Sowens Studios apps use the open-source components and licensed assets below. Full licence texts ship inside each app (Settings → Legal & Data → Open-source licenses) and are available from the projects linked here.
Open-source components
| Component | Licence | Used in |
|---|---|---|
| GRDB.swift | MIT | Stocked, Stocked Mac, Nova, AppPulse, Let’s Date, Steady, Atlas, Sesh (local database) |
| Kingfisher | MIT | Same apps (image loading and caching) |
| Pulse | MIT | Debug builds only; not included in App Store releases |
| swift-snapshot-testing | MIT | Automated tests only; not shipped |
| ZIPFoundation | MIT | Nova (backups) |
| AMSMB2 and libsmb2 | LGPL 2.1 | Nova (SMB shares), dynamically linked |
| VLCKit via vlckit-spm | LGPL 2.1 or later | Nova (fallback player), dynamically linked |
For the LGPL components you may obtain the corresponding source from the project links above and relink the app with a modified version where the licence provides. Contact support@sowensstudios.com with any request.
Fonts
Our apps and website use Apple’s system fonts (San Francisco, New York, SF Mono and Georgia/Palatino system stacks) under Apple’s developer licence. We bundle no third-party font files.
Icons and images
App icons, product art and the studio mark are created by or for Sowens Studios. In-app symbols are Apple SF Symbols used under the SF Symbols licence. Recipe, product and movie images shown in apps come from their publishers or data providers and remain their property; see Stocked sources. Movie and TV metadata, when enabled in Nova, is provided by TMDB. This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Trademarks
Apple, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Mac and App Store are trademarks of Apple Inc. Discord, Spotify, YouTube, Kroger, Real-Debrid, Trakt, Simkl and other names belong to their owners, and no endorsement is implied.