Terms of Use — Markd.ly

By downloading, installing, or using the Markd.ly application (the "App"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the App.

Markd.ly is a native markdown editor for macOS and Windows, with free companion editors for iPhone and Android. The App stores your documents locally on your device. Bravely Studios LLC distributes the desktop downloads directly at bravely.dev; some platform-specific builds may also be distributed through the Apple App Store.

You must be at least 13 years old to use the App. If you are in the EEA, the UK, or another place where 16 is the age of consent for online services, you must be at least 16. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the App only with the involvement of a parent or guardian who agrees to these Terms. By using the App you confirm you meet these requirements and that you are not barred from using it under the law that applies to you.

Markd.ly is a single paid product. There is no free tier and no per-feature paywall: one purchase unlocks the whole app on every platform we support. If you were using it for free before May 31, 2026, your free access continues. We grandfathered existing free users rather than taking away something they already had. We may add capabilities over time, and we will not remove access to features covered by your purchase except where necessary for abuse prevention, refunds, or legal compliance.

Upon purchasing a valid Markd.ly Pro lifetime license, Bravely Studios LLC grants you a non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the Pro features of the App on desktop devices you own or control for personal or business use. You may not share, sublicense, or redistribute your license to another person without prior written consent.

Markd.ly is a one-time purchase of $19.99 that unlocks the app on every platform we support, with no subscription. You can also choose Bravely Premium, which covers Markd.ly together with our other premium utilities, at $95.99 per year or $399 once for lifetime access. The exact price, currency, and any applicable tax are shown at checkout before you pay. Web and desktop purchases are processed by our merchant-of-record billing provider, which handles payment, invoicing, and sales tax/VAT on our behalf. We do not collect, process, or store payment card details. Purchases made through an app store are billed by that store under its own terms.

We want you to be satisfied with your purchase. If Markd.ly is not a fit, you may request a refund under the following terms: • Web purchases — one-time, annual, or lifetime: You may request a full refund within 30 days of purchase. • App Store purchases: Refunds for App Store transactions are handled by Apple under Apple’s own policies and tooling. • After 30 days: Refund requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis at our discretion. To request a refund for a desktop web purchase, email support@bravely.dev with your order number or Bravely Account email. Refunds are processed by our billing provider and typically appear within 5–10 business days depending on your payment method.

You retain ownership of the markdown files, exports, snippets, and other content you create with the App. You are solely responsible for backing up your files, choosing safe export destinations, and verifying that any content you create or export complies with applicable law and the rights of others.

You agree not to: • Use the App for any unlawful purpose • Attempt to circumvent the license or entitlement checks • Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App except where applicable law expressly permits it • Resell, sublicense, or redistribute the App or any part of it • Use the App to create or distribute content that infringes the rights of others

The App is provided "as is" and "as available" without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or compatible with every operating system version, third-party binary, or hardware configuration.

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Bravely Studios LLC and its officers, directors, employees, and agents shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of profits, data, use, or goodwill, arising out of or related to your use of the App. Our total liability for any claim arising from these Terms or use of the App shall not exceed the amount you paid for the desktop license.

We may revoke your license and terminate your access to Pro features if you violate these Terms, including by sharing a license or attempting to circumvent entitlement checks. You may stop using the App at any time by uninstalling it. Upon termination, your right to use the Pro features of the App ceases immediately.

We may update these Terms from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated accordingly. Continued use of the App after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Kansas, United States, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Except that the Resolving a Dispute section of these Terms is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, and subject to that section, which sends most disputes to individual arbitration, any dispute not subject to arbitration shall be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Kansas, and you and we consent to their jurisdiction. This does not apply to a claim brought in small claims court, or to any claim severed to court under the Resolving a Dispute section, either of which may be brought where you live. Nothing in this section removes a consumer-protection right, or the right to bring a claim in the courts of your own country, that the mandatory law of your place of residence gives you.

If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.

If you obtained the App from the Apple App Store, the following also applies and, for that copy of the App, overrides anything inconsistent elsewhere in these Terms: • These Terms are between you and Bravely Studios LLC only, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content. • Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for the App. Support requests go to support@bravely.dev. • If the App fails to conform to any 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 with respect to the App. • Apple is not responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the App, including product liability claims, any claim that the App fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection or similar legislation. • Apple is not responsible for investigating, defending, settling, or discharging any third-party claim that the App infringes that party's intellectual property rights. • You confirm you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. • Apple and Apple's subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance Apple has the right (and is deemed to have accepted the right) to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

If you believe content published through the App infringes your copyright, email support@bravely.dev with enough detail for us to act: identify the work, identify the content and where to find it, give your contact details, and include a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorized and that the information in your notice is accurate. We remove or disable infringing content and may suspend accounts that repeatedly infringe. If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake, reply to us and we will review it.

This section was added on July 26, 2026. It applies to disputes that arise on or after that date. It does not apply to any dispute that had already arisen, or that you had already raised with us, before then. Talk to us first. Before starting arbitration or a lawsuit, send a Notice of Dispute to legal@bravely.dev describing what happened, what you want, and how to reach you. We will do the same for you at the address on your account. All limitations periods are paused from the date a Notice of Dispute is sent until 60 days later, or until either of us says in writing that talks have ended, whichever comes first. Not sending a Notice of Dispute does not bar you from filing. Individual arbitration. If we cannot resolve it, you and Bravely Studios LLC agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms, the App, or our relationship will be settled by binding individual arbitration rather than in court, except for the carve-outs below. Arbitration is less formal than a lawsuit: a neutral arbitrator decides instead of a judge or jury, discovery is more limited, and the decision is final and enforceable in any court with jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the Governing Law section, this section is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. Who runs it. Arbitration is administered by the American Arbitration Association under its rules then in effect, including the Consumer Arbitration Rules and the Consumer Due Process Protocol where those apply to you. The AAA's rules are at adr.org. If the AAA is unavailable or declines to administer the case, the arbitration will be administered by JAMS under its Streamlined Arbitration Rules and its Consumer Arbitration Minimum Standards. If neither is available, either of us may ask a court to appoint an administrator or arbitrator under Section 5 of the Federal Arbitration Act. Who pays. We pay all AAA filing, administration, and arbitrator fees for any arbitration you begin, other than the initial filing fee set by the applicable AAA fee schedule, and we will pay that too if you tell us it is a hardship. We pay these regardless of who wins. We will not seek our attorneys' fees or costs from you unless the arbitrator finds your claim was frivolous as measured by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b). Nothing here limits your right to recover attorneys' fees where a statute provides for them. Where it happens. You may have the arbitration conducted on documents only, by telephone or video, or in person in the county where you live or have your principal place of business. You never have to travel to Kansas to bring a claim against us. What is carved out. Either of us may bring an individual claim in small claims court where you live, if it qualifies. Either of us may ask any court for an injunction or other equitable relief to stop actual or threatened infringement or misuse of intellectual property, credentials, or confidential information. Nothing here stops you from reporting anything to a government agency. Individual basis only. Claims are brought only in your own individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in any purported class, collective, consolidated, private attorney general, or representative proceeding. The arbitrator may award relief only to the individual party seeking relief and only to the extent needed for that party's own claim. If a court decides this individual-basis requirement is unenforceable as to a particular claim or request for relief — including any request for public injunctive relief that the law says cannot be waived — then that specific claim or request is severed and proceeds in court, and everything else remains in arbitration. Any claim or request severed to court is stayed until the arbitration of the remaining claims is complete. Jury trial. To the extent any dispute does proceed in court, you and we each waive the right to a jury trial, except where that waiver is not permitted by the law that applies to you. If a court finds this jury-trial waiver unenforceable, only that waiver is severed and the rest of this section still applies. If we change this section. If we change this Resolving a Dispute section after the date you accepted it, the change does not apply to any dispute we already had written notice of, and you may reject the change by emailing legal@bravely.dev within 30 days of it taking effect. Rejecting a change leaves the version you accepted in force. You can opt out. You may reject this Resolving a Dispute section entirely by emailing legal@bravely.dev on or before August 25, 2026, or, if you first accept these Terms after July 26, 2026, within 30 days of doing so. Put "Arbitration Opt-Out" in the subject and include the name and email address on your account. That is all it takes. Opting out affects nothing else — your account, your purchases, and your rights under the rest of these Terms are untouched, and we will not refuse or withdraw service because you opted out. If you opt out, disputes go to the courts named under Governing Law. Where this does not apply. This section does not apply where the law that protects you does not allow it. If you are a consumer resident in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, or anywhere else whose mandatory consumer law gives you a non-waivable right to bring a claim in your local courts or to use a local dispute-resolution body, that right stands and this section does not limit it. This section survives the end of your account or these Terms. If any part of it is found unenforceable, that part is severed and the rest still applies; the individual-basis requirement is severed in the specific manner described above and not otherwise. Where this section and the general Severability section conflict, this section controls.

Bravely Studios LLC Support and general questions: support@bravely.dev Privacy and data rights: privacy@bravely.dev Legal notices and arbitration opt-outs: legal@bravely.dev Website: https://bravely.dev Postal address: available on request.