Terms of Use
Last updated 23 October 2026.
The short version: Shelfie is a tool for keeping track of your own things. It gives estimates, not safety advice. Use your own judgement about what goes on your skin.
Who we are
Beauty Expiry Tracker: Shelfie ("Shelfie") is made by THE MIT ("we", "us"). Contact: hello@themit.ca.
Your licence
Apple’s terms. Shelfie is licensed to you under Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/. These terms add to it. Where they differ, the Standard EULA governs the licence itself.
Personal use. You may use Shelfie for personal, non-commercial use on any Apple device you own or control, as Apple’s Usage Rules allow. There’s no account to create and no subscription to cancel.
What Shelfie is, and isn’t
Shelfie estimates when a cosmetic is likely to be past its best. It works from:
- the open-jar symbol on the pack (for example "12M");
- any printed expiry date;
- the date you tell it you opened the product;
- an estimate from a batch code, where it can read one (the month made plus three years);
- a typical figure for that kind of product, when the pack gives nothing.
Those estimates are only as good as what goes in. Label reading, barcode data and your own entries can all be wrong, so check what Shelfie fills in before you save it.
Shelfie is not a safety check or medical advice.
- Senses beat dates. If a product has changed in smell, colour or texture, throw it away whatever the app says.
- Sunscreen. This matters most for sunscreen, where an out-of-date product may not protect you. Always follow the date printed on the pack.
- Ingredients I avoid only shows where words you entered appear in a product’s ingredient list. It doesn’t tell you whether a product is safe for you, and an ingredient list can be incomplete or misread.
- Reactions. If you react to a product, stop using it and talk to a doctor or pharmacist.
Shelfie Plus
- One-time purchase. Shelfie Plus unlocks extra features. It is not a subscription and never renews.
- Payment and refunds. Apple processes the payment under its own terms. Refunds are requested from Apple at https://reportaproblem.apple.com, not from us.
- New devices. A purchase belongs to the Apple Account that made it. You can restore it on another device signed in to the same account.
The free version holds up to five products. What’s included in Free and Plus is described in the app and on this website.
Your content
The products, photos, notes and ratings you add are yours.
- Ownership. They stay on your device, and we neither receive them nor claim any rights over them.
- Backups. Because we hold no copy, we can’t recover anything you lose. Your iPhone’s own backups are the way to keep a copy.
Other services
Some features depend on services run by others:
- Open Beauty Facts. Barcode lookups use this open database. Its information may be incomplete or wrong, and the service may be unavailable.
- Apple and Expo. Apple handles purchases. Expo delivers app updates.
If any of these are unavailable, the rest of Shelfie keeps working.
Changes to the app
We may update Shelfie, change its features, or stop offering it. Updates may download automatically. If you’ve bought Shelfie Plus, the features it unlocks stay unlocked in the app you have.
Liability
As is. Shelfie is provided as it is, without warranty. To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for any loss or damage from using it, including any decision to use or discard a product.
Your legal rights. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can’t lawfully be limited, or takes away your rights as a consumer under the law where you live.
Changes to these terms
These terms may change. The current version is always on this page with the date it was last updated.