These Terms are a binding agreement between you and Seaport Systems LLC, a North Carolina limited liability company (“Seaport Systems,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), and govern your use of the SimplyStroke app (including the web version at app.simplystroke.app) and the website at simplystroke.app (together, the “Service”).
Please read carefully. Section 12 requires most disputes to be resolved by binding individual arbitration and waives class actions. Sections 10 and 11 disclaim warranties and limit our liability. Section 12 also requires you to indemnify us in certain cases. By downloading, accessing, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
1. What SimplyStroke is
SimplyStroke is a golf stroke counter. You tap to count strokes, add penalties, and get a scorecard. The core counter is free and works offline for solo rounds — no account needed to start, and no ads today. Optional extras need an account or a connection: backing rounds up to the cloud so they follow you across devices; group rounds, where a shared join code puts everyone's scorecard in one live view; and looking up nearby courses to auto-fill par. Features may change, break, or be removed while we build.
2. Who can use it
You must be at least 13 to use the Service and to make an account. If you are between 13 and the age of majority where you live, use it only with a parent or guardian who agrees to these Terms. By using the Service you confirm you meet these requirements and that the information you give is accurate.
3. Your account
You can use the stroke counter without signing in. If you create an account — with email and password, Google, or Sign in with Apple — keep your credentials to yourself. You are responsible for activity under your account. Tell us at hello@simplystroke.app if you think someone else has gotten into it. You can delete your account any time from within the app, which removes it and the rounds tied to it.
4. License to use the Service
Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the app on devices you own or control, for your own personal, non-commercial use.
5. Your scores and your content
Your rounds are yours. We do not claim ownership of your scores. In guest mode they stay on your device and never reach us. When you use an account or a group round, you grant us a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, process, transmit, and display your content solely to run the Service for you — for example, to sync your rounds and to show a shared scorecard to the players in a group round. That license ends when you delete the content or your account, apart from routine backups or where the law requires retention. You are responsible for what you enter and share, including anything visible to other players in a group round.
How we handle the data behind all this is in our Privacy Policy.
6. It counts strokes — it is not an official scorer
SimplyStroke records the numbers you enter. It does not watch you play, verify anything, or act as a system of record for handicaps or competition. We are not affiliated withthe USGA, The R&A, GHIN, the PGA, or any golf governing body, tour, or club. Course and par data comes from third-party sources (including GolfCourseAPI and OpenStreetMap) and can be wrong or missing; you are responsible for confirming scores and course information. For anything official — a tournament, a posted handicap — follow the process your club or association requires.
7. Playing nice
You agree not to:
- use the Service unlawfully or to help anyone else break the law;
- access accounts, group rounds, or data that are not yours — including guessing or scraping other people's join codes;
- copy, modify, reverse-engineer, or extract the app's source code, except where that restriction is prohibited by law;
- scrape or systematically extract data from the Service, including course and par data;
- attack, overload, disrupt, or attempt unauthorized access to the Service or our systems;
- upload malware, or anything abusive, infringing, or unlawful; or
- impersonate anyone, or resell or repackage the Service as your own.
If you do, we may suspend or close your access. We will try to be reasonable about it.
8. Payments
Today the Service costs nothing and there is nothing to buy. If we later add optional purchases — a tip, or a Pro tier — they will be clearly optional, and any charge will run through the App Store, Google Play, or a payment processor under their terms and refund rules. The free stroke counter stays free, and we will update these Terms before anything starts charging.
9. Other services we rely on
The Service is built on services other people run: Supabase (accounts, cloud data, backend), Google (sign-in), Apple (Sign in with Apple, App Store), GolfCourseAPI and OpenStreetMap's Overpass API (finding courses and par), and Vercel (site hosting). Your use of those pieces is also subject to their terms, and we are not responsible for their outages, accuracy, or conduct. If you got the app from the Apple App Store, Section 15 also applies.
10. Disclaimer of warranties
The Service is provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement, and any warranty that the Service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free, or accurate. You use it at your own risk. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so some of the above may not apply to you.
11. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Seaport Systems and its members, managers, officers, employees, and agents (the “Seaport Parties”) will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenue, data, goodwill, or golf scores — for example a miscounted score, a round that did not sync, or a wrong par from a course database — whether based in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or any other theory, even if advised of the possibility.
The Seaport Parties' total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service will not exceed the greater of (a) what you paid us in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim (for most people, nothing), or (b) fifty U.S. dollars ($50). Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limits, so some of the above may not apply to you, and nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited under applicable law.
12. Indemnification, disputes, and arbitration
Indemnification.You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless the Seaport Parties from any claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or related to: your use or misuse of the Service; content you submit or share, including in group rounds; your violation of these Terms; or your violation of any law or the rights of any third party. We may assume exclusive defense and control of any such matter, and you agree to cooperate.
Informal resolution first. Before starting arbitration or a lawsuit, email hello@simplystroke.app and give us 30 days to try to resolve the dispute.
Binding arbitration. Except as noted below, you and Seaport Systems agree that any dispute relating to the Service or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration under the Consumer Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association, rather than in court. Arbitration will take place in North Carolina or, at your choice, by phone/video or in the county where you live. The arbitrator decides questions about the scope and enforceability of this arbitration agreement.
Class-action waiver. You and Seaport Systems agree to bring claims only in an individual capacity, and not as a plaintiff or class member in any class or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may not consolidate claims or preside over any class proceeding.
Exceptions. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, and either may seek injunctive or equitable relief in court for infringement or misuse of intellectual property.
30-day opt-out. You may opt out of arbitration by emailing hello@simplystroke.app within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, stating your name and that you opt out. Opting out does not affect the rest of these Terms.
Governing law. These Terms and any dispute are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and by the Federal Arbitration Act as to arbitration. For any dispute not subject to arbitration, you and Seaport Systems consent to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in North Carolina. Nothing here removes consumer-protection rights you have where you live that cannot be waived.
13. Ending things
You can stop using the Service and delete your account any time from the app. We may suspend or end your access at any time, with or without cause or notice, including if you break these Terms. Sections that should survive termination — including 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, and 16 — survive.
14. Changes to these Terms
We will update these Terms as SimplyStroke grows. When we do, we will change the date above, and for material changes give notice in the app or by email. Continuing to use the Service after a change means you accept the updated Terms.
15. Apple App Store terms
If you download the app from the Apple App Store, you acknowledge that: these Terms are between you and Seaport Systems only, not Apple, and Apple is not responsible for the app or its content; Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support; in the event the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund any purchase price paid (if any), and to the maximum extent permitted by law Apple has no other warranty obligation; Apple is not responsible for addressing product-liability, legal/regulatory, or third-party intellectual-property claims relating to the app; you are not located in an embargoed country or on a U.S. restricted-parties list; and Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
16. General
These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and Seaport Systems about the Service and supersede prior agreements. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our not enforcing a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets. Nothing here creates an agency, partnership, or joint venture.
17. Contact
Questions about these Terms go to hello@simplystroke.app — Seaport Systems LLC.