These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern simrip (the "Service") provided by SAKURAKO AYABE, an individual business operator ("we," "us," or "our"). By starting to use the Service while these Terms are available for review, the user agrees to these Terms. Minors must obtain legal-guardian consent.
Article 1. Service Details
The Service is an application that lets users create and manage travel guides, itineraries, packing lists, reservation information, and similar travel information, and save or share them as images or PDFs. It also provides the "Collaboration" feature, which allows selected trip data to be shared, synchronized, and edited with family, friends, and other invitees.
Regular trip data is generally stored on the user's device. When a user starts or uses Collaboration, trip data required for synchronization, cover images, images or PDFs selected for sharing, and other relevant information are sent to and stored on our servers.
Advertisements may be displayed in the Service. We also provide a one-time in-app purchase to remove advertisements and optional consumable support items.
Article 2. Intellectual Property Rights
All intellectual property rights related to the Service, including programs, designs, UI, logos, text, and other materials, belong to us or the lawful rights holders.
Users may not reproduce, reprint, sell, redistribute, or conduct similar acts with the contents of the Service beyond the scope of private use.
Article 3. Use of the App Store
When using the Service, users must comply with the terms of use and guidelines established by Apple.
Article 4. In-App Purchases
The Service provides ad removal as a one-time non-consumable in-app purchase, Collaboration as an in-app purchase for one trip, and support items as consumable in-app purchases used once per purchase. None is an auto-renewing subscription.
In the Japanese App Store, ad removal costs ¥500 including tax, Collaboration costs ¥500 including tax per trip, and each support item costs ¥300, ¥500, ¥1,000, or ¥3,000 including tax. The actual sales price is the price shown on the App Store purchase screen and may vary by region, currency, tax rules, or App Store price changes.
Support-item purchases are optional and do not grant functionality, entitlements, entry into a drawing, or other digital benefits. The Service's core features remain available without a support-item purchase. Each support-item purchase is processed once and cannot be restored from purchase history.
The first Collaboration trip is free for each Apple Account. The free trip is used when Collaboration starts for the selected trip and is not restored or transferable if Collaboration ends early, the trip is deleted, or the App is reinstalled. Each additional trip requires a separate purchase.
Purchases are made through the App Store. Payment, purchase approval, purchase history, refunds, and related matters are handled according to Apple's terms.
The ad-removal entitlement does not expire and can be restored using the same Apple Account on a device that meets the supported OS requirements and with a compatible version available through the App Store. Ad removal, Collaboration, and support items do not support Family Sharing. An unfinished Collaboration transaction can be resumed but cannot be transferred to another trip.
Article 5. Returns and Refunds
Digital functionality or support-item processing begins immediately after purchase. Where permitted by applicable law, cancellation, return, or refund for convenience is unavailable after delivery or processing begins.
No automatic refund is provided solely because the user's device or operating system does not meet previously announced operating requirements. This does not limit non-waivable statutory rights, refunds approved by Apple, or remedies for a continuing failure attributable to us. If delivery remains unavailable, contact us for recovery, alternative delivery, or guidance on Apple's refund process.
Article 6. Collaboration Terms
Collaboration is available for one trip selected through the free entitlement or a purchase until that trip's end date. The user who starts it becomes the owner, and invited participants may join without an additional purchase. A trip may have up to ten participants, including the owner.
Collaboration remains available through the trip's end date. After that date, new joins, synchronization, and editing are unavailable. The owner may end Collaboration before the trip's end date. Starting it again for the same trip after it has ended, or using it for another trip, requires a new purchase. No prorated or unused-period refund is provided if Collaboration is ended early, a participant leaves or is removed, or the trip is deleted, except where a refund is approved under Apple's refund policy.
The owner may issue or disable invite links, change or revoke participant permissions, and end Collaboration. Participants may view, edit, or check packing and list items for themselves according to their assigned role. Each user acknowledges that legitimate edits, deletions, and permission changes by other participants may be reflected on the user's device.
Invite links contain information required to join. Users must share invite links only with intended participants and take reasonable care to prevent unintended forwarding, public disclosure, or leakage.
Collaboration requires an internet connection. Network conditions, device state, maintenance, outages, or simultaneous editing may cause delays, conflicts, unavailability, or data inconsistencies.
Article 7. Prohibited Conduct
Users must not engage in any of the following acts when using the Service.
- Acts that violate laws or public order and morals
- Criminal acts or acts related to criminal acts
- Acts that infringe intellectual property rights or other rights of the Service or third parties
- Acts that interfere with operation of the Service
- Posting or sharing another person's information without authority, or impersonating another person
- Unauthorized access or attempted unauthorized access
- Improperly obtaining, using, disclosing, or transferring invite links, authentication information, or another user's permissions
- Placing an excessive load on the Service or using automated means to access it beyond normal use
- Transmitting malware or other harmful programs or data
- Attempting to analyze, reverse engineer, modify, or bypass security features of the Service
- Improperly bypassing advertising or purchase processing
- Unauthorized commercial use of the Service
- Any other acts that we deem inappropriate
Article 8. Information Entered or Shared by Users
Users are responsible for itineraries, notes, reservation information, and other content they enter into the Service.
Before entering or sharing a third party's personal information, reservation number, contact information, image, or other information with participants, users must obtain any authority or consent required to handle and share it. Users must not enter or share content that infringes third-party rights, is illegal, or violates public order and morals.
Rights in content entered by users remain with the user or lawful rights holder. Users grant us permission to reproduce, store, transform, and transmit such content to the extent necessary to provide, synchronize, display, store, back up, secure, and troubleshoot the Service.
Article 9. Suspension of the Service
We may suspend all or part of the Service to the extent necessary in the following cases. We will give advance notice where possible and notice afterward in an emergency.
- When system maintenance is performed
- When force majeure occurs, such as disasters, power outages, or communication failures
- When we otherwise determine that providing the Service is difficult
If a paid feature or the Service ends, except in an emergency we will give reasonable advance notice and explain available data export, effects on purchased features, restoration or alternative delivery, and the refund contact.
Article 10. Usage Restrictions
If a user violates these Terms, we may restrict use of the Service without prior notice.
Article 11. Data
Regular trip data is primarily managed on the user's device. Data covered by Collaboration is also managed on our servers for synchronization and sharing. Details are set out in the Privacy Policy.
We do not guarantee recovery from data loss caused by device changes, device failure, user actions, network failure, or another cause not attributable to us. Liability, including where loss results from our intent or negligence, is governed by the following Article.
Users are responsible for making backups as needed, such as by saving data as PDFs or images.
When Collaboration ends, the last content saved on the device may remain available in read-only form. The same may apply when the owner deletes the shared trip. If a participant leaves, is removed by the owner, or deletes the shared trip from the device, trip data and locally stored attachments may be deleted from that device.
Article 12. Disclaimer of Warranties and Limitation of Liability
We do not warrant that the Service will always operate without interruption or error or be fit for a particular purpose. This does not exclude any warranty or liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.
If a breach of contract or tort attributable to our intent or negligence causes damage to a user, we are liable in accordance with applicable law. Where the damage results from our ordinary negligence, liability is limited to actual, ordinary, and direct damages.
The preceding limitation does not apply to our willful misconduct or gross negligence, death or personal injury, or any other liability that cannot be limited by law.
Article 13. Changes to Service Content
We may change the Service where reasonably necessary after advance notice or an in-app announcement. Termination follows Article 9.
We may change the supported operating systems where reasonably necessary for security, OS or SDK availability, or maintenance. If the change materially affects a purchased feature, we will provide reasonable advance notice unless urgent security or legal action is required. On devices below the supported OS version, installation of the latest version, reinstallation, or restoration of purchased features may be unavailable. Where the App Store offers a last-compatible version, it may be used subject to App Store specifications.
Article 14. Changes to these Terms
We may change these Terms where the change benefits users generally, or where it is reasonable in light of the purpose of the contract, the necessity of the change, the appropriateness of the revised terms, and other relevant circumstances.
We will announce the changes and effective date in the Service or on the official website with a reasonable advance period. Where applicable law requires individual consent, we will respond in accordance with that law.
Article 15. Handling of Personal Information
Information obtained through the Service is handled appropriately in accordance with the separately established Privacy Policy.
Article 16. Notices
Notices from us to users will be made by display within the Service or by another appropriate method.
Article 17. Assignment of Rights and Obligations
Users may not assign their status under these Terms or their rights and obligations under these Terms to any third party without our prior consent.
Article 18. Severability
If any provision of these Terms is found invalid or unenforceable under applicable law, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
Article 19. Governing Law and Jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the laws of Japan.
Disputes may be brought before a court having jurisdiction under the Code of Civil Procedure or other applicable law. This does not exclude mandatory consumer protection or statutory jurisdiction in the user's place of residence.
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