Terms of Use

Last updated: 18 July 2026 · End User Licence Agreement · Soundmark 此声 · OZLab

1. The App

Soundmark is a field-recording notebook for iPhone. It records audio through your device's microphone, lets you trim, title and annotate each recording, optionally attach photos or videos you select, and analyses the audio on the device. It is offline software: it makes no network requests, has no accounts, and stores everything in its own sandboxed storage on your device.

The App is currently offered free of charge and contains no advertising, no in-app purchases and no subscriptions.

2. Scope of licence

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on any Apple-branded product that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions, including sharing with your family group where Family Sharing applies. The licence is for the App itself; we retain all rights in the App, its design, and its name.

You may not sell, rent, sublicense, or redistribute the App; reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble it except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits it; or remove any proprietary notices.

3. Acceptable use

You are responsible for how you use the App, and for recording lawfully. Laws on recording people, private conversations, performances and protected premises differ by country and by state, and in many places recording a conversation requires the consent of some or all parties. Only record where you are permitted to, obtain consent where it is required, and respect other people's privacy and copyright. Do not use the App for surveillance, harassment, or any unlawful purpose.

Please also stay aware of your surroundings while recording, and do not record while driving or anywhere that requires your attention.

4. Your content is yours

You own everything you create with Soundmark: your recordings, the photos and videos you attach, your titles, places and notes. We claim no rights in it and grant ourselves no licence to it — which is straightforward, because we never receive it. Your content is stored only on your device and is never transmitted to us or to any third party. You are responsible for keeping your own backups; deleting a recording, or deleting the App, erases the underlying files permanently.

5. Maintenance and support

OZLab is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support for the App. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish maintenance or support services. You can reach us at support@ozlab.xyz or through the support page.

6. Disclaimer of warranty

The App is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted or error-free, that recording will succeed in every condition, or that the computed audio measurements are accurate enough for scientific, forensic, legal or professional use — they are provided for exploration and interest.

To the extent permitted by law, OZLab is responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied, that are not effectively disclaimed. In the event of any failure of the App to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) of the App to you. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the App.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

7. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, OZLab shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data — including recordings that fail to save, are trimmed, or are deleted — arising out of or related to your use of or inability to use the App. Our total aggregate liability for any claim relating to the App shall not exceed the amount you paid for it, or ten US dollars, whichever is greater.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.

8. Product claims

OZLab, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App or your possession and use of it, including: (a) product liability claims; (b) any claim that the App fails to conform to any applicable legal or regulatory requirement; and (c) claims arising under consumer protection, privacy, or similar legislation.

9. Intellectual property

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, OZLab — not Apple — will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of that claim.

10. Legal compliance

You represent and warrant that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo, or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You agree to comply with all applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.

11. Third-party beneficiary

You acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple's subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms of Use, 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.

12. Termination

This licence is effective until terminated. It terminates automatically if you breach these terms, and you may terminate it at any time by deleting the App. On termination you must stop using the App; your own files remain yours and are removed from your device with the App.

13. Changes

We may update the App and these terms. Material changes will be posted on this page with a new date; continuing to use the App after that constitutes acceptance. If you do not accept a change, delete the App.

14. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which OZLab is established, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Nothing here limits mandatory consumer protection rights you hold under the law of your country of residence — those rights apply regardless, and you may bring proceedings in your local courts where the law gives you that right.

15. Contact

OZLab · support@ozlab.xyz. Questions or notices about these terms should be sent to that address. See also our Privacy Policy.