These terms cover apps you buy from matanestudios.com. They are an agreement between you and Matane Studios LLC("we", "us"), a Missouri company. Apps from Google Play follow our terms for Google Play apps; apps from Steam or other stores follow that store's terms.
Who you're paying
Checkout is run by our payment partner, Stripe, through its Managed Payments service. Stripe is the merchant of record for your purchase: it takes the payment, adds sales tax or VAT where it applies, sends your receipt, and handles payment disputes. Your card statement may show LINK.COM* and Stripe may show the purchase as “Sold through Link”; that is this purchase. For questions about a payment you can also use Link support. We email your license key to the address you used at checkout.
Your license
- Pay once. A purchase is a one-time payment, not a subscription. It gives you a personal license to use the app on the platform(s) you bought (for example Windows), on up to 3 of your own devices per platform. To move it to a new device, remove the license on the old one in the app's settings.
- Bundles. A bundle covers every platform listed with it, including any marked "coming soon" once they're released. A single-platform purchase can't be upgraded to a bundle later, so if you want more than one platform, the bundle is the better buy.
- Lifetime license. "Lifetime" means you get every update for the platforms you bought for as long as we support the app. If we ever stop supporting it, the version you have keeps working for as long as the outside services it depends on (such as the AI service you connect it to) keep working. We can't control or promise how long another company runs its service.
- Keep your key to yourself. Don't share, resell or publish your license key. We may switch off keys that are shared publicly or used far beyond personal use.
- You may not copy, resell, or reverse engineer the apps, except where the law allows it anyway.
Apps that use your own AI key
Some apps, such as Utter, don't include AI. They connect to an AI service (for example Google Gemini or OpenAI) with an account and key that you set up yourself. That service is between you and its provider: its limits, prices, data rules and availability are theirs, and any charges for it are paid to them, not us. Free AI plans can be limited, slow at busy times, and may use what you send to improve the provider's products. Read the app's key guide before you buy.
Try before you buy
Where an app offers a free trial, please use it to check the app works on your device and with your AI key before you buy. Apps sold here are installed from this website, not an app store, so your device may ask you to allow the install.
Refunds
- If the app doesn't work for you, ask for a refund within 14 days of purchase and we'll give you your money back, no questions asked. Email support@matanestudios.com with your order number, or use the link in your receipt.
- Refunds go back to the card or account you paid with, and the license key is switched off.
- After 14 days we may still help case by case, and we'll always follow the refund rights your local law gives you.
Updates and support
Updates are free while we support the app. The app may check this website for updates and to confirm your license; it never needs this website just to keep working once your license is confirmed on that device.
No warranty
The apps are provided "as is". We work hard to make them reliable, but we don't promise they'll be free of errors or suit every purpose. As far as the law allows, our total responsibility to you for an app is limited to what you paid for it.
Changes
We may update these terms; the date at the top shows the latest version. Changes never take away a license you've already bought.
Contact
Questions, or a problem with an order? Email support@matanestudios.com. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, USA, without taking away any consumer rights you have where you live.