Terms of use

Effective 17 September 2026

These terms govern your use of sidebee. By creating an account or using the service, you agree to them.

Eligibility and accounts

You must be at least 16 to create an account or contribute content. You may browse music and public content, including public reviews, as a guest without creating an account, subject to applicable law. Guests cannot submit ratings, reviews, comments or other user content, or react to content. If you are 16 or older but under the age of legal majority where you live, use the service only with permission from a parent or guardian. Provide accurate information, keep your login secure and tell us promptly about suspected unauthorised access.

Your content

You retain ownership of ratings, reviews, comments, profile photos, profile text, diary entries, lists and other content you submit. You give us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, reproduce, format and display that content only as reasonably needed to operate, promote and improve the service, subject to your visibility settings. You confirm that you have the rights needed to submit your content.

Visibility, activity and sharing

Public content may be viewed by anyone, including guests who are not signed in. Friends-only content is limited to the relevant accepted connections, and private content is intended for you alone. Ratings, reviews and new lists may appear in friends' activity feeds according to their visibility settings. Your private rating history retains earlier scores when you update a rating; deleting the associated review also removes its history from the active database.

When you export or share a review outside sidebee, check the image and audience before sending it. Copies shared outside the service may remain available after you change visibility or delete content. Other services apply their own terms and privacy policies.

Acceptable use

Do not harass or threaten others, impersonate people, manipulate ratings, post unlawful or infringing material, invade privacy, evade blocks or moderation, scrape or reverse engineer the service, spread malware, interfere with security, or use the service for spam or fraud. You must not use bots, fake activity, coordinated accounts or multiple accounts to manipulate likes, reviews, Nectar, Honey Pots or badges.

Nectar, Honey Pots and badges

Nectar and Honey Pots are free in-app engagement points. They are not money, cryptocurrency or property, have no monetary value, and cannot be purchased, sold, cashed out, redeemed or transferred outside the service. Nectar may be given only through the review-gifting features we provide.

Five Nectar can be permanently converted into one Honey Pot. Honey Pots cannot be converted back into Nectar and may unlock profile badges. We may change earning limits, conversion rules, badge requirements or availability, and may correct balances or reverse activity caused by error, fraud or abuse.

Moderation and safety

Users can report content and block accounts. We may review, restrict or remove content and suspend or close accounts where reasonably necessary to enforce these terms, protect users, comply with law or maintain the service. We cannot guarantee that every report will be reviewed immediately. In an emergency, contact local emergency services.

Music and third-party services

Artist names, artwork, links, credits and catalogue information may be supplied by Apple Music and other third-party services. Those providers retain their respective rights and apply their own terms. We do not grant ownership of music or artwork, and availability or accuracy of catalogue information may change.

Account deletion

You can initiate an account-deletion request in Settings or through our account-deletion page. We may verify ownership before completing a request. Associated user content will be deleted or de-identified except where limited retention is reasonably required by law, security or fraud-prevention needs.

Availability and changes

We may add, change, suspend or discontinue features. We aim to provide a reliable service but do not guarantee uninterrupted availability or that every music item will remain available.

Australian consumer law and liability

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded, including under the Australian Consumer Law. To the extent permitted by law, the service is provided as available and we are not responsible for indirect or consequential loss that was not reasonably foreseeable.

Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as the service changes. If a change is material, we will provide reasonable notice through the app, website or email where practicable. Continued use after the change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.

Contact

Email support@sidebee.app with questions.