1. Who we are
Apprateus is a studio offering custom mobile app, web application and website development, including design, development, testing, deployment and maintenance. Apprateus is a brand operated by Tobodigi Solution LLC, a Maryland (USA) limited liability company, 7570 South Arbory Ln, Laurel, MD 20707, USA. When you buy from Apprateus, your contract is with Tobodigi Solution LLC.
2. Enquiries, quotes and your agreement
Submitting a form, chatting with us or booking a call is an enquiry, not an order. A project begins only when you accept our written quote or proposal and pay the amount due. The quote or proposal sets out the deliverables, price, payment schedule, timeline and revisions for your project. If it conflicts with these terms, the quote or proposal wins for that project. Any rights that cannot be excluded by law still apply.
3. Prices and payment
Apprateus projects are custom-quoted. Before you pay, we send a written proposal that states the scope and features, total price in US dollars, payment schedule (deposit and milestone payments, or full upfront for small projects), timeline and acceptance process.
We accept payment through Stripe or PayPal and, where agreed, Payoneer, using secure payment links or invoices. We will never ask for card details by email, chat or WhatsApp. Prices are in US dollars. If your card or account is in another currency, your bank or payment provider may apply its own exchange rate or international transaction fee, which we do not control. Unless your proposal says otherwise, invoices are due on receipt. If a milestone payment is overdue, we may pause work until it is paid. Prices on our website may change, but a change does not affect a quote you have already accepted.
4. Your responsibilities
You agree to give us accurate information, a complete brief, content and timely feedback, and to have the rights to everything you supply (text, images, logos, trade marks, data and code). You are responsible for checking and approving deliverables, including spelling, facts and legal compliance of your content, before you publish or print them.
5. Revisions, changes and timelines
Revisions, timelines and delivery methods are described in our Delivery & Fulfillment Policy and in your quote or proposal. Work outside the agreed scope, including new concepts, new features or a substantially changed brief, will be quoted before we start it. Timelines depend on your feedback, content and access, and on third-party platforms.
6. Cancellations, refunds and monthly care
Cancellations and refunds are covered by our Refund & Cancellation Policy, which forms part of these terms. Monthly care is billed monthly in advance in US dollars and you can cancel it at any time by email; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current paid month, with no further charges after that.
7. Ownership and licences
Once you have paid in full, we transfer to you the rights in the final, approved custom deliverables we create for you, as described in your quote or proposal. Until full payment, we keep those rights and you may not use the work. Preliminary concepts, rejected alternatives and working files are not included unless your proposal says so. Third-party materials (such as fonts, stock images, themes, plugins, software libraries or AI/platform outputs) stay subject to their own licence terms. Where a paid licence is needed, we will tell you, and it is not included unless stated. You keep all rights in the materials you supply to us.
8. Portfolio use
Unless you ask us not to, or we have agreed to confidentiality, we may display completed work in our portfolio and marketing after it has been made public by you. We will never disclose confidential business information.
9. Confidentiality
We keep information you share with us for a project confidential and use it only to deliver our services, except where disclosure is required by law. We are happy to sign a reasonable non-disclosure agreement on request.
10. Acceptable use
We do not accept projects involving unlawful activity, content that infringes the rights of others, misleading or deceptive claims, hate speech, harassment, sexually explicit content, weapons, illegal drugs, gambling, or financial or health claims we believe are misleading. We may decline or stop a project that breaches this section. If we do, we refund any amount paid for work not yet performed. When using our website, you must not attempt unauthorised access, disrupt its operation or copy content that belongs to us or others.
11. No guarantee of results
We commit to delivering the agreed deliverables with reasonable care and skill. We do not guarantee business outcomes such as sales, revenue, leads, traffic, search rankings, advertising performance, social media growth, platform approval, or that any trade mark will be registered. Any examples, portfolio pieces or estimates are illustrations, not promises.
12. App stores and third-party platforms
Apple, Google and other platforms decide whether to approve, list or remove an app under their own rules and review times. We prepare submissions to meet published guidelines but cannot guarantee approval. After launch, changes to operating systems, browsers, APIs or platform rules may require updates, which are covered only if you have a maintenance plan or order additional work.
13. Source code and open-source components
On full payment, you receive the rights to the custom code we write for you as set out in your proposal. Our pre-existing tools, libraries and know-how, and open-source components, stay subject to their own licences; we grant you a licence to use any of our pre-existing components included in your deliverable as part of that deliverable.
14. Security and data
You are responsible for the data your application collects, for your own privacy policy and for compliance with laws that apply to your business. We follow reasonable security practices when building software but cannot guarantee that any system is free from vulnerabilities.
15. Third-party platforms and services
Our work may rely on third-party platforms such as Apple App Store, Google Play, hosting and cloud providers, and third-party APIs. These platforms are governed by their own terms and may change features, pricing, review processes or availability at any time. We are not responsible for their acts or omissions. Third-party costs (hosting and cloud services, domains, app store developer accounts (Apple and Google), third-party APIs and SaaS subscriptions, paid libraries or plugins, and stock assets) are your responsibility unless your proposal expressly includes them.
16. Warranties and disclaimers
Except as stated in these terms, in your proposal, or as required by law, our website and services are provided “as is”, and we disclaim implied warranties to the extent the law allows.
17. Limitation of liability
To the extent the law allows, Tobodigi Solution LLC is not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential loss, or loss of profits, revenue, data or goodwill, and our total liability for any claim relating to a project is limited to the amount you paid us for that project.
18. Indemnity
You agree to cover our reasonable losses arising from a third-party claim that materials you supplied, or your use of the deliverables in breach of these terms or the law, infringe someone’s rights or break the law.
19. Termination
Either of us may end a project by written notice if the other materially breaches these terms and does not fix the breach within 10 business days of notice. You may cancel at any time under our Refund & Cancellation Policy. On termination, you pay for work completed up to that date, and we deliver the work you have paid for.
20. Resolving concerns and governing law
If you have a concern, please contact us first at info@apprateus.com so we can try to resolve it. We aim to respond within 2 business days. These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Maryland, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that we cannot resolve informally will be heard in the state or federal courts located in Maryland, unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring a claim in your local courts. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer protection laws that cannot be waived.
21. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms for future use of our website and future projects. Changes do not affect a project you have already agreed to, unless you agree in writing.
22. Contact us
- Email: info@apprateus.com
- Phone: +1 928 436 4862
- Operator: Tobodigi Solution LLC, 7570 South Arbory Ln, Laurel, MD 20707, USA