Terms and Conditions

I. General Conditions

Welcome to Waverate! These Terms and Conditions (“Agreement”, “Terms and Conditions”, or “Terms”) set forth the clauses outlining the rules and restrictions that govern your access and use of the Waverate mobile application (the “App”) as owned by the business entity Avlory (“Avlory”, “we”, “us”, “our”).

II. Acceptance of Terms

These Terms and Conditions apply to all “Users" (Individuals who access Waverate’s services). By clicking “I Agree” and accessing the App’s free or paid services, you have read this Agreement and agree to comply and be bound by these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy. We reserve the right to modify these Terms and Privacy Policy at any time. You will be notified by email or in-app postage 30 days prior to the date when changes take effect. Your usage of the App following this notice period will constitute your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you may not use this App or have access to its services.

III. Description of the Services

Waverate is a social music-rating platform that allows users to rate songs, view personalized dashboards of their top artists, albums, and songs, and connect with friends to view shared, cross-referenced music catalogs.

IV. Your Registration

In order to access the Services, you are required to make an account verifying your identity. Waverate may request information such as your name, email address, and a unique username. We reserve the right to reclaim or modify usernames that infringe on trademarks, impersonate others, or violate our guidelines. We use third-party services (such as Firebase) to securely manage authentication.

V. Your Use and Access of the Services

You agree that you will not use the Services for any purpose in violation of these Terms and Conditions or any applicable state or federal law. By using Waverate, you agree to interact respectfully with other users and the App's infrastructure. You agree that you will not:

• Use the App’s Services for fraudulent purposes, including but not limited to the impersonation of a person or entity, the creation of automated accounts (bots), or the falsification of identifying information such as date of birth.
• Attempt to decrypt, disassemble, reverse-engineer, decipher, bypass, or circumvent any software utilized by Waverate or its third party partners, including its advertising networks and the "No Ads" in-app purchase system.
• Attempt to use any data extraction methodologies or tools including but not limited to automated scripts, spiders, scrapers, deep links, or web harvests to access, monitor, or collect any data related to Waverate’s Services or its Users. This data includes, but is not limited to music metadata, user ratings, and catalog data from Waverate and the underlying Apple Music API.
• Attempt to overload Waverate’s software or servers with techniques including but not limited to spamming, crashing, spoofing, flooding, or mail bombing.
• Attempt to damage, disrupt, or interfere in any way with the proper performance of Waverate’s services through the use of any algorithm, device, file, or any destructive technology including but not limited to viruses, time bombs, worms, Trojan horses, or cancelbots.
• Attempt to utilize any engine or tool to search or navigate Waverate’s services, except those made available by Waverate or via generally available third-party web browsers.
• Attempt unauthorized entry into Waverate’s backend or interfaces intended to be inaccessible to Users of the Services.

VI. End User License Agreement (EULA) & Objectionable Content

Waverate maintains a zero-tolerance policy regarding objectionable content and abusive users.

• Prohibited Conduct: You may not post content that is offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste. This includes, but is not limited to, harassment, bullying, and hate speech.
• Enforcement: Waverate reserves the right to review and remove any content and terminate or block any user account that violates these Terms.
• Response Time: Reports of objectionable content or abusive behavior will be reviewed in a timely manner, and appropriate action will be taken to remove the content and/or eject the user responsible.

VII. Intellectual Property Rights

Unless otherwise specified, the App and all its registered or unregistered components (collectively, the “Content”) are owned exclusively by Avlory. The Content includes but is not limited to materials, code, designs, audio, visuals, text, photographs, databases, data, confidential information, trade secrets, processes, logos, symbols, and branding. The Content provided on the App is available only for your personal, non-commercial use and any unauthorized use of the Content is expressly prohibited by these Terms. Unauthorized use includes but is not limited to copying, imitating, counterfeiting, or sharing of the Content without express permission from Avlory.

You retain ownership of the rating data you generate, but you grant Waverate a license to store, process, and display this data to provide the service.

VIII. Ads and In-App Purchases

Ad-Supported Service: The standard version of Waverate is provided for free and is supported by advertising (banner ads and one full-screen ad per session).

No-Ads Upgrade: We offer a one-time in-app purchase to remove all advertisements from the App.

Payment Processing: All in-app purchases are processed through the respective app store (Apple App Store or Google Play Store). Refund policies for these purchases are governed by the terms of the app store you used.

IX. Third-Party Services

Waverate utilizes the Apple Music Application Programming Interface ("Apple Music API") to retrieve music metadata (artists, albums, songs, and artwork). Waverate is an independent application and is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Apple Music.

X. Limitation of Liability

Avlory, its owners, employees, and agents disclaim, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any tangible or intangible losses, including but not limited to damages to property, income, goodwill, data or leaks of data occurring directly, indirectly, punitively, or consequentially in connection to your usage of Waverate.

XI. Disclaimer of Warranties

Waverate and its Services are provided on an “As-Is” and “As-Available” basis. Avlory disclaims all express or implied warranties, including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement.

XII. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.

XIII. Termination of Liability

This Agreement will apply until your account is terminated by either you or Avlory. You may terminate at any time by deleting your account in “Settings“ > “Data Control”.