Terms of service

1. Agreeing to these terms

These terms are an agreement between you and the operator of this website (“we”, “us”) for using Publishly. By using the site you accept them. If you use it for a company, you confirm you may accept them for that company. Our privacy policy explains how data is handled.

2. The service

Publishly helps you make store screenshots, device mockups, promo videos, listing text and app translations, and check an app before release. It's free. Some features need your own accounts or keys (a Google account, a Gemini API key, a Firebase project), and those services may charge you or limit use under their own terms. We may change, add or remove features, and the site may sometimes be unavailable.

3. Your content

You keep all rights to what you upload and make: recordings, screenshots, app files, text, fonts, music and the finished images and videos. You let us handle it only as far as needed to run the features you use. For example, when you ask for AI captions, your screenshots are sent to the AI service.

You're responsible for your content. In particular, you must have the right to use everything you upload (fonts and music included), and to publish what you export.

4. Acceptable use

Don't use Publishly to:

• make or share anything illegal, deceptive or infringing, or anything that breaks the Google Play or App Store policies it's meant for;
• copy another developer's screenshots, artwork, text, logos or trademarks. Style matching is for taking a layout idea, not someone else's design;
• analyse apps you have no right to examine, or pass off other people's apps as yours;
• make a voice-over that imitates a real person, or misleading claims about ratings, awards or rankings;
• probe, overload or attack the site, or use its link-checking features to reach systems you aren't allowed to reach;
• suggest that Google, Apple or a device maker endorses you or Publishly.

AI features must also follow Google's Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy.

5. AI output

Captions, translations, listing text, voice-overs, music and screen choices are generated by third-party AI models. They can be wrong, inappropriate or similar to other people's work. Check them before you use them, and make sure your listing is accurate. You decide what to publish and you're responsible for it. Music from Lyria carries Google's SynthID watermark.

6. Checks, scores and reports

Store checks, overlap warnings, the app report, policy checks and design review scores are automated guidance based on published guidelines and our own rules. They aren't legal advice, aren't made or approved by Google or Apple, and may miss problems or flag things that are fine. Passing them doesn't guarantee that a store will accept your app or listing.

7. Third-party services

Publishly connects to services we don't control: Google (sign-in, Drive, the Gemini API and Firebase Test Lab), Apple's public app lookup and Hugging Face. Your use of them is governed by their terms, and we aren't responsible for them. Google Play is a trademark of Google LLC and App Store is a trademark of Apple Inc. Device frames are generic illustrations, and product names belong to their owners.

8. Our part

The Publishly software, templates and site design belong to us or our licensors. You may use the templates and device frames in what you export, including commercially. You may not resell Publishly itself or its templates as a product. The fonts offered are open-source typefaces, and Publishly includes open-source software under its own licences.

9. No warranty

Publishly is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent the law allows. We don't promise that it will be error-free or uninterrupted, or that work kept only in your browser won't be lost. Save projects to Google Drive or export them if they matter to you.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, lost profits, lost data, or a store rejecting or removing your app, arising from your use of Publishly. Because the service is free, our total liability for any claim is limited to 50 US dollars. Nothing here limits liability that can't be limited by law, or your rights as a consumer.

11. Ending use

You can stop using Publishly at any time. From your account menu you can sign out, or remove Publishly's access to your Google account. We may suspend access for anyone who breaks these terms or puts the service or others at risk.

12. Changes

We may update these terms. The date at the top shows the latest version, and significant changes will be announced on the site before they apply. Using Publishly after that means you accept the new terms.

13. Governing law and contact

Questions about these terms: the contact address (not set yet).