Terms of Service

Terms for using our apps.

Effective date: April 25, 2026. These Terms govern your access to and use of StoneSnap and other Lightning Deals LLC apps, websites, and related services.

1. Agreement To These Terms

These Terms of Service are a legal agreement between you and Lightning Deals LLC. By downloading, accessing, purchasing, subscribing to, or using our Services, you agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Services.

2. The Services

Lightning Deals LLC builds mobile apps and related software products. StoneSnap is an app that uses AI-assisted analysis to help identify rocks, minerals, and gemstones and organize a personal collection.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Services. If you use the Services on behalf of another person or organization, you represent that you have authority to accept these Terms on their behalf.

4. Informational And Educational Use Only

StoneSnap identification results, confidence scores, descriptions, categories, hardness, luster, composition, value estimates, and similar outputs are provided for informational and educational purposes only. They may be incomplete, inaccurate, outdated, or unsuitable for your specific circumstances.

StoneSnap is not a substitute for professional geological, gemological, appraisal, legal, financial, health, safety, or scientific advice. Do not rely on the Services for safety-critical decisions, purchases, sales, valuations, hazardous material handling, investment decisions, legal disputes, or professional certifications.

5. AI Output

The Services may use artificial intelligence to analyze images and generate text. AI output can be wrong, inconsistent, or misleading. You are responsible for independently verifying important information before relying on it.

6. Your Content

You may submit photos, notes, feedback, support messages, and other content to the Services. You retain ownership of your content. You grant Lightning Deals LLC a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive license to host, process, transmit, display, and use your content as needed to provide, maintain, secure, and improve the Services.

You represent that you have the rights needed to submit your content and that your content does not violate law, infringe another person's rights, or contain harmful code.

7. Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse the Services. You may not attempt unauthorized access, interfere with service operation, reverse engineer protected parts of the Services, scrape or overload systems, bypass paywalls or access controls, submit illegal or harmful content, use the Services to violate another person's rights, or use the Services for unlawful activity.

8. Accounts, Devices, And Access

Some features may depend on your Apple account, device permissions, subscription status, app settings, or third-party services. You are responsible for maintaining control of your device, Apple account, and any credentials associated with your use of the Services.

9. Subscriptions, Trials, And In-App Purchases

Paid features may be offered through auto-renewing subscriptions, free trials, introductory offers, promotional offers, or other in-app purchases through the Apple App Store. Apple processes purchases and payments. By purchasing through Apple, you also agree to Apple's applicable terms.

Subscriptions automatically renew unless canceled before the end of the current billing period. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in your Apple account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Trial eligibility, pricing, renewal terms, and available offers may vary by region, product, storefront, and time.

10. Refunds

App Store purchases and subscription refunds are handled by Apple according to Apple's policies. Lightning Deals LLC cannot guarantee refunds and may not be able to issue refunds directly for purchases processed by Apple.

11. App Store Terms

If you download the Services from the Apple App Store, Apple is not responsible for the Services or their content. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the Services. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms as they relate to your use of the Services on Apple platforms.

12. Privacy

Our handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy. By using the Services, you acknowledge that we may collect, use, and share information as described there.

13. Third-Party Services

The Services may rely on third-party services such as Apple, AI providers, analytics providers, attribution partners, hosting providers, payment infrastructure, email providers, and support tools. We are not responsible for third-party services, websites, policies, or content.

14. Ownership

The Services, including software, designs, branding, text, graphics, features, and other materials, are owned by Lightning Deals LLC or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. These Terms do not transfer ownership of the Services to you.

15. Feedback

If you send ideas, suggestions, bug reports, or feedback, you grant Lightning Deals LLC permission to use them without restriction or compensation to you.

16. Changes To The Services

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time. We may add or remove features, change pricing, change eligibility, or impose limits where permitted by law and platform rules.

17. Termination

You may stop using the Services at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if we believe you violated these Terms, created risk for Lightning Deals or others, misused the Services, or if required by law or platform rules.

18. Disclaimers

The Services are provided "as is" and "as available." To the maximum extent permitted by law, Lightning Deals LLC disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including warranties of accuracy, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, availability, and error-free operation.

19. Limitation Of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Lightning Deals LLC will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, lost profits, lost data, lost goodwill, substitute services, or damages arising from reliance on app results.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability for any claim related to the Services will not exceed the amount you paid to Lightning Deals LLC for the Services in the three months before the event giving rise to the claim, or $50 if you paid nothing.

20. Indemnity

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Lightning Deals LLC from claims, damages, liabilities, losses, costs, and expenses arising from your misuse of the Services, your content, your violation of these Terms, or your violation of law or third-party rights.

21. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, excluding conflict-of-law rules, unless applicable law requires otherwise.

22. Changes To These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The effective date above will show when the Terms were last updated. Continued use of the Services after changes become effective means you accept the updated Terms.

23. Contact

Questions about these Terms or the Services can be sent to [email protected].