Terms of Service

1. Eligibility and your account

You must be at least 13 and meet any higher minimum age required where you live. If you are below the age of legal adulthood, a parent or guardian must agree to your use. Provide accurate account information, keep your sign-in credentials secure, and tell us if you suspect unauthorized access.

Account features use Sign in with Apple or email authentication. Keep access to your sign-in method. You are responsible for activity you authorize and for using the app lawfully; you are not automatically responsible for unauthorized activity beyond your control.

2. Your content and sharing

You retain ownership of your trips, journals, photos, videos, souvenir scans, scrapbooks, and other content. You give Blue Dot a limited, non-exclusive license to host, copy, process, transmit, and display that content only to operate the service and carry out your choices, including backup and sharing. This does not give us a right to sell your content or use it in advertising without separate permission.

You must have the rights and permissions needed to upload content, including photos or information about other people. Do not upload sensitive documents or someone else’s private information unless you have the right to do so.

Sending a Postcard shares the trip’s journal, places, dates, attached photos and videos, and companion names with selected connected friends. Later trip edits can update that Postcard. Souvenir scans, scrapbook layouts, and private per-media detail fields are excluded. Tags, referrals, and accepting a friendship do not independently grant access to a trip.

You can stop sharing; recipients can remove a Postcard from their inbox. Removing a connection, blocking, or deleting the source trip can also end access. These changes do not recall screenshots or copies already saved outside the service. Obtain permission before redistributing someone else’s content. Exports you send through other apps are outside Blue Dot’s access controls.

3. Acceptable use and safety

We do not permit illegal content, child exploitation, threats, harassment, hateful abuse, pornography, non-consensual intimate images, impersonation, or violations of another person’s privacy or intellectual-property rights. Do not send spam, distribute malware, bypass access controls, scrape private data, disrupt the service, or create accounts to evade blocks, restrictions, or referral rules.

You can block a connection in the app. Report abusive users, objectionable content, or infringement to joinbluedot@gmail.com with enough information for us to investigate. Do not send illegal images as attachments. We may investigate reports, remove or restrict content, and suspend or terminate access when reasonably necessary to address violations, security risks, or legal requirements. We may act immediately where necessary; otherwise we will provide notice where appropriate. Contact us if you believe we made a mistake.

4. Blue Dot Pro and Apple purchases

Blue Dot Pro offers monthly and annual auto-renewing subscriptions. The purchase screen and Apple confirmation show the current price, billing period, included access, and any eligible trial or introductory offer. Prices and availability may vary by region. Do not rely on an older screenshot for current pricing.

Apple charges your Apple Account according to the purchase terms you confirm. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it; cancel at least 24 hours before the end of a trial or billing period to avoid the next renewal. A trial converts to the displayed paid subscription unless canceled. Apple determines offer eligibility and the effective end of access.

Manage or cancel in your Apple Account’s Subscriptions settings. Deleting Blue Dot, signing out, or deleting your Blue Dot account does not cancel a subscription. Restore Purchases checks eligible purchases associated with your Apple Account. Refund requests can be made through Apple at https://reportaproblem.apple.com, subject to Apple’s process and your statutory rights.

Subscription access depends on the current Apple entitlement. Canceling or letting Pro expire can end access to paid features; it does not itself request account deletion. Any price changes or required consent are handled through the applicable Apple process.

5. Invitations and referral rewards

Friend invitations establish a connection only after acceptance in the app. Keep invitation links and codes within the audience you intend; another person who receives a valid reusable link may be able to request or accept a connection.

Referral codes are optional and separate from friendship and Postcards. Eligible signups can earn the referrer credits redeemable for the rewards shown in the app. Qualification and available rewards follow the program rules presented in the app. Credits and rewards have no cash value, are not currency, and cannot be sold or transferred between accounts.

Do not use self-referrals, fake accounts, spam, or other abuse to earn rewards. We may deny or reverse rewards obtained through abuse or error. We may change future program availability with appropriate notice. A permanent reward means account-based access without an ongoing Pro subscription; it does not guarantee that the service or a particular feature will operate forever.

6. Service availability and your records

Blue Dot helps you keep a travel record; it is not a navigation, emergency, immigration, or travel-safety service. Maps, boundaries, place information, statistics, and photo-based suggestions may be incomplete or inaccurate. Verify important travel decisions using appropriate official sources.

We may maintain, update, or change the service. Beta features can change or be withdrawn. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or successful backup of every file. Keep separate copies of irreplaceable originals and check whether uploads have completed. If we discontinue the service, we will provide reasonable notice and an opportunity to retrieve available data where practicable and legally required.

7. Privacy, export, and account deletion

Our Privacy Policy at https://joinblue.app/privacy explains data collection, providers, sharing, and retention. You can export available account records in Settings and request account deletion there.

Account deletion uses a 30-day grace period before the scheduled permanent purge. You can sign back in and cancel pending deletion during that period. Deleted media and backups may take additional time to clear as described in the Privacy Policy. Copies kept by recipients or outside Blue Dot are not recalled. Cancel Apple subscriptions separately if you no longer want them.

8. Intellectual property and Apple’s app license

Blue Dot’s software, design, and branding belong to Luke Todd or the relevant licensors. Subject to these terms, you may use the service for your own lawful purposes. Do not copy or redistribute the service or circumvent its protections except as permitted by law. Your content remains yours.

For copies downloaded from the App Store, Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies to the app license unless a different applicable license is supplied through the App Store. These terms additionally govern Blue Dot’s account and online services. Apple’s platform and purchase terms also apply. See https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/.

9. Disclaimers and liability

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without additional warranties of accuracy, availability, or fitness for a particular purpose. This does not limit warranties or consumer protections that the law gives you.

To the extent permitted by law, Blue Dot is not liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profits, or loss of data arising from use of the service. For claims for which liability can lawfully be limited, our total liability is limited to the greater of US $100 or the amount you paid for Blue Dot in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim.

These exclusions and limits do not apply to fraud, willful misconduct, gross negligence, death or personal injury caused by negligence, or any liability or remedy that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law.

10. Changes, disputes, and contact

We may update these terms and will provide reasonable notice of material changes before they take effect where required. Changes will not retroactively remove accrued rights. If a change requires your express agreement, we will seek it. You may stop using the service and delete your account if you disagree.

California law governs these terms, except where the mandatory laws of your place of residence apply. These terms do not require arbitration or prevent you from bringing claims in courts available to you under applicable consumer law. Please contact us first if you would like help resolving a concern.

If a provision is unenforceable, the rest of these terms remain effective to the extent permitted by law. Failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. Provisions needed to resolve existing obligations or disputes survive account closure.

Operator: Luke Todd, doing business as Blue Dot — California, United States. Email joinbluedot@gmail.com for support, content reports, or questions about these terms.