These terms are the agreement between you and .i.s.o. They cover your account, your subscription, the work you share, and the small set of rules that keep this a kind place. They also contain important provisions on dispute resolution, including binding arbitration and a class-action waiver. Please read them.
In plain words
You keep ownership of everything you make. You give us only the permission we need to show your work to other members inside the app — never to sell it or train AI on it. In return you agree to be at least 16, to pay the small subscription, and to follow a few clear rules: no nudity, no abuse, no stealing other people's work. Break the serious ones and you can be removed for good.
This box is a summary for convenience. The numbered sections below are the terms that actually apply.
1Accepting these terms
.i.s.o. is operated by Brandon Owen, an individual sole proprietor doing business as .i.s.o. (“Company”, “we”, “us”, “our”). By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the .i.s.o. mobile application (the “App”) or visiting isoapp.art (the “Website”), you (“User”, “you”, “your”) agree to be legally bound by these Terms & Conditions (the “Terms”), to our Privacy Policy, and to the End User License Agreement. These Terms constitute a binding legal agreement between you and .i.s.o. If you do not agree to these Terms in their entirety, you must immediately cease all use of the App and Website.
Your continued use of the App following any updates to these Terms constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms; we recommend you review them periodically. These Terms apply to all users globally, regardless of jurisdiction, and supplement any additional policies or guidelines we may publish from time to time.
2Who can use .i.s.o.
You must be at least 16 years old to use the App, or the minimum age required by the laws of your country of residence if that minimum age is higher than 16, and you must have the legal capacity to enter into this agreement. .i.s.o. is currently available by invitation. By creating an account, you represent and warrant that all information you provide is accurate, complete, and current, and that you meet these requirements.
3The Service
The .i.s.o. App is a private, ad-free community designed for photographers and people who appreciate their work, for sharing original visual works in a curated, respectful environment. It lets you publish photographs, build a profile, discover others' work through the feeds, map, and filters, and respond with heartbeats, focuses, and inspirations.
The Website at isoapp.art serves solely as an informational portal and access point for the App; no user-generated content is viewable or accessible through the Website. The App is intentionally designed without advertising, algorithmic content curation, comment systems, external content-sharing capabilities, or any form of artificial-intelligence training derived from user content. Its features are defined and may be modified, added to, or removed by us at our sole discretion to improve the Service.
4Your account
You agree to maintain the security of your account credentials and to notify us immediately of any unauthorized access. You are solely responsible for all activity conducted through your account. Each individual may maintain only one active account, and accounts are non-transferable.
You are responsible for keeping your login credentials confidential and for everything that happens under your account.
You agree to provide accurate information and to keep it current.
One person, one account, unless we agree otherwise. Do not impersonate anyone or misrepresent your identity.
Tell us promptly at help@isoapp.art if you believe your account has been compromised.
5Subscription & payment
.i.s.o. is offered as an auto-renewing subscription, billed through Apple In-App Purchase. The current price is shown in the app at the time of purchase.
Billing & renewal. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically for the same period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
Managing & canceling. You manage and cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings, not from within .i.s.o. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription.
Refunds. Purchases are processed by Apple and are subject to Apple's refund policies. We do not separately process payments or issue refunds.
Price changes. If we change the price, we will give you notice and, where required, ask for your consent before the change applies to your renewal.
6Your content & the license you grant
You own your work. You retain full ownership of all photographs, artwork, images, and other original content (“User Content”) that you upload to the App. We claim no ownership of it.
By uploading User Content, you grant .i.s.o. a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide license solely to store, display, and transmit your User Content within the App for the purpose of operating the Service. This license does not permit us to reproduce, distribute, sublicense, sell, modify, create derivative works of, or commercially exploit your User Content in any manner outside the App.
This license is deliberately narrow. We will not use your content for advertising, sell or license it to third parties, or use it to train any artificial-intelligence model. It terminates automatically when you delete your content or close your account, except for copies in routine backups that cycle out over time, and except where we must retain material to comply with the law.
You represent and warrant that you own or have all necessary rights, licenses, consents, and permissions to submit your User Content and to grant us the limited license above, and that your content does not infringe anyone else's rights or break the law.
7Community rules
.i.s.o. only works if it stays kind. These rules are not optional. You agree not to upload, post, or transmit any content that: (a) infringes upon the intellectual-property rights, privacy rights, or other legal rights of any third party; (b) is defamatory, obscene, pornographic, sexually explicit, or otherwise objectionable; (c) depicts, glorifies, or facilitates violence, self-harm, abuse, hate speech, or discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, religion, disability, or any other protected characteristic; (d) constitutes spam, unsolicited commercial communications, or harassment; (e) contains malicious code, viruses, or any software intended to damage or disrupt the App; (f) involves impersonation of any person or entity; or (g) violates any applicable local, state, national, or international law or regulation.
Zero-tolerance
Nudity and sexually explicit content are not allowed. This is a zero-tolerance rule. Such content will be removed, and people who continue to post it will be permanently banned.
Child sexual abuse material is absolutely forbidden. It results in immediate, permanent removal, is reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as United States law requires, and is referred to law enforcement.
We reserve the right to remove any content that violates these standards and to terminate the accounts of repeat offenders without prior notice.
8No advertising, no algorithms, no AI training
We make the following binding commitments to our users as core pillars of our service:
No advertising. The App contains no paid advertisements, sponsored content, or promoted posts of any kind. We will not allow third-party advertisers to display content within the App.
No algorithmic curation. Content is not ranked, sorted, filtered, or surfaced by any automated recommendation algorithm. There is no behavioral profiling or predictive modeling applied to your browsing experience.
No AI training. We will not use, license, or permit the use of any User Content to train, fine-tune, test, benchmark, or otherwise develop any artificial-intelligence or machine-learning model, whether by us or any third party.
These commitments are central to our value proposition, and any material departure from them will be disclosed to users in advance, with an opportunity to delete their accounts and content.
9No comments, no external sharing
The App does not include a comment or public-reply feature. Users may not publicly comment on, annotate, or append unsolicited text to another user's content within the App. The App does not include native functionality to share, repost, re-upload, or export another user's content to any platform, website, or application outside of the App, and screenshots are disabled.
Any attempt to circumvent these restrictions through third-party tools, screenshots used in harmful ways, unauthorized scraping, or any other technical means is a material breach of these Terms. We have designed these restrictions to protect the artistic integrity and privacy expectations of our users, and we will enforce them vigorously.
10No data scraping or unauthorized access
You agree not to use any automated tool, bot, spider, script, crawler, or other means to access, collect, scrape, index, or harvest any data, content, or information from the App or Website without our prior written consent. You agree not to attempt to circumvent any access controls, authentication mechanisms, rate limits, or security features of the App, and not to reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or otherwise attempt to derive its source code.
Violations of this section may constitute a violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030), applicable international cybercrime laws, and other applicable legislation. We reserve all rights to pursue civil and criminal remedies for violations.
11Copyright & DMCA
We respect intellectual-property rights and expect our users to do the same. If you believe that content on the App infringes your copyright, you may submit a written notice to our designated agent at help@isoapp.art, pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 512), containing: (a) a physical or electronic signature of the rights owner or authorized agent; (b) identification of the copyrighted work; (c) identification of the allegedly infringing content and its location in the App; (d) your contact information; (e) a statement of good-faith belief; and (f) a statement under penalty of perjury that the information in the notice is accurate.
We will respond to valid notices promptly. Counter-notices may be submitted by users who believe content was removed in error. Repeat infringers will have their accounts terminated.
12Moderation & enforcement
Reports are reviewed by a person, not an automated system, and we aim to act on objectionable content and abusive behavior promptly. When several members report the same photograph, it is automatically hidden from view until it can be reviewed. Anyone can report content or a person from inside the app, and you can block another member at any time so that neither of you sees the other.
We may remove content, hide it, limit a feature, suspend an account, or permanently ban a person and their device when these Terms are broken. We try to be fair and, where appropriate, to tell people why action was taken. If you believe we got it wrong, you can write to help@isoapp.art.
13Suspension & termination
You can stop using .i.s.o. at any time and delete your account from Settings. Deletion follows the process described in our Privacy Policy.
We reserve the right to suspend or permanently terminate your account and access to the App at any time, with or without notice, for any reason — including a breach of these Terms, conduct that we determine in our sole discretion is harmful to other users, the App, or the Company, violation of applicable law, or inactivity. Upon termination, your license to use the App ceases immediately, and we will delete your User Content in accordance with our Privacy Policy. Termination does not relieve you of any obligations that arose prior to termination. Provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive termination — including intellectual property, disclaimers, indemnification, and limitation of liability — shall survive.
14Disclaimers
THE APP AND WEBSITE ARE PROVIDED ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, OR UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE OPERATION. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE APP WILL BE FREE FROM BUGS, VIRUSES, OR OTHER HARMFUL COMPONENTS, OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. WE DO NOT WARRANT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS, OR RELIABILITY OF ANY CONTENT ON THE APP. YOUR USE OF THE APP IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of implied warranties; in such jurisdictions, the foregoing exclusions apply to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.
15Limitation of liability
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL .I.S.O., ITS OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, LICENSORS, OR SERVICE PROVIDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES — INCLUDING LOST PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF GOODWILL, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES — ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APP, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. IN NO EVENT SHALL OUR AGGREGATE LIABILITY TO YOU EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE TOTAL AMOUNT PAID BY YOU TO US IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM OR (B) TWENTY UNITED STATES DOLLARS (USD $20.00). Nothing in this section limits liability for fraud, wilful misconduct, or death or personal injury caused by our negligence.
16Indemnification
You agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Brandon Owen and .i.s.o., and its officers, directors, employees, contractors, agents, licensors, and successors, from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or relating to: (a) your use of or access to the App; (b) your User Content; (c) your violation of these Terms; (d) your violation of any third party's rights, including intellectual-property rights or privacy rights; or (e) any claim that your User Content caused damage to a third party. We reserve the right to assume exclusive control of any matter subject to indemnification by you, and you agree to cooperate with our defense of such claims at your own expense.
17Governing law & disputes
These Terms are governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App shall first be submitted to informal resolution by contacting us at help@isoapp.art — most issues can be settled that way. If informal resolution fails within thirty (30) days, the dispute shall be resolved through binding arbitration administered under the rules of the American Arbitration Association (AAA), conducted on an individual basis in North Carolina. You waive any right to participate in a class-action lawsuit or class-wide arbitration. Notwithstanding the foregoing, either party may seek injunctive or other equitable relief in a court of competent jurisdiction to prevent irreparable harm.
18International users & compliance
The App is operated from the United States. If you access the App from outside the United States, you do so at your own initiative and are responsible for compliance with your local laws, including those governing online conduct, data protection, and acceptable content. We make no representations that the App is appropriate or available for use in all countries.
Where required by applicable law — including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) for users in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for users in Canada, and applicable privacy laws in other jurisdictions — we will comply with such obligations as detailed in our Privacy Policy. Users in jurisdictions that prohibit the exclusion of certain warranties or limitations of liability benefit from the most favorable protections available under applicable law.
19Apple App Store
.i.s.o. is distributed through the Apple App Store, and your license to use the app is also subject to the End User License Agreement. As set out there, this agreement is between you and us, not Apple; Apple is not responsible for the app or its content; and Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of the license and may enforce it. Your use of the app must also comply with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
20Third-party services & links
The Website may contain links to third-party websites or services for informational purposes. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy practices, or terms of any third-party sites or services. A link from our Website does not imply endorsement, and we encourage you to review the terms and privacy policies of any third-party sites you visit.
The App may utilize third-party infrastructure providers (such as cloud hosting, payment processing, or analytics) solely to operate the Service. Such providers are bound by confidentiality and data-protection obligations as described in our Privacy Policy and are not permitted to use your data for their own purposes.
21Accessibility & service availability
We strive to make the App accessible to users with disabilities and will endeavor to comply with applicable accessibility standards, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 to the extent reasonably practicable. However, we do not guarantee that the App will meet any particular accessibility standard.
We do not guarantee that the App will be available at all times or without interruption. We may perform scheduled or emergency maintenance that temporarily affects availability, and we will endeavor to provide advance notice of planned downtime where feasible. We are not liable for any loss or inconvenience resulting from service unavailability, interruptions, or errors.
22Changes to these terms
We reserve the right to modify, update, suspend, or discontinue the App or any feature thereof at any time, with or without notice, and to amend these Terms. When we make material changes, we will revise the “Last updated” date above and provide notice through the App or by email if we have your contact information. Your continued use of the App following notice of changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Terms. If you do not agree to the revised Terms, you must stop using the App and may request deletion of your account and content. We will not retroactively apply new Terms to conduct that occurred prior to their effective date.
23General
Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and the License, constitute the entire agreement between you and .i.s.o. with respect to the subject matter herein and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements, representations, or understandings, whether written or oral.
Severability. If any provision is found by a court or arbitrator of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, and the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be deemed a waiver of such right or provision.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them in connection with a transfer of the Service.
24Contact
If you have any questions, concerns, or notices regarding these Terms — including DMCA notices, copyright claims, or account-related legal matters — please contact us, including the nature of your request in the subject line: