Pip

Terms, in plain words

The deal between you and Pip, without the wall of legalese. Pip is in alpha and built by one person, so a few of these matter more than usual — the honest ones are up top.

in alpha Effective July 16, 2026 · these will grow as Pip does

The short version

The fuller version is below. By using this website or the Pip app, you're agreeing to it. For how we handle data, see the Privacy page.

Who's agreeing to what

These terms are between you and Kate Lastrapes, who builds and runs Pip ("Pip," "we," "us," "our"). They cover both this website (pip.katelastrapes.com) and the Pip app, once you have it. If you don't agree with them, that's completely fine — just don't use the site or the app.

Pip is in alpha (please read this one)

Pip is early, pre-release software — built by one person for her own family and shared with a small group. That means it can have bugs, change substantially, or stop working, sometimes without notice. We share it in good faith, but it comes with no guarantees (see "The honest disclaimer" below). Keep your own backups — Time Machine on, FileVault on. Pip will remind you, but the safety net is yours.

Using the website

You're welcome to read the site, the blog, and the free guides, and to join the waitlist with your email. Please don't try to break the site, scrape it abusively, misuse the forms, or use it for anything unlawful. The words, guides, and artwork here are ours (or used with permission) — share links freely, but please don't republish the content as your own.

Using the Pip app

When Pip is available to you, you get a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use it on Macs you own or control, for your own household's paperwork. You agree not to resell it, rent it out, reverse-engineer it, remove its protections, or redistribute it. The app itself — its code, design, and the Pip character — stays ours. Your files, of course, stay yours (see below).

What you'll need, and what's yours to manage

Pip runs on your Mac and leans on a few things you provide and control:

Keeping those accounts secure and keeping backups is your responsibility. Pip can't recover a passphrase it never stores.

Your documents are yours

Pip organizes your files; it doesn't take them. Kate claims no ownership of, and no license to, your documents or the data in your binder. They live on your Mac. We don't have a copy, and we don't want one.

Pip helps — but it isn't professional advice

Pip reads paperwork, files it, surfaces due dates, and flags things like possible billing errors or missing tax forms. Those are helpful nudges and Pip's own analysis — not verified facts, and not professional advice. Pip is not a lawyer, accountant, tax preparer, or doctor, and its bill-audit findings and estimates are labeled as Pip's analysis for exactly this reason. For decisions that matter — legal, tax, medical, financial — check with a qualified professional and with the original documents. You're the one who decides and acts.

The honest disclaimer

Pip and this website are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied — including fitness for a particular purpose, and any promise that Pip will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that it will catch every deadline or every billing mistake. You use Pip at your own risk.

Limits on liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, Kate Lastrapes won't be liable for indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, or for lost data, arising from your use of Pip or this site. Because Pip keeps your files on your own Mac and never holds the only copy, your backups are your safety net — please keep them. Nothing here limits any liability that can't be limited by law.

Services run by others

Pip works alongside services other companies run — Anthropic (Claude), Google, your bank's data provider (SimpleFIN), Tailscale, and the services that keep this site online. Your use of each is governed by that company's own terms and privacy policy, and we're not responsible for them.

What Pip costs

Today, Pip has no subscription fee — you bring your own Claude plan, and your paperwork never sits behind a Pip paywall. Pricing may change before a general release; if it does, we'll be clear about it, and about what it means for anyone already using Pip.

Stopping

You can stop using Pip anytime. Uninstalling the app leaves your documents right where they are, in your own folders. You can ask us to remove your waitlist email whenever you like — there's an unsubscribe link in every email.

Changes to these terms

As Pip grows, these terms will too. We'll update the date at the top, and for anything significant we'll let waitlist members know by email. Continuing to use the site or the app after a change means you're okay with the update.

Which laws apply

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules, and any dispute will be handled by the courts located there.

Note for Kate: fill in your home state (and, if you'd rather, a specific county/court) before this goes live — I left it as a placeholder rather than guess.

Reach a human

Questions about any of this? Email Kate at kate.lastrapes@gmail.com — she reads every one.

he keeps the binder; you keep the final say. 🦉