Terms of Use

Last Updated: September 9, 2026
Applies to: TickDown for iOS (iPhone and iPad)

Please read these Terms of Use ("Terms") carefully before downloading or using the TickDown mobile application (the "Service") operated by FutureTek Apps ("we", "us", or "our").

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing or using TickDown, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, you are not authorized to use the Service.

2. Nature of the App (Free, Ad-Supported)

TickDown is a free application available on the Apple App Store and is supported by advertising.

• No Download Fee: The app is free to download and use for its core features.
• Advertising: The app displays third-party advertisements (see Section 6). Continued use of the app constitutes acceptance of the display of these advertisements.
• Optional In-App Purchase: You may make an optional one-time in-app purchase (“Premium”) to remove advertisements and unlock the home and lock screen widgets, unlimited photo backgrounds and automatic daily iCloud backup. It is a one-time purchase and not a subscription; nothing renews and nothing is charged again. This purchase is not required to use the app's core functionality, and it is never required to create, open, export or restore your own data.
• Pricing: The price is set by us and shown in your local currency by Apple before you confirm the purchase. We may change the price, run limited offers, or offer different prices to different people while we work out what the app should cost. The price you are shown at the moment you confirm is the price that applies to you; a later change does not affect a purchase you have already made, and no purchase is ever charged twice.
• Family Sharing: Premium is enabled for Family Sharing, so a purchase may be shared with the members of your Apple Family group in accordance with Apple's rules for Family Sharing.
• Transactions & Refunds: All financial transactions, including in-app purchases and refund requests, are handled exclusively by Apple through the App Store in accordance with Apple's Terms of Service and refund policies. We do not process payments or retain your payment card information.

3. License Grant

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to download and use a copy of the application on any Apple-branded device that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service, solely for your personal, non-commercial use.

4. User Data and Backup Responsibility

TickDown operates primarily as an offline, local-first application.

• Local Storage: Your countdowns, tasks, categories, photos and settings are stored locally on your device. We do not transmit this content to our servers, and we operate no server that holds your content.
• Risk of Data Loss: You acknowledge that if your device is lost, damaged, reset, or if the app is deleted, your data will be permanently lost unless you have created a backup.
• Backup Responsibility: You are solely responsible for creating regular backups using the app's Backup & Restore feature and for storing those files securely. We are not liable for any loss of data. Creating a backup manually and restoring one are available to everyone; only automatic daily backup requires Premium, and if Premium ends for any reason your existing backups remain intact and restorable.
• Encrypted Backups and Passphrases: Backup files are encrypted. If you protect a backup with a passphrase, that passphrase is never sent to us and we cannot recover it or the backup without it. If you lose the passphrase, the backup is permanently unreadable, and we are not liable for data that becomes inaccessible as a result.
• iCloud Backup: TickDown can optionally store backups in your own iCloud Drive. This is a convenience feature, not a service we operate: the files live in your personal Apple account, count against your iCloud storage, and are subject to Apple's terms and privacy policy. TickDown keeps a single backup file there, and each new backup replaces the previous one — no history of earlier backups is kept, so there is no older copy to fall back on. If you want snapshots over time, save backups to Files yourself. We are not liable for data lost, corrupted, deleted or made unavailable by iCloud or any other storage provider.
• No Cloud Sync: TickDown for iOS does not sync your countdowns and tasks between devices. Backups are restored manually by you; they are not a live sync, and changes on one device do not appear on another.
• Backup Compatibility: Backup files created by TickDown for iOS can be restored only by TickDown for iOS. They are not interchangeable with backups from TickDown on other platforms.

5. Critical Disclaimer Regarding Notifications

• Technical Limitations: Factors outside our control, including notification permissions, Focus and Do Not Disturb modes, Low Power Mode, Scheduled Summary, background app refresh settings, the system limit on the number of pending notifications an app may schedule, or operating system updates, may prevent reminders from being delivered as expected.
• Not for Critical Safety: You agree not to rely on TickDown for situations where a missed reminder could result in physical harm, financial loss or significant injury, such as medical reminders, medication schedules or flight departures.

6. Advertising and Third-Party Services

To keep the app free, TickDown displays advertisements provided by Google AdMob.

• Advertising partners may collect and process device information, including your Advertising Identifier (IDFA) where you have allowed tracking, to serve and measure advertisements. Their handling of data is governed by their own privacy policies and terms.
• Where required by law, we request your consent for personalized advertising through Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP), and iOS additionally requires your permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. You can change your UMP consent choice from the app's Ad Privacy Settings, and your tracking choice in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
• We are not responsible for the content of third-party advertisements or any websites or products linked from those advertisements.
• Optional rewarded ads. Some versions of the app may offer a Watch an Ad option that removes advertising for a limited period in exchange for voluntarily watching an ad. This feature is optional, may not be available in every version or region, and the ad-free period it grants is temporary and may change in length or be withdrawn. It is not a purchase, nothing is charged for it, and it confers no permanent entitlement. Only the one-time Premium purchase removes advertising permanently.
• For complete details about how data is handled, please refer to our Privacy Policy.

7. Acceptable Use

You agree not to misuse the Service. In particular, you agree that you will not:

• Interfere with, disrupt or attempt to bypass the advertising or in-app purchase mechanisms.
• Reverse engineer, decompile or modify the application except where expressly permitted by applicable law.
• Use the Service for any unlawful or fraudulent purpose.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS. TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, FUTURETEK APPS DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT THE SERVICE WILL MEET YOUR REQUIREMENTS, THAT IT WILL BE UNINTERRUPTED OR ERROR-FREE, OR THAT ANY DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED.

9. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, FUTURETEK APPS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, INCLUDING DATA LOSS, LOSS OF PROFITS, OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION.

OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ALL CLAIMS SHALL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF: (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID THROUGH THE APP DURING THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS PRECEDING THE CLAIM; OR (B) TEN U.S. DOLLARS (USD $10.00).

10. Apple and These Terms

• These Terms are between you and FutureTek Apps only, and not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the application or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services for the application, and no warranty obligation whatsoever with respect to it. If the application fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price (if any); Apple has no other warranty obligation.
• Apple is not responsible for addressing any claims relating to the application, including product liability, regulatory claims and claims of intellectual property infringement.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms, and upon your acceptance Apple will have the right to enforce them against you as a third-party beneficiary.

11. Updates and Changes

We may provide updates, patches or new versions of TickDown at our discretion. We do not guarantee that the app will be supported indefinitely or that it will function on all future versions of iOS.

12. Governing Law

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), without regard to its conflict of law provisions. Nothing in these Terms limits any rights you may have under the mandatory consumer protection laws of your country of residence.

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