1. Agreement
These Terms of Use (also called our Terms of Service) are an agreement between you and Dr. Shankar Dutt, an independent developer based in Australia ("we", "us"), the developer of Family Chore Chart Pro (the "app"). They supplement Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple EULA"), which also applies to your use of the app. If these terms and the Apple EULA conflict, the Apple EULA governs to the extent of the conflict.
By downloading or using the app you agree to these terms. If you set the app up for your family, you accept them on behalf of the children you add.
2. The app
Family Chore Chart Pro is a family chore and allowance app. Parents create chores, assign them to children, review completed work, keep track of balances, bonuses, penalties, payouts and savings goals, and can share the family with co-parents and children's devices. Kids use a simplified Kid Mode. Features may change as the app is updated.
3. Family data
The app doesn't require an account with us. Your family's data is stored on your devices and, when you're signed in to iCloud, in your family's private iCloud through Apple's CloudKit. We don't operate a server and don't receive your family's data. The Privacy Policy explains this in detail.
You're responsible for what you enter, for keeping your devices and Apple Account secure, and for keeping your parent PIN and device passcode private. Because the data lives in iCloud, Apple's iCloud terms also apply, and we can't recover data that has been deleted from your devices and iCloud.
4. Household access and sharing
- The person who creates a family and invites others is the family organizer. A shared family is stored in the organizer's iCloud and delivered to invited members through Apple's iCloud sharing.
- Co-parents and children's devices that the organizer invites get access through the organizer's active free trial or purchase. They lose that access when the organizer's trial or purchase ends, unless the organizer renews or they buy a plan of their own.
- Co-parents can view and change all family data. The organizer is responsible for choosing who to invite, and can remove a member or cancel an invitation at any time. Co-parents can leave at any time. A child's own device can't leave by itself; the organizer removes it.
- On the organizer's device, Reset All Data deletes the family for everyone it's shared with.
5. Free trial, subscriptions and payments
The app includes a 7-day free trial with full access, which starts when you finish setting up. No payment is needed to start it and nothing renews automatically at the end of it. After the trial, continued use requires one of these App Store purchases (US prices; the App Store shows your local price):
- Monthly subscription: US$3.99 a month
- Yearly subscription: US$24.99 a year
- Lifetime purchase: US$59.99, paid once
There is no free tier after the trial. If you don't choose a plan, the app asks you to choose one before you can keep using it. Your data isn't deleted.
Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price and length unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings; cancelling stops the next renewal and you keep access until the end of the period you've paid for. If the App Store shows you an introductory offer when you subscribe, its terms are shown before you confirm, and any unused part of a free introductory period ends when you buy a subscription. The Lifetime purchase doesn't renew.
If the App Store shows a purchase as available through Apple Family Sharing, it can be shared with your Family Sharing group under Apple's rules. You can restore purchases on a new device with Restore Purchases in the app. Apple handles billing and refunds; you can request a refund at reportaproblem.apple.com.
6. Acceptable use
Use the app only for lawful family purposes. Don't misuse it, try to get around its purchase or access controls, interfere with other people's data, or use it in a way that harms or exploits children. You may not copy, modify or reverse engineer the app except where the law allows it.
7. Children's use
The app is designed for use under the supervision of a parent or guardian. Parents and guardians are responsible for setting it up, for the chores they assign, for supervising children's use, and for any allowance or payout decisions made outside the app.
8. Intellectual property
The app and its original content, features and design are owned by Dr. Shankar Dutt and protected by intellectual property laws. Your family's content belongs to you. If anyone claims that the app or your possession and use of it infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for investigating, defending, settling and discharging that claim.
9. No financial advice
Allowance values, balances, savings goals, bonuses, penalties and payouts are family record-keeping tools. The app doesn't hold or move real money, isn't a bank or payment service, and doesn't provide financial, legal, tax or parenting advice.
10. Warranties
Nothing in these terms excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy you have under the Australian Consumer Law or other laws that can't lawfully be excluded. Subject to that, the app is provided "as is" and "as available", and to the extent the law allows we don't promise it will be uninterrupted, error-free or suitable for every family.
If the app fails to conform to any warranty that applies, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any) for the app. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app.
11. Limitation of liability
Subject to section 10 and to the extent the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential loss, or for loss of data, profits or goodwill, arising from your use of the app. Where our liability for a consumer guarantee can lawfully be limited, it's limited to supplying the app again or paying the cost of having it supplied again.
12. Apple terms
- These terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are solely responsible for the app and its content.
- Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the app. Please contact us for support.
- We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims by you or a third party relating to the app, including product liability claims, claims that the app fails to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection, privacy or similar laws.
- You confirm that you're not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you're not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- You must comply with any third-party terms that apply when you use the app, such as your iCloud and wireless data terms.
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms, and on your acceptance Apple has the right to enforce them against you.
13. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms. The latest version will be posted here with a new date. If a change is significant, we'll also mention it in the app's release notes. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept the updated terms.
14. Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of Australia. This doesn't take away any rights you have under the consumer laws of the place where you live.
15. Contact
Dr. Shankar Dutt, Australia
Email: shankarduttsgd@gmail.com