Terms of Service — Inkrest

Last updated: June 17, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your purchase of and access to Inkrest and this website, provided by Lampblack Labs LLC ("we," "us"). By purchasing, downloading, or using Inkrest, you agree to these Terms and to the End User License Agreement (EULA) at https://inkrest.app/eula, which governs your use of the software.

1. The service

Inkrest is on-device dictation software for macOS, iOS/iPadOS, and watchOS. Features depend on your device and the models you choose to download.

2. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority in your jurisdiction, if higher) and able to form a legally binding contract to purchase Inkrest. A parent or legal guardian may purchase and permit use by a minor under their supervision.

3. Licenses and purchases

Inkrest is licensed, not sold, under the EULA. Direct purchases are sold and processed by Paddle.com Market Limited acting as the merchant of record (reseller); Paddle — not Lampblack Labs LLC — is the seller of record for those transactions and is responsible for charging and remitting applicable sales tax, VAT, and GST and for issuing your invoice/receipt. App Store purchases are processed by Apple. Payment disputes and chargebacks for direct purchases are handled by Paddle under the Paddle Buyer Terms. A license permits activation on up to the number of devices stated at purchase for your license tier.

4. Trials

Where offered, we may provide a time-limited free trial (currently up to 14 days on macOS) so you can evaluate Inkrest. Trials are provided "AS IS" for evaluation, are limited to one per device, and may be limited in time or features. To prevent abuse, we may limit trials to one per device and verify eligibility using a one-way hashed device identifier (we do not require your email to start a trial), as described in our Privacy Policy. If you believe you were incorrectly identified as having already used a trial on your device, contact [email protected] and we will review and, where appropriate, restore your trial access. We may modify, suspend, or discontinue trials at any time. This Section does not limit your statutory rights (Section 8a).

5. Refunds

How a refund is handled depends on where you purchased Inkrest, and is in every case subject to your statutory rights in Section 8a.

(a) App Store purchases. Purchases made through the Apple App Store are sold by Apple, and all refunds for them are handled by Apple under Apple's policies. Lampblack Labs LLC is not the seller of record for those transactions and cannot issue, approve, or deny refunds for them; request one via reportaproblem.apple.com or your device's Media & Purchases settings.

(b) Direct (Mac) purchases. Direct purchases are sold and processed by Paddle.com Market Limited as merchant of record, and Paddle — not Lampblack Labs LLC — reviews and decides refund requests for them, on a case-by-case basis under the Paddle Buyer Terms and Paddle Refund Policy and as required by applicable law. To request one, use the receipt link in your confirmation email or visit paddle.net. Except to the extent of any right you have under mandatory consumer law (Section 8a), we do not offer a guaranteed refund period or money-back guarantee. We may, at our discretion and as a goodwill matter, ask Paddle to refund an individual case; any such refund is voluntary, is not an admission of any obligation, and does not create a course of dealing or any entitlement to future refunds.

(c) Digital content supplied immediately; statutory rights unaffected. Inkrest is digital content supplied as soon as you download it or begin using it. If you are an EU or UK consumer, at checkout you are asked to expressly consent to immediate supply and to acknowledge that, once supply begins, your statutory 14-day right of withdrawal no longer applies. That waiver does not affect your separate statutory remedies if the digital content is faulty, not as described, or not of satisfactory quality. Nothing in this Section limits any non-waivable consumer right (Section 8a), including EU/UK/Australian consumers' rights; where applicable law gives you a greater right or remedy, that prevails.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to resell, redistribute, sublicense, reverse engineer (except as permitted by law), or circumvent the licensing of Inkrest, and not to use it unlawfully.

6a. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you will indemnify and hold harmless Lampblack Labs LLC and its member(s), managers, officers, employees, and agents from any third-party claim, demand, loss, liability, or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of (a) your misuse of, or unlawful use of, Inkrest; (b) your violation of any third-party right or of the AI model providers' terms (including the applicable open-source license terms of the AI models); or (c) content you create, process, or distribute using Inkrest. We may assume the exclusive defense of any matter subject to indemnification, in which case you will cooperate with us. This Section does not apply to the extent a loss is caused by our own breach, and it does not override the non-waivable consumer protections in Section 8a.

7. Intellectual property

Inkrest, the Inkrest name, and related logos are trademarks of Lampblack Labs LLC. The software includes third-party open-source and model components subject to their own licenses (see the in-app Acknowledgements and the EULA).

8. Disclaimers

Subject to Section 8a (Your statutory consumer rights), and to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Inkrest and the related website and licensing/update services are provided by Lampblack Labs LLC and its member(s), managers, officers, employees, and agents "AS IS" and "AS AVAILABLE," with all faults and without warranties or conditions of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory. We specifically disclaim all implied warranties and conditions of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, title, non-infringement, accuracy, and any warranty arising from course of dealing, usage, or trade practice. We do not warrant that Inkrest will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure, that it will meet your requirements, or that defects will be corrected. No advice or information, whether oral or written, obtained from us creates any warranty not expressly stated in these Terms.

8a. Your statutory consumer rights

Nothing in these Terms or the EULA excludes, restricts, or modifies any guarantee, warranty, right, or remedy you have under mandatory consumer-protection law that cannot lawfully be excluded — including, where they apply to you, the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, the EU Consumer Rights Directive (2011/83/EU) and Digital Content Directive (EU) 2019/770, and the Australian Consumer Law. Where such law applies, the disclaimers and limitations of liability in these Terms and the EULA apply only to the extent permitted by that law, and your statutory rights prevail over any conflicting term. If you are a consumer in the EU or UK, the digital content we supply will be of satisfactory quality, fit for its described purpose, and as described, and you are entitled to the statutory remedies for any failure.

8b. AI output — no reliance; not for high-risk use

Inkrest uses automated speech-recognition and language models that run on your device. Their output can be inaccurate, incomplete, or misleading, and may misrecognize words, names, numbers, punctuation, or meaning. Inkrest is a productivity aid, not a professional, legal, medical, or advisory service. You are solely responsible for reviewing, verifying, and editing all output before relying on, sharing, submitting, or acting on it. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law (and subject to Section 8a), we are not liable for any error or omission in transcription or refinement or for any decision or action taken in reliance on the output. Inkrest is not designed or licensed for use in any situation where an inaccuracy could lead to death, personal injury, or serious physical, financial, legal, or environmental harm — including medical, diagnostic, legal, financial, emergency-response, or other safety-critical contexts — and you must not rely on it for any such purpose.

8c. Service availability; changes to features

The licensing, activation, update, and download services we operate, and any trial, beta, or pre-release features, are provided on an "AS AVAILABLE" basis with no uptime, availability, or service-level commitment. Beta or pre-release features may be incomplete or unstable and are provided for evaluation only. We may modify, suspend, limit, or discontinue any feature or service, in whole or in part, at any time, with or without notice, subject to your statutory rights (Section 8a). A perpetual license you have purchased remains valid for the version you purchased even if we later discontinue these online services, subject to Sections 9 and 10.

9. Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Lampblack Labs LLC and its member(s), managers, officers, employees, and agents will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for any loss of or damage to data, loss of profits, revenue, goodwill, business, or anticipated savings, business interruption, or loss of use — however caused and on any theory of liability, whether in contract, tort (including negligence), strict liability, or otherwise, and whether or not we were advised of the possibility of such damages. Nothing in this Section limits or excludes liability that cannot be limited under applicable law, including liability for (a) death or personal injury caused by our negligence; (b) fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation; (c) gross negligence or willful misconduct; (d) any indemnification obligations expressly stated in these Terms or the EULA; or (e) your rights under mandatory consumer-protection law (Section 8a). Subject to the foregoing, the aggregate liability of Lampblack Labs LLC and its member(s), managers, officers, employees, and agents for all claims relating to Inkrest will not exceed the greater of (i) the amount you paid for the license in the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (ii) USD 50 — except where a higher minimum is required by mandatory law. These exclusions and limitations apply even if any remedy is found to fail of its essential purpose.

10. Termination

We may suspend or terminate access for breach of these Terms or the EULA. Termination for your breach does not entitle you to a refund. If we discontinue Inkrest entirely or terminate without cause, we will, where required by law or as a matter of fairness, provide a pro-rata refund of any prepaid, unused license fee via the original merchant of record. Termination does not affect rights or liabilities that accrued before it. The provisions of these Terms that by their nature should survive — including those on intellectual property, acceptable use, indemnification, disclaimers, AI output, limitation of liability, dispute resolution, governing law, severability, and assignment — survive any termination or expiration of these Terms, the EULA, or your license.

10a. Dispute resolution for U.S. users (binding arbitration; class-action waiver)

This Section applies only if you are a resident of the United States. It does not apply to consumers outside the U.S. (see Section 11), and it does not limit the non-waivable rights in Section 8a.

You and Lampblack Labs LLC agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to Inkrest or these Terms will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by a recognized arbitration provider (such as the American Arbitration Association) under its applicable consumer rules, rather than in court; any in-person hearing will take place in King County, Washington, or by telephone/video where available.

Class-action waiver. Disputes will be brought only in your or our individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in any class, collective, consolidated, or representative proceeding.

To the extent any dispute proceeds in court rather than arbitration, you and we each waive any right to a jury trial, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

Carve-outs. Either party may (i) bring an individual claim in small-claims court, so long as the claim remains in that court and proceeds on an individual, non-class basis, and (ii) seek injunctive or equitable relief in court to protect intellectual-property or licensing rights.

30-day opt-out. You may opt out of this Section by emailing [email protected] within 30 days of first accepting these Terms; opting out does not affect any other Section.

If the class-action waiver above is held unenforceable, this entire Section 10a is void; otherwise, if any other part is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in effect.

11. Governing law and venue

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Washington, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and (for users who are not consumers) the exclusive venue for any dispute is the state and federal courts located in King County, Washington. For U.S. residents, Section 10a (binding arbitration) governs dispute resolution and takes precedence over the court venue in this Section for any dispute subject to it. If you are a consumer, this choice of law and venue does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of habitual residence, and you may bring proceedings in the courts of, and rely on the mandatory law of, that country where such law so provides. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

12. Changes

We may update these Terms. For non-material changes (e.g., clarifications, contact details, or changes required by law), the updated Terms take effect when posted and we will revise the "Last updated" date. For material changes that affect your rights or obligations, we will give reasonable prior notice (through the app, our website, or by email where we have your address). Material changes apply prospectively only and will not retroactively alter the terms governing a purchase you have already made; your statutory rights under Section 8a are unaffected.

13. Contact

Lampblack Labs LLC, 522 W Riverside Ave, Ste N, Spokane, WA 99201, USA — [email protected]

14. Severability and entire agreement

If any provision of these Terms is held unenforceable, that provision will be modified to the minimum extent necessary or severed, and the remaining provisions remain in full force. These Terms and the EULA are the entire agreement between you and us regarding Inkrest and supersede prior understandings, except that nothing here limits your non-waivable statutory rights (Section 8a).

15. Assignment

You may not assign or transfer these Terms, the EULA, or your license without our prior written consent, and any attempted transfer is void. We may assign or transfer these Terms and the EULA, in whole or in part, to an affiliate or to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, financing, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, on notice to you. Such an assignment will not diminish your rights under these Terms or your non-waivable statutory rights (Section 8a).