Terms
Terms of use
The terms for using the Notealise app and this website. Notealise is free, it runs on your own computer, and your notes are yours.
In short
- Notealise is free to use, for anything you like, including commercial work.
- Your notes belong to you. Notealise claims no rights over what you write and cannot see your files.
- The app is provided “as is”, with no warranty. Keep your own backups.
- Nothing here takes away the legal rights you have as a consumer.
Who these terms are with
Notealise is provided by Reuben Cullum Hall, a sole trader based in the United Kingdom (“Notealise”). By downloading or using the app, or by using this website, you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, don’t use it.
Using the app
Notealise is licensed to you free of charge, for personal or commercial use. You may install it on as many of your own devices as you like.
You may not:
- sell, rent, or redistribute the app, or present it as your own work;
- remove or alter its licensing or attribution;
- use it to do something unlawful.
The app’s source code is published for transparency and is
covered by its own licence (the LICENSE file in the repository). Being
able to read the code is not permission to reuse it.
Your notes are yours
Notealise stores your notes as plain files in a folder you choose. You keep every right to them. Notealise does not upload them, cannot reach them remotely, and takes no licence over them. What you write, and keeping it backed up, is up to you.
Updates
Notealise checks for updates and can download and install them — the Privacy page sets out exactly what that involves. Updates may add, change, or remove features. Running a very old version is at your own risk.
Third-party software
Notealise includes open-source components, each under its own licence. The full list is in the app, under Settings → General → Open source licences. Those licences govern those components.
No warranty
Notealise is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranties of satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. It is not warranted to be uninterrupted, error-free, or free from data loss.
Back up anything important. Software has bugs, computers fail, and files can be lost or corrupted.
Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Notealise and its author are not liable for any loss of data, loss of profit, or any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of, or inability to use, the app or this website. Because Notealise is supplied free of charge, no charge can be refunded.
Nothing in these terms limits or excludes liability that cannot legally be limited or excluded — including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for anything else the law does not allow to be excluded. If you are a consumer, you have statutory rights that these terms do not affect; in the UK these include your rights under the Consumer Rights Act 2015.
Changes
These terms may change. The “last updated” date shows when, and anything significant is noted on the What’s new page. Continuing to use Notealise after a change means you accept the updated terms.
Governing law and disputes
These terms, and any dispute arising out of them or out of your use of Notealise, are governed by the law of England and Wales.
If something goes wrong, please write to legal@notealise.com first — most things can be settled that way. Any dispute that can’t be may be brought in the courts of England and Wales. If you are a consumer resident in Scotland or Northern Ireland you may instead bring proceedings in your local courts, and you keep the benefit of any consumer-protection rules that apply where you live.