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Terms of Service - Tipote

Version: 1.1 — Last updated: 19 August 2026

1. Introduction and Acceptance

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern access to and use of the Tipote mobile application (the “App”), published by Static Bloom (“the Company”, “we”, “our”).

  • Legal name: Static Bloom
  • Legal form: Micro-entreprise (sole proprietorship, France)
  • Address: 200 rue de la Croix Nivert, 75015, Paris, France
  • Contact email: hello@staticbloom.io

By using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. These Terms supplement the Apple Standard End User Licence Agreement (EULA); Section 21 sets out the Apple-specific terms that apply to you. If you do not accept these Terms, you must not use the App.

2. Description of the Service

Tipote is a collecting app: you photograph the dogs you meet, the App suggests a breed, and every encounter fills up an album and boards you compose yourself.

  • Assisted breed identification, running on the device
  • Collection album and breed cards
  • Boards composed from your observations, exportable as an image
  • Stamps and themes unlocked through use

The App is available on iOS. It works without an account and, for most of its features, without an internet connection; all of your content is kept on your device.

3. Eligibility

The App is rated 4+ and designed for family use. If you are a minor, you must use the App with the agreement of your parent or legal guardian, who is deemed to accept these Terms on your behalf. Where the law of your country sets a higher minimum age for the valid processing of personal data, that higher age applies.

The App requires no account and collects no personal identity data from any user, of any age. We therefore do not knowingly collect personal information from children, whether under 13 (COPPA) or under the age of digital consent applicable in their country. A parent or guardian who believes that personal data concerning their child has nonetheless reached us may write to hello@staticbloom.io.

4. No Account

The App offers no sign-up, no account and no authentication. As a result:

  • There are no credentials to protect
  • No collection data is stored on our servers
  • There is no account to delete: uninstalling the App erases all local data (photos, observations, boards, preferences)

An important consequence: we cannot recover your data. If your device is lost, reset or replaced, or if the App is uninstalled, your collection is permanently lost unless it was included in a device backup. Maintaining an iCloud or local backup is your responsibility.

5. Free Version and One-Time Purchase

5.1 Free version

The App can be downloaded and explored free of charge, within the limits stated in the App.

5.2 One-time purchase

Full access to Tipote is obtained through a single, permanent purchase. There is no subscription, no automatic renewal, no recurring charge and no advertising.

The feature set may evolve: we may add, change or remove features. We will endeavour not to remove a substantial feature acquired through the purchase, and will inform users of any significant change.

6. Purchase, Restore and Refunds

6.1 Payment processing

The purchase is processed and billed by the Apple App Store. By purchasing, you also agree to Apple’s terms:

Payment is charged to your Apple Account upon confirmation of the purchase. The price shown in the App includes applicable taxes where required by law and may vary by region.

6.2 Restore

The purchase is tied to your Apple Account. The “Restore” button in the App recovers your unlock on a new device or after a reinstall, at no additional cost.

6.3 Price changes

We may change the price of the purchase at any time. A price change has no effect on a purchase already made, which is permanent.

6.4 Refunds

Refund requests are handled by Apple in accordance with its policy. We do not process refunds directly and have no access to your payment methods.

6.5 Right of withdrawal (EU consumers)

For digital content supplied immediately, the 14-day right of withdrawal lapses once supply has been fully performed, which you expressly consent to at the time of purchase. This does not affect EU consumers’ mandatory rights in the event of non-conforming content. Requests should still be addressed to Apple, as distributor and seller of the purchase.

7. Your Content and Your Responsibility

7.1 Your photos are yours

The photos you take or import, and the boards you compose, remain yours. They stay on your device: we have no access to them, claim no rights over them and use them for nothing.

7.2 What you warrant

You agree not to use the App to photograph or distribute unlawful content, and to respect the privacy and rights of the people, animals and places you photograph. If an identifiable person appears in a photo, it is your responsibility to ensure you may take it and, where applicable, share it.

7.3 Exports

The App can save your boards to your photo library and share them through system features. What you do with an exported image is solely your responsibility.

8. Breed Recognition: Limitations

Breed identification is an automatic, fallible suggestion, provided for information and entertainment only.

  • It carries no expert, certifying or advisory value, whether veterinary, behavioural or related to breeding.
  • A suggested breed may be wrong, particularly for mixed-breed dogs, young dogs, or photos of insufficient quality.
  • Descriptive breed information is indicative and does not describe any individual dog.

Do not rely on the App for any decision concerning an animal’s health, acquisition, breeding, training or safety. Consult a veterinarian or a qualified professional.

9. User Conduct

You agree not to:

  1. Use the App for unlawful purposes or in breach of these Terms.
  2. Attempt to decompile, disassemble, reverse-engineer or otherwise extract the source code or models of the App.
  3. Extract, copy or reuse the breed catalogue, illustrations, stamps or any other App content beyond the intended personal use.
  4. Circumvent the purchase or purchase-verification mechanism.
  5. Use automated means (bots, scripts, scrapers) to interact with the App or with the recognition service.
  6. Abuse the recognition service or submit unlawful content to it.
  7. Interfere with, disrupt or overload our servers, networks or infrastructure, or attempt to gain unauthorised access to them.
  8. Transmit any virus, malicious code or content designed to harm the App, our services or other users.
  9. Misrepresent your identity or your affiliation with us when contacting us or using our services.

In the event of a breach, we may restrict access to the App’s online features.

10. Intellectual Property

10.1 Ownership

The App — its design, code, illustrations, stamps, texts, breed catalogue, fonts, sounds, logos and trademarks — is the property of Static Bloom or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws.

10.2 Limited licence

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable licence to use the App for personal, non-commercial purposes in accordance with these Terms.

10.3 Restrictions

You may not copy, modify or distribute the App or its content, use our trademarks or brand elements without prior written consent, or create derivative works of the App. Board images exported from the App may, however, be shared freely, including publicly.

11. Data and Privacy

Your use of the App is also governed by our Privacy Policy. Key points:

  • The App has no account and collects no identity data: no email, no name, no contact details.
  • The App requests no access to your device location, and collects no GPS or geolocation data.
  • Your photos, observations and boards are kept exclusively on your device.
  • We measure app usage through anonymous events (PostHog, European infrastructure), linked to no person, with no advertising identifier and no cross-app or cross-site tracking. As with any internet service, the request’s IP address is processed in transit, and our provider may derive an approximate area from it (country, and possibly region or city). That information is attached to no identity and is never combined with your photos or your collection.
  • The “Online recognition” setting, off by default, sends a photo to our analysis service to suggest a breed; the photo is not retained after the response.

12. Third-Party Services

  • Apple: distribution and in-app purchase processing
  • PostHog: anonymous usage measurement, on the provider’s European infrastructure
  • Our breed recognition service: only if you enable the corresponding setting

These services operate under their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the practices of these third parties.

13. Availability and Modifications

13.1 Availability

Most of the App works offline. Features requiring a connection (purchase, restore, online recognition, usage measurement) may be temporarily unavailable. We do not guarantee uninterrupted or error-free access.

13.2 Modifications

We reserve the right to modify, update or discontinue the App or any of its features at any time. We will make reasonable efforts to inform users of significant changes. If the service is discontinued, your local data remains accessible in the last installed version of the App, for as long as that version remains compatible with your device.

13.3 Compatibility

The App requires a supported version of iOS. An iOS or App update may end compatibility with an older device.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE APP IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT:

  • The App will meet your specific needs or expectations.
  • The breeds suggested by the App will be accurate.
  • The App will be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free.
  • Your local data will survive a failure of your device, the operating system, an update or an uninstall.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES; IN THOSE JURISDICTIONS THE ABOVE EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

15. Limitation of Liability

TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW:

  1. IN NO EVENT SHALL STATIC BLOOM, ITS OWNER, ITS AGENTS OR ITS SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING LOSS OF PROFITS, USE, DATA OR PHOTOS, ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APP.
  2. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR THE APP SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE APP, OR (B) FIFTY EUROS (EUR 50).
  3. THESE LIMITATIONS APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE LEGAL THEORY INVOKED, WHETHER CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE) OR OTHERWISE, EVEN IF WE HAD BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including liability for fraud or wilful misconduct and for personal injury caused by negligence, nor consumers’ statutory conformity guarantees.

16. Indemnification

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Static Bloom and its agents against any claim, liability, damage, loss and reasonable expense arising from:

  • Your breach of these Terms
  • Your infringement of third-party rights, in particular through photos you take, keep or share by means of the App

17. Termination

17.1 By you

You may stop using the App at any time by uninstalling it. Uninstalling erases local data permanently.

17.2 By us

We may restrict or discontinue access to the App’s online features in the event of a breach of these Terms or abuse of our services.

17.3 Effect

Provisions that by their nature must survive termination — notably Sections 8, 10, 14, 15, 16 and 18 — remain in force.

18. Governing Law and Disputes

18.1 Governing law

These Terms are governed by French law, without prejudice to the mandatory consumer protection rules of the consumer’s country of habitual residence.

18.2 Binding arbitration (United States users)

IF YOU RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES, you agree that any dispute arising from these Terms or the App (a “Dispute”) shall be resolved by binding individual arbitration rather than in court, with each party retaining the option of bringing a claim in small claims court if eligible.

  • Rules: arbitration will be conducted by a recognised arbitration body under its rules then in effect. If you cannot afford the arbitration fees, we will consider in good faith a request to bear them.
  • Venue: arbitration may be conducted remotely (telephone, video or written submissions) unless otherwise agreed.
  • Opt-out: you may opt out of this clause by writing to hello@staticbloom.io within 30 days of your first acceptance of these Terms, stating your name and a clear declaration of opt-out. Section 18.4 then applies to you.

18.3 Class action waiver (United States users)

IF YOU RESIDE IN THE UNITED STATES, ANY PROCEEDING WILL BE CONDUCTED ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS ONLY, AND NOT AS A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. If this waiver is found unenforceable, Section 18.2 is void in its entirety and the Dispute falls under Section 18.4.

18.4 Court jurisdiction

For users not subject to arbitration, the competent courts of Paris, France shall have jurisdiction. A consumer residing in the European Union retains the right to bring proceedings before the courts of their place of residence.

18.5 Consumer mediation

Under French law, a consumer may use a consumer mediation service free of charge before bringing court proceedings. Write to hello@staticbloom.io to obtain the contact details of the competent mediator.

19. United States Privacy Rights

See Section 10 of our Privacy Policy for CCPA/CPRA rights and those under other US state laws. In summary: we neither sell nor share personal information, perform no advertising tracking, and do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (COPPA).

20. Miscellaneous

20.1 Entire agreement

These Terms and the Privacy Policy constitute the entire agreement between you and Static Bloom regarding the App.

20.2 Severability

If any provision is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.

20.3 Waiver

Failure to exercise a right does not constitute a waiver of that right.

20.4 Assignment

We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms. You may not assign yours without our prior written consent.

20.5 Language

These Terms are drawn up in French and in English. In the event of any discrepancy, the French version prevails.

21. Apple-Specific Terms

These Terms supplement the Apple Standard EULA. Should any conflict arise between these Terms and the Apple Standard EULA on an Apple-related matter, the Apple Standard EULA prevails. You further acknowledge the following.

21.1 Agreement with us, not Apple

These Terms are concluded between you and Static Bloom alone, and not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content.

21.2 Scope of licence

The licence granted in Section 10.2 is a non-transferable licence to use the App on any Apple-branded product that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Usage Rules, save that the App may be accessed by other accounts associated with you through Family Sharing or volume purchasing.

21.3 Maintenance and support

We alone are responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the App. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish maintenance or support services for the App.

21.4 Warranty

We alone are responsible for any warranty attaching to the App, express or implied by law, to the extent it is not effectively disclaimed. Should the App fail to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price to you; to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App.

21.5 Product claims

We, and not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claim relating to the App or your use of it, including product liability claims, any claim that the App fails to conform to an applicable legal or regulatory requirement, and any claim arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar legislation.

21.6 Intellectual property claims

In the event of a third-party claim that the App or your use of it infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, we, and not Apple, are solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim.

You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a United States Government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any United States Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

21.8 Third-party terms

You must comply with any applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.

21.9 Third-party beneficiary

Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, have the right to enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

22. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms. In the event of a material change, we will inform you through the App or by any other appropriate means. Continued use of the App after such notice constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms. If you do not accept them, you must stop using the App and uninstall it.

23. Contact

  • Company: Static Bloom
  • Email: hello@staticbloom.io
  • Address: 200 rue de la Croix Nivert, 75015, Paris, France