Terms of Service

Article 1 (Application)

1. These Terms apply to all relationships between us and Users concerning use of the App.
2. A User is deemed to have agreed to these Terms upon downloading, installing, or using the App.
3. Any individual provisions or other guidelines that we post from time to time within the App or on the App's official website, clock-app.com (the "Website"), form part of these Terms.

Article 2 (What the App Provides)

The App is a focus-support app that lets you restrict your own iPhone use and record and visualize the time you spend focused. Its main features are as follows.

• Lock timer: Restricts use of all apps other than those you select as "excluded apps," for the duration you set, through Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls / Managed Settings / Device Activity) API.
• Routines: Automatically starts and ends locks on the days of the week and time ranges you specify.
• Lockdown mode and Ultimate mode: Prevents a running timer from being interrupted. Ultimate mode additionally prevents the App from being deleted. You can also protect changes to these settings with a passcode.
• Emoji collection, records, and weekly goals: Locks of a certain minimum length earn emoji, and you can review your lock records and analysis and track progress toward your weekly goal.
• Customization: Lets you change the App's appearance, including the theme color, app icon, and wallpaper.
• Widgets, Live Activities, and notifications: Lets you check your records and timer status from the Home Screen and Lock Screen, and notifies you of timer completion and the like through notifications and alarms.
• Sharing: Lets you share your goal card and similar content as an image to social media and elsewhere.
• Focus plan: The paid plan described in Article 5.

We may add, change, or discontinue features of the App without prior notice.

Article 3 (Operating Environment)

1. The App is intended for iPhone devices running iOS 18.0 or later. Some features may be available only on newer versions of iOS. The operating environment may be changed without prior notice when we deem it necessary.
2. Users bear the cost of the communication devices, communication charges, and other expenses needed to use the App.

Article 4 (Permission Grants)

To use the App's features, you may be asked to grant the permissions below. Please note in advance that if you do not grant them, some or all related features may be unavailable.

• Screen Time (Family Controls): Used to restrict use of apps other than those you have excluded while a lock is active. This permission is required for the App's core functions; without it, the lock features cannot be used.
• Notifications: Used to notify you when lock timers and routines start and end, for reminders, and for weekly goal reports.
• Alarms (iOS 26 and later): Used to alert you with an alarm when a lock timer or routine ends, even in Silent mode or a Focus mode.
• Adding to the photo library: Used to save an image to your photo library when you choose "Save Image" in the sharing feature.
• App Tracking Transparency: Used to ask whether the ads shown on the free plan may be personalized.

Article 5 (Fees and the Focus Plan)

1. The App can be downloaded and used for free. By purchasing the paid "Focus plan" (an auto-renewing monthly or annual subscription, or a one-time purchase), you gain access to features such as repeating routines, Ultimate mode, passcode protection for settings, theme color changes, records analysis, Focus plan-exclusive emoji and wallpapers, ad-free use, and higher limits on the number of tags and restriction templates you can create. The features provided are as shown within the App and on the App Store product page.
2. Purchase, billing, cancellation, and refunds for paid plans are governed by the App Store terms and practices established by Apple. We are unable to process refunds.
3. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, a subscription automatically renews for the same period and the payment method registered to your Apple Account is charged. You can cancel at any time from "Settings" > your name > "Subscriptions" on your iPhone.
4. If a free trial is offered, the paid period begins and billing starts automatically when the free trial ends. No charge is made if you cancel during the free trial. Free trials are limited to one per Apple Account.
5. After switching devices or reinstalling, you can restore a paid plan purchased with the same Apple Account from "Restore Purchases" within the App.
6. When a paid plan ends, Focus plan-exclusive features become unavailable, and settings such as the theme color, app icon, and wallpaper are reset to their defaults. Data such as your lock records and emoji collection is not deleted.
7. We may change the content, fees, and terms of paid plans within a reasonable scope. We will give advance notice of significant changes within the App or on the Website.

Article 6 (Offer Codes and Campaigns)

1. As part of social media campaigns and other initiatives, we may provide Apple offer codes that allow the Focus plan to be used free of charge for a certain period. The conditions for applying an offer code, its expiration, and how to use it are governed by Apple's rules.
2. The conditions for entering a campaign and the content of its rewards are set out separately on the Website. We may change or end a campaign without prior notice.
3. Offer codes and rewards may not be transferred, resold, or exchanged for cash. If anyone attempts to obtain a reward through false statements, impersonation, or other improper means, we may refuse to grant the reward or revoke a reward already granted.
4. After the period started with an offer code ends, the subscription may automatically renew at the regular price in accordance with its settings. If you do not want it to renew, please cancel before the period ends.

Article 7 (Display of Advertisements)

On the free plan, the App displays ads served through Google AdMob, an advertising service provided by Google LLC, in the "Records" tab and elsewhere. No ads are shown on the Focus plan. For how information related to ads is handled, please see our Privacy Policy and the privacy policy of the advertising provider. We are not responsible for the content of ads or for the services they link to.

Article 8 (Data Storage and Loss)

1. Records and settings created in the App are stored only on your iPhone and are not stored on any server of ours. We do not keep backups of this data.
2. If data is lost through uninstalling, switching devices, resetting the device, a defect, or the like, we are unable to restore it. Please back up your data yourself as needed using iPhone features such as iCloud Backup.
3. If you enable passcode protection for settings and forget the passcode, you will no longer be able to change or disable those settings. We cannot look up or reset passcodes, so please manage your passcode at your own responsibility.

Article 9 (Prohibited Acts)

When using the App, Users must not engage in any of the following acts.

• Acts that violate laws or public order and morals
• Acts related to criminal activity
• Tampering with or deleting the content of the App or the information and services available through the App
• Interfering with the operation of the App or of the third-party services the App relies on, such as those of Apple or Google
• Reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, or otherwise analyzing the App or any of its source code
• Using paid plan features without purchasing them, or improperly blocking the display of ads, through device modification (so-called jailbreaking) or other improper means
• Attempting to obtain offer codes or campaign rewards through false statements, impersonation, or other improper means
• Infringing the intellectual property rights, portrait rights, privacy, honor, or other rights or interests of us, other Users, or third parties
• Redistributing, reselling, or lending the App for commercial purposes
• Using the App to unilaterally restrict another person's smartphone use without that person's consent
• Any other act that we deem inappropriate

Article 10 (Suspension of the App, etc.)

1. We may suspend or interrupt provision of all or part of the App without prior notice to Users if we determine that any of the following applies.
   • When performing maintenance, inspection, or updates of the App
   • When provision of the App becomes difficult due to force majeure such as earthquake, lightning, fire, power outage, or other natural disaster
   • When provision of the App becomes difficult due to changes in specifications or discontinuation of services provided by Apple or other third parties
   • When we otherwise determine that provision of the App is difficult
2. We are not liable for any disadvantage or damage suffered by Users or third parties as a result of the suspension or interruption of the App, except where caused by our willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Article 11 (Intellectual Property Rights)

All copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the App and all related content (source code, designs, text, images, logos, icons, etc.) belong to us or to the rightful owners. The license to use the App under these Terms does not constitute a license of any intellectual property rights in the App.

Images generated by the App's sharing feature may be posted to social media and elsewhere, or saved, for your personal purposes. For any commercial use beyond that, please obtain our permission in advance.

Article 12 (Disclaimer)

1. We make no warranty, express or implied, that the App is free of defects in fact or in law (including defects in safety, reliability, accuracy, completeness, effectiveness, fitness for a particular purpose, or security; errors or bugs; or infringement of rights).
2. The App's lock features depend on the specifications of Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls). Certain system apps and the like may be excluded from restriction under those specifications, and OS updates or changes to Apple's specifications may cause a lock not to apply or not to be released. We do not guarantee this behavior.
3. Lockdown mode and Ultimate mode are features that, by your own choice, make a lock impossible to release until the set time has elapsed. We are not responsible for any disadvantage arising from the use of these modes (including being unable to make urgent contact or perform urgent work).
4. We are not liable to compensate for any damage suffered by Users arising from use of, or inability to use, the App, except where caused by our willful misconduct or gross negligence.
5. Even where our liability cannot be fully excluded under the Consumer Contract Act or other laws, our liability for damages is limited to the amount the User paid to us (or through Apple) for the App's paid plans during the 12 months immediately preceding the occurrence of the damage.

Article 13 (Self-Responsibility for the Usage Environment)

Users use the App at their own responsibility. We are not liable for damage arising from forgetting to release the App's lock, misconfiguration, operating errors, or the like (including delays in business communications or delays in emergency calls). In an emergency, please use your iPhone's built-in features, such as the Phone app and Emergency SOS.

Article 14 (Changes to the Terms)

We may change these Terms without notice to Users when we deem it necessary. The revised Terms take effect when they are posted within the App or on the Website, and a User who continues to use the App after a change is deemed to have agreed to that change.

Article 15 (Governing Law and Jurisdiction)

1. These Terms are governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of Japan.
2. In the event of a dispute concerning the App or these Terms, the court having jurisdiction over our location shall be the court of first instance with exclusive jurisdiction by agreement.

Article 16 (Contact)

For inquiries about these Terms, please contact us at the following.

Email: clock.app.inquiry@gmail.com
Inquiry form: https://clock-app.com/en/inquiry

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