Terms of Service

Effective date: 17 July 2026 · Version 1.3

These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your use of the Stellary mobile application, the website stellary.cloud, and related services (together, the "Service"). The Service is operated by Mattias Olandersson and Olle Larsson, private individuals based in Sweden ("we", "us"). By creating an account or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

These Terms also serve as the end-user license agreement for the app. Where you downloaded the app from Apple's App Store, section 13 (Apple-specific terms) also applies.

1. The Service

Stellary is a reading-tracking app: you can build a personal library, log reading sessions (with optional ambient sounds), set goals, maintain streaks, watch your reading come alive as a sky of stars, and read together with friends through friendships and book clubs. Parts of the Service work without an account; account-based features (such as sync, friends, and clubs) require one. How we handle your personal data is described in our Privacy Policy, which forms part of your agreement with us.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old to use the Service. By using the Service you confirm that you meet this requirement and that any registration information you provide is accurate.

3. Your account

You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for all activity under your account. Choose a username that does not infringe anyone else's rights or impersonate another person. Notify us at hello@stellary.cloud if you suspect unauthorized use of your account. You can delete your account at any time from within the app; deletion permanently erases your data as described in the Privacy Policy.

4. License to use the app

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Stellary app on devices you own or control, for your personal, non-commercial use, in accordance with these Terms and — for the App Store version — Apple's Usage Rules in the App Store Terms of Service. We (and our licensors) retain all rights, title, and interest in the Service, including its software, design, artwork, and branding. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, lease, reverse-engineer, or create derivative works of the Service except to the extent mandatory law permits it.

5. Your content

You keep ownership of the content you create in the Service — your library, reading logs, club posts, and other material ("User Content"). You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, and display your User Content solely as needed to operate, back up, and improve the Service — for example, showing your posts to members of a club you posted in, or your reading activity to friends you have connected with. This license ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies in routine backups (which expire on their own schedule) and content other users have legitimately interacted with in shared spaces (for example, a club discussion may be disassociated from you rather than deleted, to preserve the conversation for others).

You are responsible for your User Content. Do not post content you do not have the right to share.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to misuse the Service. In particular, you must not:

• post content that is unlawful, defamatory, threatening, harassing, hateful, pornographic, or that infringes intellectual-property or privacy rights;
• impersonate any person, misrepresent your affiliation, or invite people by email who have asked not to be contacted;
• attempt to access other users' data, probe or circumvent our security measures (including row-level security and rate limits), or interfere with the operation of the Service;
• use bots, scrapers, or automated means to access the Service, or attempt to extract our catalogue or database in bulk;
• use the Service to send spam or unsolicited communications, or for any commercial purpose without our written consent;
• upload malicious code or use the Service in violation of applicable law.

We may remove content or restrict, suspend, or terminate accounts that violate these rules (see section 10). You can report abusive content or behavior to hello@stellary.cloud; we review reports and act within 24 hours where objectionable content is involved.

7. Third-party content

Book information in the Service (titles, covers, page counts, subjects) is sourced from third-party catalogues, including ISBNdb and Open Library. We do not control and cannot guarantee the accuracy or completeness of this metadata, and it remains subject to its providers' terms. Any third-party links open outside the app at your own discretion.

8. Subscriptions and purchases

The core of Stellary is free. We offer optional premium features ("Stellary Premium", currently sold as the "Stellary Infinite" subscription; the commercial name may change without affecting these Terms) — for example an expanded library, importing your library from Goodreads, additional book clubs, custom shelves, ambient reading sounds, advanced statistics, shareable stat cards, streak protection, and book recommendations — as auto-renewing subscriptions or one-time purchases, bought exclusively through Apple's in-app purchase system. We use RevenueCat to manage purchase entitlements; how it processes data is described in the Privacy Policy. Where premium features are offered, the following applies:

• What you get, and the price, are shown clearly in the app before you buy, including the length of each subscription period.
• Auto-renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period, at the price shown at purchase (or as later notified consistent with Apple's rules), until you cancel. Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase and within 24 hours before each renewal.
• How to cancel. Manage or cancel anytime in your device Settings → your Apple ID → Subscriptions. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; until then you keep access. Deleting the app or your account does not by itself cancel a subscription.
• Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple under Apple's terms; request them at reports.apple.com. Nothing in these Terms limits your statutory rights as a consumer, including any mandatory withdrawal or refund rights under EU and Swedish consumer law.
• Price changes. If we change subscription pricing, the change applies no earlier than your next renewal, and you will be notified in accordance with Apple's requirements, with the opportunity to cancel first.
• Free trials, if offered, convert automatically to a paid subscription unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Any unused trial period is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

9. Availability and changes to the Service

We aim to keep the Service available and your data safe, but the Service is provided by two private individuals, not a company with a service-level agreement. We may modify, add, or remove features, or suspend or discontinue the Service (in whole or in part) at any time. If we discontinue the Service entirely or remove functionality that a paid subscription materially depends on, we will give reasonable advance notice where practicable, and you can export your data at any time using the in-app export function. For paid features, statutory consumer remedies remain unaffected.

10. Termination

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access, or remove content, if you materially or repeatedly violate these Terms, if required by law, or if the Service is discontinued. Where reasonable, we will warn you first and give you the opportunity to remedy the violation and to export your data; in cases of serious abuse (such as attacks on the Service or unlawful content) we may act immediately. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including 5, 11, 12, and 15) survive.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

The Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that data loss will never occur — please use the export feature for anything you cannot afford to lose. This section does not limit any warranty or remedy that consumers are entitled to under mandatory Swedish or EU law.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law: (a) we are not liable for indirect or consequential damages, loss of profits, or loss of data arising from your use of, or inability to use, the Service; and (b) our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of (i) the amount you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the claim arose and (ii) EUR 50.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for gross negligence, willful misconduct, death or personal injury, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law. If you are a consumer in the EU/EEA, you retain all mandatory statutory rights and remedies, and these Terms are not intended to and do not restrict them.

13. Apple-specific terms

If you downloaded the app from Apple's App Store, the following additional terms apply and prevail over conflicting terms above:

• Acknowledgement. These Terms are an agreement between you and us only, not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. In the event of any conflict between these Terms and the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, the Apple terms prevail with respect to your use of the App Store.
• Scope of license. Your license to the app is limited to a non-transferable license to use the app on Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules set out in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, except that the app may be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing.
• Maintenance and support. We — not Apple — are solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the app. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services for the app.
• Warranty. We are solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. In the event of any failure of the app to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the app (if any) to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the app, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty are our responsibility.
• Product claims. We — not Apple — are responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the app or your possession and/or use of it, including (i) product-liability claims; (ii) any claim that the app fails to conform to applicable legal or regulatory requirements; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.
• Intellectual-property claims. In the event of a third-party claim that the app or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual-property rights, we — not Apple — are solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of such claim.
• Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country; and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Developer contact. Questions, complaints, or claims regarding the app should be directed to Mattias Olandersson and Olle Larsson, hello@stellary.cloud.
• Third-party terms. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the app (for example, your wireless data service agreement).
• Third-party beneficiary. Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary thereof.

14. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time — for example when we add features, or when legal requirements change. For material changes we will notify you in the app or by email at least 30 days before they take effect, and you may terminate your account before that date if you do not accept them. The current version, with its effective date, is always available at stellary.cloud/terms. Continued use of the Service after changes take effect constitutes acceptance.

15. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Sweden. If you are a consumer residing in the EU/EEA, you also enjoy the protection of the mandatory consumer-protection rules of your country of residence, and nothing in this section deprives you of the right to bring proceedings in your local courts.

If you have a complaint, please contact us first at hello@stellary.cloud — we will try to resolve it informally. Consumers in Sweden may also refer disputes to the Swedish National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden, ARN), Box 174, 101 23 Stockholm, www.arn.se. Otherwise, disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of the Swedish courts, with Malmö District Court as first instance where the parties may agree on venue.

16. Contact

Stellary is operated by Mattias Olandersson and Olle Larsson, Malmö, Sweden. Contact: hello@stellary.cloud.