Terms of Service

Kindling, the habit tracker by Hearthside Apps. Last updated 29 August 2026.

1. Who we are, and this agreement

Kindling is made by Hearthside Apps, operated from the United Kingdom ("we", "us"). These terms are an agreement between us and you: anyone who installs or uses Kindling, or uses this website. By doing either you accept these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use Kindling.

2. What Kindling is

Kindling is a habit tracker. You add a few habits, mark them done each day, and watch a grid of your recent weeks fill in. It works entirely on your phone. Optional extras: a backup file you keep yourself, reminders, and, with Kindling Premium, a cloud backup under your own Google account so your history survives an uninstall or a new phone.

3. Who may use Kindling

You must be old enough to hold a Google account in your country and to use Google Play. Kindling is not directed at children. Google Play's own terms apply alongside these terms for anything bought through it.

4. Your habits and data

Everything you put into Kindling is yours. We claim no rights over it. How it is stored, and what happens to it if you back up, is set out in the Privacy Policy, which is part of these terms. You are responsible for keeping a backup if your history matters to you: Export to file is free, and uninstalling the app without one deletes what is on the phone.

5. Free and Premium

Tracking habits, reminders, the grid, and export and import of your own backup file are free. Kindling Premium is an optional subscription that currently adds cloud backup; the current features and prices are shown in the app and on Google Play. Premium features may grow over time. If a feature you paid for is materially withdrawn during a period you have paid for, contact us and we will put it right.

6. Subscriptions, trials, cancellation and refunds

Premium is bought through Google Play, which handles payment; we never see your card details. Prices are shown at the point of purchase in your local currency. Where a free trial is offered, its length is shown before you start it, and it converts to a paid subscription at the end of the trial unless you cancel first. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled.

You can cancel at any time in Google Play, and the app links you straight there from Settings. Cancelling stops the next renewal; Premium runs to the end of the period you have paid for. Refunds are handled under Google Play's refund policy. If you are a consumer in the UK or EU, nothing in these terms takes away your statutory cancellation and refund rights.

When Premium lapses, your cloud backup is not deleted and you can still restore it; only making new backups stops.

7. Fair use

Use Kindling as a habit tracker. Do not attempt to disrupt, overload or reverse engineer the app or the cloud service, interfere with other users' data, or use Kindling for anything unlawful. We may suspend cloud access for a serious or repeated breach.

8. Availability and changes

Kindling is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty. We work to keep it reliable, but availability of the cloud service is not guaranteed: outages, maintenance, Android changes and third-party failures happen. Reminders depend on your phone honouring them, and some phones restrict background apps; the app explains how to allow it, but we cannot promise that every reminder will arrive on every device. Features may change as the app develops; material changes are described in the release notes on Google Play.

9. Ending things

You can stop using Kindling at any time by uninstalling it, and you can delete your cloud backup and account from inside the app or as described in the Privacy Policy. We may end the cloud service with reasonable notice through the app or Google Play; if we do, you will have the chance to export your data first. Sections that by their nature should survive (including liability and governing law) survive the end of this agreement.

10. Liability

Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded under the law of England and Wales, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud. Subject to that:

• we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, or for losses arising from a missed reminder, a lost or corrupted backup you did not keep a copy of, unavailability of the cloud service, or changes made by Google or Android;
• if you have paid for Premium, our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim;
• if you use Kindling free of charge, we accept no liability beyond what the law requires.

If you are a consumer, your statutory rights are unaffected.

11. Third parties

Kindling depends on services we do not control: Google Play for distribution and billing, Google's Firebase for sign-in and cloud storage, and RevenueCat for subscription management. Their terms govern your relationship with them. Google, Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google LLC. Kindling is not endorsed by or affiliated with Google.

12. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms as Kindling grows. The date at the top shows the current version. Material changes will be noted in the release notes on Google Play with reasonable notice. Continued use after a change takes effect means acceptance; if you do not accept a change, stop using Kindling.

13. Law and general

These terms are governed by the law of England and Wales, and the courts of England and Wales have jurisdiction, except that consumers keep the protection of the mandatory rules, and the right to use the courts, of the country they live in. If part of these terms is found unenforceable, the rest still stands. If we do not enforce a term on one occasion, we may still enforce it later. These terms and the Privacy Policy are the whole agreement between us about Kindling.

14. Contact

Questions and complaints: hello@hearthsideapps.com.