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Terms of Use

Effective 23 July 2026 · Applies to the Critterdex iOS app and critterdex.madpine.com

1. Agreement

By downloading or using Critterdex (“the app”) or this website, you agree to these terms. If you got the app through the Apple App Store, Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies; where the two conflict, these terms govern your relationship with us and Apple's govern your relationship with Apple.

2. Your license to the app

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use Critterdex on Apple devices you own or control, for your own enjoyment. Don't copy, resell, or redistribute the app, and don't try to disrupt or abuse the services it relies on (for example, by hammering the identification service with automated requests).

3. Your photos are yours

You keep all rights to the photos you capture. We claim no ownership. Photos are stored on your device and transmitted only for species identification, as described in the Privacy Policy. You're responsible for what you photograph — respect other people's privacy and property when you're out catching.

4. Identifications are AI-generated guesses

• Species identifications are produced by AI and can be wrong, sometimes confidently wrong.
• Never rely on an identification for any safety decision — whether an animal (or anything else) is safe to touch, approach, feed, or eat. When in doubt, keep your distance and enjoy the card instead.
• Critterdex is a game, not a scientific, medical or veterinary tool.

5. Be good to wildlife

The whole point is noticing animals, not bothering them. Don't chase, corner, bait, or handle wild animals to get a capture; don't trespass; and follow local wildlife-protection laws and park rules, including those that protect endangered species from disturbance.

6. Fair play

Critterdex is built around live captures of real animals. Trying to trick the capture system (photographing screens, prints, or toys to farm cards) spoils the game and may be blocked by the app. We may remove or limit features for abuse of the identification service.

7. Free features and future paid features

Critterdex is currently free to use. We may introduce optional paid features in the future; if we do, prices and terms will be shown clearly in the app before you pay anything, and purchases will be handled by the App Store under Apple's terms.

8. The service is provided “as is”

We work hard to keep Critterdex delightful and reliable, but it is provided as is and as available, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose or accuracy of identifications. Features may change, break, or be discontinued.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for any loss arising from reliance on an identification, from wildlife encounters, or from loss of on-device data. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited under the consumer-protection laws of your country of residence, and nothing restricts your statutory rights.

10. Termination

You can stop using Critterdex at any time — deleting the app deletes your data (see the Privacy Policy). We may suspend access to online identification for abuse of these terms.

11. Changes to these terms

If we make material changes, we'll update the effective date above and, for significant changes, say so in the app. Continuing to use Critterdex after changes take effect means you accept the updated terms.

12. Contact

Questions about these terms: critterdex@madpine.com.