for technical and allowance issues. Nothing here limits statutory refund or consumer rights.

5. Referrals and promotional offers

Invite Friends may award bonus AI allowance or an Apple subscription offer when the conditions displayed in the app are met. A friend's qualifying paid subscription, rather than merely an install or trial, can be required. The required number of friends, annual limits, qualifying plans, code availability, redemption deadline and Apple eligibility conditions govern each offer. Trial, cancelled, refunded, family-shared or other ineligible purchases may not qualify. A one-time invite is tied to the sign-in identity and cannot be reset by account deletion.

By entering an invite code, you understand that the inviter can see a numbered friend's joining and subscription/reward status, including trial, renewal/cancellation, payment issues, lapse or refund, as explained in the Privacy Policy. No name or email is shown by that feature. Do not fabricate referrals, create accounts to evade limits, buy or sell codes, or otherwise abuse rewards. Apple offer codes must be redeemed with Apple and can lead to a renewing paid subscription on the terms shown during redemption. Rewards have no cash value and do not guarantee eligibility for an Apple offer.

6. Your content, AI output and third-party services

You retain your rights in the video, audio, photos, text and other material you import or create. You give us limited permission to process the content needed to perform the online features you request, including recovery and support, as described in the Privacy Policy. This does not transfer ownership or give us permission to sell your media. You are responsible for rights and permissions relating to music, recordings, likenesses, trademarks and other material you edit or publish.

AI suggestions can omit speech, choose an unsuitable take, produce inaccurate captions or otherwise make mistakes. Review the timeline, captions and export before publishing. The editor offers review and undo controls, but you should keep independent backups of important source material and projects. We do not guarantee the accuracy, originality, uniqueness or suitability of AI results for a particular purpose.

Optional iCloud sync stores files in your own Apple account. Portable backups, exports to Photos and sharing to social apps are controlled by your actions and the relevant provider. Those services have their own terms, storage limits and privacy practices. Deleting a ByeCut account does not remove those copies.

7. Acceptable use

Do not use ByeCut for unlawful activity, infringement, harassment, sexual exploitation or deceptive impersonation. Obtain necessary permissions for recordings and manipulated depictions of real people. Do not bypass account, payment, usage or referral protections, disrupt the service, or access other people's data. Restrictions on copying, modification or reverse engineering are subject to applicable law and any relevant open-source license. We may restrict online access for abuse, security or legal reasons; mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.

8. Availability, interruptions and account deletion

Features and online providers may change, require updates or become unavailable. We do not guarantee uninterrupted operation or a particular AI result. Material changes to an active paid service remain subject to applicable consumer law and Apple's purchase terms. Contact us if paid access cannot be delivered; any payment-refund request follows Apple's process.

We are not responsible, to the extent permitted by law, for delays or failures caused by circumstances beyond our reasonable control, such as internet or power failures, unavailable third-party infrastructure, or operating-system restrictions. We will take reasonable steps to reduce disruption. This does not remove any remedy you are legally entitled to when a paid service is not supplied.

You can delete your account in Settings → Account → Delete Account. This removes account-linked backend data and remaining allowance, subject to the limited anti-abuse and legally required retention described in the Privacy Policy. It does not delete local/iCloud projects or cancel an Apple subscription.

9. Warranties, backups and reliance on results

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Thinkbyte SRL provides ByeCut, its online features and AI results "as is" and "as available", without additional express or implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy or non-infringement. We do not promise that every error will be corrected, that every device or media format will be supported, or that operation will always be uninterrupted or error-free. Descriptions of features do not create a promise of a particular creative, commercial or financial result. This disclaimer does not remove statutory guarantees or our express commitments to consumers.

Keep independent backups of original footage, project files and completed exports before editing, syncing, updating or deleting anything. ByeCut is an editing tool, not a guaranteed backup or archival service. Autosave, undo, iCloud sync and AI recovery records cannot guarantee recovery of lost or damaged media or projects. Check that an export or backup is complete and usable before deleting the originals. You are responsible for reviewing AI cuts, captions and exports and for deciding what to publish or deliver to a client.

10. Loss, damage and limits of responsibility

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Thinkbyte SRL, as the developer and operator of ByeCut, and its personnel are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss or damage arising from use of, or inability to use, ByeCut. This includes, where exclusion is lawful, lost profits, revenue, business opportunities, anticipated savings or reputation, business interruption, and the loss, corruption or unavailability of footage, audio, captions, projects, exports or other data. These limits apply regardless of whether a claim arises in contract, negligence or another legal theory, including where we were advised that such loss might occur, subject always to the protections below.

To the extent permitted by law, we are not responsible for loss caused by your unlawful use, publishing content without necessary rights or consent, failure to take reasonable backup precautions, or the independent actions of services you choose to use, such as social platforms or storage providers. We do not control those services' moderation, account suspensions, storage availability, distribution or monetisation decisions. This does not exclude responsibility the law places on us for our own acts or for providers we use to perform our obligations.

Consumer protections and exceptions: if you are a consumer, these terms do not exclude our responsibility for reasonably foreseeable loss caused by our breach or failure to use legally required care and skill, or any other loss for which the law requires us to be responsible. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability for fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, intentional misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, mandatory product liability, mandatory data-protection compensation, or any other liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited. Your statutory rights to conforming digital content/services and available repair, price-reduction, termination or refund remedies remain unaffected. Any exclusion applies only as far as the law in your jurisdiction permits.

11. Additional terms for business users

This section applies only when you use ByeCut in the course of a trade, business or profession; it does not apply to consumer use. Subject to the exceptions in section 10 and any controlling app-license provision, Thinkbyte SRL's total aggregate liability for claims arising from the service is limited, to the extent permitted by law, to the greater of USD 100 or the amount you paid for ByeCut subscriptions in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. The limit applies to all related claims together, rather than separately to each claim.

If you use ByeCut on behalf of a business, you confirm that you are authorised to bind it to these terms. To the extent permitted by law, the business will indemnify Thinkbyte SRL for damages and reasonable legal costs awarded in a third-party claim arising from the business's unlawful use of ByeCut or infringement of that third party's rights through content it supplies or publishes. This does not cover loss caused by our own breach, negligence or misconduct. We must give prompt notice of the claim and a reasonable opportunity to participate in its defence; no settlement creating an obligation for the business may be agreed without its consent, which must not be unreasonably withheld.

12. Remaining terms

If a provision is held unenforceable, it will not apply to the extent of that finding; the remaining terms continue where they can lawfully operate without it. A delay in enforcing a right does not by itself waive that right. These provisions do not permit an unfair term to be enforced or deprive a consumer of mandatory protections, access to a competent court or rights available in their country of residence. Nothing here changes the applicable Apple license or Apple's obligations under its own terms.

13. Changes and contact

We may update these terms to reflect changes in the service or legal requirements and will publish the effective date above, with additional notice where required by law. Questions about ByeCut, your account, data or allowance: info@thinkbyte.tech. For further information about your app license or Apple's services, consult the Apple Standard EULA and Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.