Drone Buddy
1. Agreement
These Terms of Use govern your access to the Drone Buddy app and website operated by Kirway LLC. By downloading or using Drone Buddy, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.
You are responsible for following aviation, privacy, and local laws wherever you fly. Drone Buddy is a planning aid, not a substitute for official sources or your own judgment.
2. Use at your own discretion
Weather, wind, Best Flying Windows, no-fly zone maps, flying sites, news, and related information are provided for reference only. Conditions change. Maps can be incomplete or out of date. Crowd-sourced sites are not a permit to fly.
You assume all risk of using the app, including loss, injury, property damage, enforcement action, or a crashed aircraft. We are not liable for decisions you make based on information in the app. Always cross-check local law, NOTAMs, TFRs, park rules, and manufacturer limits before flight.
Kirway LLC is not affiliated with or endorsed by the FAA, Transport Canada, CAA, or any other aviation authority. Weather data comes from Apple Weather / WeatherKit and the sources listed on our Data Sources page. We do not claim those agencies endorse Drone Buddy.
3. License
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use Drone Buddy on devices you own or control, as allowed by the App Store or Google Play rules. You may not copy, reverse engineer, resell, or scrape the Service except as the law allows.
4. Accounts and age
Community features (such as submitting flying sites) may require an account. You must be at least 18 to create an account, and the information you provide must be accurate. Keep your login confidential. We may suspend accounts that violate these terms or our review guidelines.
5. Subscriptions and purchases
Drone Buddy may be used free with optional Drone Buddy Pro (or similar) in-app purchases. Prices are shown in the store at checkout. Subscriptions auto-renew unless you cancel in your Apple or Google account settings before the renewal date. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies. Family Sharing, if offered, follows Apple’s rules.
6. Community content
If you post flying sites, photos, descriptions, or sponsor posts, you confirm you have the right to share that content and that it does not violate anyone’s privacy, copyright, or safety. Do not post private homes, misleading locations, or illegal activity.
We review submissions and may edit, refuse, or remove content at any time. We do not guarantee that a site will be approved or that we will notify you of a rejection. Published content may be shown to other users worldwide.
You keep ownership of your content. You grant Kirway LLC a worldwide license to use, display, and distribute it in the Service so the map and related features can work.
7. “As is” disclaimer
The Service is provided “as is” without warranties of any kind, including accuracy, uptime, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will keep you legal or safe, that maps include every restriction, or that weather forecasts will match conditions at your aircraft.
8. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, Kirway LLC and its suppliers are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for lost data, lost profits, or aircraft damage, arising from use of the Service — even if we were told such damage was possible. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us for Drone Buddy in the 12 months before the claim (often zero if you only used the free app). Some places do not allow these limits; in those places, our liability is limited to the maximum permitted by law.
9. Links
The app and site may link to third-party sites, news, maps, or stores. We are not responsible for their content or practices.
10. Changes
We may change the Service or these terms. The “Last updated” date will change when we revise this page. Continued use after an update means you accept the new terms.
11. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Courts located in New York will have exclusive jurisdiction, except where applicable consumer law requires otherwise.
12. Copyright complaints
If you believe content in the Service infringes your copyright, email sayhi@dronebuddy.io with the subject “Copyright Infringement” and include: your contact details, a description of the work, the location of the material in the app, a good-faith statement that the use is not authorized, and a statement under penalty of perjury that you are the owner or authorized to act.
13. Contact
Kirway LLC, 7014 13th Ave Ste 202, Brooklyn, NY 11228-1604, United States