1. About these terms
These Terms & Licence (the "Agreement") govern your use of the SEAHORSE desktop application, the seahorseapp.co.uk website, and any related services (together, "Seahorse"), provided by Ironbridge Games LTD (Company No. 16882669), a company registered in England and Wales with its registered office at 2 Jarvis Place, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6DQ ("Ironbridge", "we", "us", "our").
By installing or using Seahorse, or by signing up on our website, you ("the User", "you") agree to be bound by this Agreement.
2. Licence grant
2.1 Personal, non-exclusive licence
Subject to your compliance with this Agreement and the existence of an active Seahorse account at one of the tiers described below, Ironbridge grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable licence to install and use Seahorse for your own personal or internal business use on devices you own or control.
2.2 Accounts
To use Seahorse beyond the initial install, you must create a free Seahorse account using your email address. Sign-in is by magic link (we email you a one-time link to confirm), no passwords. The account holds your email, display name, an early-supporter position number (for thank-you display only), a donor flag (set only if you have chosen to donate), and the list of devices you have activated. It does NOT hold the contents of your conversations, memory cards, notes, or any data Seahorse processes on your behalf. Those remain on your computer.
2.3 The Free tier (everyone)
Seahorse is free, forever, for everyone who signs up. There is no time limit, no feature cap, no premium tier, no subscription, and no paid upgrade. Full functionality is available from your first sign-in and on every update after. The first 50 sign-ups during early access additionally receive an "Early supporter #N" badge on their account as a thank-you for being here this early. The badge is cosmetic only.
2.4 Donations (optional, never required)
Seahorse is free for everyone. If Seahorse helps you and you can afford to, you may make a one-off donation through one of the donation links published on seahorseapp.co.uk. Donations are entirely voluntary. No feature, capability, integration, or behaviour in Seahorse is ever locked behind a donation, now or in future. Donors receive a small supporter badge on their account; that is the sum total of what changes. Donations are not refundable other than where required by law.
2.5 No paid tier, no subscription
There is no Paid tier. There is no Subscription. There is no Premium upgrade. There is no time bomb on the Free tier. If a future feature ever requires real running cost (for example, hosted GPU compute beyond what runs on a home machine, or large amounts of server storage above what a normal user needs), that specific optional add-on may be offered at cost, but Seahorse's core capability is permanently free.
2.6 Device cap
A single Seahorse account may be activated on up to five (5) devices belonging to the licensed User. If you need to swap a device, the in-app device picker lets you remove an existing one. If you genuinely need more than five devices, contact henry@seahorseapp.co.uk and we will reset your activations.
2.7 What this licence does not include
- The right to redistribute, resell, sublicense, or share Seahorse with others.
- The right to reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble Seahorse, except to the extent permitted by applicable law (in the UK, principally section 50B of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988).
- The right to use Seahorse to build a competing product.
- Any rights in the SEAHORSE name, logo, branding, or trade dress.
3. Teething (early-access) period
During the teething (early-access) period, Seahorse is provided free to everyone who signs up, with the first 50 sign-ups additionally receiving the "Early supporter #N" badge as a thank-you. This period is intended for bug-finding and feature shaping. After teething ends Seahorse remains free for everyone; only the early-supporter badge stops being issued to new sign-ups.
4. Refunds
Seahorse itself costs nothing, so there is nothing to refund for using it. Donations are voluntary gifts, not payment for goods or services; we do not refund donations except where required by law (for example, an unauthorised transaction on your card). If you believe a donation was made in error or fraudulently, email henry@seahorseapp.co.uk and we will investigate in good faith.
5. Updates and changes to Seahorse
Ironbridge may update Seahorse at any time to add features, fix bugs, or improve security. Updates are free for the lifetime of your licence. We may also retire features that are no longer viable. Where a retirement materially reduces what your licence covers, we will explain why in the relevant CHANGELOG entry and via email.
6. Your responsibilities
You agree to:
- Use Seahorse lawfully and in accordance with this Agreement.
- Keep your account credentials (your email magic links and session tokens) confidential and not share them with others.
- Not use Seahorse to break the terms of any third-party service you connect to it (Slack, Notion, Atlassian, Google, Microsoft, etc.). You remain bound by those services' terms when you use them through Seahorse.
- Not attempt to circumvent the account system, the device activation cap, or any technical protections in Seahorse.
7. Data and privacy
Seahorse is designed to keep your data on your computer. Our handling of any personal data we do touch (your email, your licence key, optional anonymous telemetry) is described in our Privacy Policy. By using Seahorse you confirm you have read that policy.
8. Disclaimers
Seahorse is provided "as is" and "as available". To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ironbridge disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
Seahorse uses artificial intelligence to assist you. AI output may be inaccurate, incomplete, or otherwise unsuitable for any specific purpose. You are solely responsible for verifying any output before acting on it. Do not rely on Seahorse as a substitute for professional advice (legal, medical, financial, or otherwise).
Nothing in this Agreement excludes or limits any rights you have as a consumer that cannot be excluded under UK law (including the Consumer Rights Act 2015), nor any liability for death, personal injury caused by negligence, or fraud.
9. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Ironbridge's total aggregate liability to you for any claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or your use of Seahorse, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), or otherwise, is limited to the amount you actually paid for your Seahorse licence in the twelve (12) months preceding the claim, or £20.00, whichever is greater.
In no event shall Ironbridge be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, lost data, or business interruption, even if Ironbridge has been advised of the possibility of such damages. This limitation applies notwithstanding the failure of any limited remedy of its essential purpose.
10. Termination
This Agreement remains in force until terminated.
You may terminate at any time by uninstalling Seahorse and deleting any local data. Termination by you does not entitle you to a refund except as set out in Section 4.
Ironbridge may suspend or terminate your licence if you materially breach this Agreement (for example by attempting to redistribute Seahorse or circumvent the account system). Where the breach is capable of cure, we will give you reasonable notice before suspension.
On termination, your right to use Seahorse ends. Your local data on your own computer is not affected by termination and remains yours. Sections 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, and 13 survive termination.
11. Changes to this Agreement
We may update this Agreement from time to time. Where changes are material, we will email everyone with a licence at least 30 days before they take effect, and update the "last updated" date at the top of this page. If you do not agree with a material change, your remedy is to stop using Seahorse; we will, on request, refund any unused portion of a paid licence on a pro-rata basis.
12. Governing law and jurisdiction
This Agreement is governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales have exclusive jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of this Agreement, save that nothing in this clause limits your right (if you are a consumer) to bring proceedings in your country of residence under applicable consumer law.
13. General
- Entire agreement. This Agreement, together with the Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and Ironbridge regarding Seahorse, and supersedes any prior agreements on the same subject.
- Severability. If any part of this Agreement is held unenforceable, the rest remains in force.
- No waiver. Failure by us to enforce any right is not a waiver of that right.
- Assignment. You may not assign this Agreement. We may assign it to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of substantially all our assets.
- Notices. Notices to Ironbridge should be sent to henry@seahorseapp.co.uk.
14. Contact
Henry Kelly
Ironbridge Games LTD
2 Jarvis Place, St Michaels, Tenterden, TN30 6DQ, United Kingdom
henry@seahorseapp.co.uk