These terms cover the iOS apps I publish on the App Store. Like my privacy policy, they’re deliberately generic: the same terms apply to all of them, and any app that needs to say something extra will say it in its own App Store listing or in the app itself.
By downloading or using one of my apps, you’re agreeing to what’s below.
The short version
Use the app, enjoy it, don’t try to break it or resell it. It’s made by one person in his spare time and comes with no guarantees.
Your licence
I grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the app on devices you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service (external site). The app is licensed to you, not sold.
You may not sell, rent, sub-license or redistribute the app, reverse-engineer it, or strip out anything that identifies who made it — except where the law says you can regardless of what I write here.
Your content
Anything you create or store in an app is yours. I don’t claim any rights over it and, as the privacy policy explains, I don’t receive it in the first place.
Keeping your own backups is on you. If an app syncs via iCloud, that’s your iCloud account under Apple’s terms, and I can’t recover anything from it for you.
Acceptable use
Don’t use an app to break the law, infringe someone else’s rights, or interfere with the app or any service it talks to — including attempting to gain access to parts of it that aren’t yours.
Purchases and subscriptions
If an app offers a purchase or subscription, Apple handles the transaction, the billing and the renewals. Manage or cancel a subscription in Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Refunds are Apple’s to give, not mine, and their refund process (external site) is the place to ask.
Prices and the features included in a paid tier can change. If a change affects an active subscription, it takes effect at the next renewal.
Third-party services
Some apps talk to a service you have chosen to connect to, or open links in your browser. Those services have their own terms and their own privacy policies, and what happens there is between you and them. I’m not responsible for their content or availability.
Updates and availability
I build these apps in my own time. I may change features, or stop supporting an app, an iOS version or a device entirely, without notice. An app might also stop working because something it depends on changed. There’s no guarantee that any app will keep running, keep its current features, or be available at all.
No warranty
The apps are provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied. I don’t warrant that an app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or fit for any particular purpose.
Nothing here limits any rights you have as a consumer that can’t be limited by agreement.
Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, I’m not liable for any indirect or consequential loss, or for lost data, profits or time, arising from using — or not being able to use — one of my apps.
Where liability can’t be excluded, it’s limited to the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim.
Termination
You can end this agreement at any time by deleting the app. I can end it if you breach these terms. Either way, the licence stops and you should delete the app.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of England and Wales, and its courts have jurisdiction — without affecting any protection you’re entitled to under the law of the country you live in.
Changes
If these terms change, I’ll update this page and the date at the top of it. Continuing to use an app after that means you accept the updated terms.
Contact
Questions about any of this: [email protected].