Terms of Service & End User License Agreement

1. Who we are, and your agreement with us

In short: Using Differently means you accept these terms.

Differently ("Differently", "we", "us") operates the website differently.work, the web app at app.differently.work, the Differently desktop apps for Windows and macOS, and the Differently mobile apps for iOS and Android (together, the "Service"). Differently is an independent software project operated from the Republic of Korea; contact: differently.apps@gmail.com. These Terms of Service include the End User License Agreement for our apps in Section 7 and the app-store terms in Section 9 (together, the "Terms"). By creating an account, installing an app, or using the Service you agree to these Terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

2. The Service

In short: A focus and task app designed for ADHD and differently-wired brains.

Differently provides tools for planning and doing focused work: tasks and routines, focus timers, priority boards, brain-dump notes, reports, Body Doubling presence with friends, and related features. The Service evolves continuously; features may be added, changed, or marked as beta or experimental.

3. Not medical advice

In short: Differently helps you work with your brain — it is not a doctor, a diagnosis, or a treatment.

Differently is a productivity tool. It is not a medical device and does not provide medical or psychological advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Content on our website — including articles about ADHD and the self-check — is educational information only. The self-check is a self-reflection aid, not a diagnostic instrument. If you have concerns about ADHD or your mental health, please consult a qualified professional. Never disregard professional advice because of something you read or did in Differently.

4. Your account

In short: Sign in with Google or Apple. There is no password to lose. Keep your account to yourself.

You sign in to Differently with Google or Apple; there is no separate password, and signing in is required so that your work survives a lost device and syncs across your devices. You must be at least 14 years old (or older where your local law requires) to use the Service. You are responsible for activity under your account and for keeping access to it secure. One account is for one person; don't share accounts or impersonate others. If you believe your account was compromised, contact us.

5. Your content

In short: Everything you create in the app is yours. We get only the permission needed to store, sync, and show it back to you.

You own the content you create in Differently — tasks, notes, boards, settings, statistics, and everything else ("Your Content"). You grant us a limited, worldwide, non-exclusive license to host, store, back up, transmit, and display Your Content solely to operate and improve the Service for you. We claim no other rights to it. Body Doubling shares only your display name, avatar, and focusing status with friends you add — never Your Content. You are responsible for Your Content being lawful.

6. Acceptable use

In short: Don't break it, don't abuse people, don't do crimes with it.

You agree not to: use the Service for unlawful purposes; probe, scan, overload, disrupt, or circumvent security or access controls (including rate limits); attempt to access other users' data; harass or abuse other users through social features; upload malicious code; scrape or resell the Service; misrepresent your identity to other users; or reverse engineer the Service except to the extent a law expressly permits it despite this term. We may investigate violations and take reasonable protective measures, including suspending accounts (see Section 14).

7. License to use the apps (End User License Agreement)

In short: You get a personal license to use the apps on your own devices. The app, design, and brand stay ours. Feedback you send us may be used to improve the product.

Ownership. The Service — including its software, design, graphics, characters, sounds, and the Differently name and logo — is owned by Differently or its licensors and is protected by intellectual property laws. The apps are licensed to you, not sold.

Your license. Subject to these Terms, we grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, revocable license to install and use the Differently apps on devices you own or control, and to access the web app, for your own personal, non-commercial use. On Apple devices this license also lets you use the app on any device you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

What you may not do. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, rent, lease, or sublicense the Service or create derivative works from it; remove or alter any proprietary notice; use the Service to build a competing product; or circumvent any technical protection or access control — except to the extent a law expressly permits it despite this term. Section 6 (Acceptable use) also applies.

Updates. We may release updates that install automatically or that you need to install yourself. Some updates may be required for the Service to keep working, and older versions may stop working when the Service changes.

How long the license lasts. This license lasts until these Terms end (see Section 14). When it ends, you must stop using the apps and uninstall them; the sections that survive termination continue to apply.

Feedback. If you send us feedback or suggestions, you grant us the right to use them without restriction or compensation — it helps us build a better product.

8. Third-party services

In short: Google, Apple, Supabase, Vercel, and GitHub each have their own terms.

The Service depends on third-party providers: Google (sign-in and Google Play), Apple (Sign in with Apple and the App Store), Microsoft (Microsoft Store), Supabase (data storage and sync), Vercel (hosting), and GitHub (desktop app distribution and updates). Your use of those providers' services is subject to their own terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for third-party services we don't control.

9. App stores (Apple App Store and Google Play)

In short: If you got the app from a store, the store's own terms also apply — and the store is not responsible for the app or for support. That's on us.

If you downloaded a Differently app from the Apple App Store, Google Play, or the Microsoft Store, that store's own terms (for example the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions or the Google Play Terms of Service) also apply to your use of the app. Where the store's terms and these Terms conflict on a matter the store's terms govern, the store's terms prevail.

Apple. If you use the iOS app, the following applies as well. These Terms are between you and Differently only — not with Apple Inc. ("Apple") — and Apple is not responsible for the app or its content. Differently, not Apple, is solely responsible for the app, for its maintenance and support, for any product warranty (to the extent not disclaimed in Section 12), and for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the app, including product liability claims, claims that the app fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, consumer protection claims, and claims that the app infringes a third party's intellectual property rights. If the app fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the app (if any) to you; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app. You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties. You must comply with any applicable third-party terms when using the app. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

Google. If you got the app from Google Play, Google is not a party to these Terms and is not responsible for the app, for support, or for any claim relating to it; the Google Play Terms of Service apply to the download and to any purchase made through Google Play.

10. Paid features and subscriptions

In short: Right now everything in Differently is free. If we introduce paid features, you will be told clearly before anything is charged, and billing goes through the app store (or the payment provider shown at checkout).

Today. As of the effective date of these Terms, every feature of Differently is free of charge, with no subscription and no in-app purchases. We may introduce optional paid features or subscriptions in the future. If we do, the price, the billing period, what is included, and any free trial will be shown before you buy, and nothing you already have will be taken away without reasonable notice.

Store purchases. Purchases made inside the iOS or Android apps are processed by Apple or Google under their own terms and payment policies; we never receive your full card number. A subscription bought through a store renews automatically at the end of each billing period, at the price shown when you subscribed, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends. You manage and cancel store subscriptions in your App Store or Google Play account settings — not inside the app, and not by deleting the app or your Differently account. Refunds for store purchases are handled by the store under its own policy; we cannot issue them directly, but we will help you find the right place.

Web purchases. If we ever sell paid features on our website, the checkout page will name the payment provider and the terms that apply. You can cancel at any time, and the cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period.

Trials, prices, and taxes. A free trial converts into a paid subscription when it ends unless you cancel before then. We may change prices for future billing periods with reasonable advance notice; if you don't agree with a new price, cancel before it applies. Except where the law requires otherwise, payments are not refundable for partial billing periods. Prices include or exclude taxes as shown by the store or checkout page.

11. Availability and changes to the Service

In short: We aim to keep Differently running well, but a small product can't promise 100% uptime — and features may evolve.

We work to keep the Service available and your data safe (including backups), but the Service is provided without a guaranteed uptime level and may occasionally be interrupted for maintenance, updates, or reasons beyond our control. We may modify or discontinue features; if we ever discontinue the Service as a whole, we will give reasonable advance notice so you can retrieve your data.

12. Disclaimers

In short: The Service is provided "as is", to the extent your local law allows.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that it will achieve any particular productivity or health outcome. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you; nothing here limits warranties or guarantees that cannot be excluded under mandatory consumer law.

13. Limitation of liability

In short: Our liability is limited — except where the law says otherwise (e.g., intent or gross negligence).

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Differently shall not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, revenues, or data, arising from your use of the Service. Our total aggregate liability for all claims relating to the Service is limited to the greater of USD 50 or the amounts you paid us for the Service in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim. These limitations do not apply to liability arising from our intent or gross negligence, to personal injury, or to any liability that cannot be limited under applicable law — including mandatory consumer protections in your country of residence.

14. Termination

In short: You can leave anytime. We can suspend accounts that break the rules — with notice where possible.

You may stop using the Service or delete your account at any time in Settings; deletion is handled as described in the Privacy Policy (your account and data are erased immediately). Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription bought through an app store — cancel it in the store first (see Section 10). We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially violate these Terms, if required by law, or to protect the Service or other users — where practicable, we will notify you and give you a chance to remedy the issue first. Sections that by their nature should survive (5, 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 16) survive termination.

15. Changes to these Terms

In short: If the terms change in a way that matters, we'll tell you before it applies.

We may update these Terms as the Service evolves. The effective date above shows the current version. For material changes we will give reasonable advance notice in the app or by email; the changes apply after the notice period, and continuing to use the Service means you accept them. If you don't agree, stop using the Service.

16. Governing law and disputes

In short: Korean law governs, your local consumer rights stay intact, and we'd like to hear from you before any dispute escalates.

These Terms are governed by the laws of the Republic of Korea, excluding its conflict-of-law rules. If you are a consumer, you additionally keep the protection of any mandatory provisions of the law of the country where you reside, and nothing in these Terms deprives you of the right to bring proceedings before the courts competent under your local consumer protection law. For everyone else, disputes shall be resolved by the competent courts under the Civil Procedure Act of Korea. Before going to court, please email us — most issues can be fixed quickly and amicably.

17. Contact

In short: Talk to us — a human reads this inbox.

Questions about these Terms: differently.apps@gmail.com. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest remains in effect, and the provision is enforced to the maximum extent permitted. These Terms are written in English; translations may be provided for convenience, and where a mandatory local law requires otherwise, that law prevails.