Terms of Use

Last updated: May 7, 2026

Short version: Sukat is free to use for personal and commercial work. Don't use it to abuse anyone or break the law. We provide it as-is, with no warranty. By using the site you agree to these terms; if you don't agree, don't use it.

1. Acceptance

By accessing or using sukatapp.com ("Sukat", "the service"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use. If you don't agree, you must not use the service. These terms apply to every visitor and user of the site, regardless of whether you process any images.

2. The service

Sukat is a free, browser-based image compression and editing tool. Compression, cropping, painting, background removal, format conversion, and ZIP packaging all happen locally in your browser via the Canvas API and bundled JavaScript libraries. No file you process is uploaded to any server. There is no account, no sign-up, no payment, and no watermark on your output.

3. Licence to use

You're granted a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, revocable licence to use Sukat for personal or commercial purposes, including processing images you intend to publish, sell, or distribute. You don't owe attribution to Sukat for output you create with the tool. You can use Sukat at home, at work, on a client project, or in a commercial workflow without charge.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to use Sukat to:

• Process content that you don't have the legal right to process — for example, images covered by copyright that you do not own or have permission to modify.
• Process content that is illegal in your jurisdiction or that infringes the rights of others, including child sexual-abuse material (CSAM), non-consensual intimate imagery, or content that incites violence or hatred.
• Reverse-engineer, scrape, or systematically replicate the service in a way that bypasses the user-facing interface for the purpose of building a competing service.
• Attempt to disrupt the operation of the site (e.g., by overwhelming the decorative /api/count endpoint with automated traffic).
• Use the site in any way that violates applicable law in your jurisdiction or in the Philippines.

Because Sukat doesn't see your image content (everything stays on your device), enforcement of acceptable use is mostly between you and the law. We mention these prohibitions to make our position clear.

5. No warranty

Sukat is provided as-is and as-available, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We don't warrant that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that any output will meet your specific requirements (e.g., that a compressed photo will be accepted by a third-party portal).

You're responsible for verifying that compressed output meets your needs before you submit, publish, or rely on it. Always cross-check government and embassy photo specifications against the official portal before submitting.

6. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sukat and its operators are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages — including loss of data, loss of profits, or rejected applications — arising out of or related to your use of the service. Our total liability for any claim arising out of these terms or the service is limited to zero (since the service is free and no consideration has been paid).

7. Intellectual property

The Sukat name, logo, site copy, and underlying source code (excluding the open-source libraries we use, which are governed by their own licences) are owned by the operators of Sukat. Output you create using Sukat — your compressed images, cropped photos, edited files — belongs entirely to you. We claim no rights over your work product.

8. Third-party services

Sukat integrates with Google Tag Manager, Google Analytics, Google AdSense, and Cloudflare for hosting and traffic. Use of those services is subject to their own terms. Sukat is not responsible for third-party services or for any content displayed by Google AdSense ads.

9. Changes to the service

We may add, remove, or change features at any time without notice. We'll keep the core compression, cropping, and format-conversion functionality available for the foreseeable future, but we don't promise specific features will always exist in their current form.

10. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms occasionally. Material changes will be reflected by an updated Last updated date at the top of this page. We don't email or notify users individually since we don't collect email addresses. Continuing to use Sukat after a change means you accept the updated terms.

11. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, without regard to its conflict-of-laws provisions. Any dispute arising from these terms or your use of Sukat will be resolved in the courts located in the Philippines, except where applicable consumer-protection law in your jurisdiction grants you the right to bring proceedings locally.

12. Severability

If any provision of these terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in full effect.

13. Contact

Questions about these terms? Reach out via the Contact page.