Terms of Service

Who you are dealing with

The !time2smoke application ("the App") and the website at time2smoke.app ("the Site") are provided by:

The Developer is a sole trader, not a company. There is no support telephone line; written contact is answered by the Developer personally.

Acceptance of these Terms

By downloading, installing or using the App you agree to these Terms of Service ("Terms"), which form the agreement between you and the Developer for the use of the App. If you do not agree with them, do not use the App.

A separate agreement governs the purchase itself: see section 6. These Terms do not replace the terms of the app store you bought through.

What the App is

!time2smoke is a behavioural self-management tool for adults who smoke and want to stop. It builds a personal gradual reduction plan: starting from the amount you say you smoke today, it schedules progressively longer intervals between cigarettes, so that consumption falls step by step until the quit date you set.

The method is based on scheduled reduction, an approach described in published research. The Developer makes no claim that the App itself has been clinically validated, tested or endorsed by any researcher, institution or health authority.

The App also offers supporting features, including a craving timer, short voluntary delays, recalculation of the day after a slip, and progress and savings statistics. Features may be added, changed or withdrawn over time, as set out in section 11.

What the App is not

The App does not guarantee that you will stop smoking, or that you will smoke less. Outcomes depend on you.

Stopping or reducing tobacco use can affect existing conditions and can interact with medication. If you have a health condition, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or intend to combine the App with nicotine replacement therapy or prescribed medicines, speak to a healthcare professional. Medical decisions are yours and your clinician's, not the App's.

No account, no cloud, no recovery

The App has no user accounts, no registration and no login. It has no server of its own, and it stores nothing about you remotely.

Your plan, your history, your statistics and your settings are written to your device's local storage and stay there. In practical terms:

• the Developer cannot see, export, restore or repair your data;
• your data does not move to another device by itself, and there is no sync;
• uninstalling the App, clearing its data, or resetting the device erases everything permanently, subject only to any device backup you have configured yourself with Apple or Google.

This is a deliberate design choice, described in the Privacy Policy. By using the App you accept that loss of the device or of the App's local data means loss of that history, and that the Developer cannot be held responsible for it.

Subscription and free trial

6.1 Who sells you the subscription

Full use of the App requires a paid subscription, !time2smoke Pro. The subscription is offered, sold and billed by the app store you installed from — the Apple App Store or Google Play — which acts as seller of record. The Developer receives no payment details, never sees your card, and does not process your payment.

6.2 The free trial requires a payment method

The App offers a free trial of seven (7) consecutive days with full access to every feature. The trial is run by the app store, not by the Developer, and the store therefore requires a valid payment method to be on file before the trial begins. No trial without a payment method is available.

Nothing is charged during the seven days. Eligibility for the trial is decided by the store and is normally granted once per store account: reinstalling the App, or installing it on another device signed in to the same store account, does not produce a new trial.

6.3 Automatic renewal

Unless you cancel it, the subscription converts to a paid monthly subscription at the end of the trial and renews automatically every month until cancelled. The store charges the payment method on file for each period.

To avoid the first charge you must cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, through your store account. Cancelling later than that means the first month is charged, and the cancellation takes effect at the end of that month.

6.4 Price

No price is stated in these Terms or on the Site. The price that applies to you is the one the store displays at the moment of purchase, in your currency and including the taxes applicable in your country. Prices differ between countries. What the store shows you before you confirm is what binds.

Prices may change for future periods. A price increase does not apply to a period already paid for, and the store notifies you and, where the law requires it, asks for your agreement before the new price is charged.

6.5 What happens if the subscription ends

If the subscription expires, is cancelled or fails to renew, paid features stop being available. Your plan and history are not deleted, because they are on your device and the Developer never had them. Subscribe again and you continue from where you were.

Cancellation, refunds and the right of withdrawal

You may cancel at any time in the subscription settings of your store account. Cancellation stops the next renewal; access continues until the end of the period you have already paid for. There is no cancellation fee and no minimum term beyond the month in progress.

Because the store is the seller, refunds and the statutory right of withdrawal are exercised against the store, not against the Developer, under the store's own procedure. The Developer has no ability to issue a refund for a store purchase, but will help you find the right channel if you write in.

Nothing in these Terms removes the rights you have as a consumer under EU law, including the right of withdrawal for digital services where it applies, and the legal guarantee of conformity under Directive (EU) 2019/770.

Restoring a purchase

An active subscription can be restored on any compatible device signed in to the same store account, using the restore option on the subscription screen inside the App. Restoring recovers the subscription only. It does not recover your plan or your history, which were never stored outside the original device.

Licence and permitted use

The Developer grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App on devices you own or control, for your own private and non-commercial use, for as long as these Terms are respected.

You agree not to:

• copy, modify, translate, decompile, disassemble or reverse-engineer the App, or attempt to derive its source code, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits it despite this restriction;
• circumvent, tamper with or attempt to defeat the subscription and entitlement checks, or obtain paid access without paying for it;
• manipulate the device clock, the store account or the App's stored data in order to extend or repeat the free trial;
• rent, lease, resell, sublicense or redistribute the App or any part of it;
• use the App in a way that interferes with the operation of the services it depends on.

The App is a tool for reducing and stopping tobacco use. It is not intended to plan, optimise or sustain smoking, and it must not be presented as doing so.

Intellectual property

The App, its source code, its algorithms, its interface, its texts, its graphics and the !time2smoke name and logo belong to the Developer and are protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights. These Terms transfer no ownership to you.

References to published research are made for information only. The researchers, journals and institutions cited are not affiliated with the App and have not reviewed or endorsed it.

Availability, updates and changes to the App

The App runs on your device and does not depend on a server operated by the Developer, but it does depend on your device's operating system, on the app store and on the subscription check described in the Privacy Policy. The Developer cannot guarantee uninterrupted availability of those.

The Developer may update the App, change or remove features, or stop supporting older operating system versions. Where a change materially reduces what a paid subscription gives you, you will be informed in advance and may cancel.

If the App is discontinued altogether, the Developer will announce it before active subscriptions are affected. Your local data remains on your device regardless.

Conformity and warranties

The Developer supplies the App with the conformity required by law and will make reasonable efforts to correct faults that are reported.

Beyond what the law requires, and to the extent permitted by law, the App is provided "as is": the Developer does not warrant that it will be free of errors or interruptions, that it will fit a particular purpose you have in mind, or that it will produce any particular result, including stopping smoking.

If you are a consumer in the European Union, this section does not affect the legal guarantee of conformity for digital content and services, or any other mandatory right you have.

Liability

To the extent permitted by law, the Developer is not liable for indirect or consequential loss, loss of profit, loss of opportunity, or loss of data stored locally on your device, arising from the use of or the inability to use the App.

The Developer is not liable for decisions you make about your health, for the consequences of reducing or stopping tobacco use, or for any interaction between that and treatments or medicines you are taking.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot lawfully be excluded or limited, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for wilful misconduct or gross negligence. Where liability is limited but not excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the App in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim.

Age requirement

The App is for adults only and is distributed with an 18+ rating. By using it you confirm that you are at least 18 years old. The App concerns tobacco use and is not suitable for minors under any circumstances.

Termination

You may end this agreement at any time by cancelling the subscription and deleting the App.

The Developer may end it, or suspend access, if you seriously or repeatedly breach section 9, in particular by circumventing the subscription checks. Where the breach can be put right, you will be given notice and an opportunity to do so first, unless immediate action is necessary. Termination does not affect refunds due to you under the store's rules or under mandatory law.

Changes to these Terms

These Terms may be amended, for example when the App changes or the law does. Material changes will be announced in the App, or by another appropriate means, at least 15 days before they take effect. If you do not accept a change, your remedy is to cancel the subscription and stop using the App before the change takes effect; continuing to use it afterwards means you accept the amended Terms.

The version number and effective date at the top of this page always identify the text in force.

Governing law and disputes

These Terms are governed by Portuguese law. If you are a consumer habitually resident in another EU or EEA country, that choice does not deprive you of the protection of the mandatory consumer rules of your own country.

Before going further, please write to the Developer: most problems are a misunderstanding about the store's billing and are settled by email.

17.1 Alternative dispute resolution

The European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025 and is no longer available. For out-of-court resolution of a consumer dispute you may instead use:

• in Portugal, the CNIACC — Centro Nacional de Informação e Arbitragem de Conflitos de Consumo, which has residual national competence, or the arbitration centre competent for your area; the Developer is not bound in advance to arbitrate, except where Portuguese law makes it compulsory;
• the Portuguese electronic complaints book at livroreclamacoes.pt;
• if you live in another EU country, the European Consumer Centres Network (ECC-Net), which handles cross-border consumer complaints.

Because the app store is the seller of record for the subscription, a dispute about billing, a refund or a charge is addressed to the store in the first place.

The courts of Portugal have jurisdiction, without prejudice to your right as a consumer to bring proceedings in the courts of your own country of residence.

Store-specific terms

18.1 Apple App Store

This agreement is between you and the Developer only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content. Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for the App.

If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation in respect of the App. Any claim relating to the App — product liability, failure to conform to a legal requirement, or a claim under consumer protection or similar legislation — is the Developer's responsibility, as is any third-party claim that the App infringes intellectual property rights.

You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a United States Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any United States Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, have the right to enforce them against you.

18.2 Google Play

Where you obtained the App from Google Play, your use is also subject to the Google Play Terms of Service, and billing is subject to the Google Play payment terms. Google is not a party to this agreement and is not responsible for the App.

Contact

Questions about these Terms, about a subscription, or about anything else: write to the contact address or use the form on the site. A real person reads every message.