Terms of Service
1. Agreement
These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and ST Distillery, doing business as Muddler (“Muddler”, “we”, “us”). By downloading, installing, or using the Muddler mobile application and its related services (together, the “App”), you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
2. Who may use Muddler
Muddler is about cocktails. You must be at least 18 years old and of legal drinking age where you live (whichever is higher) to use the App. By using it you represent that you are, and that you can lawfully enter this agreement.
3. Your license
We grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App on Apple-branded devices you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Usage Rules. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or lease any part of the App; reverse-engineer it except where the law permits; circumvent usage limits, quotas, or security controls; or use the App unlawfully, including scraping or bulk-extracting its content or recipe database.
4. Your account
Scanning requires an account. Keep your credentials secure — you are responsible for activity under your account. You can delete your account at any time in the App (Account tab); deletion permanently removes your data as described in the Privacy Policy.
5. Muddler Pro — subscriptions
- Muddler Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription (monthly or annual) purchased through your Apple App Store account. The price and term are shown before you buy.
- Payment is charged to your App Store account at purchase confirmation. The subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; renewal is charged within 24 hours before the period ends.
- Manage or cancel anytime in your device’s Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription. Refunds are handled by Apple under Apple’s policies.
- The free tier includes daily usage limits (for example, a limited number of Deep AI scans per day). We may adjust free-tier limits, features, and Pro benefits over time; material reductions to a paid, active subscription will not take effect until your current period ends.
6. AI results — important disclaimers
- Scan results are generated by artificial intelligence and may be wrong. Drink names, ingredients, measurements, and flavor profiles are best-effort estimates, not facts.
- Do not rely on Muddler for allergy, dietary, health, or safety decisions. The App may misread, omit, or invent ingredients. Always confirm with the venue or the bottle.
- Muddler provides information about alcoholic drinks; it does not sell alcohol and does not encourage consumption. Drink responsibly and lawfully. Nothing in the App is medical or professional advice.
7. Your content
You keep ownership of the content you submit (photos, custom cocktails, corrections, ingredient submissions). You grant us a worldwide, royalty-free license to host, process, and display that content in order to run and improve the App — for example, using your corrections to fix our ingredient database. Submit only content you have the right to share. We may remove content that breaks these Terms or the law.
8. Our content
The App — its software, design, knowledge base, and curated recipe data — belongs to Muddler or its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property law. Recipe metadata attributed to third-party books or bars remains those parties’ work; attributions shown in the App identify the source.
9. Acceptable use
Don’t abuse the service: no automated scanning at scale, quota or paywall circumvention, probing or disrupting our infrastructure, impersonation, or submitting content that is unlawful or infringes others’ rights. We may throttle, suspend, or terminate accounts that do.
10. Termination
You can stop using the App and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these Terms, abuse the service, or where required by law; where practical we’ll notify you. Sections 6–8 and 11–15 survive termination.
11. Disclaimer of warranties
The App is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, or that AI results will be accurate.
12. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Muddler will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or lost profits or data, arising from your use of the App. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim and (b) US $50. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
13. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold Muddler harmless from claims and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising from your breach of these Terms, your content, or your unlawful use of the App.
14. Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Michigan, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Michigan, and you consent to their jurisdiction. If you are a consumer in a jurisdiction whose law grants you non-waivable protections or a local forum, those rights are unaffected.
15. Apple App Store terms
- These Terms are between you and Muddler only — not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content.
- Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App.
- If the App fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation.
- Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App (including product liability, regulatory compliance, and consumer-protection claims) or any third-party claim that the App infringes intellectual-property rights.
- You represent that you are not located in an embargoed country and are not on any U.S. government restricted-party list.
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
- Questions, complaints, or claims: support@muddler.cc.
16. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the App evolves. We’ll change the date above and, for material changes, notify you in the App; continued use after changes take effect means you accept them.
17. Miscellany
These Terms plus the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and Muddler about the App. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.