Terms of Service

These Terms are an agreement between you and Sward LLC ("Sward," "we," "us") for the Sward app. By using Sward, you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy.

1. Who can use Sward

You must be at least 13 years old. Sward is available in the United States and offers guidance only for the states and regions listed in the app.

2. What Sward is

Sward gives you a lawn care plan, reminders, weather and an AI assistant (Sage), based on published guidance from universities, starting with your state's university. Where a source gives no guidance, Sward says so.

Sward is not affiliated with or endorsed by any university or university lawn program. The names of universities and their lawn programs identify where guidance comes from.

3. Guidance, not professional advice

Sward's guidance, including Sage's answers, is general information. It is not a substitute for advice from a licensed professional or a local lawn expert, like your county Extension office (run by your state university), about your specific lawn.

• Always read and follow the product label for any fertilizer, herbicide, insecticide or other product. The label is the law.
• Some products or applications may require a licensed applicator.
• Follow your local watering rules and ordinances.
• Weather data comes from a third party and may be inaccurate or delayed.
• Sage is an AI assistant. It can make mistakes; check important information against the source it names.

You are responsible for decisions about your lawn and property.

4. Your account

You sign in with Apple. Keep your Apple account secure; you're responsible for activity on your Sward account. You can delete your account in the app at any time (Settings, then Account, then Delete account).

5. Subscriptions and billing

• Sward requires a subscription: $7.99 per month or $64.99 per year (U.S. prices; Apple may show local taxes).
• New subscribers get a 7-day free trial, once per Apple account.
• Payment is charged to your Apple account when the trial ends, or at purchase if there's no trial.
• Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends.
• Manage or cancel in your iPhone's Settings: tap your name, then Subscriptions.
• Refunds are handled by Apple under Apple's policies.
• If we change prices, we'll tell you in advance as Apple requires, and the new price applies from your next renewal.

6. Acceptable use

You agree not to:

• Copy, reverse engineer, or resell Sward or its content, or scrape its data
• Try to get around subscription checks, message limits or security
• Try to make Sage ignore its instructions or produce harmful content
• Share your subscription or account with others
• Use Sward to run a commercial lawn care service without our written permission
• Break any law while using Sward

7. Our content and your content

Sward's software, design, name and logo belong to Sward LLC. Guidance from universities shown in the app belongs to its publishers and is credited to them.

Your lawn log and other information you enter stay yours. You give us permission to use them only to provide Sward to you, as described in the Privacy Policy.

8. Changes to Sward and ending access

We may add, change or remove features and supported states. We may suspend or end your access if you break these Terms. You can stop using Sward and delete your account at any time.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

Sward is provided "as is" and "as available." To the extent the law allows, we make no warranties, express or implied, including that Sward will be accurate, uninterrupted or error-free, or fit for a particular purpose.

10. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, Sward LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for damage to your lawn, plants, property or animals from following or not following guidance in the app. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid for Sward in the 12 months before the claim.

Some states don't allow these limits, so some of them may not apply to you.

11. Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina.

If you have a problem with Sward, email support@getsward.com first; most issues can be fixed that way. If we can't resolve it within 60 days, either of us may start binding arbitration under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Arbitration means a neutral arbitrator decides the dispute instead of a judge or jury. Either of us may still bring a claim in small claims court if it qualifies, or ask a court to stop misuse of Sward or its content.

You can opt out of arbitration by emailing support@getsward.com within 30 days of first accepting these Terms, saying you opt out. If you opt out, disputes go to the state or federal courts located in North Carolina.

12. Apple App Store terms

These Terms are between you and Sward LLC, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for Sward or its content, and has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. If Sward fails to meet any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, which may refund the purchase price; Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple is not responsible for any claims relating to Sward, including product liability, legal compliance or intellectual property claims. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you. You confirm you're not in a country under a U.S. embargo and not on a U.S. government list of restricted parties.

13. Changes to these Terms

If we change these Terms in a material way, we'll tell you in the app or on this page before the change takes effect. Continuing to use Sward after that means you accept the changes.

14. Other terms

• These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between you and Sward about the app.
• If part of these Terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies.
• If we don't enforce a part of these Terms right away, we can still enforce it later.
• You can't transfer your account or these Terms to someone else. We may transfer them if Sward is sold or reorganized, and the same protections continue to apply.

15. Contact

Sward LLC · support@getsward.com