Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

2. Description of Service

Aquora is a screen time management and mindfulness application that helps users build healthier digital habits. Features include:

• App Limits & Group Management — group apps and configure daily/session limits
• Screen Time Tracking — usage statistics and session history
• Unlocking Quiz Challenges — answer quiz questions across 19 categories to unlock blocked apps (Premium adds an AI-generated question bank)
• Meditation Sessions — guided breathing, focus, body scan, gratitude, and manifestation practices
• Ambient Sounds — selectable nature and noise sounds for meditation
• Journal & Manifestation — personal entries with goals and mood tracking
• Personality Archetype System — 4-axis personality assessment with monthly reports
• AI Reminders — scheduled and in-the-moment personalized reminders based on your behavior patterns
• No-Unlocking Challenges — commit to a 30-day challenge of not unlocking selected apps (requires Strict Mode)
• Achievements & Rewards — badge system for streaks, time saved, and consistent practice
• Token System — earn virtual tokens through challenges, redeemable for premium access
• Referral Program — invite friends with codes for mutual rewards
• Shareable Cards — export personality and achievement cards as images
• Tip Jar — optional tips to support development
• Daily Scroll Forecast — a market-level index built from public data about how noisy and heavy the internet feels today, presented like a weather forecast (Starter tier and above)
• Mood Check-In & Mood Report — an optional, skippable check-in on how you feel, and a report comparing your own curve with the world's (the check-in lives inside the scroll forecast page, so it needs Starter or above; the report needs Premium)
• Emotional Weather Alerts — an occasional local notification on days when the public mood surges, at most one per day; on Starter and above it can be switched off on its own under AI Reminder Settings, and on any tier you can turn off all Aquora notifications from the Me tab

AI features (AI reminders) are powered by third-party AI providers — Google Gemini and DeepSeek. Only anonymized, feature-specific data is sent; see the Privacy Policy tab for exactly what each request contains.

Free, Starter, and Premium

Aquora has three access tiers. Higher tiers include everything in the tiers below them.

• Free — 1 app limit group, 6 quiz categories, 3 guided meditations, 2 ambient sounds (plus Silence), 1 breathing pattern, 5 journal entries, and today's session history.
• Starter (one-time purchase) — 3 app limit groups, 9 quiz categories (the 6 free ones plus one of your choice in each of the 3 paid question groups, chosen once), all guided meditations, ambient sounds and breathing patterns, the daily scroll forecast, and the full personality reading.
• Premium (subscription) — unlimited app limit groups, all 19 quiz categories, the AI question bank, AI reminders (daily and in-the-moment), unlimited journal entries and session history, the personal mood report, and monthly evolution reports.

A few caps apply on every tier: meditation history keeps your most recent 100 sessions. Where a limit changed after you already exceeded it, what you already created is kept — the App does not delete groups or entries you set up under an earlier version.

3. Screen Time & Family Controls

Aquora uses Apple's Screen Time API and Family Controls framework. The App requires your explicit authorization to access and manage screen time data. You may revoke this access at any time through your device settings.

4. Subscriptions & In-App Purchases

Aquora offers two kinds of paid access: auto-renewable subscription plans (weekly, monthly, or yearly — the plans differ only in billing period, not in what they unlock), and a one-time purchase called Starter. By purchasing either, you agree to the following terms:

Payment & Billing

• Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase.
• Subscription prices are displayed in the App before purchase. Prices may vary by region.

Auto-Renewal

• Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period.
• Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the same rate.

Free Trial

• If a free trial is offered, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription.
• After the free trial expires, you will be automatically charged the subscription price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
• Where a plan includes an introductory free trial, its exact length is shown on that plan before you confirm the purchase. Not every plan offers one.
• Separately, new users receive a one-time 7-day in-app trial of the AI features — the in-app trial requires no payment method and never converts to a charge.

Starter (One-Time Purchase)

• Starter is a non-consumable in-app purchase. You pay once; it does not renew, and there is nothing to cancel.
• Starter does not expire and is not affected by starting or canceling a subscription. If you later subscribe and then cancel, you fall back to Starter rather than to Free.
• Like all non-consumable purchases, Starter is tied to the Apple ID that bought it. On a new device, or after reinstalling, use Restore Purchases in the App to bring it back.
• Starter includes a one-time choice: one additional quiz category in each paid question group (three groups today). That choice is made once inside the App and is not intended to be changed afterward.

Managing & Canceling

• You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time by going to your device's Settings > [Your Name] > Subscriptions.
• Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will retain access to premium features until then.

Refund Policy

Refunds are handled by Apple in accordance with their App Store refund policy.

Apple's Terms

Use of the App is also subject to Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (Standard EULA).

5. Tip Jar & Consumable Purchases

Aquora offers optional one-time tip purchases (Coffee, Treat, Garden, Gem, Rocket) to support development. These are non-refundable consumable in-app purchases processed through Apple's App Store. Tips do not unlock additional features.

6. Token & Referral Systems

Virtual Tokens

You may earn virtual tokens by completing No-Unlocking Challenges. Tokens have no monetary value, cannot be exchanged for cash, and may be redeemed within the App for one month of premium access. Token balances and transaction history are stored locally and synced via iCloud. If you redeem a token while a paid subscription is active, the granted premium time is banked and applied automatically after your paid subscription ends.

Referral Codes

You may share your referral code with any number of friends. Each user may redeem one referral code, once: a successful redemption grants the redeemer 1 week of premium access, and you receive a one-time 1-week inviter reward the first time your code is redeemed. Codes cannot be redeemed while a paid subscription is active; rewards earned while a paid subscription is active are banked and applied after it ends. Referral codes are stored in Apple's CloudKit public database for verification. Owner and redeemer identities are stored as anonymized hashes only.

Abuse of the referral system, including self-referrals or fraudulent redemptions, may result in revocation of rewards.

7. Account & Account Deletion

Signing in with Apple creates your account (used for the referral code and future features). You may delete your account at any time inside the App (Me tab). Deletion immediately and permanently removes your on-device data, your iCloud-synced token and subscription data, and your referral code record from our server. Any remaining token balance, gifted premium days, and banked premium time are forfeited and cannot be restored by signing in again. A paid App Store subscription is not cancelled by account deletion — manage it in your device Settings. Anonymized statistics records (see the Privacy Policy) are retained, and privacy-free abuse-prevention markers remain on the device so one-time rewards cannot be re-earned by deleting and re-creating an account.

8. Age Requirement

You must be at least 13 years old to use Aquora. If you are under 18, you must have parental or guardian consent. Aquora is a personal self-management tool; it does not provide parental controls over other family members' devices.

9. Intellectual Property

All content, design, graphics, and code within the App are the intellectual property of Aquora and its developers. Quiz questions generated by AI, personality reports, and shareable cards are provided for personal use only and may not be redistributed or used commercially. Personal content you create (journal entries, meditation notes) remains your property.

10. User Conduct

You agree not to:

• Reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App
• Use the App for any unlawful purpose
• Attempt to circumvent any security features
• Redistribute or resell the App or its content

11. Disclaimer of Warranties

The App is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee that the App will be error-free or uninterrupted. Screen time management features depend on system-level APIs and may be affected by OS updates. AI-generated content (quiz questions, reminders, personality reports) is provided for entertainment and self-reflection purposes only and should not be considered professional advice (medical, psychological, financial, etc.).

The daily scroll forecast is an aggregate index computed from public data sources. It describes a general climate, not you, and not any individual, group, or organization. It is offered as ambient context only and does not constitute medical, psychological, financial, or any other form of advice.

12. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Aquora and its developers shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the App.

13. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with applicable laws. Any disputes arising from the use of the App shall be resolved in the jurisdiction where the developer is located.

14. Changes to Terms

We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Continued use of the App after changes constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

15. Contact

If you have questions about these Terms, please contact us at aquora.apps@gmail.com.