Terms of Use

1. About these Terms

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and Vantaryn Labs LLC (“Vantaryn Labs,” “we,” “us”), a Wyoming limited liability company. SteadyBounds is a product of Vantaryn Labs. These Terms cover the SteadyBounds app for iPhone and iPad, the website at https://steadybounds.com, and the related services we provide (together, “SteadyBounds”).

These Terms are also the end-user license agreement (EULA) for the SteadyBounds app. Section 26 contains terms that Apple requires.

The following pages are part of these Terms and are incorporated by reference:

• Safety & Parent Responsibility, which explains the limits of SteadyBounds and what parents and guardians should do; and
• Subscriptions, Cancellation & Refunds, which explains how Premium, cancellation and refunds work.

Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use and share information, including children’s information. Please read it. It is a notice of our practices and is not part of this contract, but you consent to the practices it describes when you accept these Terms.

How you accept. Before you create a family, the app shows links to these Terms and our Privacy Policy and asks you to confirm that you are a parent or legal guardian and that you agree to these Terms. You accept these Terms when you give that confirmation, and we keep a record of the version you accepted and when. The app may also ask you to accept updated Terms before certain actions, such as starting a subscription. If you join a family by invitation or otherwise use SteadyBounds, you accept the version of these Terms in effect at that time. If you do not agree, do not use SteadyBounds.

In these Terms, “you” means the adult parent or guardian who creates or joins a SteadyBounds family. “Your child” means each child whose profile you create or manage. “Your family” means the parents, guardians and children in your SteadyBounds family.

Your legal rights. Nothing in these Terms takes away any right you have under consumer protection or other laws that cannot be waived or limited by contract. Where a part of these Terms is not allowed by the law that applies to you, that part applies only to the extent the law allows. Section 28 explains how certain provisions apply to New Jersey residents.

2. Who may use SteadyBounds

• Adults only. To create or join a family account, you must be at least 18 years old and have reached the age of majority where you live.
• Legal authority. You must be the parent or legal guardian of each child you add, or otherwise have legal authority to consent for that child and to make decisions about that child’s device use. You must also have authority over each device you pair. Do not add a child or device you do not have that authority over. If a court order, custody arrangement or other legal limit affects your authority over a child or device, you must follow it.
• Children use a profile, not an account. Children do not create accounts or sign in with an email address, and a child is not a party to these Terms. A child may use SteadyBounds only through a child profile that a parent or guardian sets up and manages, on a device that a parent or guardian pairs. You agree, for yourself and, to the extent the law allows, on behalf of each child whose profile you create, that the child’s use of SteadyBounds, and any claim relating to it, is governed by these Terms, including Section 23. You are responsible for your child’s use of SteadyBounds.
• Family use only. SteadyBounds is for personal, non-commercial family use by a parent or guardian managing their own child’s devices through Apple Family Sharing. It is not for schools, employers or other organizations, and it may not be used to manage another adult’s device.
• Legal compliance. You must not be barred from using SteadyBounds under U.S. law or any other law that applies to you, and you must meet the requirements in Section 26.7.

3. Your account, parent PIN and family

• Accurate information. A parent or guardian creates the family account with an email address and password. Give us accurate information and keep it up to date. You choose what to enter about your child; you may use a nickname.
• Keep credentials private. Keep your password, account recovery emails, pairing codes and parent PIN private. The parent PIN protects parent settings on a child’s device. It is separate from your device passcode and from Apple’s Screen Time passcode. Do not share it with your child. We do not ask for your password, parent PIN or pairing codes by email.
• Activity on your account. You are responsible for activity under your account and on devices you pair, except to the extent it is caused by our breach of these Terms. If you think someone has used your account without permission, tell us promptly at hello@steadybounds.com.
• Family owner and co-parents. The parent or guardian who creates a family is its owner. The owner can invite another parent or guardian. Every parent or guardian in a family can see the family’s information and can change rules, approve requests and grant time for the family’s children. Invite only adults who have authority over your children, and remove a guardian who should no longer have access. Some actions, such as buying or restoring Premium and deleting the family, are available only to the family owner.
• Pairing. A child’s device is paired using a code from a parent’s device, and Apple asks a parent or guardian to approve Screen Time permission on the child’s device.

4. What SteadyBounds is and is not

SteadyBounds is software that helps a parent or guardian:

• set daily limits, bedtimes, school time, breaks, and app and website rules on a child’s iPhone or iPad using Apple’s Screen Time frameworks (Family Controls, Managed Settings and Device Activity);
• review and approve or deny requests for more time, grant extra time, and use a Time Bank and screen time reports;
• offer STEM learning activities (such as math, science, coding and engineering) and chores that let a child earn extra screen time within limits the parent sets; and
• use family features such as family chat and groups, profile photos and avatars, and optional location sharing.

SteadyBounds is not:

• A supervisor. It is not a babysitter or a substitute for a parent’s or caregiver’s attention and judgment.
• An emergency service. It is not a safety, emergency or crisis service. If anyone is in danger in the U.S., call 911 (elsewhere, call your local emergency number). For a mental-health crisis in the U.S., call or text 988.
• A monitoring service. SteadyBounds cannot read your child’s texts, iMessage conversations, email, social media, or activity inside other apps. It does not monitor family chat in real time.
• A content-filtering guarantee. Website controls use Apple’s supported Safari web content filtering and do not block everything.
• A tracking service. Location sharing is optional and shows only the most recent location a device reported. It is not continuous tracking.
• Professional advice. Nothing in SteadyBounds, including any suggested limit, lesson, level or report, is medical, psychological, developmental, educational or other professional advice, or a diagnosis. Talk with a qualified professional about your child’s specific needs.
• A school or curriculum. Learning activities are general enrichment. We do not guarantee any educational outcome, grade or skill level. Levels and progress reports are not assessments of a child’s ability or intelligence.

5. Parent and guardian responsibility

You are solely responsible for supervising your child and for decisions about your child’s device use. This includes responsibility for:

• the rules, limits, schedules, caps, app and website choices, and exceptions you set, and for deciding whether they suit your child’s age, needs, schooling and safety, including keeping available the apps your child needs to reach you, such as Phone;
• checking whether a change has actually been applied on your child’s device (a pending change is not yet in effect) and acting if it has not;
• any other devices, apps, browsers, accounts and services your child can use, including your child’s Apple Account and your Apple Family Sharing settings, which SteadyBounds may not control;
• any real-world reward you promise, and whether and how you provide it;
• the chores and tasks you assign and how they are supervised (Section 8);
• deciding whether to use family chat and location sharing, and talking with your child about them;
• the conduct of each guardian you invite and each child in your family while using SteadyBounds; and
• following the laws that apply to you, including laws about monitoring other people.

Please read Safety & Parent Responsibility. Its description of what SteadyBounds can and cannot do is part of these Terms.

6. Apple Screen Time and device limitations

SteadyBounds works through Apple’s Screen Time frameworks. Apple, not Vantaryn Labs, controls how and when iOS and iPadOS apply restrictions, measure usage and deliver notifications. For SteadyBounds to work, the child’s device needs, among other things: iOS or iPadOS 17.4 or later; the child’s own Apple Account in your Apple Family Sharing group; Screen Time permission approved by a parent or guardian; and a network connection to receive changes.

You understand and agree that:

• restrictions may not apply, may apply late, or may stop working, for reasons that include Screen Time permission being turned off or revoked, the child’s Apple Account leaving your Family Sharing group, iOS or iPadOS updates or errors, the device being offline, restarted, erased, restored or replaced, changes to the device’s date, time or time zone, the child using another device or account, a shared Apple Account, or someone deliberately working around the rules;
• a change you make in the parent app is pending until the child’s device confirms that it has applied the change, and until then the earlier rules may still be in effect;
• usage totals, reports and remaining-time figures depend on information Apple provides, can arrive late, and may not be complete or exact;
• notifications can be delayed or not delivered; and
• we do not guarantee that restrictions cannot be bypassed or that they will always apply.

7. Earned time, Time Bank and rewards

Children can earn extra screen time by completing learning activities, the daily challenge, or chores a parent approves, within the caps you set. Parents can also approve requests for time and grant extra time, and the Time Bank can save time for later within limits you set. Earned time, Time Bank balances and other in-app rewards:

• are an in-app allowance that only changes Screen Time rules on your child’s devices;
• have no cash or monetary value and are not money, currency, stored value or property;
• cannot be sold, bought, transferred, exchanged, or redeemed for cash, goods or services from us or anyone else;
• remain subject to your caps, bedtimes, school time, breaks and other rules;
• may be corrected by us if they result from an error, a bug, a duplicate award or misuse; and
• end if the child’s profile or the family is deleted.

Any real-world reward you describe or promise in SteadyBounds is an arrangement within your family. We do not provide, pay for or fulfill it, and we are not responsible for it.

8. Learning activities, chores and tasks

8.1 Learning activities

Learning activities are general enrichment, not a curriculum, tutoring or an assessment. They may contain mistakes; please tell us if you find one. Some hands-on activities, such as building and engineering challenges, use everyday materials and need adult supervision, and some need a parent’s approval before they earn time. You decide whether an activity suits your child, provide safe materials, and supervise.

8.2 Chores and tasks

You create every chore and task in SteadyBounds. You are responsible for making sure each one is safe, lawful, age-appropriate and within your child’s abilities, and that your child is properly supervised. Do not assign a task that involves dangerous tools, chemicals, heat, electricity, heights, water hazards, vehicles, or meeting strangers, or anything unlawful. Chores are family activities, not employment. SteadyBounds is not an employer and does not pay anyone. You are responsible for following any law that applies to work by minors.

8.3 Our responsibility

To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for injury, loss or damage arising from any chore, task, activity or reward that a parent or guardian chooses, assigns, supervises or fails to supervise.

9. Family chat and content rules

9.1 How family chat works

• Family chat is a Premium feature for members of your SteadyBounds family. It carries text messages and time actions; it does not support photo or file attachments. Parents choose who is in each conversation. Time requests and parent decisions stay free.
• Not end-to-end encrypted. Messages are encrypted in transit and stored with our hosting provider, and our systems can process them to deliver the service, handle reports and meet legal obligations. Do not use chat for sensitive information.
• Not monitored in real time. We do not watch family conversations as they happen. People who work for us see family messages only when needed to review a report, provide support you ask for, keep SteadyBounds secure or comply with the law, as described in our Privacy Policy.
• Reporting, blocking and muting. A conversation member can report a message or a conversation in the app. A report shares the reported message, or up to the 20 most recent messages the reporter can see in that conversation, plus the reason and any note, with authorized SteadyBounds reviewers. Report records are kept for 90 days. Blocking stops free-text messages between two people across your family’s conversations. Muting turns off message notifications for a conversation. Time requests and parent decisions keep working.
• Review is not immediate. Reports go to authorized SteadyBounds reviewers. We may remove content, limit messaging, or suspend or remove anyone who breaks these rules, but we do not promise that a report will be reviewed within any particular time or lead to any particular outcome. Reports are not an emergency service.
• Filtering is limited. An automated filter blocks some abusive phrases, but it cannot catch everything.
• Copies. We cannot recall a message after it is delivered. Recipients can keep, screenshot or share what they receive.

9.2 Content rules

SteadyBounds has zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. You and your family must not use family chat, profile photos, names, task descriptions, notes, requests or any other content in SteadyBounds to:

• threaten, harass, bully, intimidate or demean anyone;
• share sexual content, or any content that sexualizes or exploits a child;
• share violent or hateful content, or content that encourages self-harm;
• share another person’s private information or images without permission, or impersonate anyone;
• share unlawful content or content that infringes anyone’s rights; or
• send spam, malware or deceptive links.

Use only profile photos you have the right to use. Parents and guardians are responsible for explaining these rules to their children and supervising their children’s use of chat. As the law requires, we report apparent child sexual exploitation to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and we may share information with law enforcement as the law allows.

10. Your content

“Your content” means the information and material that you and your family submit to SteadyBounds, such as names, profile photos, messages, task descriptions, notes and requests.

• You keep ownership. You and your family keep any rights you have in your content.
• Our limited license. You grant Vantaryn Labs a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, process, transmit and display your content only as needed to operate, provide, secure and support SteadyBounds for your family, to review reports, to comply with the law, and to enforce these Terms. We do not use your content for advertising and we do not sell it. This license ends when your content is deleted from our systems, except for copies already delivered to other family members and copies we keep as described in the Privacy Policy.
• Your promises. You confirm that you have the rights needed to submit your content and that it does not break these Terms or the law.
• Removal. We may remove content or limit features if we reasonably believe content breaks these Terms or the law, but we have no duty to monitor content.
• Keep your own copies. SteadyBounds is not a backup service. Parents can export family records from the app.

11. Acceptable use

You agree not to do, and not to help or allow anyone else to do, any of the following:

• use SteadyBounds to monitor, restrict or locate any person without legal authority, including another adult, or on a device you do not own or have authority to manage;
• use SteadyBounds for any school, employer, organizational or commercial purpose;
• access another family’s information or account, or try to gain unauthorized access to SteadyBounds or our systems;
• copy, modify, reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the app, except where the law expressly allows it despite this restriction;
• interfere with, overload or disrupt SteadyBounds, including with bots, scripts or scraping;
• get around any security measure, rate limit or Premium access check;
• fake learning results, rewards, requests or device confirmations, or manipulate time accounting;
• submit reports you know are false;
• sell, resell, rent, lend or sublicense SteadyBounds; or
• use SteadyBounds in a way that breaks the law, violates anyone’s rights, or breaks Apple’s terms.

If you find a security problem, please report it to hello@steadybounds.com and do not access other people’s information.

12. Subscriptions, free trial and billing

12.1 Free features

SteadyBounds is free to download. Every Screen Time control is free and will stay free. Free features include daily limits, bedtimes, school time, breaks, app and website rules, time requests and approvals, extra time, the Time Bank, screen time reports, every child and device, both parents or guardians, starter lessons at every level that earn time, the daily challenge, one-off chores, and avatars and profile photos. “Will stay free” means we will not charge for Screen Time controls or move them into Premium. It is not a promise that any particular feature will always be offered; features can change as Section 17 describes, for example when Apple changes its frameworks.

12.2 SteadyBounds Premium

SteadyBounds Premium is an optional auto-renewing subscription. It costs $5.99 per month or $49.99 per year in the United States. Prices in other countries and currencies may differ and may include tax. The App Store shows the exact price, billing period and any trial before you confirm a purchase. Premium adds the full lesson library and extra practice, family chat and groups, recurring chore routines, extra Home scenes, and a learning progress report.

12.3 Free trial

The yearly plan includes a 14-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Apple decides who is eligible. Before you confirm, the App Store purchase screen shows whether a free trial applies to your purchase, when it ends and the price you will be charged after it; if that screen does not show a free trial, your purchase does not include one. If you do not cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, your yearly subscription begins, Apple charges the yearly price ($49.99 in the U.S.), and the subscription then renews every year until you cancel. If you cancel during the trial, you will not be charged. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription.

12.4 Automatic renewal

• Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase (or, if you start a free trial, when the trial ends).
• Your subscription renews automatically for the same period unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage and cancel your subscription in Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions on your iPhone or iPad, or in SteadyBounds under Settings > Purchases & subscriptions, using the button that opens Apple’s subscription settings. When you cancel, Premium continues until the end of the current period.
• Deleting the app, removing a child or device, or deleting your SteadyBounds account does not cancel a subscription.

12.5 One subscription per family

One Premium subscription unlocks Premium for the SteadyBounds family it was purchased for, including every child, device, and parent or guardian in that family. Only the family owner can buy or restore Premium. Premium is linked to your SteadyBounds family, not to an Apple Family Sharing group, and it cannot be moved to a different SteadyBounds family, including a new family created after the original is deleted.

12.6 Apple handles payments and refunds

Apple processes all App Store payments and refunds under its own terms. We do not receive your card number. Vantaryn Labs cannot issue refunds for App Store purchases directly. To ask for a refund, use Apple’s process described on our Subscriptions, Cancellation & Refunds page.

12.7 Price changes

If we raise the price of Premium, you will be notified before the new price applies to your subscription, as Apple’s rules and applicable law require. In some cases Apple asks you to agree to the new price; if you do not agree, your subscription ends at the end of the current period instead of renewing at the new price. You can also cancel at any time before the new price applies.

12.8 When Premium ends

If Premium ends, Screen Time controls and other free features keep working. Premium-only features stop being available. See What happens when Premium ends.

13. Privacy and children’s information

Our Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use and share it, how long we keep it, and your choices. It includes a Children’s privacy section and a Screen Time (Apple Family Controls) data section.

Before you add a child, the app asks you to confirm that you are a parent or legal guardian and to consent to our collection, use and disclosure of your family’s information, including your child’s, as described in the Privacy Policy. By adding a child profile, you confirm that you are that child’s parent or legal guardian (or otherwise have legal authority to consent for the child), and you give that consent for the child. You can review or delete your child’s information and refuse further collection as the Privacy Policy explains.

We use Apple’s Screen Time data only to provide Screen Time features to your family. We do not sell it or use it for advertising, and we do not share it for any other purpose, except where the law or valid legal process requires us to disclose it.

You can delete your account and family data in the app under Settings > Account & Family Data.

14. License and intellectual property

14.1 Your license to use the app

Subject to these Terms, Vantaryn Labs grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to download, install and use the SteadyBounds app on Apple-branded iPhone and iPad devices that you own or control, and to let the children and guardians in your family use it on devices paired to your family, as permitted by the Usage Rules in Apple’s Media Services Terms and Conditions, solely for personal, non-commercial family use. The app may also be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you through Apple’s Family Sharing, as Apple’s Usage Rules permit. This applies to the app itself; SteadyBounds Premium is not shared through Apple Family Sharing (Section 12.5).

14.2 Our ownership

SteadyBounds, including the app, website, lessons, artwork, characters, audio, software and design, and the SteadyBounds name and logo, is owned by Vantaryn Labs or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. We keep all rights not expressly granted in these Terms. You may not use our names, logos or trademarks without our written permission.

14.3 Open-source components

Some parts of the app, such as the voice model used to create read-aloud audio and certain software libraries, are provided under open-source licenses. Those licenses govern those parts, and nothing in these Terms limits the rights they give you. Copies of the required notices are included with the app or available from us on request.

14.4 Updates

We may provide updates to the app. Some updates may be needed to keep using SteadyBounds or certain features. These Terms apply to all updates.

15. Feedback

We welcome ideas and suggestions. If you send us feedback, you grant Vantaryn Labs a non-exclusive, perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free license to use it for any purpose, without payment or any obligation to you. You keep any other rights you have in it. We are not required to use your feedback. Please do not include confidential information or your child’s personal information in feedback. Nothing in these Terms limits your right to post an honest review of SteadyBounds.

16. Third-party services

SteadyBounds relies on services provided by others, including Apple (the App Store, in-app purchases, Screen Time frameworks, Family Sharing and the Apple Push Notification service), Supabase (hosting, database, authentication, storage and server functions), RevenueCat (subscription status), and our email provider for support mail. How we share information with these providers is described in our Privacy Policy.

These services are outside our control. To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for their acts, omissions, outages or changes. Your use of Apple’s services is governed by Apple’s terms. Links to other websites, such as Apple’s support pages, are provided for convenience, and we are not responsible for their content.

17. Changes to SteadyBounds

We may change, add or remove features, content, lessons and supported devices or operating system versions, and we may suspend or discontinue SteadyBounds or any part of it. Apple may also change its frameworks in ways that affect SteadyBounds.

If we make a change that materially reduces Premium for current subscribers, or if we discontinue Premium, we will tell you in the app or by email, before the change takes effect where we can and in any case as the law requires, including how to cancel. If we discontinue Premium, we will use the tools the App Store provides to stop further renewal charges. You can cancel through Apple at any time, and Apple handles any refund under its policies and applicable law. Nothing in this section limits any right you have under applicable law to a refund or other remedy if Premium is reduced or ends early.

18. Ending your use, suspension and termination

18.1 You can stop at any time

You can stop using SteadyBounds at any time. You can remove SteadyBounds from a child’s device, with or without a subscription, as described in Removing SteadyBounds. You can delete your account and family data in the app under Settings > Account & Family Data. Deleting family records and removing restrictions from a device are separate steps: if a device is lost or offline, its restrictions may remain until you use the parent PIN recovery option on that device or Apple’s Screen Time settings. Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription; cancel through Apple.

18.2 When we may suspend or terminate

We may suspend or end your access or your family’s account, or remove content, if you materially or repeatedly break these Terms, if the law or a valid legal request requires it, if your use creates a risk of harm or legal exposure for a child, another person or us, or if we discontinue SteadyBounds. Where reasonable and lawful, we will tell you first and give you a chance to fix the problem. A suspension does not stop you from removing SteadyBounds from a child’s device using the parent PIN on that device or Apple’s Screen Time settings.

18.3 What happens next

When your access ends, your license to use SteadyBounds ends. If we end your account for a reason other than your breach of these Terms, you may ask Apple for a refund of any unused subscription period, and Apple decides; this does not limit any right you have under applicable law. Sections 4 through 8, 10, 12.6, 14.2, 15, 16 and 19 through 29, and any other terms that by their nature should survive, continue to apply.

19. Disclaimer of warranties

STEADYBOUNDS IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS. TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, VANTARYN LABS AND ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS AND SERVICE PROVIDERS DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY AND QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE ABOVE, WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT: (A) ANY RESTRICTION, LIMIT, SCHEDULE OR WEBSITE FILTER WILL ALWAYS APPLY, WILL APPLY ON TIME, OR CANNOT BE BYPASSED; (B) STEADYBOUNDS WILL KEEP YOUR CHILD SAFE OR PREVENT YOUR CHILD FROM REACHING ANY APP, WEBSITE, CONTENT OR PERSON; (C) USAGE REPORTS, REMAINING-TIME FIGURES, LOCATIONS, NOTIFICATIONS OR DEVICE STATUS WILL BE ACCURATE, COMPLETE OR TIMELY; (D) LEARNING CONTENT IS ERROR-FREE OR WILL PRODUCE ANY EDUCATIONAL RESULT; (E) REPORTED CONTENT WILL BE REVIEWED WITHIN ANY PARTICULAR TIME; OR (F) STEADYBOUNDS WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, SECURE, ERROR-FREE OR FREE OF HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT DATA WILL NOT BE LOST.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Where an implied warranty cannot be excluded, it is limited to the shortest period the law allows. Nothing in this section affects any warranty or right that cannot be excluded or limited under the law that applies to you. Section 26.4 explains Apple’s role in warranty matters.

20. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL VANTARYN LABS OR ITS MEMBERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, CONTRACTORS, AGENTS, LICENSORS OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL OR USE, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR STEADYBOUNDS, WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT SUCH DAMAGES ARE POSSIBLE.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR DAMAGES ARISING FROM: ANY PERSON’S SUPERVISION OR LACK OF SUPERVISION OF A CHILD; RULES, CHORES, TASKS, ACTIVITIES OR REWARDS CHOSEN BY A PARENT OR GUARDIAN; ANY PERSON’S ACCESS TO ANY APP, WEBSITE, CONTENT OR PERSON; A RESTRICTION THAT DID NOT APPLY, APPLIED LATE OR WAS BYPASSED; THE CONDUCT OF ANY USER OR THIRD PARTY; OR THE PRODUCTS OR SERVICES OF APPLE OR ANY OTHER THIRD PARTY.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THESE TERMS OR STEADYBOUNDS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR STEADYBOUNDS, INCLUDING PREMIUM PURCHASED THROUGH APPLE, IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (B) US$50.

These limits apply even if a limited remedy fails of its essential purpose. They are an essential part of our agreement, and SteadyBounds’ free features and prices reflect them. Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes liability for our fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, for death or personal injury caused by our negligence where the law does not allow that liability to be limited, or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under the law that applies to you. Where that law does not allow a limit in this section, the limit applies to the fullest extent that law allows. Section 28 explains how this section applies to New Jersey residents.

21. Indemnification

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you will defend (at our option), indemnify and hold harmless Vantaryn Labs and its members, managers, employees, contractors, agents, licensors and service providers (the “Vantaryn Labs Parties”) from and against all claims, demands, losses, liabilities, damages, judgments, settlements, costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, arising out of or relating to:

• your use of SteadyBounds, and use by anyone in your family or on any device you added;
• the rules, settings, schedules, chores, tasks, activities and rewards that you or another guardian in your family choose, assign, supervise or fail to supervise;
• your supervision of your child, or any failure to supervise;
• your content or your family’s content;
• your breach of these Terms; or
• your violation of any law or of anyone’s rights.

This includes claims brought by or on behalf of your children or other members of your family or household, to the extent they arise from the matters listed above. You do not have to indemnify us to the extent a claim results from our own negligence, fraud, gross negligence, willful misconduct or breach of these Terms, or where the law that applies to you does not allow this indemnity. We will tell you about a claim we ask you to cover. We may take part in the defense with our own lawyers at our own cost. You may not settle a claim in a way that imposes any obligation on a Vantaryn Labs Party without our written consent.

22. Assumption of risk and release

THIS SECTION RELEASES CERTAIN CLAIMS AGAINST US, INCLUDING CLAIMS YOU DO NOT YET KNOW ABOUT, TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS.

22.1 Assumption of risk

You understand that raising and supervising children involves risks that software cannot remove; that screen time controls can fail or be bypassed; that chores and hands-on activities can involve physical risk; and that messages and location information can be misused, delayed or inaccurate. You choose to use SteadyBounds knowing these limits, and, to the extent the law allows, you assume these risks.

22.2 Release

To the fullest extent permitted by law, you (for yourself and, where the law allows, for your children and anyone claiming through you) release the Vantaryn Labs Parties from all claims, demands and damages, known and unknown, arising out of or relating to:

• the acts or omissions of any parent, guardian, child, household member or other user;
• chores, tasks, activities or rewards chosen, assigned or supervised by a parent or guardian;
• any restriction that did not apply, applied late or was bypassed, and any person’s access to any app, website, content or person; and
• the products or services of Apple or any other third party.

This release does not cover claims arising from our fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct, claims for death or personal injury caused by our negligence where the law does not allow them to be released, or any other claim that cannot be released under the law that applies to you.

22.3 California residents

If you are a California resident, you waive California Civil Code Section 1542 for the claims released in Section 22.2. Section 1542 says: “A general release does not extend to claims that the creditor or releasing party does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release and that, if known by him or her, would have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor or released party.” You also waive any similar law in any other jurisdiction, to the extent a waiver is allowed.

23. Dispute resolution and arbitration

PLEASE READ THIS SECTION CAREFULLY. IT AFFECTS YOUR LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING YOUR RIGHT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN COURT, TO HAVE A JURY HEAR YOUR CLAIMS, AND TO TAKE PART IN A CLASS ACTION.

23.1 Informal resolution first

Most concerns can be solved quickly by contacting us at hello@steadybounds.com. Before either of us starts an arbitration or a small claims case, the person with the claim must send the other a written notice of dispute, and we will both try in good faith to resolve it informally for 60 days after the notice is received.

• Notice to us must be sent by email to hello@steadybounds.com and by mail to Vantaryn Labs LLC, 30 N Gould St #69108, Sheridan, WY 82801, United States.
• Notice to you will be sent to the email address on your SteadyBounds account.
• Your notice must include your name, the email address on your account, a description of the dispute, and the relief you want, and it must be personally signed by you (and by your lawyer, if you have one). A typed or electronic signature is enough.
• Our notice will include the same information about our claim.
• If either of us asks, we will meet by phone or video for an individual settlement conference during the 60 days, at a time that works for both of us. You must attend personally, and your lawyer may also attend. A representative of Vantaryn Labs who can settle the dispute will attend for us.

This process is required before starting arbitration or a small claims case. Any time limit for bringing the claim, and any filing fee deadline, is paused while this process is underway.

23.2 Agreement to arbitrate

You and Vantaryn Labs agree that any dispute, claim or controversy arising out of or relating to these Terms, SteadyBounds, your account, Premium, our communications with you, or our handling of information, whether based on contract, tort, statute, fraud or any other legal theory, and whether it arose before or after you accepted these Terms (a “Dispute”), will be resolved by binding individual arbitration, except as stated in Section 23.3. This includes Disputes brought by you on behalf of your child or of any family member who uses SteadyBounds through your family account, to the fullest extent permitted by law.

The arbitrator decides all questions about the scope, validity, enforceability and arbitrability of this Section 23, except that a court decides (a) whether Sections 23.7, 23.8 or 23.11 are valid and enforceable and how they apply, and (b) whether a claim falls within the exceptions in Section 23.3. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this Section 23.

23.3 Exceptions

• Small claims. Either of us may bring an individual claim in small claims court in the county where you live or in Sheridan County, Wyoming, if the claim qualifies and stays in that court on an individual basis.
• Intellectual property. Either of us may ask a court to stop the infringement or misuse of intellectual property rights.
• Government agencies. Nothing in this section stops you from bringing a concern to the attention of a government agency.

23.4 Arbitration rules and administrator

The arbitration will be administered by the American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) under its Consumer Arbitration Rules in effect when the arbitration starts, as changed by this Section 23. The rules are available at www.adr.org. If the AAA cannot or will not administer the arbitration, you and we will agree on another arbitration provider, or a court will appoint one. The arbitration will be decided by a single arbitrator and conducted in English.

23.5 Hearings and the arbitrator’s decision

If your claim is for $25,000 or less, it will be decided on written submissions unless you ask for a hearing or the arbitrator decides one is needed. Any hearing will be held by video conference or, if you prefer to meet in person, in the county where you live, unless we both agree otherwise. The arbitrator may award, on an individual basis, any relief a court could award, but only in favor of the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent needed to resolve that party’s individual claim. The arbitrator must follow these Terms and applicable law and will issue a written decision explaining the essential findings. The award is final and binding, subject to review under the Federal Arbitration Act, and judgment on it may be entered in any court with jurisdiction. An award does not bind anyone who was not a party to that arbitration.

23.6 Fees and costs

For an arbitration you start, your share of the filing fee will be no more than the lesser of the amount allowed under the AAA Consumer Arbitration Rules and the filing fee you would pay to bring the claim in court. We will pay all other AAA filing, administrative and arbitrator fees. If the arbitrator finds that your claim was frivolous or brought for an improper purpose, as measured by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b), the AAA rules govern who pays those fees. Each side pays its own lawyers’ fees and costs unless the arbitrator awards them under applicable law. We will not seek our lawyers’ fees from you unless the arbitrator finds your claim frivolous.

23.7 Class action and jury trial waiver

YOU AND VANTARYN LABS EACH MAY BRING CLAIMS AGAINST THE OTHER ONLY IN AN INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY, AND NOT AS A PLAINTIFF OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS, COLLECTIVE, CONSOLIDATED OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING. UNLESS YOU AND WE BOTH AGREE, THE ARBITRATOR MAY NOT COMBINE MORE THAN ONE PERSON’S CLAIMS OR PRESIDE OVER ANY FORM OF CLASS OR REPRESENTATIVE PROCEEDING, EXCEPT FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE BATCHING DESCRIBED IN SECTION 23.8, IN WHICH EACH CLAIM IS STILL DECIDED INDIVIDUALLY. IF A DISPUTE IS DECIDED IN COURT RATHER THAN IN ARBITRATION, YOU AND VANTARYN LABS EACH WAIVE THE RIGHT TO A JURY TRIAL, TO THE EXTENT THE LAW ALLOWS.

23.8 Mass arbitration

If 25 or more demands for arbitration raising the same or substantially similar claims are filed against us, or by us, and the claimants or their lawyers are the same or are coordinating with each other (a “Mass Filing”), the following applies in addition to the AAA’s rules and fee schedules for mass or multiple case filings, to the extent those rules are consistent with this section:

• Each claimant must first complete the informal resolution process in Section 23.1 individually.
• The AAA will administer the demands in batches of up to 50 demands each, with any remainder in a final batch. Each batch will be assigned to a single arbitrator, who will decide each claim in the batch individually. Filing and administrative fees will be charged per batch where the AAA’s rules allow.
• Batches may proceed at the same time, and you and we will cooperate in good faith with the AAA to set a schedule that resolves all batches promptly.
• For each claim in a Mass Filing, any time limit for bringing the claim is paused from the date the claimant sent a complete notice of dispute until the claim is assigned to a batch.
• A court decides any disagreement about whether this Section 23.8 applies. If a court decides this Section 23.8 cannot be enforced for a Mass Filing, those claims will proceed in individual arbitration under the AAA’s rules then in effect for mass or multiple case filings.

23.9 Opting out within 30 days

You may opt out of this Section 23 by emailing hello@steadybounds.com within 30 days after the date you first accept these Terms, for example when you create a family or join one by invitation. Use the subject line “Arbitration Opt-Out” and include your full name, the email address on your SteadyBounds account, and a clear statement that you want to opt out of arbitration. If you opt out, Disputes between you and us will be decided in court under Section 24, and the rest of these Terms still apply. Your opt-out also applies to later versions of these Terms, so you do not need to opt out again. Opting out applies only to you and to claims brought on behalf of your children.

23.10 Changes to this section

If we make a material change to this Section 23 after you have accepted it (other than a change to our contact information), you may reject the change by emailing hello@steadybounds.com within 30 days after the change takes effect, with the subject line “Reject Arbitration Changes.” If you reject it, the most recent version of this Section 23 that you accepted continues to apply. Whether or not you reject it, a change never applies to a Dispute that arose, that either of us had given notice of, or that was pending in arbitration or court before the change took effect. That Dispute stays under the version of this Section 23 that applied before the change.

23.11 Severability

If the class action waiver in Section 23.7 is found unenforceable for any claim or form of relief, that claim or relief, and only that, will be separated from the arbitration and decided by a court under Section 24, after the individual arbitration is finished. If you seek public injunctive relief and a court decides that the claim cannot be waived or arbitrated under applicable law, that claim will be decided by a court after the individual claims are arbitrated. If any other part of this Section 23 is found unenforceable, the rest of it still applies. Class, collective or representative arbitration is never permitted under these Terms.

23.12 If you live outside the United States

If you live outside the United States, Sections 23.2 through 23.11 do not apply to you. Section 23.1 still applies, and a Dispute that is not resolved informally will be decided by the courts described in Section 24, unless the law where you live gives you a right that cannot be waived by agreement to bring it in your local courts or before an out-of-court dispute resolution body.

24. Governing law and venue

These Terms and any Dispute are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and by applicable U.S. federal law. The Federal Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. § 1 and following) governs the interpretation and enforcement of Section 23. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply. If the consumer protection laws of the place where you live give you rights that cannot be changed by agreement, those laws continue to apply to you.

For any Dispute that is not arbitrated, other than a small claims case under Section 23.3, you and Vantaryn Labs agree to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state courts located in Sheridan County, Wyoming, and the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming, and waive any objection that those courts are an inconvenient forum. This does not apply where the law of the place where you live gives you a right that cannot be waived by agreement to bring the Dispute in your local courts. Either of us may ask any court with jurisdiction to enforce an arbitration award.

25. Time limit to bring a claim

To the extent permitted by law, any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or SteadyBounds must be started, in arbitration, in small claims court, or in court where Section 23 does not apply, within one year after the claim arises. Otherwise, the claim is permanently barred. If the law that applies to you does not allow this time limit, or gives you a longer time that cannot be shortened by agreement (for example, for certain claims under consumer protection statutes, or while a child who has a claim is still a minor), the shortest time limit that law allows applies instead. The time limit is paused while the informal resolution process in Section 23.1 is underway. This section is separate from Section 23: if it cannot be enforced, that does not affect the agreement to arbitrate.

26. Apple App Store terms

This section applies to the SteadyBounds app you download from Apple’s App Store. It is part of these Terms and controls if it conflicts with any other part of these Terms. You and Vantaryn Labs acknowledge and agree to each of the following terms.

26.1 Acknowledgment

These Terms are between you and Vantaryn Labs only, not Apple Inc. (“Apple”). Vantaryn Labs, not Apple, is solely responsible for the app and its content. Nothing in these Terms is meant to conflict with the Usage Rules in Apple’s Media Services Terms and Conditions; if there is a conflict about your license to use the app, those Usage Rules control.

26.2 Scope of license

Your license to use the app is the limited, non-transferable license described in Section 14.1, for use on Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by Apple’s Usage Rules, except that the app may also be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you through Family Sharing or volume purchasing. (SteadyBounds Premium is not shared through Family Sharing; see Section 12.5.)

26.3 Maintenance and support

Vantaryn Labs is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the app, as stated in these Terms or as required by law. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to provide any maintenance or support for the app.

26.4 Warranty

Vantaryn Labs is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the app, if any, to you. To the maximum extent permitted by 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 Vantaryn Labs’ sole responsibility.

26.5 Product claims

Vantaryn Labs, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the app or your possession or use of it, including: (a) product liability claims; (b) any claim that the app fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy or similar laws. These Terms do not limit Vantaryn Labs’ liability to you beyond what applicable law permits.

26.6 Intellectual property claims

If a third party claims that the app, or your possession and use of it, infringes that third party’s intellectual property rights, Vantaryn Labs, not Apple, is solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of that claim.

26.7 Legal compliance

You represent and warrant that (a) you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a “terrorist supporting” country, and (b) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You will not use, export or re-export SteadyBounds in violation of U.S. export control or sanctions laws or the laws of the place where you obtained it.

26.8 Developer name and address

Please send questions, complaints or claims about the app to Vantaryn Labs LLC, 30 N Gould St #69108, Sheridan, WY 82801, United States; hello@steadybounds.com; (307) 393-5609.

26.9 Third-party terms

When you use the app, you must follow any applicable third-party terms of agreement, such as your wireless carrier’s terms and Apple’s terms for your Apple Account.

26.10 Third-party beneficiary

You and Vantaryn Labs acknowledge and agree that Apple and Apple’s subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and that, when you accept 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.

27. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time, for example to reflect changes to SteadyBounds or to the law. We will post the updated Terms on this page and change the “Last updated” date. If a change is material, we will notify you in the app or by email at least 30 days before it takes effect, unless the change is required sooner by law or is needed to address a security or safety issue, in which case we will notify you as soon as reasonably practical. Where the law requires it, or where we choose, we will ask you to accept the updated Terms in the app, and some actions, such as buying Premium, may not be available until you do.

If you keep using SteadyBounds after updated Terms take effect, you accept them. If you do not agree, stop using SteadyBounds, remove it from your child’s devices, and cancel any subscription through Apple. Updates do not apply retroactively. Section 23.10 governs changes to the arbitration agreement.

28. General provisions

• Entire agreement. These Terms, including the pages incorporated by reference in Section 1 and any additional terms shown in the app for a particular feature, are the entire agreement between you and Vantaryn Labs about SteadyBounds and replace any earlier agreements about it. If these Terms conflict with the Safety & Parent Responsibility page or the Subscriptions, Cancellation & Refunds page, these Terms control. Our Privacy Policy describes how we handle personal information.
• Severability. If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, that part will be changed only as much as needed to make it enforceable, and the rest of these Terms stays in effect. Section 23.11 governs the arbitration agreement.
• No waiver. If we do not enforce a part of these Terms, that is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
• Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account without our written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization or sale of assets, or by operation of law, with notice to you where the law requires it.
• Events beyond our control. We are not responsible for any delay or failure caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including natural disasters, pandemics, war, terrorism, civil unrest, labor disputes, government action, power or internet failures, cyberattacks, and outages or changes in Apple’s platforms or our service providers’ systems.
• Notices. We may send you notices by email to your account email address, in the app, or on this website. Send notices to us at hello@steadybounds.com. Legal notices, including notices of dispute, must also be mailed to our address in Section 29.
• Electronic communications. You agree to receive communications from us electronically, and you agree that electronic communications satisfy any legal requirement that a communication be in writing.
• Relationship. You and Vantaryn Labs are independent parties. These Terms do not create a partnership, joint venture, agency or employment relationship.
• Third-party beneficiaries. There are no third-party beneficiaries of these Terms other than Apple and its subsidiaries (Section 26.10) and the Vantaryn Labs Parties (Sections 19 through 22).
• Interpretation. Headings and the summary at the top of this page are for convenience only. “Including” means “including without limitation.”
• Language. If we provide a translation of these Terms, the English version controls.
• New Jersey residents. If you live in New Jersey: (a) the release in Section 22.2 does not release any claim that belongs to your child, and Section 21 does not require you to indemnify us against your child’s own claim for personal injury; (b) Sections 20, 21 and 25 do not limit any damages, fees, costs or time to bring a claim that you have under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act or the Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty and Notice Act; and (c) Section 20 does not exclude punitive damages for our fraud or willful misconduct. The other provisions of these Terms apply to New Jersey residents as written.
• California users. Under California Civil Code Section 1789.3, California users are entitled to the following notice: the Complaint Assistance Unit of the Division of Consumer Services of the California Department of Consumer Affairs may be contacted in writing at 1625 North Market Blvd., Suite N 112, Sacramento, CA 95834, or by telephone at (800) 952-5210.

29. Contact us

Questions about these Terms, legal notices and arbitration opt-outs can be sent to: