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End User License Agreement

This agreement covers Tomte for Mac and Tomte for iPhone (together, the “Apps”). Last updated July 29, 2026.

Plain-English summary, which does not replace the terms below: you're buying a license to use Tomte on your own devices. Your content stays yours and stays on your hardware. Don't redistribute the software, and don't rely on an AI's answers for medical, legal, or financial decisions without checking them.

1. Who this agreement is between

This End User License Agreement (“EULA”) is a legal agreement between you and Timothy J. Williams, the publisher of Tomte (“Licensor,” “we,” “us”), for the Tomte desktop application distributed from this website and the Tomte mobile application distributed through the Apple App Store. By downloading, installing, or using either App, you agree to this EULA. If you do not agree, do not install or use the Apps.

2. License grant

Subject to this EULA and, where applicable, payment of the purchase price, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the Apps, in object code form only, on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, for your personal or internal business use. For the mobile App, this grant is further limited by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

3. What you own

  • Your content. Your documents, messages, photos, notes, questions, and anything else the Apps read or index remain yours. The Apps process your content on your own devices; we never receive it and claim no rights in it.
  • Your outputs. As between you and us, you own the responses, notes, and other output the Apps generate for you, to the extent we hold any rights in them.
  • Your data files. Indexes, memory, and notes are stored on your devices. You may back them up, move them, and delete them freely. You are responsible for your own backups.

4. What we own

The Apps — including their software, design, artwork, the Tomte name and pixel-art mascot — are licensed, not sold, and remain the property of Licensor and its licensors. All rights not expressly granted are reserved. This EULA gives you no right to use the Tomte name or artwork except as part of running the Apps.

5. Third-party components and models

The Apps include open-source components and download machine-learning model weights published by third parties. Those components and weights are licensed under their own terms (for example, model-specific licenses such as the Gemma Terms of Use), which apply to your use of them and, where they conflict with this EULA, control for those components. A list of third-party components and their licenses is available in the Apps.

6. AI output — check before you rely on it

Tomte generates answers with a machine-learning model. Output may be inaccurate, incomplete, or outdated, even when it cites your own documents. Output is provided for information only and is not professional advice of any kind — medical, legal, financial, tax, or otherwise. You are responsible for verifying output before relying on it or acting on it.

7. What you agree not to do

Except to the extent a law says we can't restrict it, you agree not to:

  • copy (beyond normal installation and backup), distribute, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, or make the Apps available to third parties;
  • reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the Apps;
  • remove or alter any proprietary notices, or circumvent license enforcement or platform protections;
  • use the Apps to violate any law or the rights of others, including reading or indexing data you are not authorized to access.

8. Privacy

The Apps are designed so that your content never leaves your devices; see our Privacy statement. The Apps connect to the network only to download model weights, to perform web searches you request, and to carry the end-to-end encrypted connection between your own paired devices.

9. Updates

We may provide updates that fix bugs, change features, or update bundled components. Updates may be required for continued use. This EULA governs updates unless an update comes with its own terms.

10. Fees

Tomte is sold for a one-time price with no subscription. Purchases of the mobile App through the App Store are also subject to Apple's terms, and refunds for those purchases are handled by Apple.

11. Termination

This EULA is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you materially breach it. On termination you must stop using and delete the Apps; your own content and data files are yours to keep. Sections 3–8 and 12–16 survive termination.

12. No warranty

THE APPS ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LICENSOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APPS WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE OR RELIABLE. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE EXCLUSIONS, SO SOME MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LICENSOR WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES — INCLUDING LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR BUSINESS — ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE APPS OR THIS EULA, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY. LICENSOR'S TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID FOR THE APPS IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR FIFTY U.S. DOLLARS (US $50), WHICHEVER IS GREATER. SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THESE LIMITS, SO SOME MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

14. Terms required for the App Store edition

For the mobile App obtained through the Apple App Store:

  • This EULA is between you and Licensor only — not Apple Inc. (“Apple”). Apple is not responsible for the App or its content.
  • Apple has no obligation to furnish 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, and any other claims are Licensor's responsibility.
  • Apple is not responsible for addressing claims by you or a third party relating to the App, including product liability, regulatory compliance, and consumer protection claims.
  • If a third party claims the App infringes its intellectual property rights, Licensor — not Apple — is responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of the claim.
  • You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
  • You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.
  • Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this EULA and may enforce it against you.

15. Export and government use

You may not use or export the Apps except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction where you obtained them. The Apps are “commercial computer software” for U.S. Government end users, licensed with only those rights granted to all other users under this EULA.

16. General

This EULA is governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflict-of-law rules; the courts located in California have exclusive jurisdiction, and each party consents to venue there. If a provision is held unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign this EULA without our consent; we may assign it in connection with a sale of the product. This EULA is the entire agreement about the Apps and supersedes prior discussions. We may revise this EULA for future versions of the Apps; the version that shipped with (or was posted when you obtained) your copy governs that copy.

17. Contact

Questions about this EULA? Use the contact form.