Terms of Use
Last updated 13 July 2026
The short version. Afterglance shows you paintings and lets you talk with them. The paintings are real; their replies are written by an AI and are imaginative, not scholarship. Patron is an auto-renewing subscription sold through Apple, Google Play, or our web checkout. You manage it through the same provider you used to buy it.
1. Agreement
By downloading the app or using the Afterglance website, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the service. Afterglance is made and operated by Grappes LLC ("we", "us").
2. What Afterglance is
Afterglance is a way of meeting works of art one at a time. It shows you a painting, tells you something true about it, and lets you linger or move on. It is a companion to looking, not a catalogue, a course, or a substitute for a museum.
3. The paintings' replies are written by an AI
When you talk with a painting, the reply is generated by a large language model (Claude, by Anthropic) speaking in the artwork's voice. This means:
- The voice is invented. Paintings do not have opinions, memories, or feelings, and nothing a painting says represents the views of its artist, its museum, or us.
- Although the model is given accurate facts about the work and instructed not to invent history, generated text can still be wrong. Do not rely on it as a source. Check a museum or a scholar.
- It is not advice of any kind — not medical, legal, financial, or psychological.
4. The free tier and Patron
Afterglance is free to use, with daily limits of five full encounters and one rewind, access to three galleries, one complimentary painting conversation, and the opening wing of the Grand Tour. A Patron subscription removes those limits, opens every gallery, and unlocks the full Grand Tour.
5. Billing, renewal, and cancellation
Patron is offered as an auto-renewing subscription at the following prices, which may vary by region and are always shown to you in your local currency before you buy:
- Weekly — US$9.99 per week
- Monthly — US$24.99 per month
- Yearly — US$79.99 per year
The subscription renews automatically for the selected period until you cancel it. The checkout shows the amount, currency, billing interval, and any applicable tax before you confirm.
- Apple App Store: payment is charged to your Apple ID. Apple's renewal timing, cancellation, and refund rules apply. Manage it in your Apple subscription settings.
- Google Play: payment is charged to your Google Play account. Google's renewal timing, cancellation, and refund rules apply. Manage it in Google Play subscriptions.
- Web: checkout is provided by RevenueCat and its connected payment provider, such as Stripe. Manage or cancel from the link in your receipt or subscription email.
Deleting the app does not cancel Patron. Refund requests are handled under the policy of the provider that sold the subscription. Use of the iOS app is also governed by Apple's Standard End User License Agreement.
6. Acceptable use
Please do not attempt to break, overload, or abuse the service; to extract the underlying model or use it as a general-purpose assistant; to submit unlawful content; or to scrape the app's content in bulk. We may limit or end access that does these things.
7. Artwork and intellectual property
Artwork images and metadata come from Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata, and museum records. Many works are in the public domain; others may be available under a stated licence or subject to rights that vary by country. Source and credit links are available in the app where supplied. The app's own writing, design, code, and name belong to us or our licensors and are not yours to copy.
8. Availability
Afterglance depends on services we do not control, including app stores, RevenueCat, payment providers, Anthropic, and Wikimedia. Features may change or stop working. We may modify or discontinue the service; any refund for unused paid time is handled under the policy and law applicable to the provider that sold the subscription.
9. Disclaimers
The app is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, or historically accurate.
10. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the app. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules.