Terms of Use

Effective November 4, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and Maddox Martinez, an individual developer based in California, USA ("we", "us", "our"), about the Bloom Cinema app for iPhone, iPad and Apple TV ("Bloom" or the "App"), the optional Bloom account service, and the website bloomcinema.app (together, the "Services").

By downloading, installing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, don't use the Services. Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle personal information.

1. Apple's Standard EULA

The App is licensed to you, not sold, under Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Standard EULA", https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/), which is part of these Terms. These Terms add to the Standard EULA. If they conflict, the Standard EULA controls for anything concerning Apple's rights, and these Terms control otherwise, to the extent the Standard EULA allows.

2. What Bloom is, and isn't

Bloom is a player for media on your own Jellyfin server, or a server whose owner has given you access. Bloom does not include, host, sell, stream from us, or provide any movies, shows, music, channels or other media, and it is not a server. Jellyfin is free software made by an independent project. Bloom is not affiliated with, endorsed by or supported by the Jellyfin project, and we don't control Jellyfin or any server.

To use Bloom with your own media you need a compatible Jellyfin server (version 10.11 or later, or as stated in the App Store listing), an account on it, and a working network connection. Not every server, setup, file, format, codec, device or network will work, and we don't promise that any particular one will.

3. Your server and your content

You are solely responsible for your server and everything on it or played from it, including:

• having all rights, licenses and permissions needed to store, copy, stream, download, convert and watch the media you use with Bloom, and complying with copyright and every other applicable law;
• the server's setup, security, availability, updates, backups and costs, including any decision to make it reachable from the internet, and any router, proxy, tunnel or other tool you use for that;
• the people you let use your server, what they can access, and how you handle their information; and
• the accuracy of ratings and other metadata on your server, which features such as parental controls rely on.

We don't host, view, review, monitor or control the media on your server or what you watch, and we are not responsible or liable for any content anyone accesses, plays or downloads with Bloom, or for whether it is lawful, accurate, appropriate or safe. Because we don't host content, notices about infringing content should go to whoever runs the server in question. Don't use Bloom to infringe anyone's rights or to access content or servers you aren't authorized to use.

4. Bloom accounts

A Bloom account is optional and is used for households and email invites. Creating one needs the subscription, or an invite from someone who has it. To create one, you must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, and able to enter a binding contract. You agree to:

• give an email address you own and control, and keep access to it, since it is how you sign in (with Sign in with Apple, the address Apple shares with us);
• keep your devices and email account secure, and tell us promptly at support@bloomcinema.app if you think someone else has used your account; and
• accept responsibility for activity on your account.

One account is for one person. You may not sell, transfer or share your account, or create accounts by automated means. You can delete your account at any time in the App (You › Bloom Account › Delete Account (on Apple TV, Settings › Bloom Account)).

5. Households and invites

If you create a household or send invites, you confirm that:

• you run the server you share, or are authorized by whoever does;
• the people you invite know you and want to be invited, and you have a lawful basis to give us their email address;
• you won't invite children by email, send unwanted or bulk invites, or use invites to spam, harass, deceive or impersonate anyone; and
• you are responsible for who you let into your household and what they can do on your server.

Members of a household can see its server name and addresses and its members' usernames. We may limit, delay, refuse or stop sending invites or sign-in emails, for example to prevent abuse, and we don't guarantee that any email will be delivered or received.

6. Free use, subscription and purchases

• Free to use. Bloom is free to download and free to use with your own server, including playback, Live TV, downloads, profiles and server administration.
• Subscription. Bloom accounts, server sync across devices and household invites (email invites, invite codes, invite links and QR codes) run on services we pay for every month and need the household subscription, sold monthly or yearly. Someone you invite does not need it, and accepting an invite is free. The price in your country and any taxes are shown by the App Store before you subscribe.
• Renewal and cancelling. The subscription renews automatically and your Apple Account is charged for the next period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. If it ends, new invites and sync stop; playback and everything on your own server keep working, and you can still delete your account.
• Earlier versions. Earlier versions of the App offered a 7-day free trial and a one-time unlock of the whole App instead. Until you update, those terms apply to that version: the trial is free, ends on its own and never charges you. A trial you already started keeps including accounts and invites until it ends.
• Earlier purchasers. If you bought Bloom while it was a paid app, or bought the one-time unlock while it was sold, Bloom accounts and household invites stay included for good, with no subscription.
• Apple handles payment. All purchases, offer codes, Family Sharing and refunds are processed by Apple under its terms. We cannot issue refunds or see your payment details; refund requests go to Apple (https://reportaproblem.apple.com). If Apple refunds or reverses a purchase, the features it unlocked stop working. Use Restore Purchases to restore a purchase on a new device.
• What is included. The subscription and the earlier unlock cover the App's features as they exist from time to time. We may add, change or remove features, and we may offer new features or products separately. Prices may change, but a change never affects a purchase you have already made.
• No guarantee of compatibility. Please use Bloom free to check that it works with your server, devices and media before you buy. Except as the law or Apple's terms provide, purchases are final.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to help anyone else to:

• use the Services for anything unlawful, infringing, harmful, fraudulent or deceptive;
• access a server, account, household, invite or data you are not authorized to use, or try to;
• interfere with, overload, probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of the Services, or bypass their security, rate limits, unlock or other protections;
• copy, modify, distribute, sell, rent or sublicense the App, or reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble it, except as the law or an open-source license expressly allows;
• access the Bloom account service other than through the App, including with scripts, bots or scrapers;
• use the App Review sign-in unless you are on Apple's App Review team; or
• use Bloom's names, logos or icons in a way that suggests endorsement, without our written permission.

8. Our rights, open-source software and feedback

Except for the license in the Standard EULA, we (and our licensors) keep all rights in the Services, including the App, its design, names and logos. Bloom includes open-source software, such as FFmpeg, dav1d and libass, which is licensed under its own terms (Settings › About › Acknowledgements and Licenses). Nothing in these Terms limits your rights under those licenses.

If you send us ideas, suggestions or other feedback, you allow us to use it for any purpose without obligation to you.

9. Third-party services

Bloom works with or links to services we don't control, such as Jellyfin servers and companion servers, the App Store, iCloud, YouTube, web browsers, and remote-access tools we mention. Your use of them is governed by their own terms and policies, and we are not responsible for their content, availability, security, practices or changes, including changes that stop them working with Bloom.

10. Changes, availability and termination

We may change, suspend or discontinue all or part of the Services, including the Bloom account service, at any time, temporarily or permanently. Where we reasonably can, we will give notice of a material change. Bloom's playback from your own server doesn't depend on the Bloom account service.

We may suspend or end your access to the Bloom account service, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you have broken these Terms or the law, created risk or possible legal exposure for us or others, or if we are required to. You may stop using the Services and delete your account at any time. Sections 3, 6 (as to Apple's handling of payments), 8, 9 and 11 to 15 survive the end of these Terms.

11. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Services are provided "as is" and "as available", with all faults and without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, satisfactory quality, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, quiet enjoyment and non-infringement. We don't warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, timely, secure, error-free or free of harmful components, that they will work with any particular server, version, file, device or network, that emails will be delivered, or that data will not be lost.

Parental controls, Kids profiles, profile locks, bedtime and screen-time limits are aids, not guarantees. They depend on your server's ratings and metadata and on your device, and they are not a substitute for supervision.

Some places don't allow certain warranty exclusions, so some of the above may not apply to you. Under the Standard EULA, if the App fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, content, profits, revenue, goodwill or use, arising out of or relating to the Services or these Terms, however caused and on any theory of liability (contract, tort including negligence, strict liability or otherwise), even if we were told such damages were possible.

Our total liability for all claims arising out of or relating to the Services or these Terms is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid us for the App in the 12 months before the claim arose, and (b) US$50.

These limits are an essential part of the agreement between us and apply even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose. They don't limit liability that cannot be limited by law, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. If you are a consumer in the EEA, the UK or another place where the law gives you rights that can't be excluded, nothing in these Terms affects those rights.

13. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless us and our contractors and service providers from any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees) arising out of or relating to: your server or content; your use of the Services; households you create and invites you send; your breach of these Terms; or your violation of any law or anyone's rights. We may take control of the defense of any such claim at our cost, and you will cooperate with us.

14. Governing law and disputes

These Terms and any dispute arising out of or relating to them or the Services are governed by the laws of the State of California, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

Before filing a claim, you agree to contact us at support@bloomcinema.app and try to resolve the dispute informally for at least 30 days. If it isn't resolved, it will be decided exclusively by the state or federal courts located in California, and you and we consent to their personal jurisdiction and venue. Either party may bring an individual claim in small claims court where it qualifies, and we may seek injunctive relief in any court to protect our intellectual property or the security of the Services.

If you are a consumer living in the EEA, the UK or Switzerland, or another place whose law requires it, you also benefit from the mandatory provisions of the law where you live, and you may bring proceedings in your local courts.

15. General

• Export and sanctions. You confirm that you are not in a country subject to a US Government embargo or on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties, and you will comply with all applicable export laws.
• Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms. We'll post the update here with a new effective date and, for material changes, give notice in the App or by email before they take effect. Continuing to use the Services after a change takes effect means you accept it; if you don't, stop using the Services.
• Entire agreement. These Terms, the Standard EULA and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about the Services.
• Severability and waiver. If a provision is found unenforceable, it will be enforced to the maximum extent permitted and the rest stays in effect. Not enforcing a provision is not a waiver of it.
• Assignment. You may not transfer these Terms without our consent. We may transfer them, for example in a sale, merger or reorganization.
• Events beyond our control. We aren't responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control, such as outages of the internet or of our providers.
• Notices. We may give notices in the App, on bloomcinema.app or by email to your account address. You can reach us at support@bloomcinema.app.
• Language. If these Terms are translated, the English version controls to the extent the law allows.

16. Apple-specific terms

• These Terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the App and its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App.
• To the extent any warranty applies, if the App fails to conform to it you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price, if any. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the App, and any other claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs or expenses due to a failure to conform to a warranty are our responsibility to the extent these Terms don't disclaim them.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the App or your possession and use of it, including product-liability claims, claims that the App fails to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, and consumer-protection, privacy or similar claims.
• If a third party claims that 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, to the extent these Terms require.
• You must comply with applicable third-party 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.

17. Contact

Maddox Martinez, California, USA Email: support@bloomcinema.app

Bloom is an independent app. It isn't affiliated with or endorsed by the Jellyfin project.