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Shiru

Terms of Service

Last updated: 27 May 2026

1. Parties and scope

These terms govern your use of the Shiru mobile application ("the app") for iOS and Android. Provider and contractual partner is:

Dávid Müller
Ahrensburger Straße 168b
22045 Hamburg
E-mail: hello@shiru-journal.com

By installing and using the app, you accept these terms.

2. Conclusion of contract and obtaining the app

The app itself is available free of charge through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. The installation terms of the respective store apply in addition to these terms.

3. Scope of use and licence

We grant you a non-exclusive, non-transferable right to install the app on mobile devices you use and to use it for personal purposes. Commercial use, rental, sub-licensing, modification, decompilation or redistribution of the app is only permitted to the extent mandated by law.

4. Free version and advertising

The free version of the app contains personalised advertising (Google AdMob). Displaying ads is part of how we finance the free version. Details on data processing are available in our Privacy Policy.

5. Shiru Premium — paid features

5.1 Offering

"Shiru Premium" unlocks additional features and removes ads. Premium is available in the following models:

Current prices and locally applicable amounts are shown in the app before purchase.

5.2 Conclusion of contract and processing

Purchases are processed via your Apple or Google account. Apple or Google acts as "merchant of record". Payment processing follows the respective store's terms.

5.3 Auto-renewal of subscriptions

Monthly and annual subscriptions automatically renew at the current price for the same term, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Management and cancellation is done directly via your Apple or Google account settings:

If you cancel during an active period, your premium access remains until the end of that period — pro-rata refunds are not provided (see §7).

5.4 Free trial

New customers can try the monthly or annual subscription free for 7 days. Eligibility is checked by Apple/Google per subscription group or per account. If you do not cancel before the trial ends, you are automatically moved to the paid plan you selected. You will receive a reminder from Apple/Google in advance.

5.5 Lifetime purchase

"Shiru Premium Lifetime" is a one-off purchase with no renewal. The premium status is bound to your Apple or Google account and can be transferred to other devices using the same account via the restore function.

6. Right of withdrawal for consumers

Right of withdrawal. You have the right to withdraw from a contract for digital content within 14 days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is 14 days from the day of contract conclusion.

Early expiry of the right of withdrawal. You lose your right of withdrawal for the provision of digital content (Shiru Premium) if you

  1. have expressly agreed before the end of the withdrawal period that we begin to perform the contract, and
  2. have confirmed your awareness that your consent leads to loss of the right of withdrawal upon the start of performance.

For purchases through the Apple App Store or Google Play Store you confirm these points technically in the purchase dialogue. The right of withdrawal therefore typically expires immediately upon purchase.

If you still wish to withdraw (e.g. because of mistaken purchase or technical issues), please contact Apple or Google directly — refund processing is handled exclusively by the respective store:

7. Refunds

Pro-rata refunds of amounts already paid in case of early cancellation of a subscription are excluded as far as permitted by law. Refunds are at the sole discretion of Apple or Google under their respective policies.

8. Availability and updates

We aim for high availability of the app and its features. Uninterrupted availability or freedom from defects cannot be guaranteed. In particular, backup and restore features may temporarily be limited by outages of iCloud, Google Drive or the stores themselves.

App updates are distributed via the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. We reserve the right to evolve, adjust or remove features provided this does not unreasonably disadvantage you as a user.

9. Your obligations

You commit to not abusing the app, in particular not to circumvent security mechanisms, not to introduce malware and not to infringe any third-party rights.

You are responsible for safely storing your app password, PIN and backup password. If you lose these credentials, we cannot restore access to your data — they are encrypted in such a way that not even we can access them.

10. Liability

We are liable without limitation for damages arising from injury to life, body or health caused by a negligent or intentional breach of duty, and for other damages caused by gross negligence or intent.

For slightly negligent breach of an essential contractual obligation (cardinal duty), our liability is limited to foreseeable, typically occurring damage. Liability for slight negligence in respect of non-essential contractual obligations is excluded.

Liability under the German Product Liability Act remains unaffected.

Data loss: We strongly recommend creating regular backups. We are not liable for loss of diary contents caused by device damage, device loss, forgotten backup passwords or outages of iCloud or Google Drive, to the extent permitted by law.

11. Data protection

Information on the processing of personal data is provided in our Privacy Policy.

12. Changes to these terms

We reserve the right to amend these terms with effect for the future where this is necessary for good cause, in particular due to legal changes or to adapt to new features. We will communicate material changes with reasonable advance notice in the app. If you do not object to a change within four weeks, the change shall be deemed accepted — we will separately point this out to you in the change notice.

13. Final provisions

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you reside in another state as a consumer, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of that state remain unaffected.

Should individual provisions of these terms be or become invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected.