Terms of Service
Last updated August 17, 2026
1. Agreement to these terms
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and the developer of Early Alarm ("Early Alarm," "we," "us") governing your use of the Early Alarm mobile application (the "App") on iOS and Android. By downloading, installing, or using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.
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2. What Early Alarm does
Early Alarm is an alarm clock app that requires you to complete a "mission" — a math problem, a reference photo, a shake gesture, or a short workout — before the alarm will stop ringing. The App also offers a gradual wake-up mode that shifts an alarm's time earlier over a schedule you configure, and a Progress tab that tracks your wake-up streak, mission completion, and mood check-ins for your primary alarm.
The App relies on operating-system alarm, notification, camera, and motion-sensor capabilities to function. Some of these require permissions you grant on your device, and some features (in particular, reliable alarm firing) depend on device-specific settings such as battery optimization and Focus/Do Not Disturb modes, which the App will guide you through configuring.
3. Not a safety, medical, or emergency device
Early Alarm is a personal productivity and habit-building tool. It is not a medical device, is not designed for use in situations where a missed or delayed alarm could endanger health or safety, and must never be relied on as a substitute for emergency-response systems. Any "can't complete mission" override in the App exists solely to let you dismiss a specific day's alarm when a mission genuinely cannot be completed — it is not, and must not be treated as, an emergency function, and does not connect to emergency services of any kind.
4. Accounts and eligibility
Early Alarm does not require you to create a separate Early Alarm account; your identity within the App is tied to your device and, where applicable, your App Store or Google Play account. You must be at least 16 years old, or the age of digital consent in your jurisdiction if higher, to use the App. By using the App you represent that you meet this requirement.
5. Subscriptions, trials, and billing
Some features of Early Alarm are offered as an auto-renewing subscription, purchased and billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play, and processed on our behalf by RevenueCat. Pricing, trial length, and renewal terms are shown at the point of purchase in the App and are subject to change for future billing periods with notice as required by the applicable app store.
Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You manage, cancel, and request refunds for subscriptions directly through your Apple ID or Google Play account settings — we cannot process cancellations or refunds on Apple's or Google's behalf. Deleting your data inside the App (Settings → Delete My Data) does not cancel an active subscription.
6. Acceptable use
You agree not to:
- Reverse-engineer, decompile, or tamper with the App beyond what applicable law permits;
- Use the App to violate any law or the rights of any third party;
- Interfere with the App's servers, RevenueCat's systems, or other users' use of the App;
- Attempt to circumvent subscription entitlement checks or purchase validation.
7. Your content
Photo-mission reference images, mission responses, and workout/shake sensor readings are processed and stored on your device to run the App's mission logic. You retain ownership of anything you capture. See our Privacy Policy for how this data is handled.
8. Intellectual property
The App, including its design, mission-tracking system, gradual wake-up engine, and all associated trademarks and branding, is owned by Early Alarm or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property law. These Terms grant you a limited, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App for personal, non-commercial purposes — nothing else is transferred to you.
9. Disclaimers
The App is provided "as is" and "as available." We do not guarantee that alarms will fire under every possible device or operating-system condition — third-party OS behavior (aggressive battery managers, Focus modes, killed background processes, a device powered off or without connectivity) can prevent an alarm from ringing even when the App is configured correctly, and the App's reliability guidance is provided to reduce, not eliminate, that risk.
10. Limitation of liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, Early Alarm and its developer will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or any loss of data, arising from your use of or inability to use the App, including damages resulting from a missed or late alarm. Our total liability for any claim relating to the App is limited to the amount you paid us, if any, in the twelve months preceding the claim.
11. Termination
You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it from your device. We may suspend or terminate your access to the App if you violate these Terms. Sections that by their nature should survive termination (intellectual property, disclaimers, limitation of liability) will continue to apply.
12. Changes to these terms
We may update these Terms from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you inside the App. Continuing to use the App after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms.
13. Governing law
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14. Contact
Questions about these Terms can be sent to support@earlyalarm.app.