NotesGalore — Terms of Use

The app

NotesGalore is a local-first notes, tasks and calendar app. You are responsible for your own data and for keeping your own backups. The app is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind to the extent permitted by law.

Your content

You own your content. Because the app is local-first, your content stays on your device unless you move it — by exporting it, or by turning on Google Drive sync or shared-folder sync. Managed hosted sync is not currently available. If a separately offered hosted service becomes available later, moving content through that service will require an explicit opt-in. We claim no ownership over anything you create.

Optional Google Drive sync

In configured builds, you may connect your own Google account for encrypted Google Drive sync. It uses your own storage and is available without Pro. Google's account, storage and availability terms apply. Save the sync recovery key separately and use the same key on each connected device. Losing that key can make the synced copy unrecoverable; Timastra cannot recover it for you.

Disconnecting keeps local notes and previously uploaded encrypted data. Drive sync retains an encrypted journal with historical versions; synchronized note deletion is not a promise to erase every historical remote copy. Manage Drive app data, other devices and independent backups separately. This connection does not provide hosted collaboration or Timastra-managed cloud storage.

Shared-folder sync

On Windows, macOS, and Linux you can point the app at a folder that a storage provider replicates, and share that folder with other people. This is an on-device feature, not a service we operate: we host nothing, receive nothing, and cannot recover anything from it.

You are responsible for which folder you choose, who you give access to, and your provider's terms. NotesGalore does not encrypt what it writes there, offers no per-note permissions, and makes no guarantee about provider availability, retention, or conflict outcomes beyond the recoverable conflict copies the app keeps locally. Keep your own backups.

Optional email capture and document tools

Email capture connects only to a mailbox you choose, using your provider's IMAP service over TLS and its supported sign-in method. NotesGalore does not provide mail hosting, an email forwarding address or delivery guarantees. It fetches on request, previews messages and imports only those you select. Your provider's terms and availability continue to apply. A local .eml file can be imported without a mailbox connection. Imported flight details come from the message; verify travel arrangements with the airline because cards do not supply live flight status or create bookings.

Document text search and PDF annotation tools have file, format, page and processing limits. Recognition may omit or misread text. Keep the original file and check important details. Native PDF annotations are saved in a separate PDF copy; browser builds retain original-only viewing and saving. Document search, email capture and annotation editing do not include hosted AI, collaboration or managed storage.

NotesGalore Pro

Some features are part of NotesGalore Pro, a paid upgrade.

New Pro offers use monthly or yearly subscriptions. The store checkout shows the localized amount, billing period, and renewal terms before purchase. Access to the listed Pro tools continues during the verified paid period, including any store-confirmed grace period. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled. Cancel renewal through the store; cancellation does not immediately end a period already paid for. No trial is offered by default. Removing the app, wiping local data or requesting deletion does not cancel subscription renewal; manage cancellation separately through the store.

Existing Lifetime Pro purchases retain their eligible on-device Pro features and are not converted to subscriptions or charged a renewal fee. It does not include hosted sync, cloud backup, publishing hosting, hosted AI, hosted collaboration, or another service with ongoing infrastructure costs. Shared-folder sync runs entirely on your device and is not such a service. Hosted sync is not currently available and, if offered later, will use a separate service entitlement and price. Ending or declining a future hosted service will not remove access to local notes, free backup/export/recovery, or on-device features already purchased through Lifetime Pro.

What "Lifetime" means. Lifetime Pro is bought once, on your app-store account, and does not renew. It unlocks the on-device Pro features listed on the upgrade screen when you buy, for as long as NotesGalore is offered on the store where you bought it. "Lifetime" refers to the app, not to a person or a device. Features added to Pro later may be included but are not promised.

- Purchases are handled by the platform app store and are subject to that store's terms. Prices are shown in your local currency at purchase time. - Expiry. After a subscription expires, premium creation and editing tools become restricted. Existing notes and attachments remain readable and exportable; no content is deleted. Free tools remain available. The Free tier is the evaluation experience; purchasing does not enroll anyone in an undisclosed trial or a different hosted service. - Restoring purchases. Use "Restore purchases" on the upgrade screen to re-apply an existing entitlement on a new device or after reinstalling. The device must be signed in to the store account that made the purchase. Restoring needs the app store and our purchase-validation provider, and a backup of your notes does not carry Pro. - Refunds are handled by the app store under its own policy. A refunded or revoked purchase ends Pro. It deletes none of your notes, attachments or saved versions.

Desktop purchases through Paddle

Configured desktop builds offer monthly or yearly local Pro subscriptions through Paddle. The checkout confirms the billing currency, tax-inclusive total, billing period and automatic renewal before payment. Hosted sync is separate. Your agreement to this version of the NotesGalore Terms and review of the linked Privacy Policy and Payments & refunds policy are recorded for the first checkout.

After confirmed payment, we email an activation key. Enter that key in NotesGalore to activate a signed, device-bound receipt. Keep the email/key for another device or a fresh installation; a notes backup does not include purchase credentials. Restore purchases refreshes an existing saved activation. There is currently no fixed numeric device activation limit. Keep the purchase key private.

Desktop Pro requires online verification at least every 30 days and at the end of the verified paid period. A valid cached receipt permits offline use only until its signed expiry. Manage subscription opens Paddle's customer portal to manage payment or cancel renewal. Cancellation leaves the already-paid period available; uninstalling does not cancel renewal. Approved refunds and revocation end the affected paid access on verification, without deleting notes or attachments.

Paddle is the merchant of record named at checkout and on the receipt. Refund requests follow Payments & refunds, including any applicable mandatory consumer rights. Send billing questions to support@timastra.com with the receipt reference, never card details. Paddle's own buyer terms and privacy notice also apply to its checkout.

Acceptable use

Don't use the app to break the law or to infringe others' rights.

Changes

We may update these terms; material changes will be reflected by the "last updated" date above and at the hosted URL.

Contact

Questions: support@timastra.com

The canonical hosted version of these terms is at https://timastra.com/apps/notesgalore/terms.