VidTools
Terms of Use (EULA)
These Terms of Use are a legal agreement between you and Didactic Initiatives LLC ("we," "us") for VidTools ("the App"). They incorporate, and where more specific supersede, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (standard EULA). By downloading or using the App, you agree to both.
1. Acknowledgement
This EULA is concluded between you and us only, and not with Apple, and we, not Apple, are solely responsible for the App and its content. This EULA does not provide for usage rules that conflict with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions in effect as of the date you accept this EULA, which you acknowledge you have had the opportunity to review.
2. License
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a non-transferable license to use the App on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules set forth in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions — except that the App may also be accessed and used by other accounts associated with you via Family Sharing or volume purchasing.
3. What the App does
The App edits video files on your device using Apple's own frameworks. Its tools compress, split, convert, trim, remove audio, fix rotation, scrub metadata, inspect, flatten Photos edits, tone map HDR to SDR, reframe, and convert spatial video to 2D. Your video content is processed on your device and is not uploaded to us; we run no server that receives it. See our Privacy Policy for what data the App does collect, and where it goes.
Several tools re-encode your video, which necessarily changes the file and can reduce quality. Tools that write a new file do not modify your source file. Where a tool offers to delete a source file after writing its result — including "Make crops permanent" — that deletion is irreversible, and once the item leaves your device's Recently Deleted album we have no way to recover it.
4. Your responsibility
You are solely responsible for:
- Maintaining your own backups of any video or photo before you process it, especially before you allow the App to delete a source file.
- Having the rights necessary to modify the files you process with the App.
- Verifying that editing a file — including removing its metadata, or removing an "AI" or edit provenance record it may carry — meets any legal, contractual, platform, or disclosure obligation that applies to you. The App is a tool; it does not provide legal advice, and using it does not itself make any use of a file lawful or compliant with a third party's rules.
5. VidTools Pro (one-time purchase)
- VidTools Pro is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase (currently $4.99, subject to change). It is not a subscription, and it does not renew or recur.
- Pro removes the advertising described in section 6. It unlocks no feature, because no feature is locked: every tool in the App works fully whether or not you buy Pro.
- Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase. Apple processes the payment; we never receive your payment details.
- Because the purchase is non-consumable, you can restore it on your other devices, and after reinstalling, from Settings → VidTools Pro → Restore purchase in the App, at no further charge.
- Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple, not by us, under Apple's own refund policies and applicable law.
6. Ads
Unless you have purchased Pro, the App shows banner, interstitial, and rewarded ads served by Google AdMob. On first launch the App presents Google's User Messaging Platform consent form and Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you decline tracking, you will still see ads; declining removes only their personalization. You can change that choice at any time in the App's settings, or in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking on your device. We do not select, review, or endorse individual ads, and we are not responsible for the content of third-party ads served through AdMob.
7. Third-party terms of agreement
When using the App, you must comply with the terms of any applicable third-party agreements you're subject to (for example, your wireless data or carrier service agreement), so that your use of the App does not put you in breach of them.
8. Disclaimer of warranties
We are solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed below. THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR THAT THE APP WILL BE ERROR-FREE OR UNINTERRUPTED, OR THAT ANY GIVEN FILE, CODEC, OR FORMAT WILL BE PROCESSED SUCCESSFULLY, AT A PARTICULAR QUALITY, OR AT A PARTICULAR OUTPUT FILE SIZE. A target file size is a goal the App encodes toward, not a guarantee. We do not warrant that metadata removal will be complete for every file or format, that a converted or re-encoded file will play in any particular third-party application, or that any output will satisfy a third party's upload requirements.
9. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW: (A) WE ARE NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, VIDEOS, PHOTOS, PROFITS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APP, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES; AND (B) OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO THE APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (I) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM AROSE, OR (II) FIVE U.S. DOLLARS ($5). These limitations apply regardless of the legal theory of liability (contract, tort, negligence, strict liability, or otherwise) and even if a remedy fails its essential purpose. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you, in which case our liability is limited to the smallest extent permitted by law, and nothing here limits your rights beyond what applicable law permits.
10. Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claims, losses, or expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising from your misuse of the App or violation of these Terms.
11. Maintenance and support
We are solely responsible for providing maintenance and support for the App, to the limited extent required by applicable law. You acknowledge that Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance or support for the App.
12. Product claims
You acknowledge that we, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any of your claims, or those of any third party, relating to the App or your possession and/or use of it, including but not limited to: (i) product liability claims; (ii) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (iii) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price for the App (if any) to you; to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty are our sole responsibility.
13. Intellectual property rights
In the event of any third-party claim that the App, or your possession and use of it, infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of any such intellectual property infringement claim.
14. Third-party beneficiary
You and we acknowledge and agree that Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and that, upon your acceptance of these Terms, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary of them.
15. Legal compliance
You represent and warrant that (i) you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. government embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
16. Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the App changes. Continued use of the App after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
17. Developer information & contact
Didactic Initiatives LLC
1600 Potrero Grande Dr, Ste 7
Rosemead, CA 91770
United States
Questions, complaints, or claims regarding the App or these Terms should be directed to hello@dinitiate.com or our support form.