Terms of Use

Effective November 3, 2026 · Ahlchemy Author Company

1. Acceptance

These Terms are a binding agreement between you and Ahlchemy Author Company ("we," "us"), State of Missouri, USA, governing your use of the Ahl Control app and website (the "Service"). By using the Service you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you don't agree, don't use the Service.

2. What Ahl Control is

Ahl Control is a dashboard you point at your own Home Assistant installation. It is local-first: your Home Assistant address and token stay on your device and the app talks to your Home Assistant directly. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for Home Assistant / Nabu Casa, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Samsung SmartThings, or any device maker. Those are their owners' marks, used only to describe compatibility. You are responsible for your own Home Assistant, your network, your devices, and your accounts.

3. Home safety — please read

Ahl Control can send commands to real devices in your home — including locks, garage doors, alarm or security systems, and water or sprinkler valves. It is a convenience dashboard, not a life-safety, security, or emergency system, and it depends on your home assistant, your network, and the internet, any of which can fail or lag. Do not rely on it to secure your home, protect property, or respond to an emergency. Keep physical keys and independent safety and security systems for anything critical. Presets and automations act on your devices automatically — review them before you rely on them.

4. Pro, payments and codes

The core app is free. Pro is a one-time purchase of $14.99 (USD) — not a subscription. There is nothing to cancel and nothing auto-renews.
Payments are processed by Stripe; we never receive your card details. A Pro unlock is tied to the device/browser where you redeem or purchase it.
Pro may also be unlocked with a redemption code we issue (for example, for household members).
Refunds: because Pro unlocks immediately, sales are generally final, but if something isn't right, email admin@ahlchemy.org within 14 days and we'll make it right, typically with a refund.
Prices and features may change going forward; changes don't affect a purchase you've already made.

5. Acceptable use

Don't use the Service to break the law, infringe others' rights, interfere with or overload the Service or its APIs, probe or bypass security, or access another household's data. You're responsible for everything done through your deployment and your connected accounts.

6. Your content

Your configuration — rooms, tiles, pins, presets, house name, images, and your shopping list — is yours. You grant us only the limited license needed to host and sync it to provide the Service (for example, syncing your list across your devices). We claim no ownership of it and, as stated in the Privacy Policy, never use it to train AI.

7. Affiliate disclosure

Ahl Control's shopping list may add Amazon links. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. Outbound links to third parties are provided for convenience and are not an endorsement; those sites have their own terms and privacy practices.

8. Third-party services

Features you enable rely on third parties — Home Assistant, Google (calendar/tasks), Stripe (payments), and public weather services — each governed by its own terms. We're not responsible for those services' availability, accuracy, or acts.

9. Disclaimer of warranties

The service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, or error-free, or that any device command, automation, calendar event, or sync will be delivered or accurate.

10. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, in no event will Ahlchemy Author Company be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for lost data, lost profits, or business interruption, arising out of or relating to the service. Our total aggregate liability for any claim will not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the service in the twelve months before the claim, or (b) one hundred U.S. dollars ($100).

Separately and without limiting the above: you acknowledge the service controls physical devices, and to the fullest extent permitted by law we are not liable for property damage, loss, bodily injury, or death arising from the operation, failure, delay, or non-operation of any lock, door, alarm, valve, appliance, or other device, or from any automation or preset, whether or not triggered through the service.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain exclusions, so parts of §9–§10 may not apply to you; nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

11. Indemnification

You'll defend and indemnify us against claims arising from your use of the Service, your deployment, your connected devices and accounts, or your breach of these Terms, except to the extent caused by us.

12. App store terms

If you obtained Ahl Control through the Apple App Store, Google Play, or Microsoft Store (each an "App Provider"): these Terms are between you and us, not the App Provider, and the App Provider is not responsible for the Service or its support. You must comply with the App Provider's usage rules. The App Providers and their subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you. On Apple devices, where required, purchases inside a native app are made through Apple's in-app purchase; web purchases use Stripe.

13. Export compliance

You will comply with U.S. export and sanctions laws. The Service uses only standard, publicly available encryption (mass-market, EAR ECCN 5D992.c). You represent you are not located in, and will not use the Service in, an embargoed country, and are not on a U.S. government denied-party or SDN list.

14. Communications

We don't currently send marketing emails, push notifications, or texts. Any future notifications will be opt-in and are not guaranteed to be delivered; transactional emails, if any, will identify us and include a physical Missouri mailing address, and you'll be able to opt out of non-essential messages.

15. Account & data deletion

You can delete your data yourself at any time — in the app (⋯ menu → 🗑️ Delete my account & data) or at ahlcontrol.com/delete-account — as described in the Privacy Policy.

16. Disputes — informal first, then arbitration

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. Before filing anything, email admin@ahlchemy.org and give us 30 days to resolve it informally. If we can't, any dispute will be resolved by binding individual arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association, seated in Webster County, Missouri (or conducted virtually for claims under $10,000). You and we waive any right to a jury trial and to participate in a class or representative action. Either party may still bring an individual claim in small-claims court. If this arbitration provision is found unenforceable, disputes will be heard in the state or federal courts of Webster County, Missouri.

17. General

If any provision is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between us about the Service. We may update these Terms; material changes will be posted here with a new effective date, and continued use means you accept them.