Terms of service
These terms cover the MythScribe desktop app and this website, and they describe in advance how the MythScribe Cloud balance and the Supporter license will work once they are available. MythScribe is made and operated by Matthew Webecke, operating as MythScribe (“we”, “us”). Contact: hello@mythscribe.app.
1. Acceptance
By downloading or using MythScribe, or by using this website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use the software. If you are using MythScribe on behalf of someone else, you confirm you have the authority to accept these terms for them.
2. The software
The MythScribe desktop app is free to download and use for writing, with AI features off or with your own API key. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use it on devices you control. The software is proprietary: its source code is published on GitHub so you can see what it does, but it is not licensed for redistribution, resale, or use in other products without our written permission.
The app is under active development. Features may change or be removed between versions, and versions before the first stable release may have bugs that lose data. Keep backups of your project folders; they are ordinary folders and can be copied.
3. Your writing
Everything you write in MythScribe is yours. We claim no rights to your manuscripts, notes, or tags, and the desktop app stores them only on your own computer. We do not use your writing to train models, and we will not do so in the future without your explicit, separate consent.
4. AI features and your own API key
AI features are off by default and are controlled by the Use AI setting in Settings and the assistant's mode (Auto, Ask, or Plan); the AI settings page describes each setting and what each feature sends. If you use your own API key, you are responsible for your account with the provider, for complying with its terms of use, and for the charges it bills you. Requests go directly from the app to the provider; we are not a party to them.
AI output is generated by a third-party model and is presented as a proposal for you to accept, edit, or reject. We do not guarantee its accuracy, originality, or fitness for any purpose, and we are not responsible for what you choose to accept into your manuscript. The app's cost figures are estimates based on published prices; the provider's invoice is authoritative.
5. MythScribe Cloud (when available)
MythScribe Cloud will provide AI features without your own API key, through a proxy we operate, paid from a prepaid balance in US dollars. There is no subscription. It is not available yet. When it launches:
- You add to your balance by buying a pack ($10, $25, or $50). Packs are sold and billed by Lemon Squeezy as merchant of record, under their terms of sale. Your balance never expires and is never topped up automatically. New accounts start with no balance; the app's free trial does not include MythScribe Cloud AI.
- To try it, each account may buy one $5 starter pack, once ever (also after a refund). It needs a verified email address but not the app license.
- Each AI request is charged to your balance at what the AI model's provider charges us plus 25%. The app shows the price of each model, an estimate before larger jobs, and what each request actually cost.
- Unused balance can be refunded within 30 days of buying the pack (the starter pack included), from the app's Account tab; a refund returns at most your unused balance and at most what that purchase paid. Money already spent on requests is not refunded, except as required by law. Refunds go through Lemon Squeezy.
- If a payment is refunded or reversed after the balance was spent (for example after a card dispute), your balance can fall below zero, and MythScribe Cloud AI stays unavailable until it is topped up.
- A balance may not be resold or transferred to another account.
- We may suspend an account that violates the acceptable-use section below or the AI provider's usage policies.
6. Supporter license (when available)
The Supporter license will be a one-time purchase that unlocks cosmetic extras such as themes and focus-mode backgrounds and marks you as a supporter of the project. It does not change how the app handles your data and is not required for any writing or AI feature. Because it is delivered immediately and unlocks digital content, it is non-refundable except where the law requires a refund.
7. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- use MythScribe Cloud, once available, to generate content that is illegal, or that violates the AI provider's usage policies (fiction with mature themes is expected; the line is what the provider's policy draws);
- attempt to access other users' accounts or data, probe or overload our services, or circumvent usage limits;
- reverse-engineer the software beyond what applicable law allows.
8. No warranty
MythScribe is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the software will be error-free or that it will never lose data.
9. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for loss of data, profits, or goodwill, arising out of your use of MythScribe. Our total liability for any claim relating to a paid service is limited to the amount you paid us for that service in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
10. Governing law
MythScribe is currently operated by an individual rather than a company. Until a business entity is formed, these terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the operator is resident, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and disputes will be brought in its courts. This section will name the entity and its jurisdiction when the business is registered, before any paid product is sold.
11. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the current version. Material changes to a paid service will be announced by email to subscribers before they take effect. Continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.
12. Contact
Questions about these terms: hello@mythscribe.app.