Terms of Service

Last updated: April 2026

Acceptance of Terms

By downloading or using Photo Habit Tracker, you agree to these Terms of Service. If you do not agree, please do not use the app.

Description of the App

Photo Habit Tracker is a personal productivity app that helps you build habits through daily photo check-ins. Core tracking works offline. Optional features — the Accountability Buddy, Pods (group accountability), profile photos, daily insight cards, and anonymous usage analytics — connect to our backend hosted on Amazon Web Services. See the Privacy Policy for a full breakdown of what data is sent where.

License

We grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use Photo Habit Tracker for your personal, non-commercial purposes. You may not copy, modify, distribute, sell, or reverse-engineer any part of the app.

Your Content

You retain full ownership of your habits, notes, proof photos, and any content you create in the app. Check-in notes and completion history stay on your device. If you use the Buddy or Pods features, check-in proof photos, profile photos, and pod avatars are uploaded to our servers to enable accountability features. You retain ownership of all uploaded content. Buddy-related data (display name, habit metadata, reactions, reminders) is stored on our backend only to the extent needed to provide those features, and never sold, shared, or used for advertising.

User-Generated Content Policy

Photos uploaded through Buddy check-ins, profile avatars, and Pod avatars are visible to your buddies and pod members. All uploaded content must not contain illegal, abusive, threatening, defamatory, or sexually explicit material. We reserve the right to remove content and suspend accounts that violate this policy. If you encounter objectionable content from another user, please report it via the support link on our App Store page.

Acceptable Use

You agree to use Photo Habit Tracker only for lawful personal purposes. You must not attempt to circumvent any technical limitations or security measures in the app, misuse the Accountability Buddy or Pods features to harass other users, or submit content that is illegal, abusive, or infringes anyone’s rights.

Accountability Buddy & Pods — Community Standards

If you use the Accountability Buddy or Pods, you agree not to send unwanted reminders or reactions to users you do not know personally, not to impersonate anyone, and not to use offensive or abusive names or avatars for yourself or your pods. Pod creators are responsible for the pod name and avatar they set. We may remove or suspend access for any account that violates these standards. You can remove a buddy or leave a pod at any time. Pod creators can delete their pod, which removes all members.

Disclaimer of Warranties

Photo Habit Tracker is provided “as is” without warranty of any kind, express or implied. We do not warrant that the app or its backend services will be error-free, uninterrupted, or suitable for any particular purpose. Habit tracking results depend entirely on your own effort and consistency.

Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising from your use of — or inability to use — the app, including any loss of data, streak, or photo.

Data Loss & Retention

On-device data (photos, notes, habits, completion history) is stored in your device’s sandboxed container and can be lost due to device failure, accidental deletion, iOS updates, or app uninstallation. We strongly recommend using iCloud device backups. Backend-stored buddy data should be treated as convenience, not as a backup of your primary records. Check-in photos stored on our servers are automatically deleted after 180 days. Profile and pod photos persist until you remove them or delete your account. You can delete all server-side data from Settings > Delete Cloud Data.

Third-Party Services

The app connects to backend services we operate on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and sends push notifications through Apple Push Notification service (APNs). Photos are stored in Amazon S3. No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs are embedded in the app.

Modifications

We reserve the right to update these terms at any time. Updated terms will be included in the next app release and noted in the release notes. Continued use of the app after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised terms.

Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which the developer is based, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Contact

For questions about these terms, please reach out via the support link on the Photo Habit Tracker App Store page.