Terms of Use

Effective date: [FOUNDER: effective date] · Last updated: 23 September 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and us about using Scene Skipper (the mobile app, our website, and the servers behind them — together, "the service"). We've tried to write them in plain language. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the service.

1. Who we are

Scene Skipper is operated by [FOUNDER: LLC legal name], a [FOUNDER: state] limited liability company ("Scene Skipper," "we," "us"), [FOUNDER: mailing address]. You can reach us any time at [email protected].

2. What Scene Skipper is — and isn't

Scene Skipper helps parents skip scenes they've chosen while their family watches movies and shows at home. A parent picks or builds a skip list; when a listed scene comes up, the app on your phone or tablet sends your Roku the same kind of standard playback command a remote control sends (such as "jump forward" or "pause"), over your home network.

• You choose what gets skipped. Every skip happens at the direction of a member of your household, using the skip lists you choose, during private viewing in your home.
• You bring your own content. You watch through your own streaming service accounts, on content you're already entitled to view. You're responsible for following those services' own terms.
• We never touch the movie. Scene Skipper does not copy, record, decrypt, alter, host, stream, or distribute any movie or show, and never creates an edited copy. We store only timestamps and short notes — never video, audio, images, or subtitles.
• We're independent. Scene Skipper is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Roku or any streaming service. Roku and all other product and service names are trademarks of their respective owners and are used only to describe what the service works with.

3. What you need, and honest limits

To use Scene Skipper you need:

• A supported Roku device you own or are allowed to control.
• An iPhone, iPad, or Android phone or tablet with the app, kept at home on the same Wi-Fi as the Roku while you watch (it can be locked; notifications must stay on).
• A supported streaming app on an ad-free plan.

We work hard to make skipping reliable, but we want to be straightforward: Scene Skipper depends on things we don't control — your Roku, the streaming apps, your Wi-Fi, your phone's operating system, and notification delivery. Any of these can change or hiccup, so a skip can occasionally be late or missed, and skip lists (especially community lists) may not exactly match every version of a title. We don't guarantee that every scene will be skipped. Scene Skipper is a helpful tool, not a substitute for a parent's judgment — supervising what your children watch remains your responsibility.

4. Your account

• Accounts are for adults. One account is meant for one household; you may share its login among your own household's phones and tablets.
• Keep your password (and parental PIN, if you set one) safe. You're responsible for activity on your account. Tell us promptly if you think someone else has access.
• An account works with one Roku at a time. You can switch to a different Roku whenever you like; connecting a new one replaces the old.
• Give us accurate information, including an email address you can receive mail at.
• We may suspend or close accounts that abuse the service or break these terms (see section 10).

5. Subscriptions and the free trial

• Automatic skipping requires a paid subscription, offered monthly or yearly, bought through the Apple App Store or Google Play. The current price is shown in the app before you buy.
• Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. Your App Store or Google Play account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends.
• Free trial: new subscribers may get a 7-day free trial, offered by the App Store or Google Play as an introductory offer (one per store account, subject to the store's eligibility rules). When the trial ends, you're charged the subscription price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
• To manage or cancel, use your subscription settings in the App Store (Settings > your name > Subscriptions) or Google Play (Play Store > Payments & subscriptions). Deleting the app or your account does not cancel a subscription.
• Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their own policies; we can't issue store refunds directly.
• We may change prices. If we do, you'll be notified as the App Store or Google Play requires, and changes apply from your next renewal.

6. Community skip lists

You can publish your skip lists for other families and request lists from the community. When you publish:

• You're responsible for what you publish. Lists should be your honest, good-faith effort to mark scenes accurately.
• Timestamps and brief descriptions only. Don't include clips, images, subtitles, dialogue quotes, or other material copied from the movie or show, and don't publish anything abusive, hateful, sexually explicit, misleading, spam, or that infringes anyone's rights.
• License to us. You keep whatever rights you have in your lists. You give us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, display, copy, and share your published lists with other users (shown with your username) as needed to operate and improve the service. This license continues for copies other users have already imported, even if you unpublish or delete your account.
• Moderation. We may review, edit metadata on, hide, or remove any published list at our discretion. You can report a list from within the app.
• Community lists come from other users, not from us. We don't check every list and don't promise they're accurate or complete — preview a list before relying on it.

7. Acceptable use

Please don't:

• Use Scene Skipper with any device you don't own or aren't authorized to control.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, or modify the app or service in order to get around subscriptions, limits, or security, except where the law allows it regardless of this restriction.
• Disrupt, overload, or try to gain unauthorized access to our servers or other users' accounts.
• Scrape or bulk-download the service or community lists, or use automated tools to access it other than the app.
• Resell the service, or share one account beyond your household.
• Use the service for anything unlawful.

8. Our app and license

We own the Scene Skipper app, website, and service (other than content you publish). While you follow these terms, we give you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive, revocable license to install and use the app on devices you own or control, for your household's private, non-commercial use.

9. Additional terms for iPhone and iPad users

If you downloaded the app from the Apple App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies, and the following terms apply too:

• These terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the app and its content.
• Your license to use the app is limited to Apple-branded devices you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the App Store Terms of Service.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app.
• If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any) for the app. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app, and any other claims, losses, or costs from a failure to conform to a warranty are our responsibility (to the extent not disclaimed in these terms).
• We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the app or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the app fails to meet legal or regulatory requirements, and consumer-protection or similar claims.
• If a third party claims the app or your use of it infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
• You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as "terrorist supporting," and are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• You must follow any applicable third-party terms (such as your wireless carrier's or streaming services' terms) when using the app.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms, and once you accept them, Apple has the right to enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.
• Questions, complaints, or claims about the app go to us at the contact details in section 1.

If you use the Android app, Google Play's terms also apply to your purchase and download.

10. Ending your use

You can stop using Scene Skipper and delete your account at any time from Settings in the app (remember to cancel your subscription separately in the App Store or Google Play). We may suspend or end your access if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms, abuse the service, or if we're required to by law; where reasonable, we'll tell you why. If we discontinue the service entirely, we'll give reasonable advance notice. Sections that by their nature should survive (such as 6, 11, 12, 13, and 15) survive termination.

11. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent the law allows, the service is provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that every scene will be skipped. Some places don't allow these exclusions, so some may not apply to you. [FOUNDER/LAWYER: confirm disclaimer wording for governing-law state and consumer-protection rules.]

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Scene Skipper and its owners, employees, and contractors won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any content seen or heard because a skip was late or missed. Our total liability for any claim relating to the service is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for the service in the 12 months before the claim or [FOUNDER/LAWYER: amount, e.g. US$50]. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited under applicable law.

13. Indemnity

If a third party brings a claim against us because of lists you published or your breach of these terms or misuse of the service, you agree to cover our reasonable losses and costs from that claim, to the extent the law allows. [FOUNDER/LAWYER: confirm scope/enforceability for consumer users.]

14. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the service changes. The effective date at the top shows when they last changed. For material changes, we'll give notice in the app or by email at least [FOUNDER/LAWYER: e.g. 14] days before they take effect. If you keep using the service after that, the new terms apply; if you don't agree, you can cancel and delete your account.

15. Governing law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of [FOUNDER: state], without regard to conflict-of-laws rules, and applicable U.S. federal law. Before filing any claim, please email us so we can try to resolve it informally. [FOUNDER/LAWYER: venue/courts, small-claims option, and whether to include an arbitration clause and class-action waiver.] If any part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest stays in effect. These terms (with the Privacy Policy and, where applicable, Apple's or Google's terms) are the whole agreement between you and us about the service.

16. Contact

See also our Privacy Policy.