Terms of Use

Effective date: 12 November 2026

These terms apply to the Article Pulse app ("the app"), made by Amit Pancholi ("we", "us"). By downloading or using the app you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use the app.

1. What Article Pulse is – and isn't

Article Pulse helps you search PubMed, save searches, and keep track of articles. It is intended for research and education only. It does not provide medical advice, diagnosis, treatment recommendations or clinical decision support.

Article details, abstracts and links come from PubMed and other services. They may be incomplete, out of date or inaccurate. Always check information against the original source and use your own professional judgement. Do not use the app as a substitute for clinical assessment, local guidelines, institutional policies or advice from a qualified health professional.

2. Information from PubMed and other services

The app uses NCBI's E-utilities to retrieve PubMed data. PubMed data is provided by the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) and the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). Article Pulse is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, NCBI, NLM, NIH or the US Government. See NCBI's disclaimer and copyright notice.

Some abstracts, articles and linked materials are protected by copyright. You are responsible for following copyright, licensing and publisher terms when you reproduce, share or use them.

Full-text links (through LibKey and Unpaywall), Zotero and other connected services are provided by third parties under their own terms. Access to full text through your library depends on your library's subscriptions and your own credentials.

3. Free features and Article Pulse Pro

The app is free to download and includes free features. Article Pulse Pro is an optional subscription that adds more features, as described in the app and on our website. What's included in Free and Pro may change over time; if we change Pro in a way that matters to you, we'll say so in the app.

Payment and renewal

• Pro is sold as a monthly or yearly subscription through the Apple App Store or Google Play, and is charged to your App Store or Google Play account.
• Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period at the then-current price, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends.
• You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your App Store or Google Play account settings. Cancelling stops the next renewal; you keep Pro until the end of the period you've paid for.
• If a free trial is offered, you won't be charged until it ends, and you can cancel before then at no cost. Each person can have one free trial.
• If we change the price, the store will tell you before it applies, as its rules require.

Refunds

Payments are handled by Apple or Google, so refund requests are made to them, under their refund policies: Apple or Google Play. This does not limit any rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other consumer laws that apply to you.

If your subscription ends

The app goes back to the free features. Nothing you've saved is deleted. Searches beyond the free limits stay in the app and can still be run by hand.

4. Your data

Your searches, articles, notes and settings are stored on your device, not by us. You are responsible for keeping backups (the app can create backup files for you). How the app handles information is described in our Privacy Policy.

5. Using the app fairly

Please don't misuse the app or the services it connects to – for example by trying to overload PubMed or other services, getting around their usage limits, or using the app to break the law or anyone's rights. The app follows NCBI's usage rules, and your use must respect them too.

6. Licence

We give you a personal, non-transferable right to use the app on devices you own or control, under these terms and the rules of the store you got it from. The app, its design and its code belong to us. If you got the app from the Apple App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies; if these terms and Apple's agreement differ, these terms apply where the law allows.

7. Consumer law and our responsibility

Our services come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law, and you may have similar rights under the laws of your country. Nothing in these terms limits those rights.

Apart from those rights, the app is provided "as is". We work to keep it accurate and reliable, but we can't promise it will be free of errors, always available, or find every relevant article. To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for decisions you make based on information in the app, or for indirect loss, and our total responsibility to you is limited to the amount you paid for Pro in the 12 months before the problem arose.

8. Changes to the app and these terms

We may update the app and these terms. If we change these terms in a way that matters, we'll update the effective date and, where appropriate, tell you in the app. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept it.

9. Law

These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. This does not take away consumer rights you have under the laws of the place where you live.

10. Contact

Amit Pancholi, developer of Article Pulse
Email: contact@articlepulseapp.com