Terms of Service.
Last updated July 13, 2026.
These terms are an agreement between you and Fellowing PBC, a Delaware public benefit corporation ("Fellowing", "we"). They govern the Fellowing app and the services behind it. By creating an account or using Fellowing, you agree to them.
We’ve written these terms to be read. The legally required parts are here, but so is the spirit: Fellowing is a private space for your group, you own what you share, and we can’t read it. How we handle data is covered in the App Privacy Policy.
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Who can use Fellowing
You must be at least 13 years old, or older where your country sets a higher age for consenting to data processing (16 in parts of Europe). If you’re under 18, you need a parent or guardian’s permission to use Fellowing.
You also confirm that you’re not located in a country under a U.S. government embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you’re not on any U.S. government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
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Your account and passkey
You sign in with a passkey. You’re responsible for the devices and passkeys that can access your account. We cannot reset or recover a lost passkey: if you lose it and have no synced copy, your account and its data are unrecoverable. That’s a consequence of the encryption that protects your group, not a support gap we can work around.
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Beta software
Fellowing is in beta. Beta means things will break, features will change or disappear, and beta data may be reset or deleted as we iterate. Don’t keep your only copy of anything important in a beta. If you’re testing through TestFlight, Apple’s TestFlight terms also apply.
If you send us feedback, we can use it to improve Fellowing without owing you anything. That’s the point of a beta, and we’re grateful for it.
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Your license to use Fellowing
We grant you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to use the app on devices you own or control, subject to these terms and, for the iOS app, to the usage rules in Apple’s Media Services Terms and Conditions.
Fellowing’s core is free for every group. We may add optional paid extras later; if we do, we’ll say clearly what they cost before you pay anything.
Don’t copy, sell, rent, or redistribute the app, and don’t reverse engineer it or try to extract its source code, except to the extent the law gives you that right despite this clause.
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Your content
Everything you create in Fellowing (messages, commitments, check-ins, events, your profile) is yours. We claim no ownership, and because it’s end-to-end encrypted, we can’t even read it. You grant us only the narrow license we need to run the service: storing, syncing, backing up, and delivering your encrypted data to your group’s devices. That license ends when the data is deleted.
What you share with a group becomes part of that group’s shared record. If you leave a group, are removed from one, or delete your account, what you already shared stays with the group, without your name attached.
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Groups, moderation, and acceptable use
Groups are private, invite-only spaces. There are no direct messages, no public feed, and no way for strangers to find your group. That design is Fellowing’s main safety feature.
Moderation belongs to the group, because only the group can see its content: group admins approve or deny every join request, group admins can remove a member at any time, and any member can leave a group at any time. Because content is end-to-end encrypted, we cannot see, monitor, or moderate what groups share.
You agree not to use Fellowing to:
- break the law, or share content that’s illegal where you or your group’s members live;
- harass, threaten, or abuse others;
- harm or exploit minors in any way;
- impersonate someone or misrepresent who you are;
- send spam or use groups for unwanted promotion;
- distribute malware, or interfere with the service, our servers, or other people’s use of Fellowing;
- probe or circumvent our security or rate limits, or scrape the service.
If a group stops being good for you, leave it. If you believe someone is abusing Fellowing itself, our service or its invite system, email support@fellowing.com. We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these terms or abuse our infrastructure.
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What Fellowing is not
Fellowing is a tool for mutual support between people who know each other. It is not medical care, therapy, professional advice, or an emergency service, and your group’s members aren’t acting on our behalf. You’re responsible for your own commitments and choices, and for how you engage with your group.
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Availability and changes
We work to keep Fellowing running well, but we don’t promise uninterrupted service. Especially during beta, we may change, suspend, or discontinue features, or the service itself, at any time. Where a change is significant and it’s practical to announce it, we’ll give notice in the app or in release notes.
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Ending this agreement
You can stop using Fellowing at any time and delete your account in the app (Account settings, then Delete account). We can suspend or terminate your access if you violate these terms, if the law requires it, or if we discontinue the service; if we terminate without cause, we’ll give reasonable notice where practical. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (like content ownership, disclaimers, liability limits, and disputes) survive it.
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Disclaimers
Fellowing is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don’t warrant that the service will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that data will never be lost. Fellowing is not a backup service: during beta especially, keep copies of anything you can’t afford to lose. Some places don’t allow certain warranty disclaimers, so parts of this section may not apply to you.
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Limits on liability
To the fullest extent the law allows: we’re not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill; and our total liability for all claims relating to Fellowing is capped at the greater of $50 or the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim.
These limits don’t apply where the law doesn’t allow them. Nothing in these terms limits liability for our own fraud, gross negligence, or willful misconduct, or affects consumer rights that can’t be waived.
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Your responsibility to us
If your violation of these terms, your content, or your misuse of Fellowing causes a third party to bring a claim against us, you agree to cover the resulting costs and damages, to the extent the law allows.
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Disputes
If something goes wrong, talk to us first: email legal@fellowing.com with a description of the problem, and we’ll try to resolve it informally within 60 days.
If we can’t, you and Fellowing agree to resolve disputes by binding individual arbitration under the American Arbitration Association’s Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. Two exceptions: either of us can bring a claim in small-claims court, and either of us can go to court to stop unauthorized use of the service or infringement of intellectual property. There’s no judge or jury in arbitration, and review of arbitration awards is limited.
Disputes must be brought individually: you and we each waive the right to participate in a class action or other representative proceeding.
You can opt out of arbitration entirely by emailing legal@fellowing.com within 30 days of first accepting these terms, with the subject "Arbitration opt-out". If you opt out, or where arbitration isn’t enforceable, disputes will be resolved in the state or federal courts in Delaware, and you and we consent to their jurisdiction.
These terms and any dispute are governed by Delaware law, except where the law of your home state or country must apply.
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Terms that Apple requires
Because the iOS app is distributed through Apple’s App Store, Apple requires us to include the following. If you use Fellowing on another platform, this section doesn’t change anything above.
- These terms are between you and Fellowing PBC, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content.
- Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
- If the app fails to meet an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund any purchase price you paid for the app (today there is none, because the app is free). To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation; anything else is between you and us.
- Apple is not responsible for addressing claims relating to the app, including product-liability claims, claims that the app fails to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, and consumer-protection or similar claims.
- If a third party claims the app infringes their intellectual property, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
- You must comply with any third-party terms that apply when using the app (for example, your wireless carrier’s data agreement).
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.
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Changes to these terms
We may update these terms as Fellowing evolves. When we do, we’ll post the new version here and update the date at the top; for material changes, we’ll notify you in the app or in release notes before they take effect. Continuing to use Fellowing after a change takes effect means you accept the new terms.
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The fine print
These terms, together with the App Privacy Policy, are the whole agreement between us about Fellowing. If a court finds part of them unenforceable, the rest still stands. If we don’t enforce a term, that isn’t a waiver. You may not assign these terms; we may assign them as part of a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
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Contact
Questions, complaints, or claims: email legal@fellowing.com for legal matters or support@fellowing.com for support. By postal mail: Fellowing PBC, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808.