Terms of Service

BrainEase is an app designed to promote mental relaxation, mindfulness, and the establishment of an evening routine. The app is not a medical device and does not provide medical, psychological, or psychiatric advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

The app's content and exercises are intended only for personal reflection and relaxation. If you have health concerns or psychological problems, please consult a qualified professional. In an acute crisis or emergency, please contact emergency services or a crisis/telephone counseling service immediately.

The app is not specifically directed at children. Minors may only purchase paid features with the consent of their legal guardians. By using the app, you confirm that you meet the legal requirements applicable to you.

The basic daily routine with thoughts, gratitude, and a five-minute timer is free to use. Paid access is available for features such as routine customization, selected individual exercises, and additional content, through either a monthly subscription or a one-time Lifetime purchase. The app shows which features are included in the selected offer before purchase.

Before you purchase, the purchase flow shows the price for your country, billing period, term, automatic renewal, any trial offered, and how to cancel. The monthly subscription renews automatically unless you cancel it before the next renewal through your Apple subscription settings. A free trial is offered only when shown in the purchase flow; its duration and the price after the trial are shown there. If a seven-day trial is offered and you do not want it to continue as a paid subscription, cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. The Lifetime purchase is a one-time payment and does not renew.

You can restore purchases in the app using the same Apple Account. The contracting party for a specific App Store transaction is identified in Apple's purchase confirmation and the applicable Apple Media Services terms. Apple handles App Store billing and subscription management. Contact SD Nightshift Studio for questions about app functionality. Statutory claims remain unaffected.

Withdrawal information for consumers

If you are a consumer and the law gives you a right of withdrawal, you may withdraw from the contract within 14 days without giving a reason. The period generally starts on the date the contract is concluded. The contracting party for your purchase is identified in the Apple purchase confirmation.

How to withdraw: Notify the contracting party identified in the purchase confirmation by an unequivocal statement, for example by email or letter. For purchases where SD Nightshift Studio is the contracting party, contact Sebastian Wolfgang Dichmann, trading as SD Nightshift Studio, Am Ziegelstadel 20, 87700 Memmingen, Germany, at sdnightshiftstudio@gmail.com. You may use the model form below, but it is not mandatory. The deadline is met if you send your notice before the period expires. If Apple is identified as the contracting party, also use Apple's contact and refund process, for example reportaproblem.apple.com.

Effects of withdrawal: In the event of a valid withdrawal, payments are generally refunded within 14 days after receipt of the withdrawal using the same payment method as the original transaction, unless otherwise agreed. App Store refunds are handled through the contracting party identified in the purchase confirmation and Apple.

Early start of performance: For paid digital content not supplied on a tangible medium, the right of withdrawal expires when performance begins only if you previously expressly consented to performance starting before the withdrawal period ends, acknowledged that you would lose the right, and received a contract confirmation. For a paid service, the right expires only after the service has been fully performed and only if you expressly requested early performance and acknowledged that the right would expire upon full performance. If you requested early performance of a service, you may owe a proportionate amount for services provided before withdrawal where the statutory conditions are met. Access to a feature alone does not automatically end the right of withdrawal.

Canceling a subscription: Cancellation of future renewals is separate from withdrawal. Manage and cancel an App Store subscription in your Apple subscription settings. This does not affect any statutory right of withdrawal.

Model withdrawal form
To the contracting party identified in your Apple purchase confirmation:
I/We (*) hereby give notice that I/We (*) withdraw from my/our (*) contract for the purchase or provision of digital content or services in BrainEase.
Ordered on (*): ____________________
Name of consumer(s): ____________________
Address of consumer(s): ____________________
Signature (only if this notice is sent on paper): ____________________
Date: ____________________
(*) Delete as appropriate.

BrainEase stores journal and mood entries by default in an encrypted database on your iPhone. This content is not sent to a BrainEase server and is not analysed by AI.

If iCloud Backup is enabled on your device and BrainEase is included, app data, including the encrypted database, may be included in an automatic iCloud device backup. Apple processes that device backup under its own terms. This is separate from BrainEase's manual backup feature, which lets you export an additionally password-encrypted file and save it locally or in iCloud Drive. BrainEase does not synchronize data through its own servers.

BrainEase's core functions are designed for local use. Purchases and restores require the Apple App Store; optional analytics and crash reports are enabled only after your consent. The availability of iCloud backups depends on your device settings and Apple's services.

We cannot guarantee continuous, uninterrupted availability of the app, the Apple App Store, iCloud, or optional third-party services. Statutory requirements for the conformity of digital products, required updates, and consumer rights remain unaffected.

Protecting your private thoughts is our highest priority. BrainEase stores your journal entries encrypted and locally on your device by default. Further information about technical data processing can be found in our separate Privacy Policy.

Sebastian Wolfgang Dichmann, trading as SD Nightshift Studio, is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence. For slight negligence, liability for breach of material contractual obligations is limited to foreseeable damage typical for the contract. Liability for injury to life, body or health, under the Product Liability Act, and in all other cases required by law remains unaffected.

You decide whether to create voluntary manual backups and where to store them. This recommendation does not limit statutory liability for app defects, errors in export or restoration, or other breaches of duty.

We change supplementary contractual terms only for objective reasons, such as legal requirements, security needs, or necessary technical changes. Changes must not unreasonably impair the purpose of the contract; we will give timely notice of material changes. Statutory rules, including section 327r BGB, govern changes to the digital product and any right to terminate. Mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. Insofar as the user is a consumer, mandatory statutory consumer protection provisions of the state in which they have their habitual residence remain unaffected.