Last updated: October 20, 2026
These Terms & Disclaimer (the "Terms") govern your use of the Cadara mobile app (the "App" or "Application") and this website. They are written in plain language on purpose. The same terms appear inside the App, where you agree to them before first use. Questions? Email info@cadara.ca.
Order of precedence (summaries vs. full Terms). The Company may provide short visual summaries, explanatory bullet points, or plain-English onboarding cards within the Application's user interface or on our website to assist you in navigating these Terms. Please note that these summaries are provided strictly for user convenience and have no legal or contractual effect. In the event of any conflict, discrepancy, inconsistency, or ambiguity between an in-app summary card and the detailed legal provisions of these full Terms of Service, these full Terms of Service will strictly govern, control, and prevail in all circumstances.
Cadara is a helper, not your doctor. It helps you keep track of your medicines. It does not decide what is safe for you.
Always double-check every dose and time yourself. Make sure what you see in the App matches what your doctor or pharmacist told you and what is written on your medicine label.
Even careful apps can have mistakes. We have worked hard to test Cadara, but no software is perfect. Reminders can be delayed, missed, or wrong — for example if your phone is off, silent, out of battery, or has a software issue. Never rely on Cadara alone to take your medicine.
Your doctor and pharmacist come first. If anything in the App disagrees with their instructions, follow them — not the App — and call them with any questions.
This is not for emergencies. If you feel unwell or think you took the wrong dose, contact your doctor, pharmacist, or emergency services right away.
Cadara is provided by Brightelm Studios Ltd. (formerly 2823683 Alberta Ltd.) ("we", "us", "our", or the "Company"), a corporation based in Alberta, Canada. These Terms are an agreement between you and us.
The App is provided for general informational and organizational purposes only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Cadara is intended as a personal medication-tracking and reference tool, not a substitute for professional medical judgment. Nothing in the App should be interpreted as a recommendation to take, stop, or change any medication. Always seek the advice of a qualified physician, pharmacist, or other healthcare professional regarding your medications and health, and never disregard or delay seeking professional advice because of something you saw in the App.
You are solely responsible for the accuracy of all information you enter, and for independently verifying every medication, dose amount, dose time, frequency, and schedule against the instructions of your healthcare providers and the dispensed medication label, before relying on it. You acknowledge that the App's reminders, schedules, counts, supply estimates, reorder dates, expiry calculations, drug-interaction and duplicate-medicine warnings, and any brand or generic name information may be incomplete, delayed, or inaccurate, and must not be used as your sole source for taking medication. You agree to confirm each dose yourself rather than relying on the App alone.
Cadara may flag possible drug interactions, and medicines that appear to share the same active ingredient — "the same drug under two names." These checks are a best-effort attempt to surface potential problems for your awareness only, by displaying public reference information. They draw on publicly available databases and a limited built-in list, are not exhaustive, and may be incomplete, out of date, or inaccurate — in particular, they may not detect an ingredient hidden inside a combination product. The absence of a warning does not mean a combination is safe, and a warning does not mean something is unsafe. None of this is medical advice, and it is not a patient-specific clinical assessment. Always confirm with your doctor or pharmacist before making any changes to your medications.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE COMPANY PROVIDES THE APP ON AN "AS-IS" AND "AS-AVAILABLE" BASIS. EXCEPT FOR SPECIFIC STATUTORY WARRANTIES THAT CANNOT BE EXCLUDED, THE COMPANY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ACCURACY. THE APP IS A REFERENCE LOGGING TOOL, NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL ADVICE, DIAGNOSIS, OR TREATMENT.
The App's medication database relies entirely on third-party public reference information (OpenFDA). We do not warrant that this data is accurate, complete, or scientifically error-free. Furthermore, timely delivery of reminders depends on your mobile device's native operating system. We do not warrant and are not responsible if alerts fail due to device battery-optimization, "Low Power Mode," or system sleep/focus filters. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, timely, or error-free. Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you.
A. Exclusion of Specific Heads of Damage. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL BRIGHTELM STUDIOS LTD., ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, SHAREHOLDERS, OR AGENTS (COLLECTIVELY, THE "COMPANY PARTIES") BE LIABLE TO YOU OR ANY THIRD PARTY FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES WHATSOEVER. THIS ABSOLUTE EXCLUSION INCLUDES, BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF REVENUE, DATA LOSS, OR ANY DAMAGES RESULTING FROM MISSED, LATE, DUPLICATED, INCORRECT, OR MISTIMED MEDICATION DOSES, INACCURATE REFERENCE INFORMATION, SOFTWARE INTERRUPTION, OR YOUR RELIANCE UPON THE APP, RECOGNIZED UNDER CONTRACT, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE), STRICT LIABILITY, OR ANY OTHER LEGAL THEORY.
B. The Absolute Financial Liability Cap. IF A COURT, ARBITRATOR, OR REGULATORY FORUM DETERMINES THAT AN ABSOLUTE EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY IS UNENFORCEABLE UNDER LOCAL CONSUMER LAWS, YOU EXPLICITLY AGREE THAT THE TOTAL, MAXIMUM AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE COMPANY PARTIES TO YOU FOR ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, ACTIONS, PROCEEDINGS, OR CAUSES OF ACTION WILL BE STRICTLY LIMITED TO A SPECIFIC FINANCIAL THRESHOLD: THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU DIRECTLY TO THE COMPANY TO ACCESS THE PREMIUM FEATURES OF THE APP IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE ACCRUAL OF THE CLAIM, OR THE SUM OF FIFTY CANADIAN DOLLARS ($50.00 CAD), WHICHEVER IS GREATER.
C. Jurisdictional Consumer Safeguards (Non-Excludable Rights Carve-Out). CERTAIN PROVINCES AND STATES DO NOT ALLOW COMPANIES TO CONTRACT OUT OF OR LIMIT LIABILITY FOR CONSUMER FRAUD, GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WILLFUL MISCONDUCT, OR LIABILITY FOR BODILY INJURY, PERSONAL INJURY, OR DEATH ACCRUED VIA CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE. IF YOU RESIDE IN A JURISDICTION THAT PROHIBITS THESE SPECIFIC WAIVERS, THE EXCLUSIONS AND CAPS SET FORTH IN (A) AND (B) ABOVE WILL APPLY TO YOU ONLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY YOUR LOCAL LAW, AND WILL BE SEVERED RATHER THAN VOID THE ENTIRE AGREEMENT.
You knowingly and voluntarily assume all risks associated with using the App to help manage your medications. You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company Parties from any third-party claims, damages, losses, or expenses arising specifically out of: (a) your input or processing of another person's data without their lawful, documented consent, including unauthorized use of Caregiver Mode; or (b) your documented violation of applicable law, or your infringement of the intellectual-property or privacy rights of any third party. This indemnity is limited to these circumstances.
How we handle your information is set out in full in our Privacy Policy. In short: Cadara has no account system and does not send the medication records you keep in the App to a Company server — they stay on your device. An optional, on-by-default medicine-name lookup sends only the name you type to OpenFDA (a public U.S. drug database) to retrieve public reference information such as name suggestions and general drug-interaction references — reference information only, not medical advice, and possibly incomplete; you can turn it off in Settings. The label scanner reads your photo entirely on your device. If iCloud Backup is on, a copy of your data is included in Apple's encrypted iCloud backup, which you control in iOS Settings. See the Privacy Policy for the complete picture.
Because your information is stored only on your device, you are responsible for keeping your device backed up (for example with iCloud backup). If your device is lost, damaged, or erased, or the App is deleted, without a backup your data may be permanently lost, and we are not liable for any such loss. Reports, exports, and support files leave your device only when you choose to share them; once shared, their handling is your responsibility and that of the recipient.
You must be at least 18 years old (or the age of majority where you live) to use Cadara. You may only enter into this binding agreement and use the Application if you have reached the legal age of majority in your specific province, state, or jurisdiction of residence, and under no circumstances are you permitted to use the Application if you are under eighteen (18) years of age. By downloading, installing, or accessing the Application, you represent and warrant that you possess the legal capacity to form a binding contract with the Company under the laws of your local jurisdiction. If you do not meet these age and capacity requirements, you must immediately delete the Application from your device.
The App is not directed to children. If you set up or manage the App on behalf of another person — including with Caregiver Mode — you confirm and warrant that you have that person's explicit, documented consent (or other lawful authority) to manage their medication information; when you enable Caregiver Mode, the App asks you to actively confirm this. You accept these Terms on your own behalf, and the responsibility to verify their medications described above applies to you. The Caregiver Mode PIN and recovery code are a convenience lock to reduce confusion, not a security system; if both are lost, the App cannot be unlocked, and deleting it permanently erases its data.
Optional paid features ("Cadara Pro") may be offered through Apple's App Store. Prices are shown before you buy. Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each billing period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends; you can manage or cancel anytime in your device's Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. A "Lifetime of the Product" purchase is a one-time payment, not a subscription: it unlocks Cadara Pro for the lifetime of the product — that is, for as long as the App and that purchase tier remain available and supported by us — with no recurring charge. Billing, receipts, and refunds for purchases are handled by Apple under Apple's terms.
We grant you a limited, personal, non-commercial, non-transferable license to use the App on Apple devices you own or control. You may not copy, modify, sell, rent, distribute, reverse engineer, or create derivative works from the App except as permitted by law. The App, its design, and its content remain our property. This license ends if you breach these Terms.
These Terms are between you and us, not Apple Inc. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance, support, or warranty for the App, and is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to it; all claims must be directed to us. Your use of the App must comply with the App Store Terms of Service. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you. You also represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
We may update, change, or discontinue features of the App, and we may update these Terms from time to time. When we make a material change to these Terms, the App will show you the updated terms and ask you to agree before you continue using it. If you agree, the updated terms apply from then on. If you do not wish to agree to an update, your choice is to stop using the App — and you can delete it, which erases its data from your device. By agreeing, you accept that future updates will work this way, and that continuing to use the App after an update means the updated terms apply to you.
A. Governing Law and Forum Selection. Subject to mandatory local consumer protection statutes that explicitly override this selection, these Terms of Service, your access to the Application, and all related claims will be governed by, construed, and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles. Except as explicitly carved out in (B) below, you and the Company irrevocably agree that any litigation, lawsuit, or judicial proceeding must be initiated and maintained exclusively within the courts located in Edmonton, Alberta, and you submit to the personal jurisdiction of those courts.
B. Out-of-Province Consumer Exception. If you reside within a province, state, or territory whose consumer protection laws grant you a non-waivable statutory right to file a legal claim or defend a dispute within your home jurisdiction, the exclusive venue constraints in (A) above do not apply to you. In such instances, disputes may be brought before the competent consumer courts within your primary jurisdiction of residence.
C. Mandatory Class Action Waiver. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, ALL DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEEDINGS, WHETHER IN COURT OR BEFORE AN ARBITRAL PANEL, WILL BE CONDUCTED EXCLUSIVELY ON AN INDIVIDUAL BASIS AND NOT IN A CLASS, CONSOLIDATED, COMBINED, OR REPRESENTATIVE ACTION. YOU EXPLICITLY WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO FILE, JOIN, OR PARTICIPATE AS A PLAINTIFF, CLASS REPRESENTATIVE, OR CLASS MEMBER IN ANY CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, PRIVATE ATTORNEY GENERAL PROCEEDING, OR REPRESENTATIVE LITIGATION AGAINST BRIGHTELM STUDIOS LTD. OR ITS CORPORATE REPRESENTATIVES OR AFFILIATES. If this specific waiver is deemed illegal or unenforceable under a local jurisdiction's public policy as to a particular claim, that specific claim will be severed and deferred to a court of competent jurisdiction, while all remaining individual claims will be enforced according to these Terms.
D. General provisions. If any provision of these Terms is deemed invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, that specific provision will be severed to the minimum extent necessary, and all remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. These Terms, alongside our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire and exclusive agreement between you and the Company regarding your use of the Application, superseding and replacing all prior or contemporaneous oral or written agreements, marketing materials, or understandings. The Company's failure or delay to strictly enforce any right or provision under these Terms does not constitute a waiver of that right or provision, nor does it prevent the Company from enforcing it in the future. We may assign this agreement in connection with a sale or reorganization of our business.
By downloading, installing, or using the App — and, in the App, by checking the box and tapping "I Agree" — you confirm that you have read and understood these Terms and the safety information above, that you accept full responsibility for verifying your own medications and doses, and that you agree to all of the terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
Questions about these Terms? Email info@cadara.ca.