Terms of Use
Last updated 10 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 billed by Apple, and you can cancel it any time in your Apple ID settings.
1. Agreement
By downloading or using Afterglance ("the app"), you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the app. The app 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: five encounters a day, one rewind a day, three galleries, and one conversation. A Patron subscription removes those limits and opens every gallery.
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
Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends.
You can manage or cancel your subscription in your Apple ID account settings after purchase. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. Refunds are handled by Apple under its own policies, not by us.
Your subscription 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
The artworks themselves are works of art in the public domain, reproduced from Wikimedia Commons and Wikidata under their respective licences, with attribution available in the app. The app's own writing, design, code, and name are ours, and are not yours to copy.
8. Availability
Afterglance depends on services we do not control, including Apple, Anthropic, and Wikimedia. Features may change or stop working. We may modify or discontinue the app; if we discontinue a paid subscription, unused paid time will be handled through Apple.
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.