Brixa Terms of Use
These terms form an agreement between you and NHANCIO TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, operating as Approtic (“we”, “us”), governing your use of the Brixa iPhone application and this website. By downloading or using Brixa you accept them. If you do not accept them, do not use the app.
1. The one that matters: calculations are informational
Brixa provides winemaking calculations for informational purposes only. You are responsible for verifying every addition before you make it — especially sulfite and SO2dosing — and for complying with the law where you live.
Sulfur dioxide, potassium metabisulfite, sorbate, acids and other winemaking additives can cause harm if misdosed. Some people have serious sulfite sensitivities. A calculator cannot see your hydrometer’s calibration, your scale’s accuracy, your actual vessel volume, your temperature, or a typo you made three readings ago. Treat every figure Brixa produces as a suggestion to be checked against an independent reference, your own measurements and, where appropriate, professional or laboratory advice.
Brixa is a tool for lawful home and hobby winemaking by adults. Home production of alcohol is restricted or prohibited in many places, and licensing, volume limits and distillation rules vary widely. It is entirely your responsibility to know and follow the law that applies to you. Nothing in Brixa is an inducement to break it, and the app must never be used for distillation guidance or for any commercial production that you are not licensed to carry out.
Brixa is not medical, food-safety, legal or professional advice, and no result it displays should be treated as such.
2. Licence
We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use Brixa on Apple-branded devices that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service. This is a licence, not a sale; we retain all rights not expressly granted.
You agree not to:
- copy, modify, translate, reverse-engineer, decompile or disassemble the app, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits it despite this restriction;
- rent, lease, lend, sell, redistribute or sublicense the app, or attempt to transfer a purchase to another person;
- circumvent or interfere with the purchase and entitlement checks that gate paid features;
- use the app for any unlawful purpose, or in a way that infringes anyone else’s rights.
3. Your content
Your batches, readings, notes and photos are yours. They are stored on your device and, if you enable it, in your own private iCloud database. We claim no ownership or licence over them and, as explained in the Privacy Policy, we cannot access them.
Because your data lives on your device, you are responsible for backing it up. Keep device backups turned on, or enable iCloud sync, or export your batches periodically. We cannot recover data lost to a broken, lost or wiped device, a deleted app, or an iCloud account you no longer control.
4. Purchases, subscriptions and auto-renewal
Brixa is free to install with a limited free tier. Brixa Pro unlocks the full feature set and is available either as a one-time lifetime purchase or as an auto-renewing subscription.
- Lifetime unlock — US$24.99, one time.A non-consumable in-app purchase. It does not renew, is tied to your Apple Account, and can be restored on your devices. “Lifetime” means the lifetime of the Brixa product as offered on the App Store; it does not obligate us to publish the app indefinitely, and it does not cover a separate future product sold as a different app.
- Subscription — US$2.99 per month or US$14.99 per year. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period, at the then-current price.
You can manage and cancel subscriptions in Settings › your name › Subscriptions on your device or in your App Store account settings. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period; partial periods are not refunded.
All prices are shown in US dollars and may differ in your local storefront; Apple sets regional pricing, taxes and currency conversion. We may change prices for future purchases and renewals, with notice as required by the App Store rules. Purchases and refunds are handled by Apple under the Apple Media Services Terms. We cannot issue refunds directly — request them from Apple — but tell us if something went wrong and we will help where we can.
5. Apple standard EULA
These terms are intended to sit alongside, and in addition to, Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the standard EULA). Where these terms and the standard EULA conflict on a point the standard EULA addresses, the standard EULA governs for App Store distribution.
You acknowledge that this agreement is between you and us only, not with Apple, and that Apple is not responsible for Brixa or its content. Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for Brixa. In the event of any failure of the app to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to the app. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app, including product liability claims, any claim that the app fails to conform to a legal requirement, and claims under consumer protection or similar legislation. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you.
6. Intellectual property
The Brixa name, logo, app design, interface, icons, copy, documentation and the software itself — including the way the calculators are implemented and presented — are owned by NHANCIO TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED and protected by copyright, trade mark and other laws. The underlying chemistry and oenological formulae are, of course, public knowledge and we claim nothing over them. Nothing in these terms transfers any of our intellectual property to you.
7. Warranty disclaimer
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Brixa is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted or error-free, that its calculations will be correct for your circumstances, or that defects will be corrected.
8. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, neither we nor our directors, employees or suppliers will be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, product, batch or substitute goods, arising out of or relating to your use of or inability to use Brixa — including any spoiled, ruined or unsafe batch, any personal injury or illness, any regulatory penalty, or any reliance on a calculation the app displayed — whether based in contract, tort, negligence, strict liability or otherwise, and whether or not we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to Brixa will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you actually paid us or Apple for Brixa in the twelve months preceding the claim, or (b) US$25.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or the limitation of liability for certain damages. Where that is so, the above exclusions and limitations apply only to the extent permitted, and nothing in these terms limits liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for any other liability that cannot lawfully be limited. If you are a consumer, you may have statutory rights that these terms do not affect.
9. Indemnity
You agree to indemnify and hold us harmless from any claim, demand, loss or expense (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of Brixa, your breach of these terms, or your violation of any law or third-party right — including any law governing the production, possession or sale of alcoholic beverages.
10. Changes and availability
We may update, change or discontinue Brixa or any of its features at any time. We may also update these terms; if we make a material change we will revise the effective date above and, where significant, note the change in the app or on this page. Continuing to use Brixa after a change means you accept the revised terms. A lifetime unlock already purchased will not be converted into a subscription by a change to these terms.
11. Termination
These terms apply until terminated. They end automatically if you stop using and delete Brixa, and we may terminate the licence if you materially breach them. Sections 1, 3, and 6 to 9 survive termination.
12. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of India, and the courts of Bengaluru, Karnataka have jurisdiction, without prejudice to any mandatory consumer-protection rights or forum available to you under the law of your country of residence.
13. General
If any provision of these terms is held unenforceable, the rest remain in force. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it. These terms, together with the Privacy Policy and the Apple standard EULA, are the entire agreement between us regarding Brixa.
14. Contact
NHANCIO TECHNOLOGIES PRIVATE LIMITED, operating as Approtic — support@approtic.in.