Terms of Use

Acceptance

By installing or using the Pink Trope Android app (“Pink Trope”, “the app”) you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please delete the app.

Pink Trope is published by Danielius Studio LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company at 30 N Gould St, Suite #5280, Sheridan, WY 82801, USA.

What the app does

You choose a Torah or Haftarah portion, or any verse range you like from the Hebrew Bible, and chant it aloud into your phone. The app scores two things on the phone: which words you read correctly, using your phone's on-device Hebrew speech recognition, and how closely your sung pitch matched the expected melody, using a pitch model bundled with the app. Word checking in Hebrew works on Android 13 or newer with Hebrew speech recognition installed; on other phones the app scores your melody only and says so. The expected melody comes from the cantillation marks already present in the Hebrew text, read through a table of motifs for the tradition you selected. Ashkenazi and Sephardi traditions ship with the app.

Licence

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Pink Trope on Android devices you own or control, as permitted by the Google Play Terms of Service. Where these terms and the Google Play Terms of Service conflict, the Google Play Terms of Service control.

A practice aid, not a teacher

Pink Trope is a tool for rehearsing between lessons. It is not a tutor, not a cantor, and not a rabbi, and it does not certify that you are ready to read from the bimah. A high score means the app heard words and pitches close to the ones it expected, nothing more. Keep working with the person teaching you.

Accuracy of text and melody

The Hebrew text, including its vowels and cantillation marks, is a scholarly edition of the Masoretic text and may differ in small ways from the printed chumash or tikkun your community uses.

The motif tables that turn each cantillation mark into a melody are the developer's rendering of traditional melodies. Trope melodies are a living oral practice and vary by community, by congregation, and by teacher, and they also differ between Torah, Haftarah, and the festival readings. Treat the melody the app expects as one reasonable version, not as the authoritative one.

Always confirm your portion, your verse range, and your melody with your own tutor or clergy before the day. If what the app expects and what your teacher taught you disagree, your teacher is right.

Scoring limits

Speech recognition and pitch detection are approximate. A loud room, microphone quality, a changing voice, or an unusual pronunciation can all lower a score on a reading that was in fact correct, and a generous score can occasionally land on a reading that was not. On a phone that cannot check Hebrew words, every word reads as unsure and only the melody score counts. Use the scores as a rehearsal signal, not as a verdict.

Permissions and recordings

Scoring requires microphone access, which the app requests the first time you tap Start chanting. Recordings are processed on the phone and deleted as soon as they have been scored; saving an attempt keeps only its scores. Nothing is uploaded, and the app has no internet permission. On Android 13 and later the app asks for Notifications only after you say yes to a few tips and reminders. You can change the permissions at any time in Android settings under Apps > Pink Trope > Permissions. See the Privacy Policy for the detail.

Free use, subscriptions, and the lifetime unlock

The app is free to download, and everything is unlocked for your first three days. After that, you can keep up to three saved graded readings without Pro, and deleting one frees a slot. Every portion, both traditions, the Marks screen and your archive stay open. Pro unlocks unlimited graded readings. Pro is offered as a monthly subscription ($4 per month), an annual subscription ($25 per year), or a one-time lifetime purchase ($59).

Subscriptions renew automatically through Google Play until you cancel. You can manage or cancel a subscription at any time in the Google Play app: tap your profile picture, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions. The lifetime option is a single purchase with no renewal.

All payments are handled by Google Play and are subject to its terms. We never see your payment details. Refund requests are handled by Google Play under its own refund policy.

Your practice history

Attempts are stored only on your phone. Deleting the app deletes them permanently. There is no cloud copy, so we cannot restore them.

Acceptable use

Do not reverse engineer, modify, redistribute, or create derivative works from the app, except where applicable law expressly allows it.

Intellectual property

The app's software, interface, artwork, name, and the motif tables written for it remain the property of Danielius Studio LLC. Your licence to use the app grants no ownership in any of it.

The underlying Hebrew scripture is not ours and is not claimed by us.

No warranty

The app is provided as is and as available, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or accurate for your community practice.

Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Danielius Studio LLC is not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of, or inability to use, the app, including any reliance on a score or on the melody the app expected.

Who these terms are with

You acknowledge that these terms are between you and Danielius Studio LLC, not Google, and that Google is not responsible for Pink Trope or its contents.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Sheridan County, Wyoming, except where the Google Play Terms of Service require otherwise.

Changes

We may update these terms. Material changes are reflected in the date at the top, and continued use after a change means you accept the new terms.

Contact

Questions: support@danielius.studio.