Terms of Service
Last updated November 10, 2026
These terms are an agreement between you and the independent developer who builds and runs Shelf (“Shelf”, “we” or “us”). They cover the Shelf iOS app, its share extension, and this website (together, the “Service”). By creating an account or using Shelf, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy.
Who can use Shelf
You must be at least 16 years old. You’re responsible for keeping access to your Apple, Google or email sign-in secure, and for what happens under your account.
What Shelf does
Shelf lets you save links and posts from other apps, sorts them automatically, and sends you reminders about them. Sorting, extracted details (such as dates, places and prices) and reminder timing are produced automatically, partly by AI models, and can be wrong or incomplete. Don’t rely on Shelf as your only record of deadlines, bookings, purchases or anything else important.
We’re continually improving Shelf, so features can change, and some may be added or removed.
Your content
Your saves, notes and corrections are yours. To run Shelf, you give us permission to store, copy, process and display them, including:
- visiting the links you save to read their title, description, text and images
- keeping copies of the images in posts you save
- sending saved content to our service providers, including AI providers, as described in the Privacy Policy
This permission is only for operating and improving Shelf for you, and it ends when your content is deleted.
You’re responsible for what you save. Only save content you’re allowed to access, and don’t use Shelf to copy or redistribute other people’s work in a way that infringes their rights. Shelf can only read what a site shows publicly.
Acceptable use
Don’t:
- break the law, or use Shelf to harass, harm or deceive anyone
- try to access other people’s accounts or data
- interfere with or overload the Service, or get around its limits, including the free plan’s save limit
- scrape, copy or resell the Service, or access it through automated means other than the app
- reverse engineer the app, except where the law allows it
We may suspend or close accounts that break these rules.
Free plan and Shelf Pro
Free plan. The free plan includes up to 30 saves per calendar month (UTC). Once you reach the limit, new saves wait until the next month or until you delete a save you made this month.
Shelf Pro. Shelf Pro removes the monthly save limit and unlocks the other Pro features listed in the app when you subscribe. It’s available as:
- a monthly subscription, $4.99 per month
- an annual subscription, $39.99 per year
Prices are in US dollars. The App Store shows the price in your local currency before you confirm, and that’s the price you pay, including any applicable taxes.
Free trial. Both plans may include a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. Apple decides eligibility. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, the subscription starts automatically and you’re charged the full price. If you buy a subscription during a trial, any unused part of the trial ends.
Automatic renewal. Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase, or when your free trial ends. Your subscription renews automatically at the same price and for the same period unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Your Apple ID is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the current period ends.
Cancelling. Apple bills Shelf Pro, so you cancel through Apple, not in Shelf: open the Settings app on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, and choose Shelf. If you cancel, you keep Shelf Pro until the end of the period you’ve already paid for. Deleting the app or your Shelf account doesn’t cancel your subscription.
Refunds. Purchases are processed by Apple under the App Store’s terms. To request a refund, go to reportaproblem.apple.com. We can’t issue refunds directly.
Price changes. If we change the price of a subscription, Apple notifies you in advance and, where required, asks you to agree before the new price applies.
If your subscription ends, you keep all your saves and can still view them. The free plan’s limit applies to new saves.
Deleting your account
You can delete your account at any time in the app at Settings → Delete account. You’re signed out right away, and your saves, notes, images, settings and related data are permanently erased within 30 days. This can’t be undone. If you sign in again later, you’ll start with an empty Shelf. Deleting your account doesn’t cancel an App Store subscription, so cancel it in your Apple ID settings first. If you can’t access the app, email [email protected].
We may also close your account if you break these terms or if we stop offering Shelf. If we stop offering Shelf, we’ll give you reasonable notice where we can.
Third-party services
Shelf relies on services from other companies, such as Apple, Google, Clerk and our AI providers, and on the sites and apps you save from. Their terms apply to your use of them, and we’re not responsible for their content or availability. Links you save point to content we don’t control.
Disclaimers
Shelf is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent the law allows, we don’t promise that Shelf will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that its sorting, extracted details or reminders will be accurate or timely. Keep your own copies of anything you can’t afford to lose.
Limitation of liability
To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages, or for lost data, profits or opportunities, arising from your use of Shelf. Our total liability for any claim relating to Shelf is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for Shelf in the 12 months before the claim and US$50.
Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under the consumer protection laws where you live, or liability that can’t be limited by law.
Apple App Store terms
If you got Shelf from the App Store:
- These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple isn’t responsible for Shelf or its content.
- Your licence to use the app is limited to Apple-branded devices you own or control, as allowed by the App Store’s Usage Rules.
- Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for Shelf. Contact us instead.
- If Shelf doesn’t conform to an applicable warranty, you can notify Apple, and Apple may refund the app’s purchase price, if any. To the extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation for Shelf.
- Apple isn’t responsible for any claims by you or a third party relating to Shelf, including product liability claims, claims that Shelf fails to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, consumer protection or privacy claims, or claims that Shelf infringes someone’s intellectual property. We’re responsible for handling those claims, to the extent these terms say so.
- You confirm that you’re not in a country subject to a US government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you’re not on a US government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- You must follow any third-party terms that apply when you use Shelf.
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. When we do, we’ll update the date at the top, and if a change is material we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using Shelf after a change takes effect, you accept the updated terms. If you don’t agree, stop using Shelf and delete your account.