Terms of Service

The short version: ImpulseShield is a one-time purchase, yours to use. It's a tool to help you pause before you spend — not a financial advisor, and not a promise that you'll save money. We do our best to make it work well, but we provide it as-is. Buy it through Apple, and Apple handles payments and refunds. Be decent with the website. That's most of it.

Using ImpulseShield

When you download ImpulseShield, Apple grants you a personal, non-transferable license to use it on your Apple devices under Apple's standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple EULA"), which applies to the app by default. These terms sit alongside that agreement; where the two ever conflict about the app license itself, the Apple EULA controls. In plain terms: the app is for your own personal use, and you shouldn't copy it, resell it, rent it out, reverse-engineer it, or try to pull it apart, except where the law says you're allowed to regardless.

Purchases and refunds

ImpulseShield is free to download. Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase — a single unlock, never a subscription. Apple processes every purchase; we never see or handle your payment details. Because Apple is the merchant, refunds are requested from Apple, not from us — you can ask for one through Apple's own refund process (reportaproblem.apple.com or your device's purchase history). We can't issue, reverse, or override an App Store charge. Prices are shown in your local currency on the App Store and may change over time; a change never affects a purchase you've already made.

This is not financial advice

ImpulseShield is a behavioral tool. It helps you slow down and think before you buy — it does not give financial, investment, tax, or legal advice, and nothing in the app or on this site is a recommendation about what you should or shouldn't purchase, save, or do with your money. We're not your financial advisor, and using the app doesn't create that kind of relationship. It also can't promise an outcome: it won't guarantee that you'll spend less, save more, or make better decisions — those are yours to make. For advice about your actual finances, talk to a qualified professional who knows your situation.

Provided as-is

We build ImpulseShield carefully and want it to work well for you, but we provide the app and this website "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, to the fullest extent the law allows — including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We don't guarantee the app or site will always be available, uninterrupted, error-free, or that any particular feature (such as reading a price from a link you share) will always succeed. Some places don't allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this may not apply to you.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Porter Washington (Augodore Studios) will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any lost savings, lost profits, or purchasing decisions you make, arising out of or relating to your use of the app or this website — even if we've been told such damages were possible. Where liability can't be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the app, if anything. Again, some places don't allow these limits, so they may not fully apply to you; nothing here is meant to limit rights you have that can't be waived.

Fair use of the app and site

Please use ImpulseShield and this website lawfully and in good faith. Don't try to break, overload, probe, or interfere with the site or its forms; don't use them to send spam, malware, or anything unlawful; and don't attempt to access parts of the system that aren't meant for you. The contact and waitlist forms are there so you can reach us — not for bulk or automated submissions.

The website and your data

How we handle the little data this website collects — and how the app keeps what you log on your own device — is described in our Privacy Policy, which is part of these terms. The app and site also rely on third-party services (Apple for purchases and iCloud, and Cloudflare for delivering and protecting this website); your use of those is subject to their own terms and privacy policies, as noted in the Privacy Policy.

Changes to these terms

If these terms change, we'll update the effective date above, post the revised version on this page, and note what changed. If a change is significant, we'll make that clear before it takes effect. Continuing to use the app or site after an update means you accept the updated terms.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and any dispute relating to them or to the app or website will be handled in the state or federal courts located in Pennsylvania — except where the law that applies to you gives you the right to bring a claim somewhere else. Your rights under the Apple EULA and under any mandatory consumer-protection laws where you live are unaffected.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Reach out at privacy@impulseshield.app.