Terms of use

Last updated 11 November 2026

ScanIron is run by Themicroforge Ltd, trading as The Microforge, a company registered in England and Wales (company number 17490600), whose registered office is 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London WC2H 9JQ ("we"). A gym uses it to publish how-to guides for its machines, which its members open by scanning a QR code on the machine. By creating a gym on ScanIron, or joining a gym's team, you agree to these terms.

Your account and team

You are responsible for what happens under your account and for keeping your password safe. The person who creates a gym is its owner, and decides who else may manage it. Teammates can change everything the owner can, except the team itself.

What you publish

Your machines, instructions, photos, logo and video links stay yours. You give us permission to store them and show them to anyone who opens your gym's pages, which is what the service is.

• Only publish what you have the right to use, and photos of people only with their permission.
• Videos are played from YouTube or Vimeo, under their terms. We don't host video.
• Don't publish anything unlawful or misleading, or use a gym's pages for anything other than guides to its equipment.

We may remove content, or suspend a gym, that breaks these terms.

Safe use of equipment

The guides are yours, and so is the responsibility for them: that they are right for the machine they are stuck to, and safe to follow. We don't check them. ScanIron doesn't replace an induction, supervision or the manufacturer's instructions.

QR codes and your gym's pages

Each machine's QR code points to an address that stays the same when you rename the machine or the gym. If your plan stops covering a machine, its code still opens a page, which says the guide is paused. If you put your gym's pages on your own domain, its DNS records are yours to keep right.

Plans and payment

Prices are in GBP, per gym, and include VAT. Paid plans are sold by our reseller, Paddle.com, which is the merchant of record for every order. Paddle takes the payment, issues your receipt or invoice and charges any tax due, and the charge appears on your statement under Paddle's name. Paddle's buyer terms apply to the purchase as well as these. Card details go to Paddle and never reach us.

Plans are billed in advance, monthly or yearly, and renew automatically until cancelled. If a payment fails Paddle tries again, and the gym returns to the Free plan if it can't be collected. We will give at least 30 days' notice by email before changing the price of a plan you are on.

Trials, cancelling and moving to Free

The 14-day trial of Pro needs no card and never turns into a charge by itself. You can cancel a paid plan at any time, and it runs to the end of the period already paid for. When a gym moves to Free nothing is deleted: its 5 oldest published machines stay live and the rest are paused until you upgrade again, members see ScanIron's look in place of your branding, and a domain you have already connected keeps working. Refunds are covered by the refund policy.

If you are a gym member

The guide you scanned was written by your gym, not by us. It is general guidance, not medical advice or personal training: if it is unclear, or doesn't match the machine in front of you, ask the gym's staff before you use it. You need no account and pay nothing, and the privacy policy says how little we keep.

What the service is

We work to keep ScanIron running, but pages can be slow or unavailable and emails can fail to arrive. The service is provided as it is, without warranty.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, our total liability to you for any claim is limited to what you paid us in the 12 months before it arose, and we are not liable for lost profits, revenue or data, or for indirect losses. Nothing here limits liability that cannot legally be limited, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or takes away your rights as a consumer.

Ending your account

Write to us and we will delete your gym, with its machines, photos, scans and team; a paid plan is cancelled with it. We may close gyms that break these terms.

Changes, law and contact

If we change these terms in a way that matters, we'll email gyms' owners before it takes effect. These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales. Write to hello@scaniron.com about anything here.