The terms of the room: what we keep, what is yours, what we charge and give back.
Last changed 12 October 2026. Questions to support@produceros.app.
Terms
Who we are
SongwriterOS is made and run by George Sheppard in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. These terms are a contract between you and him for the use of songwriteros.app and the app it serves.
Your songs are yours
Everything you write, record or upload in the room belongs to you and the people you wrote it with. We claim no rights in your lyrics, your recordings, your split sheets or anything else you put here. We store it and move it between your devices and your co-writers because that is the job, and for no other reason.
Co-writers
When you share a song by link, everyone who joins through that link can read and change the lyric, leave notes, keep voice memos, and see the split sheet. They land on the split sheet under their own name. Share a link with people you are writing with and nobody else. Anyone with the link can join while it lasts.
Split sheets and registration
The split sheet and the registration pack are records of what the writers in the room entered. They are not legal advice and we do not check them. Agreeing a split, registering a work with APRA AMCOS, ASCAP, BMI or any other society, and sorting out publishing are between you, your co-writers and those organisations.
Spark
Spark is a character in the room, not a co-writer. It reads lines and offers directions and sketches. It keeps no percentage. What you choose to use is your decision and your responsibility; we make no claim on it and give no guarantee it is original or fit for any purpose.
Your account
Your account is your email address. Sign-in is by a link we email you; there is no password to keep. You are responsible for who can read your email. Keep your details true, and be at least 16.
Free and Pro
The free room lets you write, read, use rhymes and the thesaurus, see sung syllables, set key and tempo, use the click and Sing mode, and write with anyone you invite, up to five songs. Pro is a paid seat with unlimited songs, Spark, memos in the cloud, versions, the registration pack and folders. Prices are shown in the app in Australian dollars before you pay. Accounts that existed before the door price went up keep Pro at no charge. A writer who joins through your invite link and signs in gives you both a month of Pro.
Paying
Payments are taken by Stripe. A monthly or yearly seat renews until you cancel, which you can do at any time from the billing page in the app; you keep Pro until the end of the period you paid for. A founder seat is one payment for Pro for as long as SongwriterOS runs.
What we promise, and what we cannot
We work to keep the room up and your songs safe, and we keep earlier versions of every song so a bad moment can be undone. We cannot promise it will never be down or never lose a word; keep your own copies of anything that matters, and use the backup in the app. Nothing here limits the guarantees you have under the Australian Consumer Law.
Behaviour
Do not use the room to store or share material you have no right to, to harass anyone, or to attack the service. We can close an account that does.
Changes and ending
We can change these terms; the date at the top moves when we do, and a real change gets a note in the app. You can leave at any time: sign out and ask us to delete your account, and we will. If we ever have to close SongwriterOS we will give you at least 30 days and a way to take your songs with you.
Law
These terms are governed by the law of Queensland, Australia.
Privacy
What we keep
- Your email address, to sign you in and to send you the emails described below.
- Your writer profile: the name you want on split sheets, and your PRO and IPI if you add them.
- Your songs: lyrics, section structure, chords, notes, held words, alternatives, earlier versions, and the split sheet with the details each writer entered.
- Voice memos you record in a song, as audio files.
- Which songs you are a member of, and the folders you arrange them in.
- If you pay: your Stripe customer and subscription identifiers. We never see or store your card.
- Crash reports from the app, which can include the page you were on and your email if you were signed in.
Where it lives, and who touches it
Songs, profiles and accounts are stored with Upstash (Redis). Audio is stored with Vercel. The app and its server run on Vercel. Sign-in and session emails go through Resend. Payments go through Stripe. When you use the rhyme or thesaurus tools, the word you looked up is sent to Datamuse. When you ask Spark, the lyric of the song and the line you are on are sent to Anthropic to produce the reply; Anthropic does not use it to train its models. None of these services get your data for any purpose other than running the room.
Co-writers see shared songs
Anyone you share a song with sees the lyric, the notes, the memos and the split sheet, including the name, PRO and IPI on your row. That is what sharing means.
Email we send
Sign-in links when you ask for them. On an evening when you wrote with someone, one email with the lyric as it stood that night and the way back in. Nothing else, and no marketing lists.
Cookies and your device
One cookie, to keep you signed in. The app also keeps a copy of your songs and settings in your browser so it works offline. No advertising, no tracking pixels, no analytics that follow you elsewhere.
Keeping and deleting
We keep your songs for as long as you have an account. Deleted songs sit in Recently deleted for 30 days and are then gone. Earlier versions are kept so you can go back. To delete your account and everything in it, email support@produceros.app from the address on the account; we do it within 14 days and tell you when it is done. A song you co-wrote stays with the other writers on it, with your name on the sheet, because the record of who wrote it is theirs too.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of what we hold about you, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete it. Write to the address above. We handle personal information under the Australian Privacy Act 1988. If you are not happy with how we handled a request, you can complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner.
Refunds
If a Pro seat is not for you, say so and we refund it. No form, no questions you have to answer.
- A monthly seat: a full refund if you ask within 14 days of the first charge.
- A yearly seat: a full refund if you ask within 30 days of the charge.
- A founder seat: a full refund if you ask within 30 days.
- After those windows, a monthly or yearly seat is cancelled rather than refunded, and you keep Pro to the end of the period you paid for.
Email support@produceros.app from the address on the account. Refunds go back the way you paid, usually within five working days. Where the Australian Consumer Law gives you more than this, you have that too.