Terms of Service

Effective date: 22 October 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and Tappnology (“we”, “us”) for the stōw apps and for stow.tappnology.com. By downloading stōw or using the site, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, do not use stōw.

The privacy policy at stow.tappnology.com/privacy-policy explains how information is handled. It is part of these terms.

Contact: support@tappnology.com

The product

stōw is a Pomodoro-style focus timer. You can run focus and break sessions, attach them to goals and tasks, see your own history, choose a theme and a completion sound, and, on a Mac, keep a timer in the menu bar.

On iPhone and iPad, stōw can also show Home Screen widgets, a Live Activity, and Focus Shield. Focus Shield uses Apple’s Screen Time tools to hold back apps you selected until a session ends. Blocking depends on Apple’s system, the permissions you grant, and the apps you chose. It is a help during a session, not a guarantee that every distraction will stay closed.

A free version of the timer is included. stōw Pro can add Focus Shield, a longer analytics history, more goals, custom session lengths, extra themes, Home Screen widgets, and iCloud sync of your goals, tasks, and history. The features included in the free app and in Pro are the ones shown in the app and on the App Store at the time you use them.

License

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use stōw on Apple devices you own or control, under Apple’s usage rules and these terms. You do not receive ownership of the app. You may not copy it for others, resell it, rent it, reverse engineer it except where the law allows, or use it to build a competing product.

Your goals, tasks, and notes remain yours. You give us permission only to store and display them so the app can work, including through your private iCloud database and on widgets and Live Activities on your devices. We do not claim ownership of that content.

Apple

If you downloaded stōw from the App Store, these terms are between you and Tappnology. Apple is not a party to them, except as a third-party beneficiary of this section. Apple has no duty to provide maintenance or support for stōw. If the app fails to meet a warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price of the app itself. To the extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation. Claims about the product, consumer protection, privacy, or intellectual property are our responsibility, not Apple’s. You represent that you are not in a country subject to a US government embargo and that you are not on a US government list of prohibited parties. Apple and its subsidiaries may enforce this section.

Subscriptions and purchases

stōw Pro is offered through the App Store as:

• a monthly auto-renewable subscription
• a yearly auto-renewable subscription
• a one-time lifetime purchase

Payment is charged to your Apple Account. The price is the price Apple displays for your storefront when you confirm the purchase. We do not set taxes, and we do not see your payment card.

A subscription renews for the same period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account settings. Canceling stops the next renewal. It does not cut short the period you have already paid for. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.

The lifetime purchase is charged once and does not renew.

Restore purchases from the app if you reinstall stōw or use it on another device with the same Apple Account. Access to Pro follows the receipt Apple reports to the app.

Refunds for App Store purchases are handled by Apple under Apple’s policies. We cannot issue a card refund ourselves.

Acceptable use

Use stōw for your own focus and planning. Do not misuse it. In particular, do not:

• break the law or violate someone else’s rights with content you store in the app
• try to interfere with the app, its analytics, or Apple’s services
• attempt to unlock Pro except through a purchase Apple confirms
• overload, probe, or reverse engineer the service except where the law gives you that right

We may refuse support, or stop offering a feature, if a use puts the app or other people at risk.

Availability

stōw depends on your device, Apple’s operating systems, iCloud, the App Store, and notification and Screen Time services. We work to keep the app useful, and we do not promise that it will be uninterrupted, that a session will always finish in the background, that a notification or Live Activity will always sound, or that iCloud sync will always be immediate. Features can change between versions. The Mac app does not include Focus Shield or Home Screen widgets.

Intellectual property

stōw, the name stōw, the blob themes, sounds, and the look of the app are owned by Tappnology or its licensors. These terms do not give you the right to use our name or branding apart from using the app. Third-party components are used under their own licenses and are listed in the app’s acknowledgements.

Disclaimers

stōw is a productivity tool. It is not medical, therapeutic, or educational advice, and it is not a parental-control product beyond the Screen Time blocking you turn on yourself.

To the extent the law allows, stōw and the websites are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. Some places do not allow those exclusions. In those places, the exclusions apply only as far as the law permits, and you keep any rights that cannot be waived.

Liability

To the extent the law allows, Tappnology is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or goodwill, arising from your use of stōw. Our total liability for a claim relating to the app is limited to the amount you paid us for stōw Pro in the twelve months before the claim. If you have only used the free app, that limit is zero.

This limit does not apply where the law forbids it, including liability for fraud or for death or personal injury caused by negligence.

Ending use

You may stop using stōw at any time and delete the app. Subscription cancellation is described above. We may suspend or stop the app, or your access to a feature, if you materially break these terms or if we discontinue the product. Sections that should survive, including ownership, disclaimers, and liability, will survive.

Changes

We may update these terms by posting a new version at this address and changing the effective date. If you keep using stōw after the new date, the new terms apply. If you do not agree, stop using the app and cancel any subscription.

Law

These terms are governed by the laws that apply to Tappnology, excluding conflict-of-law rules. If you are a consumer, you also keep the mandatory protections of the country where you live. Those protections win if they conflict with these terms.

Contact

Tappnology
support@tappnology.com