Terms of Use
Last updated 18 August 2026
The short version: your journal belongs to you, the app is provided as it is, you choose where copies are stored, and you should keep your own backups.
These terms cover your use of the Chronicle iOS app and this website. By using Chronicle, you agree to them. If you don't agree, don't use the app.
Your licence to use Chronicle
You may install and use Chronicle on devices you own or control, for personal or commercial journalling, under the standard terms that Apple applies to apps distributed through the App Store. You may not resell the app, or attempt to reverse-engineer, decompile, or redistribute it, except where that restriction is not permitted by law.
Your content is yours
Everything you put into Chronicle — your writing, photos, workouts, routes, places, and documents — remains entirely yours. We claim no ownership, no licence, and no rights over any of it.
We also never receive it. Chronicle has no account system and no server, so your content is never transmitted to us. See the Privacy Policy for the detail.
You are responsible for where your journal is stored
Chronicle can copy your journal to folders you connect through the iOS Files app, including folders belonging to iCloud Drive, Google Drive, Dropbox, and OneDrive.
Choosing a cloud destination is your decision and your risk. Once a copy is written into a provider's folder, that provider stores, syncs, and secures it under your account with them, subject to their terms and their privacy policy. We are not a party to that relationship, have no access to those copies, and are not responsible for a provider's outages, data loss, account suspensions, pricing, security incidents, or anything else they do or fail to do. If you would rather nothing leave your iPhone, don't enable a destination.
The same applies to Google Photos, Apple Photos, Apple Maps, and HealthKit: those are Apple's and Google's services, governed by their own terms, and your use of them through Chronicle is between you and them.
Keep your own backups
Chronicle is designed so your journal survives losing the app — that's the point of the portable folder format and of destination copies. But no software is perfect, and devices and cloud services both fail. You are responsible for maintaining backups you consider adequate. Do not rely on Chronicle, or on any single copy of your journal, as your only copy of anything you cannot afford to lose.
Provided as is
Chronicle is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. We do not warrant that the app will be uninterrupted, error-free, or compatible with every device, iOS version, or file provider, or that it will preserve any particular piece of data.
Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or exemplary damages, or for any loss of data, loss of profits, or loss of goodwill, arising out of or relating to your use of Chronicle — including data lost or exposed through a third-party cloud service you chose to use. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid for the app.
Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions of warranty or liability, so parts of the two sections above may not apply to you. Nothing in these terms limits any rights you have under mandatory consumer protection law.
Acceptable use
Don't use Chronicle to store or distribute content that is illegal where you are, and don't use it to infringe anyone else's rights. Since we host nothing, enforcement of this is largely between you and the law, but the obligation stands.
Changes
These terms may be updated as the app changes. The current version is always on this page, with the date it took effect. Continuing to use Chronicle after an update means you accept the revised terms.
Apple
Apple is not a party to these terms and has no obligation to provide support for Chronicle. Apple is a third-party beneficiary of these terms and may enforce them against you.
Contact
Questions about these terms: iamsuperlative+chronicle@gmail.com.