Terms of service
The subscription buys monthly support for a queue application, not instant ownership or a guaranteed delivery date.
These terms explain how the BackTheApp application queue works and what a monthly subscription means while the service is building software applications.
1. The application queue
BackTheApp maintains a public application queue. Each queue entry represents a software application idea or request that may be evaluated, shaped, prioritized, built, improved, paused, or archived by BackTheApp.
Queue rank is an operational planning signal. It can be affected by subscriber support, expected value, scope, readiness, technical risk, available information, and delivery capacity. Queue position is not a promise that an application will be started, finished, released, or maintained by a specific date.
2. What the subscription buys
A subscription is a recurring monthly support payment for one selected application in the queue. It helps fund the evaluation, planning, design, development, testing, deployment, documentation, maintenance, and improvement work that BackTheApp chooses to perform for that application.
The subscription buys participation in the support model for that queue application. It does not buy a fixed number of development hours, exclusive control over the roadmap, custom consulting availability, source-code ownership, work-for-hire rights, or a guaranteed delivery schedule unless BackTheApp separately agrees to those terms in writing.
If BackTheApp builds and releases access to the application, the application may be hosted at a BackTheApp-managed address while it remains inside the BackTheApp factory. Hosted access does not by itself transfer ownership or source code.
3. Multiple subscribers and shared support
More than one subscriber may support the same application. Subscriber support is pooled around the selected queue application and may influence how BackTheApp prioritizes that application relative to other work.
A subscriber's payment does not create exclusive rights in the application, prevent others from supporting the same application, or require BackTheApp to build only the subscriber's preferred version of the product.
Subscribers do not automatically become joint owners of an idea or application. They support the selected queue application and may receive access, influence, visibility, and status according to BackTheApp's current service rules and any application-specific terms.
4. Delivery decisions
BackTheApp decides how to translate queue demand into software delivery. That may include narrowing scope, rejecting unsafe or impractical features, choosing implementation order, using AI-assisted development, releasing partial capability, or delaying work until requirements or operating conditions are clearer.
Status reports and queue information are provided to improve transparency. They are not warranties, acceptance criteria, service-level commitments, or fixed project plans.
5. Payments, cancellation, and access
Subscriptions are billed monthly through the payment provider shown during checkout. A subscriber may cancel future monthly support according to the cancellation tools BackTheApp makes available. Cancellation stops future support payments; it does not automatically refund past support or transfer product ownership.
Current checkout settings include 5 free days before the first monthly charge. BackTheApp collects the subscriber's card at checkout, starts the subscription in a trial state, and begins monthly billing after the free period unless the subscriber cancels first. The free period may count as trial support in queue and service views, but it does not buy a fixed number of development hours.
If BackTheApp releases access to an application, access terms may depend on the application, subscriber status, operational limits, security requirements, and any additional product-specific terms shown for that application.
6. Ownership and exit purchase
Unless BackTheApp separately agrees otherwise in writing, BackTheApp retains ownership of the applications, code, architecture, documentation, designs, operating processes, and delivery assets created through the subscription model.
If BackTheApp offers and completes a separate export or one-time product exit purchase, ownership or source materials may transfer under those purchase terms. The exit price may account for the construction value of the application, less support already received, and any agreement needed from other active subscribers.
Export is one-way unless BackTheApp separately agrees to a new arrangement. After export, outside changes, hosting, data changes, security changes, and operational decisions are outside the original BackTheApp factory context. Future BackTheApp work would normally start from the last factory-controlled resources, database, and delivery context available before export.
