Terms of Service

Last updated: 1 August 2026

Short version: your files stay yours, we process them and immediately forget them, and a licence is a one-time purchase with no account attached. The rest is detail.

1. What this service does

ChordStamp reads a tab file you upload (.gp3, .gp4, .gp5, .gpx, .gp) or text you paste, analyses the harmony, and returns an enriched copy with chord names, fingering diagrams and optional extras. It also offers free browser-side tools: a library manager, a learning hub, practice-file generators and a tuner.

ChordStamp is an independent tool. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any tab-software vendor.

2. Your files and your rights in them

You keep every right you had in anything you upload. We claim no ownership and no licence to your content beyond the single, automatic act of processing the file you asked us to process and sending the result back to you.

By uploading, you confirm that you have the right to process that file: that you created it, own it, or are otherwise permitted to make a copy of it for your own use. Please don't upload material you have no right to process.

Chord names and harmonic analysis are factual observations about music. We add them; we don't claim ownership of your file because of them.

3. What happens to an uploaded file

Each request gets its own temporary folder on the server. The file is processed, the result is streamed back to you, and the whole folder is deleted the moment the response is sent, including on every failure path. We keep no copies. There is no library, no gallery, no sharing feature, and no way for anyone else to reach a file you sent.

We log only metadata: file size, format, bar count, track count, processing milliseconds. Never filenames, never titles, never musical content. See the Privacy Policy.

4. Free tier and licences

  • The free tier processes a limited number of files each month. Every feature is included; nothing is crippled.
  • A lifetime licence is a one-time payment that removes the monthly limit and unlocks batch processing and full analysis output.
  • There are no accounts. Your licence is a key, saved in your browser and shown to you once at purchase. Keep a copy somewhere safe; a password manager is ideal. If you lose it, email us from the address you bought with and we'll re-send it.
  • A licence is for you. Reasonable personal use across your own devices is expected and fine; publishing your key for strangers to use is not, and keys carry a generous daily processing cap for that reason. Keys that are shared publicly may be revoked and reissued to the buyer.

5. What "lifetime" means

"Lifetime" means the lifetime of the service, not of the purchaser. We intend to run ChordStamp for a long time, but we can't promise immortality, so here is the honest deal:

  • If we ever shut the service down, we'll post notice on the site at least 30 days beforehand.
  • Anyone who purchased within the 60 days before that notice gets a full refund, no questions asked.
  • Files you already generated are yours; they live on your computer and keep working regardless of what happens to us.

6. Refunds

If the tool doesn't do what you expected, email within 30 days of purchase and we'll refund you. You don't have to justify it. The free tier exists so you can try before paying.

7. Fair use of the service

Please don't: attempt to break, overload or probe the service; automate bulk requests beyond the published limits; resell access; or use the service to process material you have no right to process. Rate limits and daily caps exist to keep the service available for everyone, and we may suspend access that clearly abuses them.

8. Copyright complaints

We host no musical content: nothing is stored, indexed, or served to third parties, so there is nothing here to take down. If you nevertheless believe the service is being used to infringe your rights, email the contact address with details and we will respond promptly and cooperatively.

9. No warranty

The service is provided "as is". Chord detection is an informed algorithmic reading of a file, not a guarantee of musical truth. It can be wrong, and it deliberately stays silent rather than guess when the evidence is thin. Always keep your original files; we recommend never overwriting an original with an output.

10. Limit of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability to you for any claim arising from the service is limited to the amount you actually paid us, which for most people is zero, and at most the price of one licence. We are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, including lost work or lost files.

Some jurisdictions don't allow certain exclusions; where that is the case, these terms apply as far as they legally can and no further, and nothing here affects statutory consumer rights you may have.

11. Changes to these terms

If these terms change materially, the "last updated" date changes and the notice goes on the site. Continuing to use the service after that means the new terms apply. Changes are never retroactive for a licence you have already bought.

12. Contact

Questions, refunds, lost keys, copyright matters: the contact address.

Your files are processed transiently and never stored · Output returns only to you · An independent tool, not affiliated with any tab-software vendor.