Terms of Service
Effective date: August 25, 2026 Last updated: August 25, 2026
These Terms of Service (the "Terms") are a binding agreement between Femi Studio LC ("KeptNote," "we," "us," or "our") and the business or individual accepting them ("Customer," "you"). They govern your use of https://keptnote.com (the "Site") and the KeptNote service (the "Service").
By creating an account, clicking to accept, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms. If you are accepting on behalf of a company, you represent that you have authority to bind that company.
1. The Service
KeptNote is a local-first meeting notepad for the Mac. It records the meetings you choose to record, transcribes them on your device, and turns your quick notes into a finished meeting note with decisions and next steps. It joins no call as a bot, requires no account, and stores your recordings, transcripts, and notes on your own device. An optional enhancement feature can send a note to an AI provider you choose, using your own key, and is off by default.
We may improve, modify, or discontinue features of the Service. We will provide reasonable notice of material reductions in core functionality.
2. Eligibility and accounts
The App is available to users 18 years of age or older. It runs on your own device without an account. You are responsible for the devices you install it on and for anything created with it on those devices.
3. Your responsibilities
You are responsible for your use of the App and for every recording you make with it. In particular, you agree that you will:
- Obtain any legally required notices and consents before recording. The App records only when you start it and reminds you to tell participants, but the legal duty to notify people and obtain their consent, including in all-party-consent jurisdictions, is yours alone;
- Use the App only for lawful purposes, and never to record someone covertly;
- Keep your own backups of anything you cannot afford to lose. Your meetings live on your device, and we hold no copy that could restore them;
- Keep any AI provider key you configure secure, and use that provider within their terms.
4. AI-generated output
The App builds transcripts and notes on your device, and, only if you enable it, sends material to an AI provider you chose using your own key. Transcription and AI output may be inaccurate or incomplete despite safeguards, and you are responsible for reviewing it before relying on it. The App evidences its notes against your transcript, but it does not provide legal, medical, financial, or other professional advice.
5. Your data
You own your data. As between the parties, you retain all rights to the information you submit through the Service ("Customer Data"). You grant us a limited license to host, process, transmit, and display Customer Data solely to provide and improve the Service, ensure security, and comply with law.
Your meetings never become our data. The recordings, transcripts, and notes you create with the App stay on your device and are never submitted to us, so the license above applies only to information you actually send us through the Site, such as your waitlist email or a support message. We train no models on your content, because we never have it.
You are responsible for the accuracy and lawfulness of Customer Data and for having the right to submit it to the Service.
6. Fees and billing
The App is currently offered without charge while in early access. When paid plans are offered, they will be billed through our payment provider (Stripe) at the prices shown at purchase, and these Terms will describe them before any charge occurs. A lapsed payment will never delete or lock the meetings on your device; they are yours regardless of any plan.
7. Third-party services
The App runs on your operating system and, only where you configure them, works with third-party tools you supply: a local transcription engine and model, and an AI provider reached with your own key. Your agreements with those providers govern your use of them, and we are not responsible for their availability, pricing, output, or policy changes. The Site depends on providers for hosting, email delivery, analytics, error monitoring, and security, as described in our Privacy Policy at https://keptnote.com/privacy.
8. Intellectual property
We and our licensors own the Service, including all software, models, designs, and branding. We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable right to use the Service during your subscription in accordance with these Terms. You may not copy, modify, reverse engineer, resell, or create derivative works of the Service except as permitted by law.
If you give us feedback, we may use it without restriction or obligation.
9. Confidentiality
Each party will protect the other’s non-public information with reasonable care and use it only as needed to perform under these Terms, except where disclosure is required by law.
10. Warranty disclaimer
THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE." TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT AI OUTPUT WILL BE ACCURATE.
11. Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW: (a) NEITHER PARTY WILL BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR LOST PROFITS, REVENUE, OR DATA; AND (b) OUR TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR THE SERVICE IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY. THESE LIMITS DO NOT APPLY TO YOUR PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS, YOUR INDEMNIFICATION OBLIGATIONS, OR EITHER PARTY’S GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT.
12. Indemnification
You will defend and indemnify us against third-party claims arising from: (a) Customer Data; (b) recordings you make with the App, including claims under call-recording, wiretap, or consent laws; (c) your violation of these Terms or applicable law; or (d) your restricted or unlawful use of the Service.
13. Term, suspension, and termination
These Terms apply while you use the Site or the App. You may stop at any time by deleting the App; your meetings remain on your device and remain yours. We may terminate your license to the App for material breach of these Terms, such as unlawful recording. Because your content lives with you, termination does not and cannot take your meetings away.
Sections that by their nature should survive (including 5, and 8–15) survive termination.
14. Governing law and disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to conflicts-of-law rules. The state and federal courts located in Maryland will have exclusive jurisdiction, and each party consents to venue there. Each party waives any right to a jury trial to the extent permitted by law.
15. General
These Terms, together with the policies referenced in them, are the entire agreement between the parties regarding the Service and supersede prior agreements on that subject. We may update these Terms from time to time; for material changes we will provide notice (such as by email or in-product), and changes take effect at your next renewal or 30 days after notice, whichever is earlier. If any provision is unenforceable, the rest remain in effect. You may not assign these Terms without our consent; we may assign them in connection with a merger or sale. Neither party is liable for delays caused by events beyond its reasonable control.