Terms of Service
The short version
Hearth is a journal that runs on your phone. We don’t hold your journal, your photos, your voice memos, or your AI reflections; our privacy policy goes into the technical details. Because we don’t hold much, these terms are short.
By installing or using Hearth you agree to what’s below. If you don’t agree, don’t install it.
Who runs Hearth
Hearth is developed and published by Murcurio Labs, a sole-trader software business registered in New South Wales, Australia. Contact: contact@murcur.io.
The licence
We grant you a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive licence to install and use Hearth on devices you own or control, subject to Google Play’s own terms (which govern the install + purchase flow).
You may not: reverse-engineer the app for the purpose of building a competing product; redistribute the APK; use the app to do things that are illegal where you live.
Premium subscriptions and lifetime purchase
Premium features (on-device AI reflection, gradient mood timeline, semantic search, custom prompts) are gated behind a Premium entitlement. Premium is sold via Google Play Billing as:
- Monthly: A$3.99/month
- Yearly: A$19.99/year (the default option)
- Lifetime: A$59.99 one-time
Prices shown are in Australian Dollars and may be converted by Google to your local currency at purchase time.
14-day free trial: Monthly and Yearly start with a 14-day trial. Cancel during the trial and you’re not charged. Cancellation is via Google Play’s subscription management screen (Settings → Account → Manage subscription deep-links you there).
Refunds: handled by Google Play under their refund policy. We don’t process refunds directly and can’t override Google’s decisions; for refund requests, contact Google Play support. For Lifetime purchases, Google Play’s standard refund window applies.
Lifetime, defined: “Lifetime” means the lifetime of the Hearth app on your Google Play account — not your biological lifetime. If we ever sunset Hearth as a product (we don’t plan to, but we’re a small team and can’t promise forever), we’ll publish a clear notice and your Lifetime entitlement remains valid for whatever subsequent versions or successor products we publish, where technically practical.
Your content
Your journal entries, photos, voice memos, mood tags, and AI-generated reflections belong to you. They never leave your device unless you explicitly turn on encrypted Drive backup, in which case they leave only as ciphertext you control. We don’t claim a licence to your content because we don’t receive it.
If you choose to send feedback via the in-app form, the text you send (and optionally your email and crash logs) reach us. By submitting feedback you grant us permission to read it, use it to improve the product, and store it for as long as the privacy policy describes.
Things we don’t do
We don’t guarantee Hearth is free of bugs, never crashes, or works on every Android device. We test on the devices we own and run a closed-alpha programme before public release; that’s the bar.
We don’t guarantee that on-device AI features (which depend on Google’s Gemini Nano being available on your device) work everywhere. If your device doesn’t ship Gemini Nano, Premium AI features are unavailable; we say so in the app and the privacy policy.
We don’t guarantee that Google Play, Google Drive, or any third-party service Hearth integrates with will remain available, free, or compatible. If Google sunsets a relevant API, the relevant feature in Hearth may have to be removed or substantially changed in a future version.
Liability
To the extent permitted by law, Murcurio Labs’ liability for any claim arising from your use of Hearth is limited to the amount you paid us for Premium in the 12 months preceding the claim (which for free-tier users is zero). We’re not liable for indirect or consequential losses including loss of journal data — this is part of why we make the data so easy to back up via the Drive flow.
Nothing in these terms limits any non-excludable consumer rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law (or equivalent in your jurisdiction).
Termination
You can stop using Hearth at any time by uninstalling. Your local data goes with the app when it’s removed; if you turned on Drive backup, your encrypted bundle stays in your Drive until you delete it manually.
We may terminate your access to ongoing Premium service if you abuse the feedback form to send unlawful or harassing content, or if Google Play removes the app at our or their initiative. In practical terms this is unlikely to ever come up.
Changes to these terms
If we update these terms, the updated version replaces this page. Significant changes will be flagged inside the app via Settings → About on next launch (a small “terms updated” marker next to the row) for 30 days after publication. Continued use of the app after the change constitutes acceptance.
Governing law
These terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. Any disputes go to the courts of NSW unless your local consumer-protection law mandates otherwise.
Contact
Questions about these terms: contact@murcur.io.