Terms & Conditions
Last updated 31 August 2026
These terms cover your use of the apps made by Hesychia Studios (the studio name of Lukas Peter Genis, a sole trader in Victoria, Australia, ABN 60 722 726 498), such as spudnote, empt, and ChopSnip, and this website, hesychia.studio. By downloading, installing, or using our apps or site, you agree to these terms. If you don’t agree, please don’t use them.
How our apps are distributed
Most of our apps — such as spudnote and empt — are distributed through Apple’s App Store, so your use of those is also subject to Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the standard Apple EULA) and the App Store Terms of Service. Where those Apple terms cover your download and your App Store relationship, they apply; these terms cover your relationship with us as the developer.
Some apps — such as ChopSnip, our free macOS app — are instead downloaded directly from this website rather than the App Store, so the App Store terms don’t apply to them. ChopSnip is notarised by Apple (a security check that lets it open normally on macOS); your use of it is covered by these terms.
Your licence to use our apps
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use our apps on Apple devices you own or control. For apps you get from the App Store, this is also in line with Apple’s App Store Usage Rules. ChopSnip may be used freely, including to make videos and other content you use commercially — whatever you create with it is yours (see below). You may not resell, rent, redistribute, or repackage the apps themselves, and you may not modify or reverse engineer them except where the law expressly allows it.
Your content is yours
You own the content you create with our apps — your notes, and the videos, captions, and projects you make in ChopSnip. We claim no ownership of it, and put no watermark or usage restriction on it. It lives on your own device (and, for our note apps, in your private iCloud), so we don’t access it. You’re responsible for your content, for the footage and material you bring into our apps, and for keeping your own backups (iCloud is provided by Apple, not by us).
Acceptable use
Please use our apps and site lawfully. Don’t use them to break the law, infringe someone else’s rights, or interfere with, disrupt, or attempt to compromise the software or its security.
Purchases, subscriptions & trials
ChopSnip is free — there’s nothing to buy, no subscription, and no account. In our other apps, some features may need a one-time purchase or a subscription, sold and processed by Apple through the App Store. Prices are shown before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; you can manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings. Payment, billing, and refunds are handled by Apple under their terms.
Our intellectual property
The apps and site, including their design, code, the “Spud” character, the ChopSnip and Hesychia Studios names and logos, and our other branding, are owned by Hesychia Studios and protected by law. These terms don’t give you any rights to our trademarks or branding.
Open-source components
Some of our apps include third-party open-source software, used under its own licence. ChopSnip generates its captions on your Mac using whisper.cpp (© the ggml authors) under the MIT License, and includes the Gabarito typeface under its open font licence. Those components remain the property of their authors under their respective licences, and nothing in these terms limits any rights you have under them.
Changes to the apps
We’re a small studio actively building our apps. We may add, change, or remove features, and we may release, update, or discontinue an app over time.
Disclaimers
Our apps and site are provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent permitted by law, we don’t warrant that they’ll be uninterrupted, error-free, or fit for a particular purpose. You use them at your own discretion.
Your rights under the Australian Consumer Law
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts, or modifies any consumer guarantee, right, or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law or any other law that can’t lawfully be excluded. Where we’re permitted to limit our liability for failing to meet a consumer guarantee, our liability is limited to re-supplying the app or paying the cost of re-supply.
Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, and subject to the section above, Hesychia Studios won’t be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential loss, or for any loss of data or profits, arising from your use of (or inability to use) our apps or site.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. You and we submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of that state.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. When we do, we’ll change the “last updated” date above, and your continued use of our apps or site means you accept the updated terms.
Contact
Hesychia Studios is the studio name of Lukas Peter Genis, a sole trader · ABN 60 722 726 498 · Victoria, Australia · hello@hesychia.studio