Terms of use.

These Terms of Use ("Terms") are an agreement between you and us about your use of HushNine. By installing or using the App, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use HushNine, and see section 5 about refunds.

How we handle information is explained in our Privacy Policy. In short, your records stay on your phone and we can't access them.

1. Plain-language summary

This summary helps you read the Terms but doesn't replace them.

• HushNine isn't a doctor. It's an information and tracking tool, not medical advice and not a medical device. In an emergency, call your local emergency number.
• You own your data and keep it. It lives only on your phone, so keeping it safe is in your hands: make backups, and remember your backup password. We can't recover it.
• Reminders can fail. Phones sometimes delay or block notifications, so don't rely on HushNine alone for anything time-critical.
• You pay once. Refunds go through Google Play.
• We provide the App "as is" and limit our liability as far as the law allows. Your statutory consumer rights always remain.

2. Not medical advice; not a medical device

HushNine is not a medical device and does not diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any medical condition.

• All content in the App is general information for educational purposes. This includes weekly development information, size comparisons, tips, the due-date calculation, the weight-gain guide, warning-sign lists and guidance shown by the kick counter and contraction timer. It doesn't consider your personal medical history and is not a substitute for professional advice, diagnosis or treatment.
• Always follow the advice of your doctor, midwife or other qualified health professional. Never ignore professional advice or delay seeking it because of something you read in, or recorded with, HushNine.
• The App's calculations (such as due date, gestational age, weight-gain ranges, contraction patterns and kick-count timings) are estimates based on published general guidance and the information you enter. They may not suit your situation, for example a high-risk pregnancy, a multiple pregnancy, or a due date that your care team has set differently.
• If you notice a change in your baby's movements, bleeding, severe pain, signs of labour, or anything that worries you, contact your care team or emergency services straight away. Don't wait for the App, a reminder or a tracked pattern.
• Using HushNine doesn't create a doctor–patient or any other professional relationship with us.

3. Who can use HushNine

You must be at least 18 years old, or the age of majority where you live, to use HushNine. A younger person may use it only with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian, where local law allows.

4. Your licence to use the App

When you buy HushNine on Google Play, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App for your own non-commercial purposes. You may use it on Android devices you own or control, as permitted by the Google Play Terms of Service (including Google Play Family Library, where available).

You agree not to:

• copy, sell, rent, sublicense, redistribute or publish the App or its content
• reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the App, except to the extent that applicable law expressly allows this despite this restriction
• remove or alter any copyright, trademark or other notices
• use the App or its content to build a competing product, or to train machine-learning models
• use the App for anything unlawful

We (and our licensors) keep all rights, title and interest in the App, its design, the HushNine name and logo, and its content. You get only the rights described in these Terms.

5. Purchase, price and refunds

• HushNine is sold as a one-time purchase through Google Play. Google processes the payment under its own terms. HushNine has no subscriptions and no ads.
• Your purchase includes the App's features and any updates we choose to release for it. We don't promise particular future features or updates. If we ever offer an optional, separately priced product, it won't take away features you've already paid for.
• Refunds: Google Play handles refund requests made within 48 hours of purchase, under the Google Play refund policies. After that, email us at contact@widgetsandcreativesolutions.com and we'll consider your request fairly and as required by applicable law.
• Your statutory rights are not affected. If you're a consumer in the EU, UK or another place with mandatory consumer protections (for example rights for faulty digital content), nothing in these Terms limits those rights.

6. Your data and your responsibilities

HushNine stores everything you enter only on your device, encrypted (see our Privacy Policy). We never receive a copy. This protects your privacy, and it also means:

• You are responsible for keeping your own backups. We can't restore data that is lost when a device is lost, stolen, broken, reset, replaced or uninstalled, or when you delete data in the App.
• Backup passwords can't be recovered. HushNine stores the password nowhere. If you forget it, the backup can't be opened by you, by us or by anyone else.
• You are responsible for your device's security, including your screen lock, who has access to your phone, keeping Android updated, and the apps you install (for example keyboards).
• Accuracy of what you enter is up to you. The App's results depend on the information you provide.
• Restoring a backup replaces the data on that device. Deleting all data, or erasing records after a pregnancy ends, is permanent.

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we aren't liable for any loss or corruption of data stored on your device or in your backup files. This includes data lost because a backup password is forgotten.

7. Reminders and notifications

HushNine can show reminders (for example before appointments). They're provided for convenience only. They depend on your phone and may be delayed, grouped or not shown at all: battery-saving modes, Do Not Disturb, notification permissions, manufacturer settings, the phone being off, or date and time changes can all affect them. Don't rely on HushNine reminders for anything time-critical, such as medication timing or urgent care.

8. Third-party services and links

HushNine may link to websites run by others, such as support organisations. Those sites are governed by their own terms and privacy policies. We don't control or endorse them and aren't responsible for their content or availability. Google Play, Android and any cloud storage you use for backups are also third-party services under their own terms.

9. Changes, availability and support

• We may update, change or discontinue the App or any feature at any time. Because HushNine works offline on your device, an installed version generally keeps working, but we can't guarantee it will stay compatible with future Android versions or devices.
• We aim to answer support emails within a few business days, but we don't guarantee any particular level of support.

10. Feedback

If you send us ideas or suggestions, you allow us to use them without any obligation to you. Please don't send confidential or health information with feedback.

11. Disclaimer of warranties

To the fullest extent permitted by law, HushNine is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory. These include warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy, non-infringement, and that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free or free of harmful components. We don't warrant that the App's content or calculations are complete, current or suitable for your circumstances.

Some places don't allow certain warranties to be excluded. In those places these exclusions apply only as far as the law allows, and mandatory consumer guarantees remain in effect.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law:

• We won't be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits, goodwill or use, arising out of or relating to the App or these Terms, even if we were told such damages were possible.
• Our total liability for all claims relating to the App or these Terms is limited to the greater of the amount you paid for HushNine or US $50.
• Health-related decisions are yours and your care team's. We aren't liable for any decision or action taken, or not taken, based on the App's content, calculations or reminders.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that can't be limited by law, such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, for fraud, or for wilful misconduct. Nor does it affect the statutory rights of consumers in the EU, UK and elsewhere.

13. Ending these Terms

You can stop using HushNine at any time by uninstalling it (which also erases its data from your device). If you seriously breach these Terms, your licence ends automatically. Sections 2, 6, 8, 10, 11, 12, 14 and 16 continue to apply after these Terms end.

14. Governing law and disputes

• Talk to us first. Before starting any formal claim, please email contact@widgetsandcreativesolutions.com with a description of the issue. Both sides agree to try in good faith to resolve it informally within 30 days.
• These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Virginia, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute that isn't resolved informally will be brought in the state or federal courts located in USA, Virginia, and both sides consent to their jurisdiction. Either side may bring an individual claim in small-claims court instead, where eligible.
• If you're a consumer living in the EU, UK or another country that gives you the right to bring claims in your home courts or under your local law, you keep those rights. Nothing in this section takes them away.

15. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We'll post the new version at this address with a new effective date, and mention material changes in the App's release notes. Changes don't apply retroactively. If you keep using HushNine after a change takes effect, you accept the updated Terms. If you don't agree, stop using the App and uninstall it.

16. General

• Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about HushNine.
• Google. These Terms are between you and us, not Google. Google has no obligation to provide support for the App. Your use of Google Play is also subject to Google's terms.
• Severability. If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest stays in effect, and that part is enforced as far as possible.
• No waiver. If we don't enforce a provision, that doesn't waive our right to enforce it later.
• Assignment. You may not transfer these Terms. We may transfer them in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of the App. Any successor remains bound by our Privacy Policy commitments.
• Export and sanctions. You confirm you aren't prohibited from receiving the App under applicable export or sanctions laws.