Terms of Use

End User License Agreement · Effective 3 August 2026 · Last updated 3 August 2026

1. Agreement to these terms

These Terms of Use (the “Terms”, and together with the licence granted below, the “Agreement”) form a binding agreement between you and RipeSeed (“we”, “us”, “our”), a company organised under the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, governing your use of the iPhone application Shrink: Video Size Compressor (the “App”) and the website at shrink.ripeseed.io.

By downloading, installing or using the App you accept these Terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the App and delete it from your device.

Our Privacy Policy is incorporated into this Agreement by reference.

2. Licence

Subject to your compliance with this Agreement, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable licence to download and use the App on any Apple-branded product that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules set out in Apple’s App Store Terms of Service, including as those Usage Rules permit use by other members of your Family Sharing group where the App or an in-app purchase is enabled for Family Sharing.

The App is licensed, not sold. We retain all rights not expressly granted. You may not, and may not permit anyone else to: copy, modify, translate or create derivative works of the App; reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble it, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction; rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense it; remove or obscure any proprietary notices; or circumvent any licensing, entitlement or purchase mechanism.

3. Eligibility

You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age of digital consent where you live, if higher) to use the App. If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you may use the App only with the involvement of a parent or guardian, who accepts this Agreement on your behalf.

4. The free tier

The App is free to download and every feature is available at no cost until you have freed your first 1 GB of storage using it. This is a genuine free tier rather than a time-limited trial: it does not expire on a date, does not apply a watermark, and does not require any payment method. Once that threshold is passed, continued compression requires one of the purchases described in section 5.

We may adjust the free threshold for future releases. Any change applies going forward and does not retroactively affect a purchase you have already made.

5. Purchases and subscriptions

All purchases are made through Apple’s in-app purchase system and are charged to the Apple Account you are signed in with. We never see or handle your payment details. The currently offered products are:

Prices are shown in US dollars. Apple determines the equivalent price in your local currency and collects any applicable tax. Prices may change for new purchases; a price change never applies retroactively to a purchase already completed, and any change to a subscription price will be notified to you by Apple in advance and requires your consent where the law or Apple’s rules require it.

Auto-renewing subscription terms (Monthly)

• Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase.
• The subscription renews automatically for further one-month periods unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the price then in effect for your region.
• You can manage the subscription and turn off auto-renew in Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions on your device after purchase. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.

The One-Month Pass is deliberately not a subscription. It is a non-renewing purchase that ends on its own after 30 days, with no charge afterwards and nothing left standing in your Apple Account.

A compression batch that is already running will always be allowed to finish, even if your Pass or subscription period ends part-way through it.

6. Refunds and cancellation

Apple, not RipeSeed, handles all billing and refunds for in-app purchases. We have no ability to issue, deny or process a refund. To request one, use Apple’s process at reportaproblem.apple.com. Refunds are granted at Apple’s discretion and in accordance with the App Store Terms of Service and any statutory rights you have where you live, which this Agreement does not limit.

If you believe the App failed to do what it says it does, we would rather hear from you first — write to shrink@ripeseed.io and we will try to fix it.

7. Your videos and your responsibility

Your videos are yours. The App processes them entirely on your device; we never receive, view, store or acquire any right in them. We claim no licence over your content, because none of it ever reaches us.

You are responsible for having the right to process the media you compress, and for complying with any law that applies to it.

You are responsible for your own backups. The App is a storage utility that modifies your photo library at your instruction. Before running a large batch, make sure you have a backup you trust — iCloud Photos, a computer, an external drive, whatever you normally use. When you choose to replace an original, iOS places it in Recently Deleted, where it typically remains recoverable for 30 days; that is an iOS behaviour we neither control nor guarantee.

8. Compression is lossy: what you accept

Video compression works by discarding information. The App aims to discard only what you cannot perceive on a phone screen, and it shows you a side-by-side comparison of the compressed clip against the original before anything is replaced, precisely so that the judgement is yours rather than ours.

By using the App you acknowledge that:

• a compressed file is not identical to its original and cannot be restored to it;
• results vary with the source — a clip that is already heavily compressed has little left to give, and the size reductions quoted in our marketing are examples, not a promise about your particular videos;
• clips destined for professional colour grading, archival, forensic or legal use should be kept in their original form;
• the App deliberately skips certain formats (slow-motion, Cinematic mode, Live Photos and spatial video) because compressing them would degrade them in ways that cannot be undone. If you override that and compress one anyway, you do so having been warned, and the result is your choice.

9. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the App to:

• process media you have no right to process;
• infringe anyone’s intellectual property, privacy or other rights;
• break any applicable law or regulation;
• interfere with, disrupt or attempt to gain unauthorised access to the App, its entitlement checks, or any system or network related to it.

10. Intellectual property

The App, its source code, design, user interface, name, logo and all related materials are owned by RipeSeed and protected by copyright, trademark and other laws. This Agreement grants you a licence to use the App and nothing more; it transfers no ownership.

Apple, iPhone, iOS, iPadOS and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc., used here descriptively. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or sponsored by Apple Inc.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including any implied warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, quiet enjoyment, accuracy or non-infringement.

We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, compatible with every device or iOS version, or that it will achieve any particular reduction in file size, and we do not warrant against loss of or damage to data. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties, so parts of this section may not apply to you; nothing here limits any non-waivable statutory consumer right you have.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, neither RipeSeed nor its officers, employees or contractors will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, media, profits, revenue, goodwill or anticipated savings, arising out of or in connection with the App or this Agreement, on any theory of liability, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the App or this Agreement will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you actually paid us or Apple for the App and its in-app purchases in the 12 months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, and (b) US$25.

Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or for anything else that cannot be excluded or limited by law. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

13. Indemnity

You agree to indemnify and hold harmless RipeSeed from any claim, demand, loss, liability or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your breach of this Agreement, your misuse of the App, or your processing of media you had no right to process. This does not apply to the extent the claim arises from our own breach or negligence.

14. Term and termination

This Agreement applies from the moment you install the App and continues until terminated. It terminates automatically if you fail to comply with any of its terms, and you may terminate it at any time by deleting the App from your devices.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination — including sections 7, 8, and 10 to 18 — survive it. Termination does not entitle you to a refund except as provided by Apple’s policies or by law.

15. Changes to the app and to these terms

We may update, change or discontinue features of the App. We may also revise these Terms; when we do, we will change the Last updated date above and post the revised version at this address. Material changes will be brought to your attention in the App or by a notice on this website before they take effect. Continuing to use the App after a revision takes effect means you accept it. If you do not accept it, stop using the App and delete it.

16. Apple-specific terms

The following terms are required for applications distributed through the Apple App Store and apply in addition to everything above. Where they conflict with any other provision of this Agreement, they prevail as regards Apple.

1. Acknowledgement. This Agreement is concluded between you and RipeSeed only, and not with Apple. RipeSeed, not Apple, is solely responsible for the App and its content.
2. Scope of licence. The licence granted in section 2 is limited to a non-transferable licence to use the App on any Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the App Store Terms of Service.
3. Maintenance and support. RipeSeed is solely responsible for providing any maintenance and support services for the App, as specified in this Agreement or as required by applicable law. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to furnish any maintenance and support services with respect to the App.
4. Warranty. RipeSeed is solely responsible for any product warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent not effectively disclaimed. 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 (if any) for 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. Any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses attributable to any failure to conform to any warranty will be RipeSeed’s sole responsibility.
5. Product claims. RipeSeed, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims by you or any third party relating to the App or your possession and/or use of it, including (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, including in connection with the App’s use of the HealthKit and HomeKit frameworks (which this App does not use).
6. 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, RipeSeed, not Apple, will be solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement and discharge of any such claim.
7. Legal compliance. You represent and warrant that (i) 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 (ii) you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
8. Developer name and address. Questions, complaints and claims with respect to the App should be directed to RipeSeed at shrink@ripeseed.io.
9. Third-party terms of agreement. You must comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using the App.
10. Third-party beneficiary. You acknowledge and agree that Apple, and Apple’s subsidiaries, are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement, and that upon your acceptance of it, Apple will have the right (and will be deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce it against you as a third-party beneficiary of it.

17. Governing law and disputes

This Agreement and any dispute arising out of or relating to it or to the App are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

You and RipeSeed agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Delaware for any dispute not subject to a small-claims process.

If you are a consumer resident in the European Union, the United Kingdom or another jurisdiction whose law grants you the protection of mandatory local consumer rules, nothing in this section deprives you of the protection of those rules or of the right to bring proceedings in the courts of your place of residence.

18. General

This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and RipeSeed regarding the App, and supersedes any prior understanding on that subject. If any provision is held unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary and the remainder will stay in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. You may not assign this Agreement; we may assign it in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.

19. Contact

RipeSeed — publisher of Shrink: Video Size Compressor
shrink@ripeseed.io
shrink.ripeseed.io