The terms,
in plain words.

1 · What Gentle is

Gentle Screen Time (“Gentle”, “we”, “us”) is an app that paces the apps you choose. You hold to start a session, and when the session limit is reached those apps rest for a while. Daily routines, like Calm Morning and Peaceful Night, keep the same rhythm through your day. In family mode, a parent can set the pace for their child's phone and see their child's session activity and screen-time totals.

2 · A helpful tool, not a guarantee

Gentle is a self-control and parental tool. It relies on the controls that Apple and Google make available on your device, and it can't promise to block or pause every app, every time.

• People, including children, can sometimes find ways around device-level controls.
• Operating system updates and changes to device settings or permissions can affect how Gentle works.
• Gentle doesn't replace a parent's own judgment or supervision.

3 · Accounts and family mode

You can use Gentle for yourself without an account. Family mode needs a parent account, created with Sign in with Apple on iPhone or Sign in with Google on Android.

• To create a family account and pair a child's phone, you must be an adult and the child's parent or legal guardian.
• You are responsible for your account, for the phones you pair, and for your children's use of Gentle.
• Only pair phones you are entitled to manage.

How we handle account information is described in our privacy policy.

4 · Subscriptions and purchases

Gentle offers premium features as a monthly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase.

Billing

Purchases are billed and processed by Apple through the App Store or by Google through Google Play, using the account you buy with. Their terms apply to the payment itself.

Automatic renewal

Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings. Deleting the app or your account does not cancel a subscription.

Free trials

If you start a free trial, it converts to a paid subscription at the end of the trial unless you cancel at least 24 hours before it ends.

Lifetime

Lifetime is a one-time purchase that unlocks premium for as long as Gentle is offered. It doesn't renew.

Refunds

Refunds are handled by Apple or Google according to their own policies. We can't issue refunds for App Store or Google Play purchases directly.

5 · Acceptable use

Please use Gentle as it's intended. Don't:

• Use Gentle to monitor or control a device you aren't entitled to manage, or anyone other than yourself or your own child.
• Try to break, reverse engineer, overload, or get unauthorized access to the app or our servers.
• Use Gentle for anything unlawful.

6 · Ending your use

You can stop using Gentle at any time. A parent can delete their family account in the app or by email — see how to delete your account. We may suspend or close an account that breaks these terms.

7 · Disclaimers

Gentle is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the extent the law allows, we make no warranties, express or implied, including that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that it will block or pause every app.

8 · Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for any loss arising from your use of, or inability to use, Gentle. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid for Gentle in the twelve months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that can't be limited.

9 · Changes to these terms

If we change these terms, we'll post the updated version here with a new date. If you keep using Gentle after a change, you accept the updated terms.

10 · Contact us

Questions about these terms? Contact us at hello@gentlescreentime.app.