1. Provider and scope

The app “Tell Me Why” is provided by Spacifik UG (haftungsbeschränkt), Gerichtstr. 19, 13347 Berlin, Germany (“we”). These terms apply to the use of the app on iOS and Android and to the optional “Tell Me Why Pro” subscription. Other terms only apply if we expressly agree to them.

2. What Tell Me Why is, and what it isn't

Tell Me Why helps you make your screen time more intentional. It asks for your reason when you open apps you selected, shows your answers in statistics and a weekly recap, and offers a private journal.

Which features are available on your device depends on your operating system's interfaces (e.g. Apple Screen Time or Android usage access) and on the permissions you grant. We can't guarantee that check-ins appear every time, for example if the system stops the app in the background.

3. Free use

You can use the core features of Tell Me Why for free and without an account. We grant you a simple, non-transferable right to use the app for personal purposes. For the version downloaded from the App Store, the Apple Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (EULA) also applies. In case of conflict, these terms prevail to the extent the EULA allows.

4. Tell Me Why Pro (subscription)

• What you get: Pro unlocks additional features, in particular the complete Weekly Wrapped, unlimited history and trends, multiple goals with photos, custom check-in rules and cloud sync. The current scope is shown in the app before you buy.
• Purchase and payment: you buy the subscription through Apple's App Store or Google Play. The respective store is the seller for purchase and payment, and its terms apply. The price is shown in your currency in the store before you buy.
• Term and renewal: the subscription runs weekly or yearly, depending on your choice. It renews automatically for the same period at the then-current price unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Cancellation: you can cancel at any time in the subscription settings of your Apple ID or Google Play account. In the app, Settings → “Manage subscription” takes you there. Pro stays active until the end of the paid period. Deleting the app or your account does not cancel the subscription.
• Trials and offers: if the store offers a free trial or introductory price, it is shown before you buy. If you don't cancel before the trial ends, the paid subscription starts.
• Refunds and withdrawal: refunds and the statutory right of withdrawal are handled by the respective store under its rules (Apple, Google).
• Restore: “Restore purchases” activates an existing subscription on a new device signed in with the same Apple ID or Google account.

5. Account and cloud sync

An account is optional. You're responsible for keeping your sign-in credentials (email inbox, Apple or Google account) secure. You can delete your account in the app at any time. How we handle your data is explained in our Privacy Policy.

Your entries belong to you. We only use them to provide the app to you. Without an account, data is stored only on your device, so we recommend backing up important content regularly with “Export my data”.

6. Fair use

Please use the app only in accordance with applicable law. In particular, don't manipulate or overload the app or our servers, circumvent their protections, or reverse-engineer the app except where permitted by law.

7. Changes and availability

We keep developing Tell Me Why and may change features where this is reasonable for you, for example due to changes in operating systems or store policies. We won't materially reduce Pro features during a paid period without good reason. If we discontinue the app or cloud sync, we'll announce it at least 30 days in advance so you can export your data.

If we change these terms, we'll let you know in the app. Changes affecting existing subscriptions only apply from the next renewal period.

8. Liability

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act, and where we have given a guarantee. For slightly negligent breach of an essential contractual obligation, meaning an obligation whose fulfilment makes proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on which you may regularly rely, our liability is limited to the typical, foreseeable damage. Otherwise, liability for slight negligence is excluded. For free use, we are only liable for intent and gross negligence, to the extent permitted by law.

9. Final provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, this choice of law only applies to the extent that it doesn't deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the country where you habitually reside. If any provision is invalid, the remaining provisions stay in effect.

10. Contact

Questions? Use our support form or write to [email protected].

In case of discrepancies, the German version of these terms prevails.