Terms & Conditions

Acceptance of these Terms

These Terms and Conditions (the “Terms”) govern your access to and use of the Altar mobile application, together with all related content, features, and services (collectively, the “App”). The App is published by Creative Expressions Collective LLC, a single-member limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA (“Creative Expressions,” “we,” “us,” or “our”).

By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the App, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not download or use the App.

These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Creative Expressions Collective LLC only. They do not create any agreement with Apple or Google, although additional platform terms also apply (see Section 11).

Eligibility & minors

Altar is intended to be a faith-focused experience suitable for a broad audience, and there is no age restriction on using the App.

If you are a minor under the age of majority in your jurisdiction (generally under 18), you may use the App only with the knowledge, supervision, and consent of a parent or legal guardian who agrees to these Terms on your behalf.

Parents and guardians: by allowing a minor in your care to use the App, you agree to these Terms, accept responsibility for that minor’s use of the App, and remain responsible for any purchases made through your device or app-store account.

You represent that you are able to form a binding contract — or that a parent or guardian who can do so has agreed to these Terms for you.

Your license to use Altar

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, and revocable license to download and use one copy of the App on any mobile device that you own or control, solely for your own personal, non-commercial use, and as further permitted by the rules of the app store from which you obtained it.

This license does not transfer any ownership in the App to you. All rights not expressly granted are reserved by us.

Permitted use & restrictions

You agree that you will not, and will not permit anyone else to:

• copy, modify, adapt, translate, sell, rent, lease, or create derivative works from the App, except as expressly allowed by these Terms or applicable law;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, or attempt to derive its source code, except to the limited extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
• circumvent, disable, or interfere with any security, licensing, or content-protection features of the App, including any measures that distinguish free and purchased features;
• remove or alter any copyright, trademark, or other proprietary notices;
• use the App for any unlawful purpose or in any way that violates these Terms or the rights of others.

Your content

Altar is built around content you create: your prayers, notes, journal entries, categories, highlights, pinned passages, prayer history, and any photos you attach (together, “Your Content”).

Your Content belongs to you. We claim no ownership of it and no license to it. We do not receive it, store it on our servers, review it, or use it for any purpose — it is held locally on your device, as described in our Privacy Policy.

Because the App does not transmit Your Content to us and does not allow you to publish or share it with other users through the App, there is no public or shared space within Altar. You are responsible for Your Content and for keeping your device secure.

If you choose to export a backup or share content out of the App using your device’s own sharing features, you do so at your discretion and are responsible for where it goes.

Purchases & payments

Altar is free to download. Access to the App’s features is provided through a free trial, after which continued access requires either an auto-renewing subscription or a one-time purchase of lifetime access. All payments are processed by the applicable app store — the Apple App Store or Google Play — and not directly by us.

Free trial

New users may start a 7-day free trial with full access to the App’s features. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period, the trial will automatically convert into a paid subscription and your app-store account will be charged at the price shown to you when you signed up.

You can cancel at any time during the trial through your app-store account settings and you will not be charged. If you instead purchase lifetime access while a free trial is running, any unused portion of the trial is forfeited at the point of purchase. Free trials are limited to one per user or app-store account and may not be available in all regions.

Subscriptions & automatic renewal

Subscriptions are offered on a monthly and an annual basis. The applicable price and billing period are shown to you before you confirm, and prices may vary by region.

• Payment is charged to your app-store account upon confirmation of purchase, or at the end of any free trial.
• Your subscription renews automatically at the then-current price for the same period, unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store or Google Play account settings at any time. Deleting the App does not cancel your subscription.
• Cancelling stops future renewals; it does not retroactively refund the current period, and you keep access until that period ends.

Lifetime access

As an alternative to subscribing, you may make a single, one-time purchase of lifetime access. This is not a recurring charge, does not auto-renew, and does not expire. “Lifetime” means for as long as we continue to offer and operate the App — it does not create an obligation on us to offer the App indefinitely (see Section 16).

Price changes

We may change our prices from time to time. Any price change to an existing auto-renewing subscription will take effect only at a subsequent renewal, after notice to you as required by the applicable app store and by law, and you may cancel before it takes effect. A price change never affects a lifetime purchase you have already completed.

Refunds & restoring purchases

Because billing is handled by the app stores, all billing questions and refund requests are subject to their policies. Refunds, where available, are granted at the discretion of Apple or Google in accordance with their respective policies, and we generally cannot issue refunds directly. Nothing in these Terms limits any non-waivable rights you may have as a consumer under the law of your country of residence, including any statutory right of withdrawal.

If you reinstall the App or set up a new device, you can restore an active subscription or a completed lifetime purchase at no additional cost using the same app-store account through which it was made.

We may change which features are included in each plan in future versions. We will not revoke lifetime access you have already unlocked through a completed purchase.

Backups & your data

Because Your Content is stored on your device rather than on our servers, you are responsible for backing it up. We strongly encourage you to create backups regularly.

The App provides backup and restore tools, including the option to save a backup file to a location you choose and the option to upload it to your own Apple iCloud or Google Drive account. Cloud storage relies on third-party services provided by Apple and Google under their own terms and privacy policies, and requires you to have and maintain your own account with those providers.

We do not control these third-party services and are not responsible for their availability, performance, or security, or for any loss, corruption, or unavailability of data stored within them.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOSS OF YOUR CONTENT, INCLUDING LOSS RESULTING FROM DEVICE FAILURE, LOSS OR THEFT OF A DEVICE, DELETION OR REINSTALLATION OF THE APP, OPERATING-SYSTEM CHANGES, FAILED OR INCOMPLETE BACKUPS OR RESTORES, OR THE ACTS OR OMISSIONS OF THIRD-PARTY CLOUD PROVIDERS.

Nature of the app

Altar is a personal tool for prayer, reflection, and Scripture reading. It is offered for general inspirational and devotional purposes.

The App does not provide religious, theological, pastoral, medical, mental-health, legal, financial, or other professional advice, and it is not a substitute for the counsel of your pastor, your faith community, or a qualified professional. Nothing in the App should be relied upon as such advice.

If you are experiencing a crisis or a medical or mental-health emergency, please contact your local emergency services or a qualified professional immediately. The App is not designed for, and must not be relied upon in, emergencies.

Prayer reminders are scheduled by your device’s operating system. Delivery depends on your device, its settings, and its power and notification state, and we cannot guarantee that any reminder will be delivered at a particular time or at all. Please do not rely on the App for time-critical alerts.

Scripture texts

The App includes the full text of the King James Version (1769) and the American Standard Version (1901) of the Bible, provided for your personal reading and study within the App.

These translations are included on the basis that they are in the public domain or otherwise freely licensed for this use in the relevant jurisdictions. They are provided “as is,” and while we take care in preparing the text, we do not warrant that it is free from typographical or transcription errors. For study and doctrine, we encourage you to consult a printed or otherwise authoritative edition and trusted teachers in your faith community.

Intellectual property

The App and its components — including its design, user interface, illustrations, artwork, software, and trademarks (including the names “Altar” and “Creative Expressions Collective”) — are owned by or licensed to Creative Expressions Collective LLC and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual-property laws.

Except for the limited license granted to you in Section 3, these Terms do not grant you any right, title, or interest in the App. All rights are reserved. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section does not apply to Your Content, which remains yours (see Section 5).

App stores & third parties

You may obtain the App from the Apple App Store or Google Play, and your use of the App is also subject to the terms and policies of the platform from which you obtained it.

Apple App Store — additional terms

The following applies if you obtained the App from the Apple App Store. You acknowledge and agree that:

• these Terms are between you and Creative Expressions Collective LLC only, and not with Apple; Apple is not responsible for the App or its content;
• Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services for the App;
• if the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any) to you; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App;
• Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to any legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer-protection or similar legislation — all such claims are governed by these Terms and are our responsibility, not Apple’s;
• in the event of any third-party claim that the App or your possession and use of it infringes that party’s intellectual-property rights, Creative Expressions Collective LLC, and not Apple, is solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such claim;
• you represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as “terrorist supporting,” and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, will have the right to enforce them against you.

Google Play

If you obtained the App from Google Play, your use is also subject to the Google Play Terms of Service and related Google policies.

Disclaimers

THE APP AND ALL CONTENT ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APP WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, SECURE, OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DATA WILL NOT BE LOST.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you. In that case, such warranties are limited to the minimum scope and duration permitted by law.

Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, CREATIVE EXPRESSIONS COLLECTIVE LLC AND ITS OWNER WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE APP, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE APP IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD $10.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain damages, so some of the above may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms excludes liability that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless Creative Expressions Collective LLC and its owner from and against any claims, damages, liabilities, losses, and reasonable expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or related to your misuse of the App or your violation of these Terms or of applicable law.

Term & termination

These Terms apply for as long as you use the App. You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it from your devices. Deleting the App also deletes the content stored on that device — please make a backup first if you want to keep it. Note that deleting the App does not cancel an active subscription; cancel it in your App Store or Google Play account settings (see Section 6).

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate your access to the App or any of its features at any time if you violate these Terms or if we are required to do so by law. We may also discontinue the App as described in Section 16.

Provisions that by their nature should survive termination — including those concerning your content, intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law — will survive.

Changes to the app & Terms

We are continually improving Altar and may modify, update, add, or remove features of the App at any time. We may also stop offering the App or any feature, in whole or in part. If we discontinue the App, we will make reasonable efforts to give you an opportunity to export your data first.

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will revise the “Effective date” shown at the top of this page and, where appropriate, provide notice within the App. Changes take effect when posted, and your continued use of the App after that point means you accept the updated Terms.

Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

If you have a concern, please contact us first at the email below — we will try to resolve it informally. To the extent permitted by law, any dispute that cannot be resolved informally will be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Wyoming, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts. Nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of any mandatory consumer-protection laws of the country in which you reside.

Privacy

Your use of the App is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we handle information in connection with the App — and, importantly, why the prayers and journal entries you write never reach us. You can read it here: Privacy Policy.

General provisions

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any app-store terms that apply, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App and supersede any prior agreements on that subject.

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision is not a waiver of our right to do so later.

Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign these Terms in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

Headings. Section headings are for convenience only and do not affect interpretation. These Terms are written in English, which is the controlling language.

Contact us

If you have any questions about these Terms or about Altar, please reach out:

Creative Expressions Collective LLC
Email: contact@creativeexpressionscollective.co