Welcome to Cardinator. These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") govern your download, installation, and use of the Cardinator mobile application for Android and iOS (the "Application"). The Application is provided by ArsAxis ("ArsAxis", "we", or "the developer"). By accessing or using the Application, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Application. The latest version of these Terms is always available at https://arsaxis.com/cardinator/terms.
1. Scope of Service and Offline Operation
Cardinator provides a mobile utility framework designed to store loyalty cards, membership cards, transportation passes, and other types of custom cards locally on your device. The Application operates completely offline. ArsAxis provides no cloud hosting, remote synchronization, or remote database services.
2. Data Ownership and Security Responsibility
You acknowledge and agree that you are the sole owner of all data input into Cardinator. Because the Application is offline-only:
- No Cloud or System Backups: The developer does not back up, mirror, or retain your cards, and the Application excludes its data from the operating system's automatic backups (Android Auto Backup and device-to-device transfer on Android; iCloud Backup and computer backups on iOS). If your device is lost, stolen, broken, reset, or if you uninstall Cardinator, all stored card data will be permanently lost and will not be restored from a device backup. The developer holds no liability for data recovery or loss.
- Local Security: The Application provides optional local biometric locking mechanisms (using system-level device security). You are exclusively responsible for maintaining the physical security of your device and enabling access locks to safeguard your information.
- Automated Deduplication Liability: During peer-to-peer imports from another device, Cardinator utilizes localized algorithmic filters to identify and skip duplicate card structures. ArsAxis accepts no liability for items, imagery, profiles, or metadata text entries that are omitted, skipped, or merged automatically by the Application's data conflict mechanics.
3. Pro Version and Lifetime License
Cardinator offers an optional premium upgrade ("Pro Version") available as a digital product within the application store from which you downloaded the Application.
- One-Time Purchase: The Pro Version is acquired via a single, one-time payment. This purchase grants you a non-transferable, perpetual, worldwide license to utilize all premium features of the Application for the lifecycle of the product. No recurring subscription charges apply.
- Billing Platform: All financial processing is governed by the terms and policies of the application store through which you made the purchase — Google Play on Android, or the Apple App Store on iOS. Refunds are subject to the standard refund eligibility guidelines established by that store platform (on iOS, refunds are requested from Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com). The developer does not directly process payments or issue transactional refunds.
- Platform-Specific Purchase: A Pro Version purchased on Google Play applies to Android devices signed in to the same Google account, and a Pro Version purchased on the Apple App Store applies to Apple devices signed in to the same Apple Account. Purchases do not carry over between the two stores. Purchases can be restored on a new device through that store. Unless Family Sharing is enabled for the Pro Version in the App Store, the Pro Version is available only to the Apple Account that purchased it.
4. Permitted Use and Restrictions
You are granted a limited, non-exclusive license to use Cardinator on personal mobile devices under your control. This license is revocable only in the event of your material breach of these Terms and does not affect the perpetual Pro Version license described in Section 3. You explicitly agree not to:
- Decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the Application.
- Modify, adapt, alter, or create derivative works based upon the software architecture or asset packs.
- Use the Application for fraudulent storage or presentation of forged identification or counterfeit items. You assume full legal liability for the validity of the documentation you digitize within Cardinator.
5. Peer-to-Peer Sharing Mechanics
The Application includes features allowing user-directed sharing of cards via localized interfaces: QR codes (Android and iOS), NFC (Android only), and a direct nearby-device transfer — Quick Share on Android (Google Nearby Connections), and on iOS both Nearby Share (Apple Multipeer Connectivity) and AirDrop through the system share sheet. The nearby-device transfer only works between two devices running the same operating system; cards can be moved between Android and iOS via QR code only, and cards with photos or attached files cannot be transferred by QR code. On iOS, the share sheet also offers destinations other than AirDrop (such as Mail, Messages, Files, or other apps); if you choose one, the exported file is handed to that app or service under its own terms. AirDrop, Quick Share, Nearby Share's underlying Multipeer Connectivity framework, and any such destination are provided by third parties (Apple, Google, or the respective app's developer), not by ArsAxis. You accept full responsibility for any information or card data you deliberately share or broadcast to other parties or companion hardware terminals. ArsAxis exerts no oversight or control over peer-to-peer transmissions.
6. Disclaimer of Warranties
The Application is provided to you on an "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE" basis, without warranty of any kind. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, ArsAxis disclaims all warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. There is no guarantee that the Application will integrate error-free with every third-party optical barcode terminal or scanning device.
7. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event shall ArsAxis be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to loss of data, loss of equipment functionality, or legal consequences arising out of your presentation or use of cards digitized via the software.
8. Governing Law
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the developer's operating jurisdiction, without regard to conflict of law principles. Any legal disputes arising directly from these terms shall be settled within competent local courts.
9. Additional Terms for Apple Devices
If you downloaded the Application from the Apple App Store, the following terms also apply, and prevail over anything in these Terms that conflicts with them:
- Parties: These Terms are concluded between you and ArsAxis only, and not with Apple Inc. ("Apple"). ArsAxis, not Apple, is solely responsible for the Application and its content.
- Scope of License: Your license to use the Application is a non-transferable license limited to use 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 Application may also be accessed by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing.
- Maintenance and Support: ArsAxis is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the Application, as described in these Terms or as required by applicable law. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support services with respect to the Application.
- Warranty: ArsAxis is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. If the Application fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the Application to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the Application, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty are the sole responsibility of ArsAxis.
- Product Claims: ArsAxis, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the Application or your possession and/or use of it, including (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the Application fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.
- Intellectual Property: In the event of any third-party claim that the Application or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, ArsAxis, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such claim.
- Legal Compliance: You represent and warrant that (i) 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 (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- Developer Contact: Questions, complaints, or claims regarding the Application should be directed to ArsAxis using the contact details in Section 10.
- Third-Party Terms: You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the Application.
- 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.
10. Contact Information
For support, feature inquiries, or clarification regarding these Terms and Conditions, please contact: