Terms of service

The terms for using Sheafly

Effective 28 September 2026

1. Agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and the developer of Sheafly ("we", "us"). By downloading or using the Sheafly app or this website, you agree to them. If you do not agree, do not use the app. How we handle information is described separately in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

If you got Sheafly from the Apple App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies. If you got it from Google Play, the Google Play Terms of Service also apply. Where they conflict with these terms, the store's terms win for matters they cover.

2. The app

Sheafly lets you scan and import documents, clean up the pages, read their text on your device, file them by person and folder, sign, password-protect, merge and share PDFs, and save documents to a cloud drive you connect (Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive or Dropbox). We may add, change or remove features over time.

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use Sheafly on devices you own or control, for your own personal or household purposes, under these terms. You may not copy, modify, resell, reverse engineer or redistribute the app, except where the law allows it regardless of this restriction.

3. Your content

Everything you scan, import or type into Sheafly ("your content") stays yours. We do not claim any rights to it, and because Sheafly has no server of its own, we do not receive it.

• You are responsible for your content. Only scan and store documents you are allowed to, and respect the privacy and rights of others, including people whose papers you file.
• Keep backups. Your content lives on your device and in your drive. Deleting the app, disconnecting a drive, device loss, or changes you or your drive provider make can remove it. We cannot recover content we never held.
• Check recognised text. Edge detection, clean-up and text recognition are automatic and can be wrong or incomplete. Do not rely on them where an error would matter (for example legal, medical or financial decisions) without checking the original.

4. Cloud drives and other services

When you connect a drive, you use that provider's service under its own terms and your own account. Storage limits, availability, and what happens to files in your drive are between you and that provider. We are not responsible for third-party services, including Google Drive, iCloud, OneDrive, Dropbox, Google AdMob, the App Store and Google Play.

5. Sheafly Pro

Sheafly is free to use. The free version keeps papers for up to 3 people, finds documents by name, allows a few uses of the PDF tools and card sheets, and shows ads. Sheafly Pro adds search inside pages, unlimited people, unlimited PDF tools and card sheets, and original-quality PDFs, and removes ads. It is offered as a monthly or yearly subscription, or as a one-time lifetime purchase, at the prices shown in the app. What is included in Free and Pro may change over time; the app shows the current details before you buy.

• Payment is charged to your Apple ID or Google Play account when you confirm the purchase.
• Subscriptions renew automatically at the same length and current price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel them in your App Store account settings, or in Google Play under Payments & subscriptions.
• If a free trial is offered, it turns into the paid plan unless you cancel before it ends.
• Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies. We cannot issue refunds for store purchases directly.
• "Lifetime" means for as long as we offer and support Sheafly on your platform.

Everything you have already filed stays yours and stays in your drive whether or not you keep Pro.

6. Ads

The free version shows ads provided by Google AdMob. We do not endorse advertised products and are not responsible for them. How ad data is handled, and your choices about it, are described in the Privacy Policy.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Sheafly to:

• break any law, or store or share content you have no right to, such as documents obtained unlawfully;
• forge, alter or misrepresent identity or official documents;
• infringe anyone's intellectual property or privacy;
• interfere with the app, other services it connects to, or their security.

8. No warranty

Sheafly is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no warranties, express or implied, including that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or fit for a particular purpose, or that text recognition, sync or search will be accurate or complete. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranties to be excluded, so parts of this may not apply to you.

9. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, documents, profits or opportunities, arising from your use of or inability to use Sheafly. Our total liability for any claim relating to the app is limited to the amount you paid for Sheafly Pro in the 12 months before the claim, or USD 10 if you paid nothing. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your statutory rights as a consumer.

10. Ending use

You can stop using Sheafly at any time by deleting the app; your files stay in your drive. We may suspend or end your licence if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms. Sections 3, 8, 9 and 12 continue to apply after that.

11. Apple-specific terms

If you use Sheafly on an Apple device: these terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app, its maintenance or support, or any claims relating to it, including product liability, legal compliance or intellectual-property claims. If the app fails to meet an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, which may refund the purchase price; Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. You confirm you are not in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo and are not on any U.S. Government list of restricted parties.

12. General

If any part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. Our not enforcing a term is not a waiver of it. You may not transfer these terms; we may transfer them as part of a transfer of the app. These terms are the whole agreement between you and us about Sheafly.

13. Changes

We may update these terms. We will change the effective date above and, for material changes, note them in the app's release notes. Continuing to use Sheafly after a change means you accept the updated terms.