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Terms of Use

Last updated October 26, 2026

These Terms of Use are a contract between you and Cobalt Simulations for Cobalt Companion, Cobalt Bridge, Cobalt Peak, cobaltsim.com, and related APIs and Relay. If you do not agree, do not use the services. The End User License Agreement also applies to the software. The Privacy Policy describes data handling.

1. Definitions

“Companion” is the Cobalt mobile app (iOS today, plus any other Companion clients we publish). “Bridge” is the desktop program that reads your simulator on a PC you control. “Relay” is Cobalt’s away-from-home connection (relay.cobaltsim.com), included with Peak. “Peak” is the optional paid plan, sold in Companion as an Apple In-App Purchase and, where Apple permits, on cobaltsim.com via Stripe. “Services” means all of the above plus the website and API.

2. Eligibility and accounts

You must be able to form a contract where you live. Keep your password confidential. You are responsible for activity on your account. One person, one account unless we agree otherwise. Use the same email for Companion and Peak checkout. You may use Companion as a guest on one device; guest data is not a substitute for an account if you want Peak or sync.

3. The services

Cobalt is a companion for simulated civilian flight (Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020/2024 and X-Plane 11/12 as we support them). Features include a live map with VATSIM/IVAO overlays, logbook and Atlas, systems monitoring, Live Activities, widgets, Watch glances, community, and (with Peak) remote systems, the remote FMC, and camera, ATC inbox via your network client plugin, replies to SayIntentions.AI and BeyondATC, full history and playback, taxi and arrival forecasts with progressive taxi, shared radio-call pages, alternate app icons, airport ops, leaderboard, extra Bridge seats, and control over Relay. Features change as we ship. We do not promise compatibility with every aircraft, add-on, OS, plugin, or network client. Remote FMC and systems controls work only on aircraft whose add-on exposes them, and SayIntentions.AI and BeyondATC support depends on interfaces those programs provide, which their makers may change or withdraw.

Bridge must be installed on the sim PC. On the same Wi-Fi, Companion discovers it via Bonjour. Relay is for when you leave that network. Do not port-forward Bridge to the public internet.

Shared pages (radio calls, flights, Atlas) are visible to anyone with the link, and a recipient who opens radio calls in Companion keeps a copy. Share only what you are comfortable publishing; other pilots’ and controllers’ voices may be in those recordings, and network rules on recording and publishing audio apply to you.

4. Peak billing

In Companion, Peak is an Apple In-App Purchase: a weekly, monthly, or yearly auto-renewing subscription, or a one-time lifetime purchase. The price and currency shown on the paywall for your App Store storefront control. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; manage or cancel them in your Apple Account subscription settings (also reachable from Settings → Manage subscription). You keep Peak until the end of the paid period. Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple under its terms.

Where Apple's rules allow it (currently the United States), Peak is also sold on cobaltsim.com through Stripe. Current list prices (USD, before tax, subject to change at checkout): about $9.99 per month, $79.99 per year, and $199.99 lifetime. Web plans renew until you cancel in Manage Peak or the Stripe portal; you keep Peak until the end of the paid period. Taxes may be added by Stripe Tax; refunds follow Stripe, card-network, and applicable consumer law. Creator promo codes only apply when Stripe accepts them at checkout.

Lifetime (from either store) is a one-time license to Peak features for as long as we offer the service, not a promise that Cobalt will exist forever, and not a transferrable property interest in our company. One Peak plan is enough: Companion warns you before starting a second plan with the other store. Chargebacks, fraud, or sharing an account/code may end access. Email reports@cobaltsim.com if a purchase went wrong.

5. Bridge licenses

Every Cobalt account gets a Bridge activation code, licensed not sold. On the free plan it activates one PC and the Bridge streams live data only; with Peak it activates up to three PCs by default and unlocks remote control and the camera. If Peak ends, the code keeps working on the free plan. The code is as sensitive as a password. We may rotate or revoke it for abuse. Face ID in the app only hides the code on the device; it is not a second legal license.

6. License to you

We grant a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use Companion and Bridge for your own flight-simulation hobby or similar non-commercial use, subject to these Terms and the EULA. You may not reverse engineer except as a law (such as EU interoperability rules) cannot be waived; scrape our API at scale; resell seats; or wrap Cobalt as someone else’s product.

7. Acceptable use

  • Use Cobalt only with simulators, add-ons, and networks you are allowed to use.
  • Do not attack, overload, or probe the API, Relay, Bridge of others, or other users.
  • Do not impersonate controllers or pilots on VATSIM, IVAO, or in Cobalt community.
  • Do not post unlawful, harassing, sexual involving minors, or infringing content.
  • Do not share activation codes, session tokens, or passwords.
  • Do not use Cobalt to operate or navigate a real aircraft.

VATSIM, IVAO, and other networks have their own rules. Breaking them with a tool that talks to Cobalt is still on you. We may suspend accounts that create risk for the networks or for us.

8. Your content

You keep rights in logs, photos, and posts you create. You grant Cobalt a worldwide license to host, process, and display them as needed to operate the features you use, including public pages. You can delete posts or your account; caches, backups, and copies already shared can linger for a short time. You represent you have the rights to content you upload.

9. Third-party services and trademarks

Cobalt is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or partnered with Microsoft, Xbox Game Studios, Asobo Studio, Laminar Research, VATSIM Inc., IVAO, Navigraph, Navigraph’s data providers, SimBrief, SayIntentions.AI, BeyondATC, ChartFox, SkyVector, AirNav, Giphy, Discord, Stripe, Apple, or any airline, airport, or aircraft or add-on developer. Cobalt is not an official client, division, or licensee of VATSIM, IVAO, SayIntentions.AI, BeyondATC, Microsoft Flight Simulator, or X-Plane.

Microsoft Flight Simulator, MSFS, Xbox, X-Plane, VATSIM, IVAO, Navigraph, SimBrief, SayIntentions, BeyondATC, and the other names above are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Cobalt Simulations does not own those marks and does not claim a trademark registration in them. They appear only to identify products and networks you may already use, or data we display from a public feed. Their terms apply to their services; a SayIntentions.AI or BeyondATC subscription is between you and them. The full notice is at https://cobaltsim.com/legal.

10. Simulation disclaimer

Cobalt is entertainment and training for simulated flight only. It is not certified for real-world aviation, dispatch, or navigation. Charts, weather, ATC, traffic, ETAs, and airport intelligence can be wrong, delayed, or incomplete. You are responsible for how you use the sim.

11. Intellectual property

The Cobalt name, dart mark, app, Bridge, and site design are ours or our licensors’. Simulator software, navigation data, airline liveries, and network clients remain their owners’. Feedback you send may be used to improve Cobalt without obligation to you.

12. Disclaimer of warranties

THE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE.” TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW WE DISCLAIM WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, QUIET ENJOYMENT, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICES WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED, ACCURATE, OR ERROR-FREE.

13. Limitation of liability

TO THE FULL EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, COBALT SIMULATIONS AND ITS OPERATORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR FOR LOST PROFITS, DATA, SIMULATOR TIME, OR GOODWILL. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE SERVICES IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF TWENTY U.S. DOLLARS (US $20) OR THE AMOUNTS YOU PAID US FOR PEAK IN THE TWELVE MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM. Some places do not allow these limits; they apply to the maximum allowed. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited (for example death caused by negligence where that cannot be excluded).

14. Indemnity

If your use of the Services, your content, or your violation of these Terms causes a claim against us, you will indemnify Cobalt Simulations against reasonable losses and costs, to the extent permitted by law.

15. Termination

You may stop using Cobalt and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or close accounts that violate these Terms, unpaid Peak where access depends on it, or idle accounts we reasonably need to retire. Provisions that should survive (license restrictions, disclaimers, liability, indemnity, governing law) survive.

16. Changes

We may change the Services and these Terms. Continued use after the updated date means you accept the new Terms, except where the law requires extra consent. If you do not agree, stop using the Services and delete your account.

17. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United States, excluding conflict-of-law rules, unless your local consumer law requires otherwise (in which case that law applies to those mandatory rights). Courts of competent jurisdiction in the United States may hear disputes, except where consumer law lets you sue in your home country. UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

18. Entire agreement

These Terms, the Privacy Policy, the EULA, and any Peak checkout terms Stripe shows form the agreement. If a section is unenforceable, the rest remains. We may assign the agreement in a merger or sale of the project; you may not assign it.

19. Contact

reports@cobaltsim.com · Support · Privacy · EULA.

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