Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or using SmallStudyTools at smallstudytools.com, you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, please do not use the site.

These terms apply to all visitors and users of the website, including students, job seekers, freelancers, entrepreneurs, professionals, educators and any other individuals who access our tools.

2. What SmallStudyTools Provides

SmallStudyTools provides a collection of free, browser-based tools for students, career-seekers and businesses. Our tools include but are not limited to:

• Text analysis tools — word counters, character counters, readability checkers
• Academic calculators — GPA calculators, grade calculators, attendance calculators
• Career tools — CV review, CV builder and cover letter generator
• Business and document tools — invoice generator, certificate generator, letterhead generator, business card generator, QR code generator
• Text formatting tools — case converters, text cleaners, bullet point converters
• Citation and reference tools
• Strategy diagram and planning generators
• Productivity and study tools

All tools are provided free of charge for personal, educational, career and small-business use.

3. Acceptable Use

You agree to use SmallStudyTools only for lawful purposes. You must not:

• Use our tools in any way that violates applicable laws or regulations
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to our systems, servers or databases
• Use automated scripts, bots or scrapers to access our tools or content at scale
• Attempt to reverse-engineer, copy or redistribute our tool code without permission
• Use our tools to generate, distribute or support academic misconduct or plagiarism
• Use our certificate, invoice, letterhead or business card generators to create fraudulent, forged or intentionally misleading documents, or to misrepresent a qualification, transaction or business that does not exist
• Attempt to interfere with the proper functioning of the website
• Impersonate SmallStudyTools or any of its representatives

4. Academic Integrity and Responsible Use

SmallStudyTools provides tools to help students, job seekers and businesses understand, organise and improve their own work — not to replace it or to misrepresent it. Our tools are intended to support learning, job applications and everyday business paperwork, not to enable dishonesty in any of those contexts.

Users are solely responsible for ensuring their use of our tools complies with their institution's academic integrity policies, their employer's or prospective employer's expectations, and any applicable law governing business documents such as invoices and certificates. We do not condone or support academic dishonesty, plagiarism, credential fraud, invoice fraud or any other form of misrepresentation. If you are unsure whether a particular use is appropriate, check with the relevant institution, employer or professional before relying on it.

5. Accuracy of Results

We make every effort to ensure our tools produce accurate results. However, SmallStudyTools provides all tools "as is" without warranty of any kind. Specifically:

• GPA and grade calculations are estimates based on standard formulas and may not exactly match your institution's calculation method
• Readability and CV scores are approximations and should be used as guidance rather than definitive assessments
• Citation generators produce references in standard formats but you should always verify against your institution's official style guide before submission
• Invoices, certificates and other generated documents are templates — you are responsible for checking they meet any legal, tax or institutional requirements that apply to you
• Word and character counts may vary slightly from word processor counts due to different counting methodologies

Always verify important results before relying on them for submission, application or business decisions.

6. Intellectual Property

All content on SmallStudyTools — including tool code, written content, design elements, graphics and branding — is the intellectual property of SmallStudyTools and is protected by copyright law.

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify or create derivative works from our content without our explicit written permission. Sharing links to our tools is welcomed and encouraged.

Content you input into our tools remains entirely your own. We make no claim to ownership of any text, data or documents you use with our tools.

7. Advertisements and Third-Party Links

SmallStudyTools may display advertisements from third-party providers. We are not responsible for the content, accuracy or practices of any advertised products or services and do not endorse any advertiser.

Our site may contain links to third-party websites for reference purposes. We are not responsible for the content, privacy practices or availability of any linked external sites.

8. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, SmallStudyTools shall not be liable for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential or punitive damages arising from your use of or inability to use our tools or website. This includes any errors or inaccuracies in tool results, any loss of data, any academic, career or business consequences arising from tool usage and any third-party actions.

9. Disclaimer of Warranties

SmallStudyTools is provided on an "as is" and "as available" basis. We make no warranties, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose or non-infringement. We do not guarantee that the website will be available at all times or that tools will be error-free.

10. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to update these Terms of Service at any time. Changes will be indicated by the updated date at the top of this page. Continued use of the site after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

11. Governing Law

These Terms of Service are governed by and construed in accordance with applicable laws. Any disputes relating to these terms shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the appropriate courts.

12. Contact

For any questions regarding these Terms of Service, please contact us at contact@smallstudytools.com