Plain terms for a $14.99 app. Two clauses are marked as needing a decision before launch.
draft updated 14 September 2026 · sales not open
Vivarium is a macOS application. Paying $14.99 buys a perpetual licence to use it on the Macs you personally own or control, including every future version. It is a licence, not a sale of the software itself, and this lifetime plan does not expire. The proposed $1.99/month plan is not available for purchase yet. It would renew monthly until cancelled, with access continuing until the end of the paid period. Final checkout disclosures and refund terms must be completed before sales open. Online licence verification is required periodically, including for lifetime purchases; the new licensing flow caches a successful check for up to seven days. iPhone Live Photo export is experimental; animated Apple Watch faces are not included as a supported feature.
Install it, use it, and create wallpapers with it for any purpose, commercial or personal. Wallpapers you make from your own footage are entirely yours; the operator claims no rights in them.
Redistribute, resell, or sublicense the application; reverse-engineer it except where that right cannot lawfully be excluded; or remove or alter its licensing checks.
You are responsible for having the right to use any footage you import. Importing, trimming, or recolouring a clip does not grant redistribution rights. Any third-party licence continues to govern that footage.
[TO CONFIRM BEFORE LAUNCH — set a period and honour it, e.g. "14 days, no questions asked, mail hello@getvivarium.app".]
Vivarium draws a window beneath your desktop icons and, in the direct-download build, writes into macOS's wallpaper store and restarts the system wallpaper agent in order to mirror a loop to the lock screen. These are undocumented parts of macOS and may stop working after a system update. The app never modifies your source video files.
The software is provided "as is", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the operator's total liability arising out of the software is limited to the amount you paid for it. The operator is not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential damages, including lost data or lost profits.
Vivarium is an independent product. Apple, macOS and Mac are trademarks of Apple Inc., used here only to describe compatibility.
These terms may change for future versions. The version published here at the time of your purchase governs that purchase.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of North Carolina, United States.
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