Terms of Use

1. Agreement

Sidle is provided by KindAbilities and KeenShift (“we”, “us”, “our”). By downloading or using Sidle you agree to these terms, our Privacy Policy, and Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement. Mandatory law and Apple’s terms apply to the extent required. Sidle is licensed, not sold.

2. Provider AI is for adults 18+ only

Sidle’s free local loop and local Pro tools do not use provider AI. You must be at least 18 years old and give the current in-app China and sensitive-data consent before choosing optional provider AI. A parent or guardian must not enable provider AI for a minor.

3. Subscriptions, trials, and lifetime

• Apple displays the exact local price, billing period, renewal terms, taxes, and any introductory offer for which your Apple Account is eligible before confirmation.
• Payment is charged to your Apple Account. We do not receive your full card or bank details.
• Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled through Apple at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Apple controls billing, refunds, and the date access ends.
• A lifetime purchase is a one-time licence to the available Sidle Pro product. Local Pro includes the local Return Bridge, in-app hello, optional on-device voice, and optional background notification.
• Provider AI is optional, separately consented, subject to the limits below, and does not guarantee a particular third-party model or feature forever. Local Pro continues when provider AI is off, unavailable, or at its service limit.
• Buying or restoring can reconcile an already-connected identity but cannot create a new provider profile. Only a separate, explicit Connect or Reconnect can do that, after the current 18+ and China-processing disclosure.

4. Fair-use AI

Provider-backed AI is enabled for eligible connected users who accept the current disclosure. It remains optional and can fall back to silence for consent, safety, provider, network, allowance, or service-ceiling reasons. Its metered service limit resets each UTC month and differs by plan; these are service-cost limits, not money in an account, credits, a session count, or a promise of unlimited model calls. A fleet-wide safety ceiling or a provider outage may also stop provider AI. Fair-use controls do not change an active Apple entitlement: the free local loop and local Pro continue regardless.

5. Your content

You keep ownership of the content you enter. Your Return Bridge (“For next time”) is saved only on your phone and is not sent to our service or to DeepSeek. If you are 18 or older and explicitly enable provider AI with the current consent choice, you give us limited permission to process the task, first move, session context, preferred name, and latest note needed to provide, secure, and maintain that feature. Requests with missing, older, or withdrawn consent stay silent.

Do not enter content you do not have the right to use, and do not enter sensitive health, identity, financial, legal, workplace-confidential, or safety-critical information.

6. Device-scoped identity and deletion

Sidle has no login and no cross-device provider sync. If you explicitly enable provider AI, Sidle creates a device-scoped provider profile using Apple App Attest, a short-lived signed access token, and an opaque rotating refresh identity held in the iOS Keychain. Raw provider-session rows are scheduled for deletion after 90 days. DeepSeek-side copies or caches are outside Sidle’s database schedule and deletion endpoint. Deletion does not remove local Moments or the local Return Bridge from your phone and does not cancel an Apple purchase. Full retention and deletion boundaries are in the Privacy Policy.

7. AI provider and international processing

After explicit connection and current consent, provider requests are sent through Sidle’s AWS-hosted service to DeepSeek, which is operated in the People’s Republic of China. DeepSeek’s public documents do not give Sidle an API-specific no-training or fixed-retention promise, so Sidle does not promise either. Provider services, policies, models, prices, and availability can change.

8. AI and safety

AI output may be incomplete, inaccurate, invented, or unsuitable. Sidle is a focus and body-doubling tool — not medical care, therapy, diagnosis, legal advice, financial advice, or emergency support. Do not rely on Sidle where an error could cause harm. Static crisis resources are a safety redirect, not a crisis service.

9. Acceptable use

Do not use Sidle unlawfully; attempt to bypass StoreKit verification, fair-use controls, or safety filters; probe or disrupt the service; extract secrets; impersonate another person; or submit content intended to harm people or systems. We may limit server-backed features when reasonably necessary for security, legal compliance, or service availability.

10. Availability, warranties, and liability

Sidle is provided on an “as available” basis. Networks, Apple services, and AI providers can fail or change, and we do not promise uninterrupted AI output, a particular generated response, or perpetual availability of a provider. To the maximum extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss arising from Sidle. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits rights that cannot lawfully be excluded, including rights under the Australian Consumer Law.

11. Apple, changes and contact

These terms are between you and us, not Apple; Apple is a third-party beneficiary entitled to enforce them as applicable. We may update Sidle or these terms to improve the service, address security or legal requirements, or reflect provider changes, and material changes will be dated here. Questions? Email robin@kindabilities.com. See also the Privacy Policy and Support.

Last updated 2026-07-29.