1. Agreement
These Terms of Service govern your use of the Dhulo app and website. By installing, accessing, or using Dhulo, you agree to these terms and the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use Dhulo.
If you are not old enough to agree to these terms where you live, a parent or legal guardian must review and agree to them for you.
2. What Dhulo does
Dhulo is an on-device writing tool for notes that change over a chosen lifespan. It can visually decay writing and, when you choose final release or enable automatic removal, remove a note from the app. Dhulo does not provide cloud note storage, an account, or a recovery service.
3. A personal license to use Dhulo
We give you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use Dhulo for lawful purposes, subject to these terms and any app-store rules that apply to you.
You may not attempt to harm the app or website, bypass security controls, introduce malicious code, misuse the service to violate another person’s rights, or use Dhulo in a way prohibited by law. Open-source portions of the project remain governed by their applicable license.
4. Your writing and photos
You keep ownership of writing and photos you place in Dhulo. You are responsible for having the right to use that content and for what you store on your device. Dhulo does not claim a license to your note content and does not receive it through the app.
Keep your own copy of anything you cannot afford to lose. Do not use Dhulo as the only record for legal, financial, medical, safety-critical, or otherwise essential information.
5. Timers, decay, and permanent release
Dhulo is intentionally designed around temporary writing. A timer changes how a note is shown. At expiry, the original writing cannot be reopened in the app. “Release for good” removes the note from local note storage, and there is no in-app bin or undo. If automatic removal is enabled, Dhulo may remove an expired note without another confirmation.
Device backups can behave differently across platforms and settings. We do not promise that a backup will restore a note or that release will remove copies made independently by your operating system, backup provider, screenshots, or exports outside Dhulo.
6. Not medical or crisis support
Dhulo may be used for reflection, but it is not medical advice, therapy, diagnosis, treatment, emergency monitoring, or a crisis service. Do not rely on it to keep you or someone else safe. If you may be in immediate danger or thinking about harming yourself or another person, contact local emergency services or a qualified crisis service now.
7. Dhulo’s materials
Except for your content and open-source components, the Dhulo name, app design, artwork, copy, and software are owned by the developer or used with permission. These terms do not give you a right to use Dhulo’s branding or redistribute proprietary assets except as allowed by law or an applicable open-source license.
8. App stores and external services
Your device platform, app store, browser, email provider, backup provider, GitHub, and linked websites are separate services with their own terms. We are not responsible for their availability, security, content, or data practices. Google Play may also give you rights or impose terms that apply alongside these terms.
9. Changes and availability
We may improve, change, suspend, or stop Dhulo, including individual features. We may update these terms when the app, law, or our practices change. The effective date will be updated here. If a material change requires consent, we will ask for it as required by law. Continuing to use Dhulo after other updated terms take effect means you accept them.
10. Disclaimers
To the fullest extent permitted by law, Dhulo is provided “as is” and “as available.” We do not guarantee that it will be uninterrupted, error-free, compatible with every device, or able to preserve or erase data in every circumstance. We disclaim implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement where the law allows.
Nothing in these terms excludes warranties or consumer rights that cannot legally be excluded.
11. Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the developer will not be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for loss of data, content, profits, goodwill, or opportunities arising from Dhulo. Where liability cannot be excluded, total liability relating to Dhulo will not exceed the amount you paid for the app in the twelve months before the claim, or the minimum amount required by applicable law if greater.
These limits do not apply where prohibited by law, including liability that cannot be limited for fraud, willful misconduct, or personal injury.
12. General terms
Applicable law governs these terms without overriding consumer protections that apply where you live. Before starting a formal dispute, please contact us and give us a reasonable chance to resolve it. If part of these terms is unenforceable, the rest remains in effect. A delay in enforcing a term is not a waiver. You may not transfer your rights under these terms without consent; we may transfer these terms as part of a lawful reorganization or transfer of Dhulo.
These terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and us about Dhulo, except for applicable app-store terms and open-source licenses.
13. Contact
Questions about these terms can be sent to swaznilxd@gmail.com.