Terms of Use
Your use of Firmlock is covered by Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (standard EULA). This page adds what is specific to Firmlock: how Firmlock Pro is billed, how strict sessions work, and the ways out of a session.
Firmlock Pro and the free trial
Firmlock needs Firmlock Pro, sold through the App Store in three plans:
- Yearly: $29.99 a year, starting with a 14-day free trial
- Monthly: $4.99 a month, with no free trial
- Lifetime: $79.99 once, with no subscription
Prices are in US dollars; the App Store shows the price in your currency before you buy. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. With the yearly plan, the first payment is charged when the 14-day trial ends, unless you cancel before then.
The yearly and monthly plans renew automatically for the same length unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or the current period. To cancel or change plans, open Settings on your iPhone, tap your name, then Subscriptions, or tap Manage subscription in Firmlock's Settings. After you cancel, Firmlock Pro stays on until the end of the period you paid for. If you allow notifications, Firmlock reminds you 2 days before the free trial ends.
When Firmlock Pro ends, schedules stop starting new sessions; a session that's already running finishes as planned. Refunds are handled by Apple, at reportaproblem.apple.com. To move a purchase to a new iPhone, tap Restore purchases in Firmlock's Settings while signed in to the same Apple Account.
Strict sessions are meant to be hard to end
A Strict session has no End button in Firmlock. Until it ends, no app can be deleted, the date and time can't be changed, and the apps and websites you picked stay closed. A Normal session that ends only with your key also can't be ended from Firmlock without scanning the key, and apps can't be deleted while it runs.
You choose when these sessions run, how long they last and what they close, and that choice is your responsibility. Before you start one, think about what you might need while it runs, such as apps for work, travel, health or getting help. Don't close an app you might need in an emergency.
The ways out
- A Normal session can be ended early with its End button, or paused with up to 3 breaks a day of 15 minutes each.
- A Strict session ends at the time you set. Firmlock has no way to end it early.
- iOS lets you turn off Firmlock's Screen Time access in Settings, which opens your apps. If someone else holds your Screen Time passcode, iOS asks for it; someone who knows your Apple Account password can reset that passcode.
- If you lose your key, the session still ends at its set time. You can make a new key after that.
- If apps stay closed when no session is running, open Firmlock and tap Apps still closed?, in Settings or at the top of the purchase screen, then Open them.
What Firmlock can't promise
Firmlock works through Apple's Screen Time, so it can do only what iOS allows. Websites are closed in every browser. An iOS update can change how Screen Time behaves, and turning off Screen Time access ends Firmlock's hold on your apps; Firmlock then records the session as cut short. We fix problems we can reproduce, but we can't promise that every session runs without fault on every iPhone.
As the standard EULA says, Firmlock is provided as is, without warranties of any kind, to the extent the law allows. The EULA's limits of liability apply as well.
Changes to these terms
If these terms change, this page will be updated and the effective date above will change.
Contact
Questions? Email firmlock@doguberko.com. Firmlock is made by doguberko, an independent developer. Our privacy policy explains how Firmlock handles your information.