1Agreeing to these terms
These terms are an agreement between you and Pranjal Chakraborty, an individual developer based in the United Kingdom (“we”, “us”, “our”), about your use of the Chime Zone: Time zone & world alarm app (“the app”). By downloading, installing or using the app, you agree to these terms and to our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the app.
2Your licence to use the app
We give you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the app on devices you own or control, for your own personal use, while you follow these terms. A “licence” is permission to use something without owning it. You do not own the app. You only have permission to use it.
3Accounts
Where the app offers accounts, you are responsible for keeping your sign in details secure and for activity under your account. Please give accurate information and tell us if you think your account has been misused.
4Free trial and subscriptions
At a glance:
Free trial
New users get a free trial. If you do nothing, your subscription starts automatically when the trial ends and you will be charged the plan price. To avoid being charged, cancel before the trial ends. To be safe, cancel at least 24 hours before it ends. If you buy a subscription during the trial, any unused part of the trial may be lost.
Payment
Payment is charged to your Apple ID account or Google Play account when you confirm the purchase (or when the trial ends, if you started with a trial). We do not receive or store your payment card details.
Automatic renewal
Your subscription renews automatically for a period of the same length, at the price then shown, unless you cancel in time.
- On Apple devices, your subscription renews unless you turn off auto renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- On Android devices, your subscription renews unless you cancel before the renewal date. To be safe, cancel at least 24 hours before it.
How to cancel
You can manage and cancel your subscription at any time in your store account settings after purchase. On iPhone, go to Settings, tap your name, tap Subscriptions, choose the app and tap Cancel Subscription. On Android, open Google Play, tap your profile picture, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions, choose the app and cancel. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription. After you cancel, you can usually keep using the paid features until the end of the period you have already paid for.
Price changes
We may change subscription prices. We will give notice as required by Apple, Google and the law. Where a store requires you to agree to a higher price, your subscription will not continue at the new price unless you accept it.
Refunds
Because payments are handled by Apple and Google, refund requests are decided by them under their own policies. You can request one through your store account (for Apple, reportaproblem.apple.com; for Google, your Play Store order history). We cannot refund payments ourselves. This does not affect any legal rights you have as a consumer.
If a subscription ends
If your trial or subscription ends or lapses, some or all features of the app, including your alarms, may stop working. [Confirm exactly what happens to existing alarms.] Please keep this in mind and make sure you have backup alarms (see section 5).
5Alarms and your device
We have built the app to be dependable, and it asks for the permissions and settings it needs to work properly. Alarms also depend on things outside our control, such as your device’s settings and battery saver modes, silent or do not disturb modes, volume, software updates, changes made by device makers, and changes governments make to time zones or daylight saving rules.
In the unlikely event that an alarm sounds late, sounds incorrectly or does not sound at all, we cannot be held responsible (see section 10).
As with any alarm, including a physical one, we recommend setting a backup alarm for anything important, such as flights, travel, work, medication or medical needs. The app is a convenience tool and is not designed to be your only safeguard in situations where a missed alarm could cause harm.
6Intellectual property and copyright
Ownership. The app and everything in it are owned by Pranjal Chakraborty or its licensors and are protected by copyright, design rights, trade mark rights and other intellectual property laws in the UK and around the world. This includes, without limitation:
- the app’s look and feel
- its user interface (“UI”) and user experience (“UX”), meaning how it looks and how it works to use
- screen layouts, navigation, interactions, animations and the way its screens, steps and features flow together
- the one tap feature and the way it is presented and operates
- source code, software, text, graphics, icons, images, sounds and data
- the app’s name, logo and branding
We refer to the visual, interactive and functional design of the app as “the Design”.
© 2025 Pranjal Chakraborty. All rights reserved.
What you must not do
Without our prior written permission, you must not:
- copy, reproduce, imitate or create anything substantially similar to the Design, in whole or in part
- copy or reproduce the app’s screens, layouts, flows or features, including the one tap feature, in any other app, product, website or service
- use screenshots, screen recordings or other captures of the app to help design, build or market a similar or competing product
- reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, extract source code from or otherwise try to work out how the app works, except to the extent the law allows this despite this restriction
- modify, adapt, translate or create derivative works based on the app
- remove or change any copyright, trade mark or other ownership notice
- use our name, logo or branding, or anything confusingly similar
- use bots, scrapers or other automated tools to access or collect data from the app
“Reverse engineer” means taking a finished app apart to learn how it was built so that it can be copied.
You may still share screenshots for personal use, or to review or write about the app, as long as they are not used to build a competing product.
Our rights. Nothing in these terms transfers any ownership to you. We reserve all rights not expressly given to you. We take the protection of the app seriously and will act, including through legal action, against copying or imitation. If you see something that appears to copy the app, please tell us at chimezone@cliqmates.tech.
Your feedback. If you give us ideas or suggestions about the app, we may use them freely without paying you or crediting you.
7How you may use the app
You agree to use the app lawfully and in line with these terms. You must not interfere with or disrupt the app or its servers, try to gain unauthorised access to any part of it, or use it to harm others.
8Third party services
The app relies on third parties such as Apple, Google and Firebase. Their own terms and policies apply to their services. We are not responsible for them, or for any failure or change in their services.
9No guarantees about the app
To the fullest extent the law allows, the app is provided “as is” and “as available”. This means we do not promise that it will be error free, uninterrupted, accurate, secure, or suitable for your particular needs, or that alarms or time zone information will always be correct or on time. We do not give any warranties (guarantees) other than those the law says we cannot exclude.
10Limits on our responsibility
To the fullest extent permitted by law:
- We are not liable for any loss or damage that results from an alarm not sounding, sounding late, or sounding incorrectly, whatever the cause, including the matters described in section 5.
- This includes, for example, missed or delayed flights, trains and other travel, appointments, meetings, shifts, jobs, exams, medication or medical care, deadlines and events, and any resulting loss of income, profit, business, opportunity, data or reputation.
- We are also not liable for indirect or “consequential” loss. That means loss that follows from the original problem rather than being the direct loss itself, such as losing a job because you missed a flight.
- If we are ever found liable to you despite the above, our total liability for all claims is limited to the amount you paid for the app in the 12 months before the claim arose.
Nothing in these terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for fraud, or for anything else that cannot legally be limited or excluded. If you are a consumer, your legal rights are not affected by these terms.
11Ending your use
You can stop using the app at any time by cancelling your subscription and deleting the app. We may suspend or end your access if you break these terms or misuse the app, or if we stop providing the app. Sections that by their nature should continue after use ends, including sections 5, 6, 9 and 10, will continue.
12Changes
We may update the app and these terms from time to time. We will update the effective date and, for important changes, tell you in the app. If you keep using the app after a change, you accept the updated terms.
13Additional terms for Apple devices
If you downloaded the app from the Apple App Store:
- These terms are between you and us only, not Apple. We, not Apple, are responsible for the app and its content.
- Apple has no duty to provide maintenance or support for the app.
- If the app fails to meet any applicable warranty, you may tell Apple, who will refund the purchase price (if any). To the fullest extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty duty for the app.
- We, not Apple, are responsible for dealing with any claims about the app or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the app does not meet legal requirements, and consumer protection claims.
- If a third party claims that the app infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defence and settlement of that claim.
- You confirm that you are not located in a country under a government embargo or listed as a restricted party, and that you will follow any third party terms that apply when using the app.
- Apple and its subsidiaries are third party beneficiaries of these terms, meaning that, once you accept them, Apple can enforce them against you.
- For questions, complaints or claims, contact us at chimezone@cliqmates.tech or Pranjal Chakraborty, [UK address].
14Governing law
These terms, and any dispute about them or the app, are governed by the laws of England and Wales. The courts of England and Wales will have jurisdiction, but if you are a consumer, you may also have the right to bring a claim in the courts of the country where you live.