Terms of Use
Last Updated May 17, 2026

These Terms of Use govern your use of Cephas, a New Testament reading app provided by Andromeda Studios. By using Cephas, you agree to these Terms and to the Privacy Policy.

Using Cephas

Cephas provides Scripture reading organization, editorial summaries, historical context, maps, art commentary, Voices, Witness, Inheritance modules, share images, and related reading tools. You may use Cephas for personal, non-commercial reading, study, prayer, and reflection.

Cephas is not a substitute for Scripture itself, pastoral care, spiritual direction, medical advice, legal advice, financial advice, or other professional counsel. Historical, theological, and artistic commentary is provided for education and reflection.

Cephas is an independent publication. It is not an official publication of the Holy See, any diocese, parish, religious order, or other ecclesiastical authority, and its commentary should not be treated as official Church teaching, pastoral direction, or spiritual direction.

Purchases

Cephas may offer one-time, non-consumable in-app purchases, including Voices and Witness, Art Commentary, a bundle, discounted cross-grade products, and Inheritance modules. Prices and availability are displayed by Apple before purchase.

The Voices and Witness plus Art bundle unlocks those premium reading supplements. It does not unlock separately sold Inheritance modules unless the purchase screen or App Store product description expressly says otherwise. Each Inheritance module may be sold separately.

Purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store. Apple handles payment information, taxes, receipts, refunds, Family Sharing availability, and purchase restoration. Family Sharing applies only where Apple makes it available for the specific product and where it is enabled through the relevant Apple settings. You can restore eligible purchases in Settings. Refund requests must be made through Apple.

A lifetime purchase means lifetime access to the purchased Cephas content within the Cephas app for as long as that content and the app remain available and supported, subject to these Terms and App Store rules. It is not a subscription.

Content and Intellectual Property

Cephas includes public-domain source materials, licensed or credited artwork, Scripture references, editorial writing, commentary, design, software, images, and other content. Public-domain source materials remain public domain, but the Cephas app, editorial selection, commentary, presentation, design, and software are protected by intellectual-property laws.

You may not copy, scrape, redistribute, sell, modify, reverse engineer, or create a competing database from substantial portions of Cephas without permission. You may share app-generated share images and short excerpts for personal, parish, classroom, or devotional use, provided you do not misrepresent their source or remove attribution.

Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse Cephas, interfere with its operation, attempt to bypass purchase gates, access content through unauthorized means, introduce malicious code, or use the app in a way that violates law or the rights of others.

Third-Party Services

Cephas depends on Apple services, including StoreKit, iCloud, MapKit, App Store receipts, Family Sharing where available, and the iOS share sheet. Your use of those services may be subject to Apple’s terms and privacy policies. If you share content to another app or contact support by email, those third-party services handle that information under their own terms.

Changes, Availability, and Termination

We may update, improve, remove, or discontinue features or content in Cephas. We may suspend or terminate access if necessary to protect the app, comply with law, or respond to a violation of these Terms.

You may stop using Cephas at any time by deleting the app. Deleting the app does not automatically cancel, refund, or remove App Store purchase records maintained by Apple.

Disclaimers and Liability

Cephas is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not promise that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or available on every device forever. To the fullest extent permitted by law, Andromeda Studios disclaims warranties and will not be liable for indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from your use of Cephas.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so some of these limitations may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits rights you may have under applicable consumer-protection law.

Contact and Updates

Questions about these Terms may be sent to support@andromedarea.com. We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of Cephas after an update means you accept the updated Terms.

Privacy Policy
Last Updated May 17, 2026

Cephas is built to be quiet: no account, no ads, no tracking, and no data brokers. And no celebrities. This Privacy Policy explains what information the Cephas app handles, why it is handled, and the choices available to you.

Information Cephas Handles

Cephas does not require you to create an account. The app may store reading progress, read Moment identifiers, last-read timestamps, free-trial flags for paid reading supplements, and purchase entitlement status so the app can remember where you are and what you have unlocked.

Reading progress and free-trial flags are stored through Apple’s iCloud Key-Value Store when iCloud is available on your device. Purchase information is handled through Apple StoreKit and the App Store. Cephas receives product identifiers and entitlement status, but not your full payment card number.

If you email support, we receive the information you choose to include in that message, such as your email address, device details, screenshots, or the content of your request.

What Cephas Does Not Do

Cephas does not sell your personal information. Cephas does not use third-party advertising networks, does not track you across apps or websites, and does not use data brokers. Cephas does not request access to your contacts, photos, microphone, camera, or precise location.

The Map surfaces display historical places through Apple MapKit. Cephas uses Moment coordinates from its editorial database and does not request your current location.

How Information Is Used

Cephas uses the information it handles to provide app functionality: continuing your reading, syncing lightweight state across your Apple devices, remembering which free trials have been used, restoring purchases, honoring refunds or entitlement changes, responding to support requests, and maintaining the app.

Apple may provide developers with aggregated diagnostics or crash information when users have enabled those Apple settings. Cephas uses that kind of information, if available, only to diagnose problems and improve reliability.

Sharing and Third Parties

Cephas relies on Apple services for iCloud sync, StoreKit purchases, App Store refunds, Family Sharing where Apple makes it available, MapKit maps, and the iOS share sheet. Those services are governed by Apple’s terms and privacy policies.

When you use the iOS share sheet, you choose the destination. The information you share is then handled by the app, service, or person you selected. When you contact support by email, your email provider and our support mailbox provider process that message.

We may disclose information if required by law, to protect Cephas or users, or as part of a business transfer such as a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

App Store Privacy Information

The App Store may show a privacy summary for Cephas based on Apple’s required privacy disclosures. That summary is intended to describe the same practices explained in this Privacy Policy. If Cephas adds analytics, accounts, push notifications, a backend service, or third-party SDKs in the future, this policy and the App Store privacy information will need to be updated before those changes are released.

Retention and Choices

Reading progress and trial flags remain available until they are changed, deleted from your device or iCloud account, or otherwise removed through Apple settings. Purchase records are retained by Apple according to Apple’s App Store policies. Support emails are kept as long as reasonably needed to respond to you and maintain business records.

You can delete the app, manage iCloud for Cephas in device settings, manage purchases and refunds through your Apple ID, and use Restore Purchases in Settings. You may contact support@andromedarea.com to ask privacy questions or request assistance.

Children

Cephas is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, contact support@andromedarea.com so we can take appropriate action.

Security and Changes

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information handled by Cephas, but no app, device, or internet service can be guaranteed to be perfectly secure.

We may update this Privacy Policy as Cephas changes. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date and provide notice in the app or through another reasonable method.