Terms of Use

Agreement

By downloading or using the Melody+ app or the website melodyplus.app you agree to these terms. If you got Melody+ from the App Store, you also agree to Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement, which these terms supplement; if you got it from Google Play, Google Play's Terms of Service also apply to your use of Google Play. If you do not agree, please do not use Melody+.

The service

Melody+ helps you learn piano, guitar and other instruments with lessons, songs, practice tools and games, make beats with Beat Maker and the Rhythm course, and learn to mix with the DJ Mixer and the DJ course. If you sign in, you can also share what you make with the community and compare your XP on the leaderboard. It can listen to your instrument through the microphone, a MIDI keyboard or on-screen keys and give feedback on what you play. Note and chord recognition, and tempo, beat and key detection, work well in most conditions but are not perfect, and results depend on your instrument, music, room and device.

Your account

You can use Melody+ without an account. If you sign in with Apple or Google, you are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping access to that Apple or Google account secure. You can delete your account at any time in the app.

Melody+ Pro subscriptions

Melody+ is free to download and shows no ads. The first course of everything (piano, guitar, Rhythm and DJ), beginner songs, practice modes, tools, and the core of Beat Maker and the DJ Mixer can be used for free, within limits shown in the app (for example 2 kits, 3 saved beats, hot cues 1–4 and mix recordings up to 10 minutes). Melody+ Pro is an optional auto-renewing subscription, offered monthly or yearly, that unlocks the other courses, the full song library, every Beat Maker kit and effect, every DJ effect, hot cues 5–8, and unlimited saved beats and mix recordings. The price and what Pro includes are shown in the app before you buy, in your local currency, including any taxes that apply. Reaching a free limit never deletes anything you made.

• Payment is charged to your Apple Account (iPhone) or your Google Play account (Android) when you confirm the purchase (or, if a free trial is offered, when it ends).
• Your subscription renews automatically for the same period and price unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• On iPhone, your Apple Account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the current period ends. On Android, Google Play charges the renewal on or shortly before the renewal date shown in Google Play.
• If the price changes, Apple or Google will notify you in advance as their rules require, and ask for your consent where needed.
• A subscription is a licence to use Pro features while it is active. When it ends, Pro content locks again, but your progress, stars and anything you created stay yours.

Free trials

Melody+ Pro does not currently include a free trial. If a free trial or other introductory offer is offered in the future, the App Store or Google Play shows its length, who is eligible and the price that follows before you confirm. When a free trial ends, the subscription begins and is charged automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Eligibility is decided by Apple or Google.

Cancelling and refunds

You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your iPhone's Settings: tap your name, then Subscriptions › Melody+. On Android, cancel in Google Play › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions › Melody+. After you cancel, Pro stays active until the end of the period you have paid for.

Deleting the app or your Melody+ account does not cancel a subscription. Payments are processed by Apple or Google, so refund requests are handled by them under their policies: for the App Store at reportaproblem.apple.com, for Google Play in Google Play's order history or Help Center.

To get Pro back on a new device, use Restore purchases in the app while signed in to the same Apple Account (iPhone) or Google account (Android).

Family Sharing

On iPhone, the yearly plan supports Apple Family Sharing: when Purchase Sharing is on, up to five other members of your family group can use Melody+ Pro on their own devices at no extra cost. The monthly plan cannot be shared. Family members keep their own progress and their own optional accounts. If the organiser's subscription ends, shared access ends too. Google Play subscriptions are not shared with family members.

Music content and licensing

The songs in Melody+ are arrangements of works in the public domain, such as classical pieces and traditional folk songs, or original compositions created for Melody+. Backing tracks are produced for Melody+. Beat Maker kits and DJ practice grooves are synthesised by Melody+ on your device.

Our arrangements, notation, tabs, lessons, recordings, artwork and software are protected by copyright and other laws. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use them within the app for your own non-commercial learning. You may not copy, extract, redistribute or sell them, or use them to build a competing service.

If you believe any content in Melody+ infringes your rights, contact [email protected] with the details and we will look into it promptly.

Age requirements

You must be old enough to agree to these terms where you live. Otherwise, a parent or guardian must agree to them for you, supervise your use of Melody+, and is responsible for purchases made with the family's Apple Account or Google account. Children need a parent's or guardian's permission to sign in, join the leaderboard or post to the community.

Acceptable use

Please don't misuse Melody+: do not try to break or bypass its security or subscriptions, reverse engineer it except where the law allows, overload our servers, misuse reports, blocks or the leaderboard (for example with fake accounts or automated actions), or use it in a way that breaks the law or harms others.

Community rules

The community and the leaderboard are for sharing music made in Melody+ and encouraging each other. When you post, choose a nickname or otherwise take part, you agree to these rules, which the app also shows before your first post:

• Share music you made in Melody+ and have the rights to. No music, samples or videos that belong to someone else without their permission.
• Be kind. No hate speech, harassment, bullying, threats or discrimination.
• No sexual or sexually suggestive content, and no violent or graphic content.
• No spam, advertising or scams, and don't pretend to be someone else.
• Don't share personal information, yours or anyone else's, such as phone numbers, addresses or email addresses, in titles, captions or nicknames.

There is no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive users in Melody+. Content that breaks these rules is removed, and people who break them can lose the ability to post or their account.

What you post

What you post stays yours. By posting, you give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to store, copy, stream and show your post (with its title, caption and your nickname) to users of Melody+, and to convert it only as needed to do that. We use this licence only to run the community. It ends when you delete the post or your account, except for copies we must keep for a short time in backups or by law.

You confirm that you have the rights to everything in your post, including any music, samples or sounds in it, and that it follows the community rules. You are responsible for what you post.

Reporting, blocking and moderation

You can report any post (for spam, hate or harassment, sexual content, violence, someone else's music, or another reason) and block its author, after which you no longer see each other's posts. A post reported by three different people is hidden until our team reviews it. We aim to review reports within 24 hours.

We may review, hide or remove any post, replace a nickname, hide someone from the leaderboard, and suspend someone's ability to post or their account, at any time, if we believe it breaks these terms or the law or to protect our users. We do not check every post before it appears and we are not responsible for what users post, but we act on reports.

To report something urgent, or to make a copyright or other rights claim about a post, email [email protected] with the details.

Nicknames and the leaderboard

Your nickname is your public name on the leaderboard and in the community. It must be 3 to 20 characters (letters, digits, spaces, _ - .), must not already be taken, and must not be offensive, contain blocked words or pretend to be someone else. We recommend not using your real name. You can change it once every 24 hours.

The leaderboard ranks learners who join by the XP of their synced practice, this week and of all time. It is just for fun. We may hide entries or replace nicknames that break these terms, and you can leave the leaderboard at any time.

Music you import

Only import audio files and songs that you own or have the right to use. Melody+ does not give you any rights to third-party music. The DJ Mixer is meant for practice and personal enjoyment: playing or publishing a mix in public, on the radio or online, including in the Melody+ community, may need permission from the rights holders, which is your responsibility.

Copy-protected (DRM) files and songs cannot be used, and you must not try to remove or work around copy protection to use music in Melody+.

Your recordings and creations

Recordings of your own playing, and the beats, mixes and share videos you make, are yours. They stay on your device, and you decide whether to share them or post them to the community. You are responsible for what you share, including any third-party music in it.

You may use the sounds of the built-in Beat Maker kits and practice grooves in beats and mixes you create and share, including in the Melody+ community, for personal, non-commercial purposes. For commercial use, contact [email protected].

Changes and availability

We keep improving Melody+, so features and content may change, including the community and the leaderboard. We try to keep the service available but cannot promise it will always be uninterrupted or error-free. If we ever stop offering Melody+ Pro, we will tell you in advance.

Disclaimers and liability

Melody+ is provided "as is". To the extent the law allows, we make no warranties beyond those that cannot be excluded, and we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have as a consumer under the laws of the country where you live.

The community and the leaderboard are also provided as is. Posts are the work and views of the people who post them, not ours, and we do not promise that the community, the rankings or any post will always be available, accurate or to your taste.

About Apple

This section applies when you got Melody+ from the App Store. These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for Melody+ or its content, maintenance, support or any claims about it. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. Apple, iPhone and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms from time to time. We will update the date above and, for significant changes, tell you in the app. If you keep using Melody+ after a change takes effect, the new terms apply.

Contact

Questions about these terms: [email protected].