Terms of use

About these terms

Par Pocket is the name of this golf scorekeeping service. In these terms, “we”, “us” and “our” refer to its operator. Contact Par Pocket at hello@parpocket.com for service and legal enquiries.

These terms apply when you access or use the Par Pocket website, web app, or mobile app. By using Par Pocket, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use Par Pocket.

Personal golf records, not an official service

Par Pocket is a personal scorecard, round journal, and performance-tracking tool. Its personal playing benchmark is unofficial and cannot establish or update an official handicap. Par Pocket is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or a replacement for a golf club, competition authority, handicap authority, course operator, or official scorecard.

Course details, distances, ratings, slopes, maps, imagery, and playing information may be incomplete, approximate, or out of date. Check the course’s official information, local rules, safety directions, and competition requirements before relying on Par Pocket.

GPS readings, saved shot maps, layup distances, weather, daylight estimates and coaching material are general aids. They do not establish safe playing conditions or guarantee accuracy or improvement. Shot replay joins recorded positions; it does not measure ball flight. Check actual conditions, course instructions and competition rules for distance-measuring devices. Coaching is general golf education, not individual medical or injury advice; stop an activity that causes pain and seek appropriate professional advice.

Your responsibilities

You must use Par Pocket lawfully, honestly, and safely. Do not interfere with the app or website, attempt to gain unauthorised access, use automated requests that disrupt the service, or use Par Pocket to infringe another person’s rights.

Do not interact with Par Pocket when doing so would be unsafe, including while driving a vehicle. You are responsible for the scores, notes, photos, backup files, and other information you enter, import, export, or share.

Keep account sign-in codes and guest-session credentials private and use an email address you control. Do not impersonate others, harass players, manipulate another player’s records without authority, or disclose private information without permission. If you are under 18, review these terms with a parent or guardian before using online account or sharing features; any consent needed for your circumstances must be obtained.

Local data, accounts, and backups

Solo scoring is available without an account. Optional account backup stores completed personal rounds and preferences, including saved shot locations, for restoration on another device. Online shared games use separate guest memberships and upload group records even without an account. Check sync status and keep an export of important personal records; active solo rounds and pending offline changes may not yet be backed up.

Par Pocket takes reasonable care when storing, importing, and recovering local data, but cannot promise that locally stored data will always remain available. Nothing in this section limits rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Tee-time information and external bookings

Par Pocket helps you find tee-time information and links to clubs or booking providers. Availability, prices, visitor eligibility, inclusions and cancellation conditions can change. A search result does not reserve a tee time or guarantee a price. Confirm the course, date, local time, player count, currency and final terms on the provider’s website before booking.

The club or booking provider handles your reservation, payment, changes and cancellation under its terms. Par Pocket does not take booking payments or act as the course operator through this feature. Contact the provider about the booking, and Par Pocket support about incorrect search information. These arrangements do not exclude any responsibility or consumer rights that apply to Par Pocket under law.

Shared games and other players

Only share another person’s name, scores, handicap or availability with their permission or other lawful authority. Hosts and scorers should explain what the group can see. A person with a valid invitation may join the group, so keep invitations within the intended audience and use nicknames when appropriate. Members may retain screenshots or exports that we cannot recall.

Group scores, rankings and seasons are social records and do not certify competition results. Agree scoring arrangements with your group and review entries before relying on them. Par Pocket does not accept or hold stakes, process bets, or operate a wagering service. Do not use it to arrange unlawful gambling. Report abusive, unlawful or unauthorised sharing to support.

Charges and future paid features

These terms do not authorise a charge or an automatically renewing subscription. If paid features are introduced, their price, billing period, any trial conversion, renewal and cancellation arrangements will be shown before you agree to pay. A change to these terms alone will not enrol you in a paid plan.

Your internet, mobile-data or chosen external-service provider may charge its usual fees. Any future store-purchase process must preserve applicable Australian Consumer Law remedies; store refund procedures do not remove rights you have against us under law.

Where available, optional contributions are handled on Ko-fi’s website. They do not unlock features or change your access to Par Pocket. Review the amount, currency and any recurring-payment choice with the external provider before paying. Contact support about a contribution issue; nothing here limits rights or remedies that apply by law.

Privacy, permissions, and third parties

Our privacy policy explains how Par Pocket handles local data, optional analytics, diagnostics, device permissions, and third-party services. Your device platform, app store, and any service you choose for sharing or storing backups may apply their own terms and privacy practices.

Intellectual property and course content

© 2026 Simon Darcy. All rights reserved. Simon Darcy owns the intellectual-property rights in Par Pocket’s original software, design, branding, and content, except for third-party materials and content owned by users. These terms do not transfer ownership of Par Pocket or give you permission to use its branding outside ordinary use of the service.

Course names, source material, maps, imagery, and other third-party content remain the property of their respective owners. Par Pocket’s inclusion of course information does not imply sponsorship or endorsement by a course operator.

You retain ownership of the content you create. You give us a non-exclusive licence to store, copy, process and display it only as needed to provide the features you choose, including backup and sharing with your selected group, and to use service providers for those purposes. This does not permit us to sell your content or use it in advertising without separate permission. The licence ends when the content is deleted from our systems, subject to lawful retention and copies already shared with others.

We permit you to use Par Pocket for lawful personal golf activities under these terms. Open-source software and openly licensed datasets keep their own licences, including any rights to reuse them. Applicable third-party notices and credits are available in the privacy policy and linked sources; these terms do not override those licences.

Apple App Store licence

If you obtain Par Pocket through Apple’s App Store, Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies to your licence to that copy of the app. These terms also apply to your use of Par Pocket’s website, web app, and related services. Nothing here is intended to replace terms that Apple requires to apply.

Availability and changes to Par Pocket

We may make changes reasonably needed for maintenance, security, legal requirements or improvements. If we plan to remove a substantial feature or discontinue an online service, we will give reasonable advance notice and a reasonable opportunity to export available personal records where practicable. Urgent security or legal action may require shorter notice, with an explanation as soon as reasonably possible.

Availability may be interrupted by faults, maintenance, platform changes or events outside our reasonable control. Changes do not remove accrued rights or remedies. You may stop using the service if a change does not suit you. Any applicable consumer rights to a refund, cancellation or compensation remain available.

Consumer rights and liability

Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies a consumer guarantee, right or remedy that cannot lawfully be excluded, including under the Australian Consumer Law. Where that law applies, services must meet the applicable guarantees, including due care and skill and fitness for a disclosed purpose where the legal requirements are met. Remedies can include fixing a problem, cancellation, a refund and compensation, depending on the circumstances.

We are responsible for our conduct to the extent required by law. Loss caused by inaccurate user input, unsafe use, device failure or an external service will be assessed according to its cause and applicable law; these terms do not make you bear loss caused by our own breach, negligence or failure to meet a non-excludable guarantee. There is no blanket exclusion of liability, mandatory indemnity or waiver of consumer rights in these terms.

Ending your use

You may stop using Par Pocket at any time. Export personal records you want to keep first. Settings provides account deletion and separate local-data controls. Signing out is not account deletion. Account deletion removes cloud account data and starts removal of that account’s data on the current device. Other devices and exported copies may retain data. Account-linked shared memberships are removed and identifying player information is redacted; anonymised score facts may remain for other participants. Separate, unlinked guest-group records and copies shared with others are not automatically erased. Contact support for shared-record removal requests.

We may restrict an account, guest session or online service only where reasonably necessary to address a serious or repeated breach, a material security or safety risk, or a legal requirement. We will use a proportionate response, explain the reason and offer an opportunity to remedy the issue or request review where reasonable and lawful. Urgent action may occur first. Contact support to challenge a restriction; any right to a remedy under law remains available.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of Victoria, Australia. This is a non-exclusive choice of jurisdiction: it does not prevent you from using a court or tribunal available under mandatory law where you live, or remove applicable consumer protections.

Changes and contact

We may update these terms for changes to the service or law. We will identify material changes and provide reasonable advance notice through the app or website where practicable. Urgent security or legal changes may take effect sooner, with an explanation as soon as reasonably possible. Changes operate prospectively and do not retrospectively remove accrued rights. Where agreement is legally required, we will seek it. You may stop using Par Pocket if you do not accept a change.

For a dispute or complaint, email hello@parpocket.com with the issue and outcome you seek. We aim to respond within 30 days and will explain if more time is needed. You may seek help from your state or territory consumer protection body or use an available court or tribunal. Contacting us first is encouraged, but does not limit urgent relief, statutory deadlines or your legal rights. Privacy complaints are addressed in the privacy policy.