Terms of Use for the Appearance App

Last updated: 14 October 2026

This is a translation for your information. Only the German version is legally binding.

These Terms of Use govern your use of the Appearance app, including future versions (updates, upgrades) and all services we offer in connection with the app. Please read them carefully. How we handle your personal data is explained in our separate Privacy Policy at www.appearance.community/privacy-policy/. It is not part of these Terms of Use, but we ask you to read it as well.

§ 1 Provider and scope

(1) The app is provided by Dominik Nagel, Ziegelstr. 73, 73084 Salach, Germany, email: appearancefb@gmail.com (“Provider”, “we”, “us”).

(2) These Terms of Use apply to the use of the Appearance app for iOS and Android and all related features, widgets, notifications and services (together “Services”).

(3) Deviating terms of users do not apply, even if we do not expressly object to them.

§ 2 What Appearance is and what the app offers

(1) Appearance is a personal wellbeing and journaling app. It helps you capture your life, practise gratitude and regularly take time for yourself. The following description is for information only. It is not a promise of specific characteristics or features.

(2) The app currently offers in particular:

1. Home and feed: a personal greeting and a feed that mixes your own content (for example gratitude entries, thoughts, moments) with prompts, quotes and questions. The app automatically selects what appears based on your use.

2. Journeys: guided programmes over several days, currently Your Appearance, Yoga, Mindfulness & Meditation, Gratitude, Daily Rhythm, Digital Detox, Stories, Self Love, Manifestation and Stress & Resilience. New days are usually unlocked on the following day. Stories is released in seasons; new seasons may be added over time.

3. Gratitude journal: entries with your mood, which are shown to you again later.

4. My Thoughts: private notes as text or voice recordings.

5. My Moments: a personal photo album with a timeline.

6. Vision Board: goals and wishes with your own pictures.

7. Good Mood and Real Questions: quotes, affirmations and questions to reflect on, which you can answer.

8. Evening check-in, calendar and recaps: a short evening question, a calendar of your activities and weekly, monthly and yearly recaps.

9. Letter to your future self: a letter you open again at a later date.

10. Reminders and widgets: notifications you set yourself and widgets for your home screen.

11. Sharing: you can turn individual content into an image and pass it on using your device’s share function.

12. Settings: appearance, language, locking individual areas with Face ID or your device lock, exporting your data as a PDF and as a file, feedback to us and deleting your account.

(3) Your content is private. There are no public profiles, no comments and no interaction between users. Other people only see your content if you share it yourself.

(4) The app uses the Google Firebase infrastructure (including sign-in, database, storage, push notifications and abuse protection).

§ 3 No substitute for medical or therapeutic advice

(1) The content of the app, in particular yoga, breathing, meditation and stress exercises, is intended for your general wellbeing. It is not medical, psychological or therapeutic advice, diagnosis or treatment and does not replace it.

(2) Only do physical exercises as far as they feel good for you. If you have health problems, are pregnant or are unsure whether an exercise is suitable for you, talk to a doctor first. Stop an exercise immediately if you experience pain, dizziness or shortness of breath.

(3) Content on manifestation and visualisation is meant to inspire self-reflection. We do not promise any specific results.

(4) Appearance is not an emergency or crisis service. In an emergency, call your local emergency number (112 in the EU). In Germany, the TelefonSeelsorge crisis line is available free of charge around the clock at 0800 111 0 111 or 0800 111 0 222.

§ 4 Technical requirements

(1) The app runs on Apple devices with iOS 17 or later and on Android devices with Android 8.0 or later. Individual features may require a newer system version or certain device features (for example Face ID, microphone, camera or photo library).

(2) An internet connection is required to sign in and save your content. You are responsible for your carrier’s data and mobile charges.

(3) The app only accesses device features if you allow it in your system settings. You can revoke these permissions at any time; individual features will then no longer be available.

§ 5 Downloading from app stores

(1) You get the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Your contractual partner for using the app is solely the Provider, not Apple or Google. The terms of the respective app store also apply.

(2) The Provider alone is responsible for the app, its content, maintenance and support. Apple and Google have no obligation to provide maintenance or support services for the app.

(3) The Provider alone, not Apple or Google, is responsible under these terms for claims relating to the app, such as product liability, consumer protection law or infringement of third-party rights.

(4) If you get the app from the Apple App Store, the following also applies: use is permitted on Apple devices that you own or control, as permitted by the App Store usage rules. You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a US embargo and are not on any US government sanctions list. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms of Use and may enforce them against you.

§ 6 Minimum age, account and conclusion of contract

(1) You may use the app if you are at least 16 years old.

(2) You need an account to use the app. You sign in with your existing Apple account (“Sign in with Apple”) or Google account. The terms of Apple or Google also apply to these sign-in services. Existing accounts with email address and password can still be used and linked to an Apple or Google account.

(3) By signing in for the first time, you accept these Terms of Use. This concludes a free contract of use between you and the Provider.

(4) Your account is personal and not transferable. Keep your login details and your device protected. If you suspect that someone is using your account without permission, please let us know immediately. If you let others use your device, you are also responsible for their use of the app to the extent you are at fault.

(5) You are free to choose any name or nickname you enter in the app. It must not infringe the rights of third parties or be offensive.

§ 7 Costs

(1) Using the app is free of charge. The app contains no advertising and currently no in-app purchases.

(2) If we offer paid features in the future, we will inform you clearly about price and scope beforehand. Costs only arise if you expressly purchase such a feature.

§ 8 Your content

(1) All content you create in the app, such as texts, photos, voice recordings, answers and vision boards, remains yours.

(2) So that we can provide the Services, you grant us a simple, free right to store and process your content, synchronise it between your devices and display it to you in the app, for example in the feed, recaps, widgets or notifications. This right applies only for this purpose and ends when the content or your account is deleted. We do not publish your content or pass it on for advertising purposes.

(3) Only upload content for which you hold the necessary rights. If other people can be seen or heard in your photos or recordings, please respect their personal rights, especially before you share anything.

(4) You decide what you pass on using your device’s share function, and you are responsible for doing so.

§ 9 Right to use the app

(1) For the duration of this contract, we grant you a simple, non-transferable, non-sublicensable and revocable right to download, install and use the app for private, non-commercial purposes. You may use the app on several of your own devices.

(2) The texts, journeys, exercises, stories, images, sounds and other content of the app are protected by copyright. You may use them for yourself within the app. You may not copy, modify, publish or commercially exploit them unless expressly permitted by law.

(3) Without our consent, you may not modify, translate, decompile or disassemble the app or create derivative works, unless mandatory law permits it (for example under Section 69e of the German Copyright Act).

(4) All rights not expressly granted to you remain with us.

§ 10 What is not allowed

(1) Comply with applicable laws when using the app.

(2) In particular, you may not:

1. store unlawful content in the app, in particular content that violates criminal law, youth protection law or the rights of third parties;

2. attack or overload the app or our servers or disrupt their operation, for example through viruses, malware or automated access (bots, scripts);

3. circumvent security and protection mechanisms or access other users’ data;

4. use the app or its content for commercial purposes, for example for resale or advertising;

5. provide false information to create an account or use another person’s account.

(3) If you culpably breach these rules and third parties assert claims against us as a result, you will indemnify us against these claims, including reasonable costs of legal defence.

§ 11 Data protection and security of your data

(1) We process your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy: www.appearance.community/privacy-policy/.

(2) We do not look at your personal content. Exceptions apply only where this is necessary to fix a problem you reported, with your consent, to prevent abuse or because of a legal obligation.

(3) Locking individual areas with Face ID or your device lock is handled by your device. We do not receive any biometric data.

(4) Your content is stored in your account. If you lose or change your device, simply sign in again with the same Apple or Google account. You can create an export of your data at any time under Settings. We recommend doing so regularly.

§ 12 Availability, updates and changes to the app

(1) We strive to keep the app available around the clock. We do not owe uninterrupted availability. Restrictions may arise in particular from maintenance, technical faults, faults at third parties (for example Google Firebase, Apple or Google) or force majeure. We fix faults within our area of responsibility as quickly as can reasonably be expected.

(2) We continue to develop the app. We may change, add or discontinue features and content where this is reasonable taking your legitimate interests into account, in particular for technical, legal or security reasons. We will not restrict the core function of capturing and retrieving your own content without good reason.

(3) We release updates to provide new features and security improvements. For security reasons or due to technical changes, you may need to install an update before you can continue using the app. Older app versions are then no longer supported.

§ 13 Liability

(1) We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for damage resulting from injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act and within the scope of any guarantee we have given.

(2) In the case of slight negligence, we are only liable for breach of essential contractual obligations. These are obligations whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose compliance you may regularly rely. In this case, liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for the contract.

(3) Otherwise, our liability is excluded.

(4) Within the scope of paragraphs 1 to 3, we are liable for loss of data only up to the effort that would have been required to restore the data from an export you could have created regularly (§ 11 (4)).

(5) These liability rules also apply to our legal representatives and vicarious agents.

§ 14 Links to other services

The app may contain links to websites and services of third parties, for example app stores or support services. The respective operators are solely responsible for their content. At the time of linking, we were not aware of any legal violations. If we become aware of legal violations, we will remove the link concerned immediately.

§ 15 Feedback

If you send us feedback or ideas via the app or by email, we may use them free of charge to improve the app. Please do not send us sensitive data this way.

§ 16 Term, termination and deleting your account

(1) The contract of use runs for an indefinite period.

(2) You can end the contract at any time without notice by deleting your account in the app under Settings. This irrevocably deletes your account and all associated content, unless we are required by law to retain it. If needed, create an export of your data beforehand. Simply deleting the app from your device does not delete your account.

(3) We can terminate the contract with four weeks’ notice, for example if we discontinue the app. We will inform you in good time so that you can export your data.

(4) The right to terminate without notice for good cause remains unaffected. Good cause exists for us in particular if you seriously breach these terms, or repeatedly despite a warning. In this case, we may also temporarily suspend your account.

§ 17 Changes to these Terms of Use

(1) We may change these Terms of Use if this is necessary due to new features, changes in the law or for technical reasons.

(2) We will inform you about changes in the app in good time. Changes that significantly affect your rights or obligations only take effect once you agree to them. If you do not agree, you can end the contract at any time under § 16 (2); our right of termination under § 16 (3) remains unaffected.

§ 18 Rights of the Provider

(1) The rights to the name Appearance, the logo, the design, the content and the program code of the app belong to the Provider or the respective rights holders. You may only use them with our written consent.

(2) The quotes shown in the app come from the authors named in each case. The rights to them belong to the authors or rights holders.

(3) If you believe that content in the app infringes your rights, please write to us at appearancefb@gmail.com.

§ 19 Applicable law and place of jurisdiction

(1) The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer with your habitual residence in another country, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of that country remain unaffected.

(2) If you are a consumer and have no general place of jurisdiction in Germany, or move your residence or habitual abode abroad after conclusion of the contract, or if it is unknown at the time the action is filed, the place of jurisdiction is the Provider’s registered location. Otherwise, the statutory places of jurisdiction apply.

§ 20 Consumer dispute resolution

We are neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. If you have a concern, feel free to write to us directly.

§ 21 Final provisions

(1) Should individual provisions of these Terms of Use be wholly or partly invalid, the remaining provisions remain valid. The statutory provisions take the place of the invalid provision.

(2) If we do not enforce a right under these terms, this does not mean that we waive it.

(3) These Terms of Use are available in German, English, French and Spanish. The German version is binding. The other versions are translations for your information.

§ 22 Contact

Dominik Nagel, Ziegelstr. 73, 73084 Salach, Germany

Email: appearancefb@gmail.com