Terms of Use
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of the Protokoll mobile application (“Protokoll”, “the app”). The app is provided by the developer of Protokoll, based in Germany (“we”, “us”, “our”). By downloading or using Protokoll you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the app. Nothing in these Terms limits any mandatory statutory rights you have as a consumer, which always take precedence where they are more favourable to you.
1 · What Protokoll is
Protokoll is a local-first training log and analytics app. You enter your training data and the app stores it on your device, and — if you choose — in a backup file in your own cloud or local storage. There is no user account and no server-side copy of your data. Your data is yours.
2 · Licence
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use Protokoll on devices you own or control, for your own personal, non-commercial use, in accordance with these Terms and the rules of the app store you obtained it from. You may not copy, modify, reverse-engineer (except where this restriction is prohibited by law), redistribute, or attempt to circumvent the app's purchase, trial, or access controls.
3 · Your data, backups and exports
- Your training data lives on your device. You are responsible for maintaining access to your device and for keeping your own backups. We cannot recover data we never receive or hold.
- Backup files are encrypted at rest but are not end-to-end encrypted or zero-knowledge; anyone with the file and the app could read it. Review any export before you share it with a coach, an AI assistant, or anyone else.
- See our Privacy Policy for how the limited data that does leave the app (purchases, crash diagnostics you choose to share, and the connectivity check) is handled.
4 · Free access, store offers and Pro
- Each new installation receives a device-local 30-day full-access period beginning on first launch. It starts without a purchase, payment card, or Protokoll account. After it ends, the app becomes read-only unless you hold Pro.
- The App Store may separately offer an introductory subscription trial to eligible customers. Its length, eligibility, renewal price, and billing date are shown by Apple before you confirm a purchase. A store trial is separate from the app's 30-day full-access period.
- Pro is planned as a recurring subscription (monthly or yearly) and may also be offered as a one-time lifetime purchase. Only the products and localized prices displayed in the app's App Store purchase sheet at the time of purchase apply.
4.1 Billing, renewal and cancellation
- Purchases in the current iPhone version are processed by Apple, not by us. Payment is charged to your App Store account on confirmation of purchase.
- Subscriptions renew automatically at the then-current price for the same period unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- You manage, cancel, or turn off auto-renewal in your App Store account settings — not in the app.
- Refunds are handled by the store under its policies. “Restore Purchases” re-activates an existing Pro or lifetime entitlement where the store supports it.
- “Lifetime” means the lifetime of the Protokoll service, not of the user. We will make reasonable efforts to keep the service running but cannot guarantee indefinite availability (see Section 8).
4.2 What happens when Pro ends — your data is never held hostage
If your 30-day full-access period, store trial, or subscription ends and you do not hold Pro:
- We will never delete or hide your existing local training data because a subscription lapsed.
- You keep read-only access to your existing history, and backup and restore of your own data remain available — so you can always get your data out and back in.
- Creating, editing, and other Pro features require an active Pro entitlement again.
5 · Acceptable use
You agree not to use Protokoll unlawfully, not to interfere with its security or integrity, and not to attempt to bypass purchase, trial, entitlement, or read-only controls. Because Protokoll has no accounts and no user-to-user features, you do not upload content to us or to other users.
6 · Health disclaimer — please read
Protokoll is a training-log and planning tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical, health, diagnostic, or professional fitness advice. The states, charts, and signals it shows are descriptive summaries computed from the data you enter; they are not prescriptions or recommendations.
Exercise carries inherent risks, including serious injury. Consult a qualified physician before beginning, changing, or relying on any exercise program, especially if you have a pre-existing condition. You perform any exercise at your own risk and remain solely responsible for your training decisions. To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for injury or harm resulting from exercise you choose to perform. (This does not exclude our liability for injury to life, body, or health caused by our negligence — see Section 8.)
7 · Availability and changes
The app is provided to a high standard but may occasionally be unavailable, contain errors, or change. We may update, modify, or discontinue features, and will give reasonable notice of material changes that disadvantage you where required by law.
8 · Liability
We are fully liable, without limitation, for damages arising from injury to life, body, or health caused by our negligent or intentional breach of duty; for damages caused by our intent or gross negligence; under the German Product Liability Act (Produkthaftungsgesetz); and to the extent we have assumed a guarantee.
For slight negligence, we are liable only for breach of a material contractual obligation, and in that case our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Any further liability is excluded. Because Protokoll holds no copy of your data on any server of ours, and backups are under your control, we are not responsible for data loss resulting from your own device failure, lost backups, or loss of access to your store account — but this does not limit liability that cannot be limited by law. The app is otherwise provided “as is” to the extent permitted by law and consistent with consumers' statutory rights.
9 · Intellectual property
Protokoll and its original content, design, and software are owned by us and protected by law. These Terms grant you a licence to use the app, not any ownership of it. Your training data remains yours.
10 · Term and termination
These Terms apply while you use the app. You may stop using Protokoll and uninstall it at any time. We may suspend or end your licence if you materially breach these Terms (for example, by trying to circumvent purchase or access controls). Uninstalling does not delete backups you stored outside the app.
11 · Governing law and jurisdiction
These Terms are governed by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer, this choice of law does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory provisions of the law of your country of habitual residence, and you may bring proceedings in the courts that mandatory law makes available to you.
12 · Changes to these Terms
We may update these Terms as the app or the law evolves. We will post the updated version with a new “Last updated” date and, for material changes, give notice where required. Continued use after changes take effect means you accept the updated Terms; if you do not accept them, please stop using the app.
13 · Contact
Schedule A — Additional terms for the Apple App Store
This Schedule applies where you obtained Protokoll from Apple's App Store and forms part of the Licensed Application End User License Agreement between you and us; where it conflicts with Apple's standard EULA, the term more protective of your statutory rights applies.
- These Terms are between you and us only, not with Apple. We — not Apple — are solely responsible for the app and its content.
- Scope of licence: the licence in Section 2 is limited to use on Apple-branded devices you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service.
- Maintenance and support are our responsibility, not Apple's. Apple has no obligation to provide support.
- Warranty: if the app fails to conform, you may notify Apple, who may refund the purchase price; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation, and other claims are our responsibility.
- Product and legal claims: we, not Apple, are responsible for addressing claims relating to the app, including product-liability, legal/regulatory and IP claims.
- Legal compliance: you represent that you are not located in a U.S.-embargoed country or on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
- Third-party beneficiary: Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
- Contact: questions or complaints about the app should be directed to us at the details in Section 13.
These Terms apply to the Protokoll TestFlight beta from the effective date above and will be updated before public App Store distribution if the commercial offer changes.