Terms of Service

Effective Date: May 15, 2026 · Last Updated: May 15, 2026

Plain-Language Summary

These are the rules for using Aurli. The short version:

By installing or using Aurli, you agree to these terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the app.
Aurli is a free voice-to-text app. No account, no payment, no subscription. Caps apply (currently 30 minutes per recording, 120 minutes per day).
You are responsible for getting consent before recording other people. Many U.S. states (including California) require all parties to a conversation to consent before it can be recorded. Aurli does not check for or enforce this — you must.
Don't use Aurli for anything illegal, harassing, or to impersonate other people.
You own what you record. We own the app itself.
Aurli is provided "as is" with no warranties or uptime guarantees. It's a free app from a single developer; outages happen.
Our liability is capped at zero, because you paid us zero. Standard for free software.
These terms are governed by California law, same as our privacy policy.
We may update these terms. We'll update the date at the top and, for material changes, give notice in the app.

If you want the full picture, the rest of this document spells everything out.

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, or using Aurli ("the app", "the service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree, do not install or use the app, and uninstall it if you have already done so.

These Terms form a binding agreement between you and Brandon Kwai, the independent developer who builds and operates Aurli ("we", "us", "our").

If you are using Aurli on behalf of an organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. Description of the Service

Aurli is an iOS application that:

Records audio on your device.
Sends the audio over an encrypted connection to our backend, which forwards it to OpenAI's Whisper API for transcription.
Returns the transcribed text to your device, where it is stored locally.
Offers optional AI-powered features (summarization, translation, chat with your transcript) via OpenAI's GPT models, accessed through our backend.

Aurli is currently a free service. Usage limits apply:

30 minutes per recording (trial tier).
120 minutes of transcription per day (trial tier).
A limited number of AI actions per day.

These limits may change. We will make reasonable efforts to communicate changes via app updates or in-app notices.

For complete details on what data Aurli collects and how it is handled, see our Privacy Policy.

3. Your Responsibilities

When you use Aurli, you agree to:

Use the app only for lawful purposes.
Obtain consent from other parties before recording them (see Section 4).
Not attempt to bypass usage limits, reverse-engineer the app or our backend, or interfere with the service.
Not use the app to record content you do not have the right to record (for example, copyrighted broadcasts, performances, or confidential meetings you are not authorized to record).
Keep your device secure. Because Aurli uses an anonymous device-based identifier, anyone with access to your device has access to your usage history within the app.

You are solely responsible for the content you record, the transcripts produced, and how you use them.

4. Recording Consent — Important

Aurli is a recording app. You are legally responsible for what you record and who you record.

Two-party (all-party) consent jurisdictions

In many jurisdictions, it is illegal to record a conversation without the consent of every participant. These are sometimes called "two-party consent" or "all-party consent" jurisdictions. As of the effective date of these Terms, U.S. states with two-party consent laws include (but are not limited to):

California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Washington.

Other states follow "one-party consent" rules, where only one participant must consent (which can be the person recording).

Laws vary outside the United States, and may be stricter — for example, in the European Union, recording a person's voice generally requires their informed consent under GDPR.

Your obligation

Before recording any conversation that includes another person, you are responsible for:

Determining the consent laws that apply to your location and the location of every other participant.
Obtaining the consent required by those laws.
Disclosing that recording is taking place, where disclosure is required.

Aurli does not warn other parties that recording is happening, does not check consent, and does not enforce any recording laws. The app is a tool; how you use it is your responsibility.

We are not liable for your recordings

You agree that you alone bear responsibility for any recording you make, including any legal consequences. You will not hold us responsible for any claims, damages, fines, or legal action arising from your use of the app to record other people. See Section 8 (Disclaimer) and Section 9 (Limitation of Liability).

5. Acceptable Use

You agree NOT to use Aurli to:

Record or process content that is illegal in your jurisdiction or the jurisdiction of the other parties involved.
Record other people without their consent where consent is legally required.
Harass, threaten, defame, or impersonate any person.
Record or transcribe child sexual abuse material, content that incites violence, or other content prohibited by OpenAI's usage policies (since transcription and AI features pass through OpenAI).
Attempt to bypass rate limits, paywalls, or access controls.
Reverse-engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract the source code of the app or our backend, except where such restriction is prohibited by applicable law.
Use automated tools or scripts to interact with the app or backend in a way that imposes an unreasonable load.
Resell, redistribute, or commercially exploit the app or its outputs without our written permission.

Violation of these rules may result in your access to the service being suspended or terminated without notice.

6. Intellectual Property

Your content

You retain all rights to:

Audio you record using the app.
Transcripts produced from your recordings.
AI-generated summaries, translations, and chat responses derived from your transcripts.

We do not claim ownership of your recordings, transcripts, or derived outputs. We do not use them to train AI models. (See our Privacy Policy for details on how your content is handled in transit.)

The app itself

We retain all rights to:

The Aurli iOS application, including its source code, design, user interface, icons, and branding.
The Aurli backend service and its API.
The name "Aurli", the Aurli logo, and any associated marks.

You receive a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the app on Apple devices you own or control, solely for personal, non-commercial use, in accordance with these Terms and Apple's App Store Terms.

Third-party content

Aurli relies on services from OpenAI, Apple, and other third parties. Those services are governed by their own terms, which apply to your use of features that depend on them.

7. Service Availability

Aurli is provided as a free service by a single independent developer. As such:

We do not guarantee any specific uptime, latency, or performance. The service may be slow, unavailable, or interrupted at any time, for any reason, with or without notice.
We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the service (in whole or in part) at any time, with or without notice.
We may impose, change, or remove usage limits as needed to keep the service sustainable.
Features that depend on third parties (OpenAI, Apple, Railway) may be affected by those parties' outages, policy changes, or pricing changes, including in ways that require us to alter or remove features.

If we discontinue the service, transcripts and notes already stored locally on your device remain on your device and continue to function — the app stops being able to record new audio or run new AI actions, but your existing data is not destroyed by us.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE", WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including but not limited to:

Merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose.
Accuracy or reliability of transcriptions, summaries, translations, or AI-generated content.
Uninterrupted, secure, or error-free operation.
That defects will be corrected.
That the service is free of viruses or other harmful components.

Transcriptions and AI outputs may contain errors. Do not rely on them for safety-critical, medical, legal, financial, or other consequential decisions without independent verification.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties. In those jurisdictions, the above disclaimers apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL CUMULATIVE LIABILITY TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF:

The amount you have paid us in the last twelve (12) months, OR
One U.S. dollar (USD $1.00).

Aurli is currently free, so in practice this cap is $1.00.

In no event will we be liable for any:

Indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages.
Loss of profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or use.
Damages arising from your inability to use the service, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
Damages arising from your recordings, including any legal action by third parties whom you recorded.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In those jurisdictions, our liability is limited to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

10. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Brandon Kwai from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to:

Your use of the service.
Your content (recordings, transcripts, AI outputs).
Your violation of these Terms.
Your violation of any applicable law, including recording-consent laws.
Your violation of the rights of any third party, including any person you recorded.

11. Termination

You may stop using Aurli at any time by deleting the app from your device. Deletion removes the app and all locally stored data, including your transcripts and notes (which are not stored on our servers — see the Privacy Policy).

We may suspend or terminate your access to the service at any time, with or without notice, for any reason, including:

Violation of these Terms.
Abuse of the service.
Legal or regulatory requirements.
Discontinuation of the service.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability, indemnification, and governing law) will survive.

12. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will:

Update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this document.
For material changes, provide notice within the app or through other means we consider reasonable.

Your continued use of the service after the effective date of updated Terms constitutes acceptance of those Terms. If you do not agree to the updated Terms, you must stop using the service.

13. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.

Any dispute arising out of or related to these Terms or the service will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in California, and you consent to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.

If you are a resident of a jurisdiction with mandatory consumer protection laws that override this choice of law or forum, those laws apply to the extent required.

14. Apple App Store Terms

If you obtained Aurli from the Apple App Store, you acknowledge:

These Terms are between you and us, not between you and Apple.
Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
Apple has no obligation to provide support or maintenance for the app.
Apple is a third-party beneficiary of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

The Apple App Store's terms of use also apply to your use of the app.

15. Miscellaneous

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full force.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the service.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms. We may assign them in connection with a transfer of the service.

16. Contact

For questions about these Terms or the service, contact:

Brandon Kwai
Email: support@aurli.app

We aim to respond to inquiries within a reasonable time, but as an independent developer offering a free service, we cannot guarantee response times.

These Terms of Service apply to Aurli iOS application v1.0. Aurli is an independent product of Brandon Kwai.