TERMS // WEBSITE AND PURCHASE

Terms of use and sale.

Effective 12 November 2026. Last updated 12 November 2026.

Ponderica is made and run by Michael Huneycutt, a sole proprietor in Virginia, United States ("we", "us"). Part 1 covers this website and its waitlist. Part 2 covers buying and using the Ponderica app, and applies once you start a trial or subscription. By using the site, or by starting a trial or subscription, you agree to the parts that apply to you.

Part 1 · This website

Where things stand

• Ponderica is in development. Nothing is for sale on this site yet. Joining the waitlist is free and commits you to nothing.
• The features described come from the working build. The recording on the home page shows the real app with example data; the try-it sections and the session are simulations that run in your browser.
• The price, trial and system requirements shown are what we plan for launch and may change. Nothing on this site is an offer to sell until checkout opens.

Using this site

• You may browse and share the site for personal, non-commercial purposes. Please don't misuse it: no attacks, scraping at a scale that burdens it, or attempts to disrupt it.
• The Ponderica name, the orb, and the site's text, pictures and design belong to us. Fonts and code libraries used here remain under their own licences.
• The waitlist form is run by Jotform, and its own terms apply when you use it. Our privacy notice explains what happens to your details.
• You must be at least 13 to join the waitlist.
• The site and its simulations are provided "as is" and "as available". We don't promise the site will always be available or free of errors.

Part 2 · Buying and using Ponderica

1. Who you buy from

Ponderica is sold through Polar (Polar Software, Inc.), which acts as merchant of record: Polar takes your payment, charges any sales tax or VAT, and sends your receipts under its buyer terms. Your licence to use the app comes from us under these terms. You must be at least 18, or have a parent or guardian's permission, to buy.

2. Price and automatic renewal

• Ponderica costs 12 USD a month, plus any tax Polar is required to collect. You will see the full amount before you pay.
• Your subscription renews automatically every month and you are charged each month until you cancel. Charges are made to the payment method you gave at checkout, on the same day each month.
• If the price ever changes, we will tell you by email at least 30 days before your next charge at the new price, with how to cancel. The change applies only from a renewal after that notice.

3. Free trial

• New subscribers get 7 days free. A card is needed to start the trial.
• Unless you cancel before the 7 days end, your first monthly charge of 12 USD (plus any tax) is made when the trial ends, and the subscription then renews monthly.
• Cancel during the trial and you pay nothing. One trial per person.

4. Cancelling

• You can cancel at any time, online, without talking to anyone: use the "manage subscription" link in any receipt email from Polar, or email us and we will cancel it for you.
• Cancelling stops future charges. The app keeps working until the end of the month you have paid for, then stops. Nothing of yours is deleted, and you can subscribe again later.

5. Refunds

• If Ponderica isn't right for you, email us within 14 days of your first paid charge for a full refund of that charge.
• After that, monthly charges are not refunded for partly used months, because you can cancel at any time and keep the time you paid for.
• If the app doesn't work on a Mac that meets the published requirements and we can't fix it, we will refund the affected charges.
• Refunds are paid by Polar to your original payment method. Nothing here limits refund rights the law gives you where you live.

6. Your licence

• While your subscription or trial is active, we give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use Ponderica on up to two Macs you own or control. You can move it to another Mac from the app.
• The app checks your subscription with Polar once a day. If it can't reach Polar, it keeps working for 7 days.
• Please don't resell, rent or share your licence key; copy or redistribute the app; get around the licence check; or reverse engineer the app except where the law allows it.
• We own Ponderica and everything in it except the open-source parts, which come under their own licences, listed in the app under About Ponderica.

7. Your API keys and AI providers

• Ponderica works with your own accounts at AI providers such as Anthropic and Google. Those providers charge you directly, at their prices, under their own terms and usage policies, which you agree to follow.
• The app's spending limits and cost estimates are tools to help you, based on providers' published prices. Your provider's bill is what counts, and we are not responsible for charges on your provider accounts.

8. Using the assistant responsibly

• The assistant acts on your Mac only within the limits you set in its Control menu, and asks before changing, sending, booking or buying anything. You are responsible for what you approve.
• AI makes mistakes. Check anything important it tells you, and don't rely on it for medical, legal, financial, safety or emergency decisions.
• Use it lawfully. Its microphone and camera are yours to point; respect the privacy of people around you and any law on recording others.

9. Updates and requirements

We update Ponderica to fix problems and improve it, and the app checks for updates. Requirements may rise over time; if an update drops support for a Mac that met the requirements when you subscribed, you may cancel and we will refund the current month.

10. If things end

• We may suspend or end your licence if you seriously or repeatedly break these terms. Where we can, we will warn you first.
• If we ever stop offering Ponderica, we will give at least 30 days' notice by email and refund any time you have paid for but can't use.

General

Warranties

Apart from the promises in these terms, the website and the app are provided "as is" and "as available", without other warranties, to the extent the law allows.

Limits on our responsibility

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental or consequential losses, or for lost data or profits. Our total liability for anything relating to Ponderica or this site is limited to the greater of the amount you paid us in the 12 months before the claim, or 50 USD. Nothing in these terms limits liability that the law does not allow to be limited, or rights you have as a consumer that can't be waived.

Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Please email us first so we can try to sort out any problem. If we can't, disputes will be decided in the state or federal courts located in Virginia. If you are a consumer living outside the United States, you keep the protection of the laws and courts of the country where you live.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as Ponderica develops, and the date at the top will change. If a change materially affects a subscription you already have, we will email you at least 30 days before it applies, with how to cancel if you don't accept it.

The rest

If any part of these terms can't be enforced, the rest still applies. Not enforcing a term straight away doesn't waive it. These terms, Polar's buyer terms and our privacy notice are the whole agreement between us about Ponderica.

Contact

Michael Huneycutt, Virginia, United States · [email protected]