These terms cover your use of the Circles app and this website. By using the app, you agree to them. If you don’t agree, please don’t use Circles.
The app
Circles helps you remember the families of the people you know, their birthdays and other dates, and reminds you whom to message. You may use it for your own personal, non-commercial purposes. The app is licensed, not sold. Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement (on the App Store) or the Google Play Terms of Service (on Google Play) also apply. Where they conflict with these terms, they take precedence on that point.
Your information about other people
You decide what to add about your friends and their families, and it stays on your device. Please add only what you have a right to keep. Treat other people’s details, especially about their children, with care and in line with the law where you live.
Circles Pro
Some features are part of Circles Pro and can be bought as a monthly or yearly subscription or as a one-time purchase.
- Payment. Payment is charged to your App Store or Google Play account. Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may differ by country.
- Renewal. Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for the next period within 24 hours before it begins.
- Free trial. If a free trial is offered and you don’t cancel before it ends, it turns into a paid subscription.
- Cancelling. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your App Store or Google Play account settings. Deleting the app doesn’t cancel it.
- Refunds. Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies.
- One-time purchase. It unlocks Pro for as long as we offer the app, on devices signed in to the same store account. Use “Restore purchases” in the app to get it back on a new device.
- Changes to Pro. We may change what Pro includes or what it costs in the future. A price change doesn’t affect a subscription period you have already paid for, and we follow store rules for notifying subscribers.
When Pro ends, your data stays. Over the free limit you can still see and edit everyone. Adding people to new circles needs Pro again.
Dictation and the on-device model
Dictation uses a language model based on Google’s Gemma. It is provided under and subject to the Gemma Terms of Use, and you agree not to use it for anything listed in the Gemma Prohibited Use Policy. Dictation can misunderstand names, relationships or dates. Always check the cards before saving.
Backups
- Keep your backup password safe. We can’t recover it, and without it a backup can’t be opened.
- Cloud backups are stored in your own Google Drive or iCloud under Google’s or Apple’s terms. They depend on those services and on your phone having space, a connection and the right permissions.
Reminders are best effort
We work hard to make reminders reliable, but phones can delay or block notifications: battery savers, Focus or Do Not Disturb, permissions, system limits, a lost or reset device. Circles is a helpful tool, not a guarantee that you won’t miss a date. Don’t rely on it for anything critical.
What you may not do
Don’t use Circles to break the law or harass anyone. Don’t try to copy, resell, reverse-engineer or get around the purchase checks, except where the law allows it.
Disclaimer and limitation of liability
To the extent the law allows, Circles is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for loss of data, goodwill or missed occasions. Our total liability for any claim is limited to the amount you paid for Circles in the 12 months before the claim. Some places don’t allow these limits, so they may not apply to you, and nothing here limits rights you have under consumer protection law.
Ending use
You can stop using Circles at any time by deleting the app and cancelling any subscription. We may stop offering the app or any feature. If we do, the data on your phone and your backups stay yours.
Changes
We may update these terms. We will post the new version here and change the date at the top, and for important changes we will also say so in the app. If you keep using Circles after a change, you accept the new terms.
Contact
support@circlesbirthdays.com. Our Privacy Policy explains how Circles handles data.