Effective date: June 1, 2025 · Version 1.0
Plain-English summary: LaunchShield is an automated tool that checks your app against public App Store and Play Store policies using AI. It is not legal advice. It doesn’t guarantee your app will be approved. You keep your app; we keep the audit engine. If either of us breaks something, our financial liability is capped at what you paid us in the past 12 months. Disputes go through binding arbitration in Delaware.
By accessing, browsing, or using LaunchShield (the “Service,” “we,” “us”), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service (“Terms”) and our Privacy Policy. If you use the Service on behalf of a company, you represent that you have authority to bind that company. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
You must be at least 16 years old (or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction) to use LaunchShield.
LaunchShield is an automated software-as-a-service tool that ingests app metadata (name, category, feature matrix, description, privacy policy text) submitted by you, cross-references it against publicly available Apple App Store Review Guidelines and Google Play Developer Program Policies, and returns a machine-generated audit report containing:
LaunchShield uses large language models (currently Anthropic’s Claude Sonnet 4.5) to generate audit output. In accordance with Article 50 of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act and comparable transparency principles, we hereby disclose that:
LaunchShield does not provide legal advice. Our audit output is informational only and does not constitute an attorney-client relationship, a legal opinion, or professional advice of any kind. You should consult a qualified attorney or app-review consultant for legal or strategic decisions.
LaunchShield does not guarantee App Store or Google Play approval. Apple and Google are the sole authorities over their respective stores. Rejection, approval, delisting, and enforcement decisions rest entirely with them and are subject to guideline changes, reviewer discretion, and factors outside our control.
The core audit flow does not require an account. Certain features (paid tiers, saved audits, human-in-the-loop review) may require you to submit an email address. You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of any credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. Notify us immediately at security@launchshield.dev of any unauthorized use.
LaunchShield offers three tiers: Scout ($25), Launch ($50), and Insurance ($100). Fees are one-time per audit unless stated otherwise. Payments are processed by Stripe, Inc. under Stripe’s own terms.
Refunds. You may request a full refund within seven (7) days of purchase if (a) you have not downloaded the code-fix bundle, and (b) you have not shared the audit publicly. Refunds are issued to the original payment method within 10 business days. Refund requests should be sent to billing@launchshield.dev.
Taxes (VAT, GST, sales tax) are additional where required by law.
You agree not to:
Your content: You retain all rights, title, and interest in the app metadata, descriptions, and privacy policies you submit. You grant LaunchShield a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to process your content solely to deliver the audit output requested.
Audit output: Upon full payment, you own the specific machine-generated audit report and code snippets tied to your submission and may use them in any lawful manner (including publicly sharing the HTML report).
Our platform: The LaunchShield name, logo, prompt engineering, UI, and codebase remain our exclusive property. Nothing in these Terms transfers ownership of the Service to you.
Training use: We do not use your submitted content to train, fine-tune, or improve our AI models.
Content you submit for audit (privacy policy text, app description) is processed exclusively in volatile server memory (Node.js Buffers). These buffers are wiped in a try / finally block via our wipeBuffers() routine on completion, failure, or timeout. Raw source content is never written to persistent storage. See our Privacy Policy for full technical detail.
LaunchShield relies on the following sub-processors. By using the Service you consent to this data flow:
| Sub-processor | Purpose | Region |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic, PBC | LLM inference (Claude Sonnet 4.5) | US |
| MongoDB Atlas | Audit summary storage (no raw content) | US / EU |
| Stripe, Inc. | Payment processing | US |
| Vercel Inc. | Application hosting & edge network | Global |
We will provide 30 days’ notice of any new sub-processor by updating this list. Enterprise customers with a signed Data Processing Agreement may object to new sub-processors in writing.
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, LAUNCHSHIELD DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, ACCURACY, AND FREEDOM FROM ERRORS OR SECURITY DEFECTS. WE MAKE NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, TIMELY, OR THAT AI-GENERATED OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE OR SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:
By you. You will indemnify and hold harmless LaunchShield, its officers, and affiliates from claims arising out of (i) your breach of these Terms, (ii) content you submitted that you did not have the right to share, or (iii) your misuse of the audit output.
By us. We will defend you against third-party claims alleging that the Service, as provided by us and used within these Terms, infringes their intellectual property, and we will pay damages finally awarded, subject to the liability cap above (except claims relating to (a) our willful IP infringement and (b) infringement caused by AI training data we control, which are uncapped up to $50,000).
These Terms remain in effect while you use the Service. We may suspend or terminate your access without notice for material breach, non-payment, or fraud. Upon termination, all outstanding payment obligations survive, along with §§ 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, and 15.
You may terminate by ceasing all use of the Service and requesting deletion of any stored audit summaries at privacy@launchshield.dev.
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. The UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.
Informal resolution. Before filing arbitration, the parties agree to attempt good-faith resolution for 30 days after written notice.
Binding arbitration. Any unresolved dispute shall be settled by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Commercial Arbitration Rules, seated in Wilmington, Delaware, before a single arbitrator. Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
Class action waiver. You and LaunchShield agree that disputes will be resolved only on an individual basis and not as part of a class, consolidated, or representative action.
Carve-outs. Either party may bring an individual claim in small-claims court, or seek injunctive relief for IP infringement.
EU / UK consumers. If you are a consumer in the EU, UK, or a jurisdiction where mandatory local law grants you additional rights, those rights are not waived and the arbitration clause applies only to the extent permitted by local law.
We may update these Terms from time to time. Material changes will be announced at the top of this page at least 14 days before they take effect. Continued use of the Service after the effective date constitutes acceptance.
Questions about these Terms? Contact legal@launchshield.dev.