Terms of Use
These terms are an agreement between you and LayoutQ LLC, the company that makes the LayoutQ app and web app (the "app"). By creating an account, continuing as a guest, or using the app, you accept them.
Who can use the app
You must be at least 13 years old. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must agree to these terms for you.
Your account
You are responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping your sign-in details private. Guest accounts live on one device; create a full account to keep your data if you change phones. Tell us right away if you think your account has been used without permission.
What the app does, and does not, promise
The app gives drilling layouts, surface suggestions, ball recommendations, and live-session adjustments based on the numbers you enter and LayoutQ's own models, which use the ball specifications on file (the maker's own where the maker has confirmed them) and published layout geometry. These are informational suggestions, not professional advice.
Drilling is permanent. Before anyone drills a ball, have a qualified pro shop confirm the layout against your measured positive axis point and the ball manufacturer's guidance. We are not responsible for equipment drilled, sanded, polished, or otherwise modified based on the app's output.
Ball specifications in the catalog come from manufacturer publications and third-party sites and may contain errors. Verify specs before relying on them.
Lane, humidity, and tracking data are estimates. Camera-based tracking depends on lighting, camera placement, and lane conditions.
Conditioning protocols are general athletic suggestions, not medical advice. Check with a doctor before starting any exercise program, and stop if you feel pain.
Professional use
Pro shops and their staff may use the app to view a bowler's numbers, fit specifications, arsenal, and the layouts the app recommends for that bowler. The app's output is a recommendation. The drilling professional verifies fit and layout against their own measurements and the manufacturer's guidance, decides what is drilled, and remains responsible for the work. We are not liable for equipment drilled, plugged, sanded, or otherwise modified by a professional relying on the app.
A shop account binds the shop and everyone using it to these terms. Manufacturer accounts are covered in the next section.
Pro shop and manufacturer accounts
A shop account is opened for a business. The shop names the staff who may use it and is responsible for what they do with it. The shop owner removes a staff member in Shop settings when they leave, or tells us and we do it; until then their sign-in still works.
Customer records a shop creates belong to the shop. We store and process them only to run the app for the shop, and to compute totals that identify nobody, such as how many arsenals contain a brand's balls. We do not sell them, use them for advertising, or show them to another shop.
The shop is responsible for having its customers' permission to keep their names, phone numbers, email addresses, measurements, and drill sheets, for any text or email it sends them, and for answering their requests to see or delete those records. The app's export and delete tools are there for that, and we help by email on request.
If a paid plan ends, the shop returns to the free Counter plan and keeps its records. If a shop closes its account, it can export its customers and drill log as CSV for 60 days, after which we delete the shop's records. Balls and numbers already copied into a bowler's own account stay with the bowler.
Introductory pricing offered to the first shops stays in force for as long as the shop's subscription remains active without a lapse of more than 30 days.
Manufacturer accounts are opened for a brand. Whoever submits specifications confirms that they are authorized by the brand and that the specifications are accurate to the best of their knowledge, and grants LayoutQ LLC a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free license to store, display, and adapt approved submissions in the catalog and in recommendations. Approved submissions stay in the catalog after the account closes. The Manufacturer Terms set out the rest.
Competition rules
You are responsible for following the rules of any league, tournament, or governing body you bowl in, including rules on when a ball's surface may be altered. The app's reminders about those rules are a convenience, not a guarantee of compliance.
Acceptable use
Do not:
- Use the app to break a law or a competition rule.
- Try to access another person's account or data.
- Copy, scrape, or redistribute the ball catalog or the app's recommendation logic.
- Interfere with the app's services or security.
Your content
You own the data you enter. You give us permission to store and process it so the app can work for you. If you share your arsenal by QR code, you are choosing to show that information to whoever scans it.
Our content
The app, its design, and its recommendation engine belong to LayoutQ LLC and are protected by copyright and other laws. Ball, pattern, layout system and surface product names, including Dual Angle and Storm's Vector Layout System, belong to their owners and are used to identify products and methods only. The names of organizations whose rules or methods the app cites, such as USBC and Kegel, belong to them and are used only to say where a rule or method comes from. LayoutQ LLC is not affiliated with or endorsed by the owners of any of these names. Apple, Google, Samsung and the other companies whose stores, sign-in services or devices LayoutQ works with own their names, which these terms and the app use to refer to those companies and their services. That use does not mean they sponsor or endorse LayoutQ LLC.
Ending your account
You can delete your account in Profile at any time. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms. We close the accounts of people who repeatedly infringe copyright. Sections about disclaimers, liability, and governing law survive termination.
Disclaimer of warranties
The app 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 do not promise the app will be accurate, uninterrupted, or error-free.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, LayoutQ LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost data, lost equipment, or lost winnings, arising from your use of the app. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the past 12 months or 50 US dollars. Some states do not allow these limits, so they may not apply to you.
Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Alabama, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that cannot be settled informally will be brought in the state or federal courts serving Jefferson County, Alabama, and you consent to their jurisdiction. Before filing, email us and we will try to resolve the issue within 30 days.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. If a change is significant, we will update the effective date and show a notice in the app. Continued use after the change means you accept the new terms.
Contact
Questions about these terms: smartbowlingapp@gmail.com or (205) 578-2055. Mail: LayoutQ LLC, Hoover, Alabama, USA.