The agreement between you and Zantech LLC for using BridgeDrop.
Last updated 2 October 2026
In short: BridgeDrop is free, and licensed to you rather than sold. What you share lives on people's devices, not on our servers, and you are responsible for it — and for anything you sell. We show sponsored posts, and we can hide content that breaks these rules in every copy of the app. There is no warranty, and our liability is limited.
The sections below are the actual terms. This summary is not a substitute for them.
BridgeDrop is published by Zantech LLC ("we", "us"). By installing or using the software you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not install it.
BridgeDrop is free. Subject to these terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install and use it, at no charge, on any number of devices that you own or primarily use.
It is licensed, not sold: you receive the right to use the software, not the software itself or any ownership in it. BridgeDrop is proprietary software, and Zantech LLC keeps all rights not expressly granted here.
BridgeDrop used to sell licences for sending files. That has ended. A key bought before then keeps working in the versions that ask for one, and those versions are the only place it matters.
Nothing in this section limits anything you may do under applicable law regardless of contract — including any statutory right to observe, study or test the software, or to decompile it for interoperability.
You must be at least 13 years old, or the minimum age for services like this one where you live if that is higher. If you are under 18, you need a parent's or guardian's permission to buy or sell anything through the marketplace.
BridgeDrop connects devices directly. Files and messages go from your device to the one you chose. Profiles, posts, shops and listings are published by the device that made them, signed so they cannot be altered, and kept and passed on by the people who follow them or save them — that is how they stay available while their author is offline.
We do not host, store, or review what you share. There is no BridgeDrop server holding it, and we cannot read, edit, or delete anything on anyone's device. What we can do is described in section 10.
You keep ownership of what you post. By sharing something publicly in BridgeDrop, you give every BridgeDrop user a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to view it, keep copies of it, and pass those copies on to others, inside BridgeDrop, for as long as copies exist. You also give us the right to view it when it is reported to us.
Deleting a post or listing on your device stops your device sharing it. Copies other people already hold are dropped as their devices make room, or at once if we block it — but they are not recalled the moment you delete, so think before you share.
You are responsible for what you share and send, and for having the right to share it. Do not share any of the following:
BridgeDrop lets people list items, digital goods, and services, and find what others near them are selling. We are not a party to any sale. BridgeDrop does not handle payments: buyers and sellers arrange payment and handover between themselves, and nothing is paid through the app.
Sellers are responsible for describing what they sell accurately, for having the right to sell it, and for any taxes, warranties, and laws that apply to the sale. Do not list anything on the prohibited list shown in the app — including weapons, drugs, alcohol, tobacco, animals, recalled or stolen goods, counterfeits, and adult services — or anything else that is illegal to sell where you or the buyer are. The app screens listings for some of these, but the responsibility stays yours.
Reviews must describe a real experience with the seller. Do not review yourself, or a seller you have not dealt with.
Meet in a public place, check items before you pay, and never pay for something you have not seen in a way you cannot reverse. We do not inspect items, verify sellers, or settle disputes, and we are not responsible for anything bought, sold, or paid for through contacts made in BridgeDrop.
BridgeDrop is paid for by sponsored posts. We choose them, label every one Sponsored, and sign them so the app can check they really come from us. They are the same for everyone in a region and are never chosen from anything you do in the app.
Tapping one opens the advertiser's website in your browser, where their terms apply. Advertisers are responsible for what they claim, and a sponsored post is not our endorsement of what it advertises. To advertise, write to support@bridgedrop.app.
Anyone can report a post, comment, profile, shop, listing, or sponsored post from inside the app. Reports come to us, and we read them.
We keep a block list, signed by us, that every copy of BridgeDrop checks. Adding something to it hides it in the app for everyone, and stops devices keeping copies of it or passing it on. We can block a single post, comment, listing, or file, or everything from a device.
We decide what to block at our discretion, usually in response to a report, and we may do it without notice. We block devices that repeatedly break these rules or repeatedly infringe copyright, and we report illegal content to the authorities where the law requires it or where someone is in danger.
The block list affects what is published. It does not read or block private messages and file transfers between people — those are yours to manage by blocking someone yourself.
If you think something was blocked by mistake, write to support@bridgedrop.app and we will look again.
If something in BridgeDrop infringes your copyright, write to support@bridgedrop.app with the work it infringes, how to find it in the app, your contact details, and a statement that you believe in good faith the use is not authorised and that your notice is accurate. We cannot remove anything from people's devices, but we can block it.
BridgeDrop is not a backup service. We never receive or store what you send or share, so we cannot recover anything for you. Keep your own copies of anything you value, and keep your devices secure — a device is its own identity in BridgeDrop, and anyone holding it can act as you.
You agree to cover any claim made against Zantech LLC that arises from what you share, what you sell, or your breaking these terms, including reasonable legal costs.
BridgeDrop is built on open-source components that remain under their own licences, which these terms do not affect. They are listed in the THIRD-PARTY-NOTICES.md file included with the software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NONINFRINGEMENT. WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SOFTWARE WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ERROR-FREE, OR ABLE TO CONNECT ANY TWO PARTICULAR DEVICES, SINCE THAT DEPENDS ON NETWORKS WE DO NOT CONTROL, OR THAT ANYTHING SHARED OR SOLD THROUGH IT IS ACCURATE, LAWFUL, OR SAFE.
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ZANTECH LLC'S TOTAL LIABILITY ARISING FROM OR RELATING TO THE SOFTWARE SHALL NOT EXCEED FIFTY US DOLLARS (US$50). WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, FOR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROFITS, OR BUSINESS, OR FOR ANYTHING OTHER PEOPLE SHARE, SELL, OR DO.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties or liabilities. Where that is the case, the exclusions above apply only to the extent permitted, and nothing here affects your statutory rights as a consumer.
You may stop using BridgeDrop at any time. Deleting the application data folder removes everything it kept on your device. If you break these terms, your licence ends and we may block what your device publishes. Sections 6, 7, 12, 14, 15 and 18 continue to apply after that.
We may update these terms as BridgeDrop changes. The date at the top of this page changes whenever the text does, and a change that matters will be announced in the app or here before it takes effect. Using BridgeDrop after a change means you accept the new terms.
These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Rhode Island, United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that cannot be settled between us shall be brought in the state or federal courts located in Providence County, Rhode Island.
Nothing here removes protections you have under the mandatory consumer law of the country where you live. If you are a consumer in the EU or UK, you keep the right to bring proceedings in your own courts.
Zantech LLC — support@bridgedrop.app