Terms of Use and EULA

1. Who can use Epicrest

Epicrest is operated by Epicalin, LLC. You must be at least 13 years old to create an account. If you are a minor in your jurisdiction, you must have parental or guardian permission.

2. Your account

You are responsible for keeping credentials secure and for activity under your account. Use the support form if you suspect unauthorized access. You may delete your account in the app from Profile → Security → Delete Account.

3. App license and EULA

Epicrest is licensed, not sold, to you. Epicalin, LLC reserves all rights in Epicrest that are not expressly granted in these Terms.

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to download, install, and use Epicrest on Apple-branded products that you own or control, solely for your personal, non-commercial use and as permitted by Apple's App Store Usage Rules. This license also applies to updates, content, materials, subscriptions, and services made available through Epicrest unless separate terms are provided.

You may not distribute Epicrest or make it available over a network where it could be used by multiple devices at the same time except as permitted by Apple's Usage Rules. You may not transfer, rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, commercialize, copy, modify, translate, create derivative works from, reverse engineer, disassemble, decompile, attempt to derive source code, remove proprietary notices, scrape or overload Epicrest services, or use Epicrest in a way that violates law or third-party rights. If you transfer an Apple-branded device that contains Epicrest, you should remove Epicrest from that device first.

Epicrest may provide access to Epicalin and third-party services, websites, maps, location services, weather services, public data sources, and other external services. You use those external services at your sole risk. We are not responsible for examining or evaluating third-party services and do not guarantee their accuracy, availability, language support, or suitability for any location.

4. Your content

You retain ownership of journal entries, notes, photos, tags, and bucket-list content you create. You grant Epicrest the technical permissions needed to store, display, process, and sync that content back to you and across your own devices, including through your private iCloud container where enabled. We do not use journal content for advertising and will never sell it.

Journal photos are not backend data. They live on your device and, if you enable iCloud Sync, in your private iCloud account. If you use third-party integrations, those interactions are governed by the third party's terms.

5. Auto-renewable subscriptions

Epicrest offers an optional paid auto-renewable subscription tier named Epicrest Pro. Subscription purchase and billing are handled by Apple's App Store.

Epicrest Free remains useful without payment: unlimited summit logs, core peak information, AR labels, iCloud Sync, 10-mile offline packs, and no ads. Epicrest Pro is optional and funds expanded mountain data, maps, weather, route detail, backend services, and continued development without advertising.

Epicrest Pro does not sell access to Apple platform capabilities such as iCloud storage, camera access, location permissions, notifications, or device sensors. Those capabilities remain governed by iOS permissions and by the feature you choose to use.

• Epicrest Pro - Monthly: one-month auto-renewable subscription, currently USD $4.99 per month in the United States storefront.
• Epicrest Pro - Annual: one-year auto-renewable subscription, currently USD $49.99 per year in the United States storefront.
• Where offered, a free introductory trial lasts 7 days and converts to the selected paid subscription unless cancelled before the trial ends.
• Prices may vary by country, currency, tax, and App Store pricing changes. The App Store purchase sheet shows the final local price before confirmation.
• Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase.
• Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Your Apple ID may be charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage or cancel your subscription in iOS Settings → your Apple ID → Subscriptions.
• Deleting your Epicrest account does not cancel an App Store subscription. You must cancel through Apple if you no longer want the subscription to renew.
• Refunds, billing issues, family sharing availability, and payment methods are handled by Apple under Apple's policies.

Billing, renewal, cancellation, refunds, and payment methods are handled by Apple. To the extent these Terms conflict with Apple's App Store, Apple Media Services, or subscription terms for an App Store purchase, Apple's terms control that purchase and billing relationship.

Epicrest Pro includes expanded offline mountain data, topographic maps, route and weather context, journal photo attachments, richer statistics, export features, and support for an ad-free Epicrest. Available features may evolve over time.

6. Privacy and account deletion

Our Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and how device-local and iCloud-synced data work. By using Epicrest, you agree that we may collect and use technical, diagnostic, device, app, and usage information to provide software updates, product support, security, subscriptions, account features, and app improvements. We use personally identifiable information as described in the Privacy Policy and may use non-identifying or aggregated information to improve Epicrest.

You can delete your account from Profile → Security → Delete Account. Account deletion permanently removes your server-side account, active sessions, summit metadata, and offline-pack history. Device-local data is removed by deleting the app. iCloud-synced journal data remains in your iCloud until you remove it through iCloud settings.

7. Apple App Store terms

These additional terms apply if you downloaded Epicrest from Apple's App Store. Epicalin, LLC, not Apple, is responsible for Epicrest and its content. Epicalin, LLC is responsible for maintenance and support for Epicrest only as required by applicable law and these Terms. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for Epicrest.

If Epicrest fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price, if any, in accordance with Apple's policies and applicable law. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for Epicrest.

Epicalin, LLC, not Apple, is responsible for addressing claims by you or any third party relating to Epicrest, including product claims, legal or regulatory claims, consumer protection claims, and claims that Epicrest infringes a third party's intellectual property rights.

You represent that you are not located in a country or region subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You may not use, export, or re-export Epicrest except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction where Epicrest was obtained, and you may not use Epicrest for purposes prohibited by United States law.

Epicrest and its documentation are commercial items under U.S. federal acquisition rules and are licensed to U.S. Government end users only with the same rights granted to all other end users under these Terms. You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using Epicrest, including Apple's terms and any terms that apply to maps, weather, network, device, or iCloud services.

Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms for App Store-distributed copies of Epicrest and may enforce the App Store-related terms against you. Apple's standard licensed application EULA is available at apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

9. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Epicrest to enter private property without permission, attempt to reach closed areas, harass or harm others, post unlawful or harmful content in any future community feature, interfere with other users or systems, or use the service for commercial scraping, surveillance, or resale. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

10. Intellectual property

Epicrest, its logos, software, design, documentation, and original content are owned by Epicalin, LLC and protected by intellectual property laws. Public-domain and open data retain their original licenses.

11. Disclaimer of warranties and limitation of liability

Epicrest is provided “as is” and “as available”, with all faults and without warranties of any kind, express, implied, or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, quiet enjoyment, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app, data, external services, or subscriptions will be error-free, continuously available, secure, or accurate. No oral or written information from us creates a warranty.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Epicrest and its providers shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, profits, business interruption, personal injury, property damage, outdoor incidents, travel costs, or inability to use Epicrest arising out of use of the app, even if we have been advised that such damages are possible. Our total aggregate liability for any claim relating to Epicrest is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim or USD 50.

12. Indemnity and termination

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless Epicrest, Epicalin, LLC, its officers, employees, contractors, providers, and agents from claims, losses, damages, liabilities, and expenses arising out of your breach of these Terms, misuse of Epicrest, violation of law, violation of third-party rights, or outdoor activity decisions. You may stop using Epicrest at any time. We may suspend or terminate access if you materially violate these Terms, create risk for others, or if we discontinue the service. On termination, the sections that by their nature should survive will survive.

13. Changes, governing law, and disputes

We may modify these Terms. If changes are material, we will notify you in-app, on this page, or by email where available. Continuing to use Epicrest after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

Claims between you and Epicalin, LLC arising from these Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Illinois, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Disputes will be resolved in state or federal courts located in Illinois unless applicable law or Apple's required terms require a different law or forum.

14. Contact

Questions? Use the support form or contact the Application Provider: Epicalin, LLC, 1810 N Burning Bush Ln, Mount Prospect, IL 60056, support@epicrest.app.