Actors Mobile ADR™AMA 2026

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Terms of Use

Actors Mobile ADR™ End User License Agreement. Effective 18 August 2026.

1. Agreement and acceptance

This End User License Agreement (“Agreement”) is a contract between you and TODD-AO, a California corporation (“Todd-AO”, “we”) governing your use of the App. By downloading, installing, or using the App you accept this Agreement. If you do not accept it, do not use the App and delete it.

If you use the App as an employee or contractor of a production, studio, or post-production facility, you accept this Agreement on behalf of that organisation and confirm you are authorised to do so.

2. Licence granted

Subject to this Agreement, Todd-AO grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App on Apple-branded devices you own or control, as permitted by Apple’s Media Services Terms and Conditions and the Usage Rules therein. The App may also be accessed and used by other accounts associated with the purchaser via Family Sharing or volume purchasing, as Apple permits.

The licence is granted, not sold. Todd-AO and its licensors retain all right, title, and interest in the App, including its interface, audio processing, cue model, and package format.

3. Trial and purchase

Trial. The App offers a 7-day trial that includes every feature, started only by your explicit action. Before the trial begins the App discloses its duration, what stops working when it ends, and the price of full access. The trial is delivered as a free App Store product and may be started once per Apple Account.

Purchase. Full access is a one-time purchase of US$19.99 (or the equivalent in your storefront), delivered as a non-consumable in-app purchase. It is perpetual: there is no subscription, no renewal, and no recurring charge. It is tied to the Apple Account that made the purchase and is restorable on that account, subject to Apple’s rules.

When the trial ends without purchase. The App becomes an export tool. You can still open the App, find the takes you have recorded, and send them. Recording, playback, importing, and Editor tools stop until you purchase full access.

Your recordings are never held hostage. Takes you have already recorded remain on your device and remain exportable in every state of this licence, including after a trial ends, and including if this Agreement terminates under §15. This is a deliberate commitment, not a courtesy.

Refunds are handled by Apple under its own policies. Todd-AO does not process App Store refunds.

4. Former paid subscribers

If your Apple Account previously purchased a paid product in the App — including the annual Editor subscription — the App grants you the perpetual full licence at no additional charge, automatically, when you install this version.

This grant is only for paid history on this Apple Account. It does not apply to people who only used the historical free-actor App and never bought anything.

That grant does not cancel any earlier auto-renewing subscription. A subscription continues to bill until you cancel it with Apple, in Settings → your Apple Account → Subscriptions. The App will tell you once if it detects that you hold both. Todd-AO cannot cancel an Apple subscription on your behalf.

5. Your content

You retain all right, title, and interest in the video, audio, dialogue, cue data, recordings, and packages you create, import, or receive (“Content”). Todd-AO claims no ownership of your Content.

Todd-AO does not receive your Content and does not store video or audio on Todd-AO servers. There is no AMA cloud, no AMA user account, and no Todd-AO content library. Picture, guide track, takes, cues, and packages remain in the App’s sandbox on your device until you export or share them. If you share, the copy goes to the destination you chose (AirDrop, Mail, Files, a studio share target) — not to Todd-AO.

You represent and warrant that you hold the rights, licences, consents, and permissions necessary for the Content you handle in the App, including rights in any picture and guide track supplied to you, and that your use complies with any applicable collective bargaining agreement, performer agreement, or non-disclosure obligation.

You are responsible for verifying a recipient before you send a package or a take.

6. Confidentiality of production material

AMA is designed for pre-release audiovisual material. If you receive Content through the App under a confidentiality or security obligation — a studio content-security policy, an NDA, or a production’s own rules — that obligation is yours to keep. Nothing in this Agreement relaxes it.

You must not use the App to circumvent a content-protection measure, to retain material after a production has told you to delete it, or to distribute material you were given only to perform.

Studios and productions should understand what AMA does not do:

  • It does not upload dailies, picture, guide, takes, or packages to Todd-AO.
  • It does not give Todd-AO a copy, a viewing window, or a remote wipe of your device.
  • It does not create an AMA login that a studio would provision or revoke.
  • Diagnostic logs, if you export them, record microphone and audio-route events. They do not contain recordings, cue text, file names, or account details.
  • Support email is for product questions. Do not send unreleased footage, unlock codes, or production material to Todd-AO unless the production has authorised that disclosure.

AMA cannot prevent a compromised device, a screenshot, a screen recording, or a share to the wrong person. Those remain the user’s and the production’s responsibility.

7. Encryption, unlock codes, and package security

The App can create and open encrypted .toddao packages. Production packages use AES-256-GCM. The encryption key is derived from the unlock code you (or the sender) choose. It is not derived from anything Todd-AO holds.

There is no master key, no escrow, and no back door. Todd-AO cannot decrypt a package, cannot recover a lost unlock code, and cannot be compelled to produce Content it does not have. A lost code means lost access to that package, by design. That is the security guarantee for pre-release material.

  • Unlock codes must travel separately from packages. Sending a package and its code by the same channel defeats the encryption.
  • You are responsible for choosing, protecting, and distributing unlock codes.
  • The App may cache an unlock for a limited period on this device only, released by Face ID, Touch ID, or your passcode. That cache is not synced to iCloud. The check releases a cached key only; it does not grant access to the App, to Editor Mode, or to any video.
  • Library media, recordings, and decrypted working copies are marked excluded from iCloud backup and stored with device file protection. Deleting the App deletes that local library.

8. Privacy and on-device processing

AMA keeps its library, recordings, cue data, and package contents on your device unless you explicitly export or share them. There is no Todd-AO analytics, advertising, or tracking SDK. Apple may see App Store purchase receipts; Apple does not receive your picture or audio from AMA.

The App requests:

  • Microphone access, to record takes. Audio is written to your device. It is not streamed to Todd-AO.
  • Speech recognition, performed on your device, for cue and transcript tools. It is not sent to a Todd-AO or third-party speech server by AMA.
  • Face ID, Touch ID, or passcode, only to release a cached package unlock as described in §7.

The App’s handling of personal information is described in the Privacy Policy, which is incorporated by reference.

9. Restrictions

You may not, and may not permit anyone else to: reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to derive the source code of the App except to the extent applicable law expressly permits; rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, or distribute the App; remove or alter proprietary notices; use the App to infringe copyright or to violate performer, union, or privacy rights; or use the App to process unlawful material.

You must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the App, including Apple’s Media Services Terms and Conditions and the terms of any destination you choose when you export or share Content.

10. Bundled demonstration content

The App ships with demonstration videos and cues supplied by Todd-AO so that the App is usable on first launch. That material is licensed to you solely for evaluating and learning the App. You may not redistribute it, publish it, or use it in a production or a commercial work.

11. Availability, updates, and your records

The App may be updated, changed, or discontinued. Todd-AO is not responsible for the availability of Apple services, third-party share destinations, device storage, or networks.

Keep independent copies of anything you cannot afford to lose. The App is a recording and delivery tool, not an archive. Deleting the App deletes its library.

12. Disclaimer of warranties

YOU EXPRESSLY ACKNOWLEDGE AND AGREE THAT USE OF THE APP IS AT YOUR SOLE RISK. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE APP IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE,” WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, AND TODD-AO DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE APP, EITHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, SATISFACTORY QUALITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ACCURACY, QUIET ENJOYMENT, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT OF THIRD-PARTY RIGHTS, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE APP WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR THAT RECORDINGS WILL BE COMPLETE, SYNCHRONISED, OR FIT FOR DELIVERY. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION OR ADVICE GIVEN BY TODD-AO SHALL CREATE A WARRANTY. SHOULD THE APP PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR, OR CORRECTION.

AMA IS A PRODUCTION TOOL. YOU MUST REVIEW EVERY TAKE BEFORE YOU DELIVER IT.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR LIMITATIONS ON APPLICABLE STATUTORY RIGHTS OF A CONSUMER, SO THE ABOVE EXCLUSION AND LIMITATIONS MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

13. Limitation of liability

This section follows Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement. Todd-AO does not control future methods of defeating encryption, holds no master key, and does not store your Content.

TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL TODD-AO BE LIABLE FOR PERSONAL INJURY OR ANY INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES WHATSOEVER, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF DATA, LOSS OF CONTENT, LOSS OF RECORDINGS, PRODUCTION DELAY, BUSINESS INTERRUPTION, OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE APP, HOWEVER CAUSED, REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY (CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE) AND EVEN IF TODD-AO HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, TODD-AO HAS NO LIABILITY FOR: (A) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, CRYPTOGRAPHIC ATTACK, FUTURE BREAKS OF AES-256-GCM OR RELATED ALGORITHMS, OR ANY OTHER METHOD OF DEFEATING ENCRYPTION; (B) A LOST, STOLEN, SHARED, OR INTERCEPTED UNLOCK CODE; (C) TODD-AO’S INABILITY TO DECRYPT, RECOVER, OR RESTORE CONTENT, WHICH FOLLOWS FROM THE ABSENCE OF ANY MASTER KEY AND FROM THE FACT THAT TODD-AO DOES NOT STORE YOUR CONTENT; OR (D) A COMPROMISED DEVICE, SCREENSHOT, SCREEN RECORDING, OR SHARE TO THE WRONG RECIPIENT.

SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR PERSONAL INJURY, OR OF INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, SO THIS LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. In no event shall Todd-AO’s total liability to you for all damages (other than as may be required by applicable law in cases involving personal injury) exceed the amount you actually paid for the App and its in-app purchases — a full refund of that purchase price. If you paid nothing, that amount is zero. App Store refunds remain Apple’s to process, as stated in §3. The foregoing limitations will apply even if the above stated remedy fails of its essential purpose.

14. No user indemnity

Apple’s Standard Licensed Application EULA does not require the end user to indemnify the developer. This Agreement follows that standard. You remain solely responsible for Content you handle, as set out in §5 and §6.

15. Termination

This Agreement terminates automatically if you materially breach it. On termination you must stop using the App and delete it.

Termination does not remove your recordings from your device, and §3’s export commitment survives so that you can retrieve work you have already recorded.

16. Apple

You and Todd-AO acknowledge that this Agreement is between you and Todd-AO only, not with Apple, and that Todd-AO alone is responsible for the App and its content.

  • Apple has no obligation to furnish maintenance or support for the App.
  • If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price if any. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation.
  • Todd-AO, not Apple, is responsible for any claim that the App or your possession and use of it infringes intellectual property rights, and for addressing product liability claims, consumer protection claims, and claims arising from a failure to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement.
  • You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as terrorist-supporting, and that you are not on any U.S. Government prohibited-party list.
  • Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of this Agreement and may enforce it against you.

17. Export

The App is subject to U.S. export control law and the export laws of the jurisdiction in which it is used. You may not use or otherwise export or re-export the App except as authorized by United States law and the laws of the jurisdiction in which the App was obtained. In particular, the App may not be exported or re-exported (a) into any U.S.-embargoed countries or (b) to anyone on the U.S. Treasury Department’s Specially Designated Nationals List or the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Persons List or Entity List. By using the App, you represent and warrant that you are not located in any such country or on any such list.

18. Governing law and disputes

This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of California, excluding its conflicts-of-law rules.

Except as provided in the next paragraph, you and Todd-AO agree to submit to the personal and exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in the State of California to resolve any dispute or claim arising from this Agreement.

If (a) you are not a U.S. citizen; (b) you do not reside in the U.S.; (c) you are not accessing the App from the U.S.; and (d) you are a citizen of a European Union country or of Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, or the United Kingdom, any dispute or claim arising from this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of your usual place of residence, and you may bring that claim in the courts of that place. That consumer carve-out follows Apple’s Standard EULA.

Specifically excluded from this Agreement is the United Nations Convention on the International Sale of Goods.

This Agreement does not include arbitration or a class-action waiver. Apple’s Standard Licensed Application EULA contains neither.

19. Entire agreement, severability, changes

This Agreement, with the Privacy Policy, is the entire agreement between you and Todd-AO about the App. If a provision is unenforceable, the rest remains in force. Todd-AO may update this Agreement for future versions; the version in force is the one published at https://actorsmobileadr.com/terms/ on the date you install or update.

20. Contact

TODD-AO
6300 Canoga Avenue, Suite 1500
Woodland Hills, California, USA 91367
ATTN: Grobstein Teeple LLP

Email: support@todd-ao.com
Telephone: +1 310 963 6177

This is the mailing address published on todd-ao.com. It is not the studio.