Terms & Conditions

1. About Hence

Hence is a discovery and reading product designed to help you explore short, interesting pieces of knowledge through a personalized feed. The service may include recommendations, search, saved content, Rabbit Holes, language features, and other ways to discover and interact with content.

2. Accounts and anonymous use

Some parts of Hence may be available without a registered account. We may require you to create or sign in to an account to continue using certain parts of the service or access particular features.

If you create an account, you are responsible for maintaining appropriate control over access to your account and for providing accurate information where required.

3. Using the service

You may use Hence for personal, non-commercial purposes in accordance with these terms and applicable law. You must not misuse the service, interfere with its operation, attempt to gain unauthorized access to its systems, circumvent access or usage restrictions, or use automated means to extract or reproduce substantial portions of the service without permission.

4. Content and sources

Hence presents short-form informational content derived from or informed by third-party sources. Content may be selected, summarized, rewritten, translated, organized, or otherwise processed with the assistance of automated systems, including artificial intelligence.

We work to make the content useful and accurate, but we cannot guarantee that every card, summary, translation, recommendation, or source is complete, current, accurate, or error-free.

Hence is intended for general informational and discovery purposes. Content provided through Hence should not be relied upon as professional, medical, legal, financial, safety, or other specialist advice. You should consult an appropriately qualified professional where such advice is needed.

Where available, source information is provided so that you can explore a subject further. Third-party sources remain subject to their own terms, policies, and intellectual-property rights.

5. Personalization

Hence may personalize what you see based on signals such as content you view, how you interact with it, topics that appear to interest you, and other activity within the service. Personalization is designed to improve discovery, but it does not guarantee that every recommendation will be relevant, suitable, or interesting to you.

6. Free service and advertising

Hence may offer a free version of the service. The free service may include advertising, sponsored content, usage limits, or other differences from paid plans.

The presence of an advertisement or sponsored message in Hence does not mean that Hence endorses or guarantees the advertiser, product, service, offer, claim, or website being advertised.

Advertisers and other third parties are responsible for their own products, services, representations, offers, terms, fulfillment, and customer support. Any purchase, communication, or other transaction between you and an advertiser or other third party is between you and that third party, subject to applicable law.

To the extent permitted by applicable law, Hence is not responsible for loss or damage arising from your dealings with advertisers or from third-party products or services advertised through the service. Nothing in this section limits rights or liabilities that cannot lawfully be excluded.

7. Premium and subscriptions

Hence may offer paid features or a paid plan referred to as Premium. Premium may include an advertising-free experience, increased or expanded access to features, or other benefits described in the app at the time of purchase.

The features included with Premium may evolve over time. We may add, change, or discontinue individual Premium features, subject to applicable law.

If Premium is offered as an automatically renewing subscription through Apple's App Store, the subscription will renew automatically unless it is cancelled in accordance with Apple's subscription policies. The price, billing period, and other purchase information will be shown before you confirm the purchase.

Apple processes App Store payments and manages billing, renewals, cancellations, and applicable refunds according to Apple's terms and policies. You can manage or cancel an App Store subscription through your Apple account or App Store subscription settings.

Deleting the Hence app does not cancel a subscription. Deleting a Hence account also does not automatically cancel a subscription billed through Apple. If you no longer want a subscription to renew, you must cancel it separately through Apple.

8. Sensitive and potentially objectionable content

Hence covers a broad range of real-world, historical, scientific, cultural, and social subjects. As a result, the service may contain material that some users find sensitive, disturbing, controversial, offensive, or otherwise uncomfortable, including references to violence, death, war, slavery, discrimination, racism, disease, religion, sexuality, and other sensitive subjects.

Hence may provide settings intended to reduce the amount of certain sensitive content you encounter. These settings rely on content classification and other automated or editorial systems and cannot guarantee that all potentially sensitive or unwanted material will be identified or excluded.

The inclusion of factual, historical, or source-based material does not constitute endorsement by Hence of the actions, beliefs, terminology, individuals, organizations, or practices described in that material. Historical sources and subjects may also contain language, classifications, or viewpoints that are outdated or offensive by modern standards.

You are responsible for deciding whether particular content is appropriate for you. To the extent permitted by applicable law, Hence is not responsible merely because content reflecting or summarizing a source, historical event, or real-world subject is upsetting, offensive, controversial, or objectionable to a user.

You may report content that you believe should be reviewed. A report does not necessarily mean that the reported content violates these terms or will be removed.

9. Intellectual property

Hence, including its software, interface, branding, visual design, and original materials, is protected by applicable intellectual property laws. These terms do not transfer ownership of Hence or its intellectual property to you.

Content originating from third-party sources remains the property of its respective owners where applicable.

10. Third-party services

Hence may contain links to, integrate with, or rely on services provided by third parties, including source websites, authentication providers, platform services, subscription services, advertisers, and payment infrastructure.

We do not control third-party services and are not responsible for their content, availability, security, products, representations, or privacy practices. Your use of third-party services may be subject to separate terms and policies.

11. Availability and changes

We aim to keep Hence available and working well, but the service is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis to the extent permitted by applicable law. Interruptions, errors, delays, data loss, or temporary unavailability may occur.

We may modify, add, remove, restrict, or discontinue features or parts of the service as Hence evolves. We do not guarantee that every feature will always be available or operate in exactly the same way.

12. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Hence and its operators will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or similar damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the service.

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits rights, remedies, or liabilities that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including mandatory consumer rights that may apply where you live.

13. Ending your use of Hence

You may stop using Hence at any time and, where available, delete your account.

We may restrict, suspend, or terminate access to the service where reasonably necessary to protect Hence, its users, or third parties; enforce these terms; prevent abuse or security threats; or comply with legal obligations.

Ending your use of Hence or deleting your account does not itself cancel an App Store subscription. Subscription cancellation must be completed separately through Apple.

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as Hence evolves. When we make changes, we will update the date at the top of this page. If changes are material, we will provide additional notice where appropriate or required by applicable law.

15. Contact

If you have questions about these terms, you can contact us through the contact page.