Terms of Use

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Ertuğrul Sarı ("we," "our," or "us") governing your use of Metadata Remover (the "App"). Please read them before you use the App.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, or using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to them, do not use the App. If you use the App on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to accept these Terms for it.

2. License to Use the App

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on Apple devices that you own or control, in accordance with the App Store Terms of Service and these Terms. You may not:

• copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, or sublicense the App or any part of it;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the App, except where the law expressly permits it;
• remove or alter any proprietary notices in the App;
• use the App to break any law, to infringe anyone's rights, or to attempt to gain access to our systems or another person's data;
• use the App on files you have no right to modify.

3. What the App Does

The App finds the hidden metadata inside a photo, a video, or a PDF, shows it to you, and writes a copy with those fields removed. The fields it removes are the ones a camera, a phone, or an editor leaves behind: where the file was made, the date and time, the device and lens, the software and its settings, and the editing history. It does this on your device. Your original file is not modified, and nothing is sent anywhere.

Two things follow from that, and both matter:

• Removing metadata is not the same as making a file anonymous. A picture can still identify you by what is in it, by where it was taken, or by the account you share it from. The App removes the fields it lists; it cannot remove what a person can see.
• Some services add metadata back. A messaging app, a social network, or a cloud service may attach new information to a file after you clean it. What happens to a file after you send it is outside the App's control.

You are responsible for checking the result before you rely on it. Where the App is offered in a free tier and a paid tier, some sources and batch operations are available only in the paid tier; what each tier includes is shown in the App.

4. User Content

You are responsible for the files you clean. You confirm that you have the rights needed to read and modify them, and that doing so does not break any agreement you have with anyone else.

Your files stay yours. We claim no rights in them, we receive no copy of them, and we cannot recover or restore one for you. Keep your own copies of anything you cannot afford to lose, and note that cleaning a file does not back it up.

5. Subscriptions and Purchases

The App offers optional paid plans that unlock additional features. All purchases and subscriptions are sold and processed by Apple under your Apple ID, and your entitlement is managed on our behalf by RevenueCat. Prices and any introductory offer are displayed inside the App at the time of purchase, exactly as the App Store reports them, and the price shown to you then is the price you pay.

• Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the renewal date. Your Apple ID account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Where a free trial is offered, any unused part of it is forfeited when you buy a subscription. Cancel any time before the trial ends to avoid being charged.
• You can manage or cancel a subscription in the Settings app on your Apple device, under your Apple ID, or through your App Store account page. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.
• Where a one-time purchase is offered, it does not renew.
• Refunds are handled by Apple, under their policy. We cannot issue a refund for a purchase Apple processed.

We may change which features belong to which plan, and we may add or remove plans, but a change never applies retroactively to a period you have already paid for.

6. Third-Party Services

The App depends on services operated by others for purchases and entitlement, namely Apple's purchase services and RevenueCat. Your use of the App is also subject to their terms. The App uses no other service: it has no server of ours, no analytics provider, and no AI provider, as our Privacy Policy describes.

7. Intellectual Property

The App itself, including its design, source code, text, and marks, belongs to Ertuğrul Sarı and is protected by copyright and other laws. These Terms grant you no rights in it beyond the licence in Section 2. The files you clean remain yours.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

The App is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will remove every field you expect, that it will find metadata in every file, that a file will be unreadable by another tool, or that a cleaned file will be accepted by the service you send it to. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted or error-free. No advice or information you obtain from the App creates a warranty we have not given in these Terms.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, or goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of the App, whether based in contract, tort, or otherwise, even if we were advised of the possibility. This includes a file you lost or damaged, and any consequence of a file still being identifiable after you cleaned it.

Our total liability for any claim relating to the App is limited to the amount you paid us for the App in the twelve months before the claim arose. Nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

10. Termination

You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms, if we are required to by law, or if we discontinue the App. Sections 4, 7, 8, 9, 12 and 13 survive termination, along with any other term that by its nature should.

11. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes by updating the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document and, where appropriate, through a notice in the App or the App Store listing. Your continued use of the App after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

12. Governing Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Türkiye, without regard to its conflict of law rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of Türkiye, without prejudice to any right you have as a consumer to bring proceedings where you live.

13. Apple as a Third-Party Beneficiary

You and we acknowledge that these Terms are between you and us, and not with Apple. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App. If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price; to the fullest extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple is not responsible for addressing any claim relating to the App, including product liability claims, claims that the App does not conform to legal requirements, and claims arising under consumer protection law. Apple is not responsible for investigating or resolving any claim that the App or your use of it infringes a third party's intellectual property. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

14. Contact Us

For any question about these Terms:

Email: [email protected]