Terms of Use · Acrea

1. Acceptance of these terms

By downloading, installing, or using Acrea, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App. If you use the App on behalf of an organization, you represent that you are authorized to bind that organization to these Terms.

2. What the App is — and is not

Acrea is a digital tool that helps you estimate land area and distance, mark and organize sites on a map, and produce reports and exports from those estimates, using your device's GPS and third-party mapping data. It is a measurement and planning aid for general, agricultural, real-estate, and informational use.

Acrea is not a cadastral, geodetic, or legal boundary survey, is not a substitute for a licensed land surveyor, and does not establish, certify, or alter the legal boundaries, title, or ownership of any parcel of land.

3. Accuracy & no professional survey

Measurements produced by the App are estimates. Their accuracy depends on factors outside our control, including the precision of your device's GPS, satellite and signal conditions, the quality and currency of third-party map and satellite imagery, terrain, atmospheric conditions, and how you place points. Real-world accuracy can vary by several meters or more.

You must not rely on the App for any purpose that requires certified accuracy, including legal boundary determination, property conveyancing, deeds, construction staking, engineering, regulatory filings, dispute resolution, or anything where an error could cause loss or harm. Features such as the metes-and-bounds "legal description" generator, COGO traverse entry, and CAD/GIS exports (DXF, Shapefile, KML, GeoJSON, CSV, PDF) are provided for convenience and drafting assistance only; their output is not certified and must be independently verified by a licensed professional before being relied upon. For any authoritative determination, engage a licensed surveyor and consult the official cadastral records for your jurisdiction.

4. Eligibility & accounts

You must be at least 13 years old (or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction, if higher) to use the App. The App does not require you to create an account; your settings and data are stored on your device. You are responsible for the security of your device and for all activity that occurs through it in the App.

5. Your responsibilities

You are solely responsible for:

How you use the App and any measurements, reports, descriptions, or exports you create with it;
Verifying the accuracy and suitability of any output before relying on or distributing it;
Complying with all laws, regulations, and the rights of others that apply to your use; and
Obtaining any permissions, licenses, or consents required to access, enter, survey, photograph, or measure any land or property.

This Section is important. The App can be used to measure and record information about land. You are responsible for ensuring you have the legal right to do so. You agree that:

You will only measure, map, record, or generate reports for land that you own, occupy, or are otherwise authorized to survey — whether by the owner, occupier, or by law.
You will not use the App to trespass on, intrude upon, or otherwise access land without permission, and you will not use it to harass, stalk, surveil, or infringe the privacy or property rights of any person.
You will not represent Acrea output as an official, certified, or surveyor-approved determination of anyone's property boundaries, and you will not use it to assert, dispute, or interfere with another person's property rights without independent, authoritative confirmation.
If you capture, store, or share measurements, coordinates, photographs, notes, or reports relating to land or property that you do not own, you are responsible for having any consent required under applicable property, privacy, and data-protection laws, and for how you subsequently use or distribute that information (including any PDF or file you generate and share).

We do not review, authorize, or take responsibility for the land you choose to measure or for what you do with the results. Any measurement of, or report about, third-party land — and any consequence of sharing it — is your sole responsibility, and you agree to indemnify us against claims arising from it as set out in Section 14.

7. Your content & exports

Measurements, names, notes, categories, saved sites, and the reports and files you generate ("Your Content") belong to you. We do not claim ownership of Your Content, and — because it is stored on your device — we generally do not have access to it. You are responsible for backing up Your Content; uninstalling the App or clearing its data will delete it. You are responsible for the legality of Your Content and of any file you export or share with third parties.

8. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

Use the App for any unlawful, fraudulent, infringing, or harmful purpose;
Violate the privacy, property, intellectual-property, or other rights of others;
Reverse engineer, decompile, or attempt to extract source code, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by law;
Circumvent, disable, or interfere with security or premium-entitlement features, or access paid features without paying;
Scrape, bulk-download, resell, or redistribute the App's map, imagery, or data outside the App's intended functionality, or otherwise breach the terms of the third-party map providers;
Use the App in any way that could damage, disable, overburden, or impair it or any connected service.

9. Subscriptions & billing

Acrea is free to download and includes a paid subscription, Acrea Pro, which unlocks premium features (such as offline maps, premium map styles, and advanced surveying tools) and removes free-tier limits. Subscriptions and any free trial are sold and processed by the Apple App Store or Google Play under their terms, not by us directly.

Auto-renewal. Subscriptions automatically renew for the same period at the then-current price unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
Billing & management. Payment is charged to your app-store account. You manage or cancel your subscription, and turn off auto-renewal, in your app-store account settings.
Free trials. If a free trial is offered, any unused portion is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. We may attempt to send an on-device reminder before a trial converts. However, because these are local notifications, their delivery depends on your device settings (including notification permissions) and operating system behavior (such as device restarts). You remain solely responsible for managing or cancelling your subscription before the trial ends, regardless of whether you receive a reminder.
Refunds. Refunds are handled by the app store under its policies and the law of your jurisdiction; we generally cannot issue refunds directly.
Changes. We may change subscription features or pricing prospectively; price changes apply to future billing periods and, where required, with notice and your consent.

10. Intellectual property

The App, including its software, design, branding, and the Acreaname and logo, is owned by Acrea and its licensors and is protected by intellectual-property laws. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App for its intended purpose. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

11. Third-party services

The App relies on third-party services — including mapping, imagery, geocoding, directions, analytics, crash reporting, and subscription processing (see our Privacy Policy, Section 7). Your use of map and imagery content is also subject to the terms of those providers (for example, Mapbox and Google Maps Platform). We are not responsible for third-party services, and their availability, accuracy, and content are outside our control.

12. Disclaimer of warranties

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE APP AND ALL CONTENT, MEASUREMENTS, MAPS, IMAGERY, REPORTS, AND EXPORTS ARE 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, ERROR-FREE, OR ACCURATE, OR THAT ANY MEASUREMENT OR OUTPUT WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS OR BE SUITABLE FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above may not apply to you.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL Acrea, ITS OWNERS, OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, DATA, GOODWILL, OR OPPORTUNITY, OR FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE ARISING FROM RELIANCE ON A MEASUREMENT, BOUNDARY, LEGAL DESCRIPTION, OR REPORT PRODUCED WITH THE APP, OR FROM ANY PROPERTY DISPUTE, TRESPASS, OR THIRD-PARTY CLAIM RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THE APP, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS RELATING TO THE APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US (OR THE APP STORE FOR ACREA) IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO THE CLAIM, OR (B) USD 50. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of the above may not apply to you, and nothing in these Terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

14. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Acrea and its owners, employees, and suppliers from and against any claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or related to: (a) your use or misuse of the App; (b) your measurement of, entry onto, or recording or sharing of information about any land or property, including land you do not own or are not authorized to survey; (c) any report, file, or legal description you generate, share, or rely upon; (d) your violation of these Terms or of any law or third-party right; or (e) any dispute between you and a third party (including any property or boundary dispute).

15. Termination

You may stop using the App and uninstall it at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access to the App or any feature if you breach these Terms or if we discontinue the App. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 3, 5–7, 10, and 12–18) will survive.

16. Changes to the App & terms

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue the App or any feature at any time. We may also update these Terms; we will revise the "Last updated" date above and, for material changes, provide reasonable notice in the App or on this site. Your continued use of the App after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

17. Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of Sri Lanka, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. You agree that the courts of Sri Lanka will have jurisdiction over any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App, except where mandatory consumer-protection law in your country of residence gives you the right to bring proceedings locally. You agree to first attempt to resolve any dispute informally by contacting us.

18. Miscellaneous

Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App.
Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect.
No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
Assignment. You may not assign these Terms; we may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
Apple/Google app-store terms. If you obtained the App from an app store, that store's terms also apply, and the store is not responsible for the App or for support, which we provide.

19. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Reach us on X at @dewwuday (or by email at hello@dewmina.dev).