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Terms of Service

Effective date: August 17, 2026

These Terms of Service ("Terms") govern your use of the Build app operated by Sawdust Ventures LLC ("Build", "we", "us"). By creating an account or using the app, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the app.

Who can use Build

You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum age required in your country) to use Build. By using the app you confirm you meet this requirement and that the information you provide is accurate.

Your account

You're responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for activity that happens under your account. Let us know promptly at help@usebuild.app if you believe your account has been compromised.

Your profile carries a display name and a username that other people can search for and see. Don't pick a name, username, or profile photo that impersonates another person, brand, or organization, and don't use them to advertise, harass, or mislead. We may reclaim or reset a username that breaks these rules.

Your content

You own the content you create in Build — your workouts, routines, custom exercises, notes, photos, goals, comments, and messages. You grant us only the limited permission needed to store, sync, display, and back up that content in order to operate the app for you, and to show it to the people you have chosen to share it with.

Some features copy your content to another person on purpose. If you share or assign a routine, create a share link or invite link, post to the friends feed, join a challenge, or send a direct message, the people on the other end receive that content and may keep their own copy of it. Deleting your original does not automatically claw back a copy someone else has already saved. Only share what you're comfortable sharing.

Share links are public and permanent. When you share a workout, routine, or folder, we create a link that anyone holding it can open — no account needed. That link is a snapshot: it does not expire, there is no way to revoke it, and deleting the original in the app does not take it down. Treat a share link as public the moment you send it. Invite links, which add someone as a friend, are the exception — those expire after 30 days.

Friends and what they can see

Build's social features are built on mutual friendships: you send a request and the other person accepts, or you add each other in person by scanning a QR code or opening an invite link. Either side can remove the friendship at any time, which stops the sharing in both directions.

What an accepted friend can see is controlled by you, per category, in Settings → Privacy Settings → Sharing — workouts and sets, records and top lifts, muscles and stats, live workouts, workout notes, and workouts run from a plan a coach wrote for you. You can change any of these at any time, and the limits are enforced on our servers, not just hidden in the app. An invite link is usable by anyone you send it to until it expires, so treat it like an open door and only post it where you mean to.

Community content and zero tolerance

Build includes social features — a friends feed, reactions, comments, direct messages (including photos), nudges, challenges and challenge chat, shared routines, and coaching plans. Anything you post or send through them is user content, and by using those features you agree that there is no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users.

You agree not to post, send, or share content that is:

Reporting and blocking. You can report a comment, a workout, a profile, a direct message, or a nudge from the ⋯ menu or report icon on it, and you can block any user from their profile or from a conversation. Blocking takes effect immediately: it removes the friendship in both directions, deletes the reactions and comments either of you left on the other's workouts, deletes your message and nudge history with that person, cancels any routine they sent you, and prevents them from adding you again. A coaching plan they assigned you is not cancelled by a block — it simply stops being updated, and you can leave it from Plans. You can review and undo your blocks in Settings → Privacy Settings → Blocked Accounts. Unblocking is not an undo: it does not restore the friendship, the conversation, or anything the block deleted.

Automated screening. Photos sent in a direct message are automatically screened for objectionable content before they can be delivered. A photo that fails is deleted and never reaches the recipient. Text is filtered where you write it to another person — comments, direct messages, challenge chat, nudges, and the note you attach when sharing a routine. Not every field is screened, profile photos are not screened, and automated screening is never perfect: it does not replace reporting.

Our response. We review reports of objectionable content and act within 24 hours — removing the content and, where warranted, suspending or removing the account responsible. Accounts that breach this section may be terminated without notice.

Coaching plans and shared routines

Build lets one user send a routine to another, or assign a plan they maintain on that person's behalf. If someone writes a plan for you, they are another Build user — not an employee, agent, or certified trainer vetted by us. We don't review, endorse, or take responsibility for the training advice in a plan, a routine, a note, or a message. If you follow someone else's programming, you do so at your own risk, and the health disclaimer below applies in full.

A coach can see that you ran their plan. Whether they can also see the weights and reps you actually lifted is your choice, controlled by the "workouts from their plan" setting described above. A plan stays under its author's control: they can revise or retire it at any time. You can leave a plan assigned to you whenever you like, from Plans → For you → Leave plan. Workouts you already completed stay in your history either way.

Challenges, goals, and leaderboards

Challenges, goals, achievements, streaks, and friend leaderboards are informational features for motivation. They are not contests of skill or chance, they carry no prize, entry fee, or cash value, and nothing in them is a wager. Rankings and progress are calculated from the workouts you and your friends log, so they are only ever as accurate as the data entered. We may recalculate, correct, or reset these figures — for example after fixing a bug, removing fraudulent entries, or changing how a statistic is defined. Don't log workouts you didn't do in order to win a challenge or climb a leaderboard.

AI features

Voice set logging and photo routine import are powered by third-party AI services that process your audio or image to produce a result. They require an internet connection, and their output is a best effort — always check what was logged. Don't use these features to submit content you don't have the right to submit, and don't attempt to resell, automate, or bulk-process them.

Purchases and subscriptions

Build is free to use. Logging workouts, routines and folders, the exercise library, history and stats, the rest timer, goals, challenges, friends, messages, CSV import and export, and Apple Health sync are all included at no cost. The two AI features come with a free starter allowance — 15 voice logs and 2 photo routine imports — after which unlimited use requires a paid plan, Build Pro.

Build Pro is offered as an auto-renewing subscription on a monthly or annual plan, and may also be offered as a one-time lifetime purchase.

Subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. If a free trial is offered, it converts to a paid subscription when the trial ends unless you cancel beforehand. Prices, the trial length (if any), and billing periods are shown in the app and on the App Store before you buy. A lifetime purchase is a one-time charge that does not renew.

All purchases are billed to your Apple ID and processed by Apple; we don't receive or store your payment details. You can view, manage, or cancel a subscription anytime in iOS Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Refunds are handled by Apple under its terms.

We may also issue promotional or offer codes that unlock Build Pro at a discount or at no charge. Such codes are single-use, have no cash value, and may expire or be revoked.

Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Service availability

Build is provided "as is" and "as available." We work hard to keep it running, but we don't guarantee uninterrupted or error-free service, and features may change over time.

Health disclaimer

Build is a fitness-tracking tool, not medical advice. Always consult a qualified professional before starting or changing an exercise program. Estimated one-rep maxes, calorie estimates, suggested progressions, and anything another user writes in a plan or a comment are informational only. You're responsible for training safely.

Termination

You can delete your account at any time from within the app (Profile → tap your name → Delete Build Account). We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these Terms.

Deleting your account takes the content you created with it, including the messages, comments, and reactions you sent other people — those disappear from their side too. The exception is a copy someone else now owns: a routine they already saved into their own library is theirs and stays, as does a share link's snapshot. We may also keep limited records of a report or a violation for as long as needed to enforce these Terms.

Copyright

Don't upload photos, text, or routines you don't have the right to use. If you believe something in Build infringes your copyright, email help@usebuild.app with enough detail to identify the work and where it appears, your contact details, and a statement that you believe the use is unauthorized. We'll review it and remove infringing content, and we may terminate accounts that repeatedly infringe.

Apple and the App Store

These Terms are between you and Sawdust Ventures LLC only — not Apple. Apple is not responsible for Build or its content. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for Build. If Build fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to Build. We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claim relating to Build, including product-liability, legal-compliance, and intellectual-property claims. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as "terrorist supporting", and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Build and Sawdust Ventures LLC are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the app. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us, if any, in the 12 months before the claim.

Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll post the new effective date here and, for material changes, notify you in the app. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated Terms.

Contact

Sawdust Ventures LLC — help@usebuild.app