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Ears Up - App-Specific Terms of Service

Effective Date: October 15, 2026 Last Updated: October 15, 2026

These App-Specific Terms supplement WagDev LLC's General Terms of Service. By using Ears Up, you agree to both these terms and the General Terms.

1. Service Description

Ears Up is a private, single-user daytime-sleepiness self-check-in app for personal use, developed by WagDev LLC.

1.1 Core Features

Ears Up is intentionally calm and anti-engagement: there are no streaks-to-defend, no leaderboards, and no pressure mechanics.

1.2 Offline by Design

Ears Up stores all of your check-in data locally on your device in an encrypted SQLite database (SQLCipher). There is no account, no server, no cloud sync, and no online registration. Your check-in content never leaves your device. The only network traffic the app generates is for serving banner advertisements through Google AdMob (see Section 4) and anonymous crash and error reporting via Sentry in released production builds (see the Ears Up Privacy Policy Supplement).

1.3 One-Time Unlock, and What Stays Free

Every check-in feature in Ears Up is free. Recording check-ins, attaching notes, tagging what you tried, logging a lapse, reviewing your history and trends, and setting reminders are all available to every user at no charge, and none of them is ever gated behind a payment. Cost recovery for development is via banner ads (Section 4).

Ears Up offers one optional in-app purchase: a single one-time unlock. It is a non-consumable product, which means it is bought once. It is not a subscription, it never renews, and it never expires. There is no other purchase in the app, and there is no premium tier, no trial and no auto-renewing plan.

What the unlock buys depends on your platform, because one of the two things it grants does not exist on Android:

Ears Up has no account, so your purchase is held by your App Store or Google Play account rather than by us. If you reinstall Ears Up, or move to a new device using the same store account, use Restore purchase in Settings to bring the unlock back. Your check-in history is never gated behind the unlock and is never withheld from you.

Pricing, refunds, and the handling of a purchase itself are governed by the store you bought through, Apple or Google, under that store's own terms. We do not process your payment and we never see your payment details.

2. Age Requirements

Ears Up is intended for users aged 13 and older. Users under 13 are prohibited from using the app. Users aged 13-17 should have parental permission.

3. License to Use Ears Up

WagDev grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use Ears Up on devices you own or control, subject to these terms and the General Terms of Service.

4. Advertising

Ears Up displays banner advertisements through Google AdMob. Use of Ears Up constitutes acceptance of receiving advertisements. Ads are served in a way that keeps your check-in content private: your ratings, notes, and schedule are never shared with AdMob or any advertiser. Details of the data AdMob collects are in:

Consent in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland. If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, Ears Up presents Google's User Messaging Platform consent form before it requests any advertisement, and no ad is requested until you have answered it. If you refuse, Ears Up requests no ad and shows no banner. You can reopen that form, change any choice, or withdraw your consent entirely at any time from Settings, then Privacy options. That row appears only for users who were shown a consent form in the first place.

Ad personalization. Ears Up presents no App Tracking Transparency prompt on iOS and asks for no tracking permission there, so the advertising identifier is never available to the ad SDK and the ads you see on iOS are non-personalized. On Android, ads may be personalized, subject to your consent answer and to your system Ad ID settings, which you can change or reset in your device settings at any time.

Removing ads. The one-time unlock described in Section 1.3 removes the banner permanently. Once ads are removed, Ears Up stops requesting them.

Further detail on all of this, including how to change your choices later, is in Section 2.3 and Section 5.2 of the Ears Up Privacy Policy Supplement. The app remains fully functional whatever you answer, and whether or not you buy the unlock.

5. Not Medical Advice

Ears Up is a general-wellness, self-awareness tool. Please read this section carefully.

5.1 A Self-Awareness Tool, Not a Medical Device

Ears Up helps you notice and reflect on patterns in your own daytime sleepiness. It is not a medical device, not a diagnostic tool, and not a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Ears Up is intended only to support general wellness and self-awareness; it is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, mitigate, or prevent any disease or condition, including hypersomnia, narcolepsy, idiopathic hypersomnia, excessive daytime sleepiness, sleep apnea, or any other sleep or medical disorder.

The check-ins you record are your own subjective, self-reported impressions. The ratings, trends, and "what tends to help" observations Ears Up displays are not clinical measurements and have not been clinically validated. Using Ears Up does not create a doctor-patient or any other professional relationship.

5.2 Do Not Make Medical Decisions Based on Ears Up

Always consult a qualified healthcare professional about excessive daytime sleepiness or any aspect of your health. Do not start, stop, or change any treatment, medication, or medical routine based on anything you record or observe in Ears Up. Never disregard professional medical advice, or delay seeking it, because of something in the app. Your clinician knows your full medical history and can weigh factors Ears Up cannot. If you think you may have a medical emergency, contact emergency services immediately.

5.3 Safety-Critical Activities (Driving and Machinery)

Ears Up is not an alertness test, impairment test, or fitness-to-drive assessment, and must never be used as one. Do not use a check-in rating to decide whether you are safe to drive, operate machinery, or perform any other safety-critical task. Excessive daytime sleepiness can be dangerous in these situations. Follow your clinician's guidance and your local licensing and workplace rules about driving and operating machinery. When in doubt, do not drive or operate machinery.

5.4 Use at Your Own Judgment; No Guarantees

Any observations you draw from Ears Up are informational only, and WagDev makes no guarantee that Ears Up will produce any particular result or benefit. Decisions about your health, sleep, driving, and daily activities remain your own responsibility and should be based on your own judgment and professional guidance.

6. User Content

6.1 Your Check-In Data Belongs to You

Any data you create in Ears Up — check-ins, ratings, notes, and schedules — belongs to you. WagDev does not claim any ownership over your data. We also do not have access to it, because it never leaves your device.

6.2 No Sharing Surface

Ears Up has no social features, no accounts, and no mechanism to share your check-in data with other users. Any content you create in the app is for your own use.

7. Acceptable Use

Ears Up is provided for personal self-check-in use. You agree not to:

8. Data Loss Risk

Because Ears Up stores data only on your device, your data is your responsibility to back up. Device loss, damage, factory reset, or uninstallation will permanently remove all Ears Up data on that device. Use your device's native backup system (iCloud Backup, Google One Backup) to preserve your data.

WagDev is not liable for any loss of Ears Up data and offers no service-level data-recovery commitment.

9. Updates

WagDev may release updates to Ears Up that change features, add disclosures, or modify the AdMob integration. Continued use of Ears Up after an update constitutes acceptance of these changes. For material changes to these terms, the version of this document will be bumped.

10. Termination

You may stop using Ears Up and uninstall it at any time. Uninstallation removes all local data. WagDev may discontinue Ears Up or remove it from the App Store / Play Store with reasonable notice.

11. Contact

For Ears Up-specific questions:

For privacy questions, see the Ears Up Privacy Policy Supplement.

These App-Specific Terms should be read together with WagDev LLC's General Terms of Service.