Placeholder note for legal review. The following is a structural draft. Final language will be reviewed and revised by counsel prior to the App Store submission of June 1, 2026.
N° 001The agreement
These Terms of Service (the "Terms") govern your access to and use of thebeatedit.com and the theBEAT iOS application (together, the "Services"), operated by theBEAT LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company with its principal place of business in Baltimore, Maryland ("theBEAT," "we," "us," or "our"). By using the Services you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.
N° 002Your account
You may use much of the Services without an account. Some features require one, including saving dishes and accessing Priority membership. You are responsible for safeguarding your account credentials and for activity that occurs under your account. You agree to provide accurate information and to keep it current.
You may close your account at any time from within the app, or by writing to support@thebeatedit.com. We may suspend or close accounts that violate these Terms or applicable law, with notice where reasonable.
N° 003Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Use the Services for any unlawful purpose.
- Scrape, mirror, or otherwise copy editorial content without our written permission.
- Resell, sublicense, or commercially exploit access to the Services.
- Interfere with the integrity or performance of the Services or attempt to access them by means other than the interfaces we provide.
- Submit content that is unlawful, deceptive, infringing, or harmful to others.
N° 004Editorial content
Rankings, written entries, photography, and other editorial materials available through the Services are the property of theBEAT or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property law. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to access and view this content within the Services for your own use. Quotations of brief excerpts for personal or journalistic purposes are permitted with attribution.
Rankings are not for sale. No payment, gratuity, or consideration influences the editorial outcome of any ranking on theBEAT.
N° 005Your submissions
When you submit a dish request, review, photograph, or other material through the Services (a "Submission"), you retain ownership of it. You grant theBEAT a worldwide, royalty-free license to use, reproduce, edit, and display the Submission in connection with the Services and with theBEAT's editorial output. You represent that you have the rights to submit it and that doing so does not violate any third-party rights.
N° 006Priority membership
Priority is an optional, recurring membership offered through Apple's In-App Purchase system. Pricing is shown at the point of purchase. Membership renews automatically until cancelled. Cancellation, management, and refunds for the current period are handled by Apple under your Apple ID. Member benefits are described inside the app and may evolve over time; theBEAT will provide notice of material changes and will not reduce the substance of paid benefits during an active billing period.
N° 007Disclaimers
The Services are provided "as is" and "as available." We do not warrant that they will be uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that any information provided through them is accurate or current at any given moment. Restaurant hours, menus, and availability change frequently and outside our control. Please verify with the establishment before traveling.
N° 008Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, theBEAT and its officers, employees, and agents will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of or relating to your use of the Services. Our aggregate liability for any claim relating to the Services will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you have paid to theBEAT in the twelve months preceding the claim, or (b) one hundred United States dollars.
N° 009Governing law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, without regard to its conflict of laws provisions. The exclusive venue for any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Services will be the state or federal courts located in Baltimore, Maryland. Nothing in this section limits your rights under mandatory consumer-protection laws of your place of residence.
N° 010Changes
We may update these Terms from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will change with each revision. Material changes will be communicated by email or in-app notice. Continued use of the Services after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.
Questions about these Terms may be sent to hello@thebeatedit.com.