Terms of Use

Last updated: October 16, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of the Dear Brain app and website (together, "Dear Brain"). Dear Brain is made by Aavula Sreeja, an individual developer based in India ("we", "us"). By downloading or using Dear Brain you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use Dear Brain.

1. What Dear Brain is

Dear Brain helps you build habits and spend less time on distracting apps. It uses Apple's Screen Time features to block or limit apps that you choose, and offers tools such as habit reminders, photo proof, streaks, an AI planner called Brainly, and accountability partners. Dear Brain is a self-help tool. It is not medical, psychological or professional advice, and it is not a substitute for it.

2. Your account

You can use Dear Brain without an account. If you choose to sign in with Apple, your sign-in is used only to back up your data to your own iCloud. You are responsible for the device you use Dear Brain on and for keeping it secure.

3. Dear Brain Pro subscriptions

Dear Brain is free to download. Some features are only available with a paid Dear Brain Pro subscription. Subscriptions are sold through Apple's App Store:

• Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or when a free trial ends.
• Subscriptions renew automatically at the same price and for the same period (yearly or monthly) unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• Your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
• You can manage or cancel your subscription at any time in your iPhone's Settings → your name → Subscriptions. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
• If a free trial is offered, any unused part of it ends when you buy a subscription.
• Prices are shown in the app before you buy and may vary by country. We may change prices for new subscribers; if we raise the price of an existing subscription, Apple will tell you beforehand as its rules require.
• Refunds are handled by Apple under its own policies. You can ask for one at reportaproblem.apple.com.

4. Using Dear Brain fairly

Please don't misuse Dear Brain: don't try to break, copy, reverse-engineer or resell it, don't use it to harm or harass anyone, and don't upload content you have no right to share, such as photos of other people without their permission. Accountability partners are people you invite yourself; please only invite people who agree to take part.

5. AI features

Brainly and photo proof use artificial intelligence to suggest plans and to check whether a photo shows a finished habit. AI can be wrong. Its suggestions are only suggestions, and you decide what to do with them. Please don't share sensitive personal information in Brainly chats.

6. Screen Time and blocking

App blocking and limits rely on Apple's Screen Time system. We do our best to make them dependable, but iOS can change, restrict or interrupt them, and we cannot guarantee that every app will be blocked at every moment. Don't rely on Dear Brain where a missed block could cause harm, and always keep access to emergency calls and services.

7. Your content

Your habits, notes, photos and chats belong to you. They are kept as described in our Privacy Policy. You give us permission to process them only as needed to run the features you use.

8. Our content

Dear Brain, its name, design, characters and artwork belong to us or our licensors and are protected by law. These Terms give you a personal, non-transferable right to use the app on Apple devices you own or control, as allowed by the App Store's rules. Some artwork and icons are used under licence from their creators, including Google's Noto Emoji (CC BY 4.0) and Flaticon UIcons.

9. No warranty

Dear Brain is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we make no promises that it will be uninterrupted, error-free or suited to a particular purpose.

10. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for losses caused by events outside our reasonable control. Our total liability to you for any claim about Dear Brain is limited to the amount you paid for Dear Brain in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these Terms limits rights you have under consumer law that cannot be limited.

11. Ending use

You can stop using Dear Brain at any time. Logging out in the app erases its data from your phone. We may suspend access for anyone who seriously breaks these Terms.

12. Apple

These Terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for Dear Brain or its content, has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for it, and is not responsible for any claims about it (including product liability, legal compliance or intellectual property claims). If Dear Brain fails to meet any warranty that applies, you may tell Apple, and Apple may refund its purchase price; Apple has no other warranty obligation. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you. Your use of Dear Brain must also follow Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement and the App Store's usage rules; where they conflict with these Terms, Apple's terms apply to the licence of the app.

13. Changes

We may update these Terms from time to time. If a change is important, we will let you know in the app. The date at the top shows when they were last changed. If you keep using Dear Brain after a change, you accept the new Terms.

14. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of India, without affecting any mandatory consumer protections of the country you live in. Courts in Hyderabad, Telangana, India have jurisdiction, unless your local law gives you the right to bring a claim where you live.

15. Contact

Questions about these Terms? Email support@dearbrainapp.com.