Terms and Conditions

Rules governing access to and use of Nothing Worse

Important notice: These Terms contain warranty disclaimers, limits on the Developer's liability, and a binding individual arbitration agreement with a class-action waiver. Section 18 explains how to opt out of arbitration within 30 days.

1. Acceptance of these Terms

These Terms and Conditions ("Terms") are a legally binding agreement between you and the individual developer and operator of Nothing Worse, who conducts business under the 995 Studio brand ("Developer," "995 Studio," "we," "us," or "our"), governing your download, installation, access to, and use of the Nothing Worse mobile application, its widgets, local notifications, websites, content, features, updates, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). 995 Studio is a public-facing brand name and is not represented in these Terms as a corporation, limited liability company, or separate legal entity.

By downloading, installing, opening, accessing, or using any part of the Service, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to these Terms and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service and remove it from your devices.

If you use the Service on behalf of a company or other organization, you represent that you have authority to bind that organization, and references to "you" include that organization. If there is a conflict between these Terms and mandatory law, mandatory law controls only to the extent of the conflict.

2. Eligibility and minors

You must be legally capable of entering into these Terms. If you are under the age of majority where you live, a parent or legal guardian must review and accept these Terms for you and supervise your use.

The Service is not directed to children under 13. Children under 13 should not submit personal information to the Developer. A parent or guardian who permits a child to view the offline content is responsible for that use. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact support@995studio.com.

3. What the Service is

Nothing Worse is a humor and entertainment app. It presents short, playful, fictional messages about harmless annoyances or imagined "parallel life" moments, together with illustrations, meme-style artwork, stickers, widgets, and optional reminders. Core daily content may be selected on your device using date-based or randomized logic and may work without a network connection.

The Service may change over time. We may add, remove, suspend, limit, test, or modify content or features; change technical requirements; release beta functions; correct errors; or discontinue some or all of the Service. We do not promise that any feature, message, artwork, schedule, catalog size, non-repetition pattern, or platform integration will remain available or operate in a particular way.

4. Entertainment only; no factual meaning or reliance

Please use common sense: Nothing shown by the Service is evidence, a prediction, a warning, a diagnosis, or a statement about you or anyone else. The messages are fictional humor.

The Service does not know, investigate, verify, or make claims about your relationships, trustworthiness, loyalty, compatibility, intentions, private communications, location, health, finances, work, safety, future, or the conduct of any other person. A displayed message is not selected because it is true about you. Similarity to a real event, person, conversation, or concern is coincidental.

Do not use the Service to test trust, monitor a person, infer deception, make accusations, justify confrontation, make safety decisions, or decide whether to begin, continue, or end a relationship. The Service is not a substitute for direct communication, reliable evidence, professional judgment, or emergency assistance.

The Service does not provide medical, mental-health, therapeutic, relationship, legal, financial, employment, security, or other professional advice. It is not designed to diagnose, treat, prevent, or resolve any condition or dispute. You are solely responsible for how you interpret content and for all decisions or actions you take.

If you are in danger, experiencing a crisis, or worried about harm to yourself or someone else, do not rely on the Service. Contact local emergency services or an appropriate qualified professional.

5. Limited license

Subject to your continued compliance with these Terms, the Developer grants you a limited, personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to install and use the Service in object-code form on devices that you own or control, solely for personal, non-commercial use and in accordance with the applicable app-store usage rules.

The Service is licensed, not sold. No right, title, or interest is transferred to you except for the limited license expressly stated above. We and our licensors reserve all rights not expressly granted.

6. Acceptable use

You may not, and may not assist or permit another person to:

• Copy, reproduce, distribute, publicly display, sell, rent, lease, sublicense, publish, or commercially exploit the Service or a substantial part of its content except as expressly allowed by law or by written permission from the Developer.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, attempt to derive source code, bypass encryption, or discover underlying methods, datasets, prompts, selection logic, or non-public interfaces, except where applicable law expressly permits and cannot be waived.
• Modify, translate, adapt, create derivative works from, frame, mirror, scrape, crawl, index, harvest, or use automated means to access the Service or extract its content at scale.
• Remove, hide, alter, or bypass copyright, trademark, attribution, license, consent, paywall, security, or technical-protection notices or controls.
• Use the Service to harass, threaten, deceive, defame, discriminate against, embarrass, exploit, stalk, monitor, or invade the privacy of another person.
• Misrepresent a displayed message as a factual statement, professional conclusion, personalized assessment, or evidence about another person.
• Interfere with the Service, introduce malware, probe vulnerabilities, overload systems, evade access restrictions, or attempt unauthorized access to devices, accounts, networks, or data.
• Use the Service or its content to train, fine-tune, evaluate, benchmark, or build a competing artificial-intelligence, machine-learning, content, or application service without prior written permission.
• Use the Service in violation of law, regulation, court order, third-party rights, or applicable app-store rules.

7. Content, intellectual property, and trademarks

The Service and all associated software, source and object code, databases, message collections, selection methods, designs, illustrations, artwork, stickers, logos, trade dress, text, audiovisual material, and other content are owned by or licensed to the Developer and marketed under the 995 Studio brand and are protected by copyright, trademark, trade-secret, and other laws.

Nothing Worse, 995 Studio, related logos, and visual identifiers are trademarks or trade dress used by the Developer. You may not use them in a way that suggests sponsorship, endorsement, affiliation, or ownership without prior written permission.

Limited sharing tools, if provided, authorize you to share the exact output generated by that tool for personal, non-commercial purposes, with all watermarks and attribution intact. They do not grant rights to bulk-copy the content library, sell merchandise, create commercial derivative works, or register confusingly similar intellectual property.

8. Feedback and communications

If you voluntarily send ideas, suggestions, reviews, designs, feature requests, or other feedback, you represent that you have the right to provide it. Unless we agree otherwise in writing, the feedback is non-confidential, and you grant the Developer a worldwide, perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, publish, distribute, and otherwise exploit it for any lawful purpose without compensation or attribution.

Support communications must be lawful and respectful. Do not send highly sensitive information, confidential third-party information, passwords, full payment-card numbers, government identifiers, or material you do not have the right to share.

9. Purchases, prices, taxes, and refunds

The Service may offer one-time purchases, subscriptions, paid features, or promotional offers. Available products, prices, billing periods, trial terms, and included features are shown in the applicable app store at the time of purchase and may vary by country, platform, device, tax, currency, or promotion.

Payments are processed by Apple, Google, or another authorized platform provider, not directly by the Developer. Your purchase is also governed by that provider's payment terms. You authorize the provider to charge the displayed price and applicable taxes to your selected payment method. We do not receive your full payment-card details.

Except where required by law or the applicable store's rules, purchases are final and non-refundable. Refund requests must be submitted through the platform that processed the purchase. We do not control platform approval, payment timing, currency conversion, family sharing, chargebacks, account restrictions, or restoration of purchases.

If subscriptions are offered, they may renew automatically unless canceled through your store-account settings before the renewal deadline shown by the store. Deleting the App does not necessarily cancel a subscription. We will disclose subscription terms at the point of purchase.

10. Widgets, reminders, notifications, and device functions

Widgets, local notifications, daily refreshes, midnight changes, background activity, and similar functions depend on your device, operating system, permissions, battery settings, time zone, network conditions, and platform policies. Delivery or refresh may be delayed, duplicated, omitted, or displayed differently. We do not guarantee delivery at an exact time or that the App and widget will always show identical content.

You control notification permission and may disable notifications in the App or device settings. You are responsible for using notifications safely and for not viewing or interacting with the Service while driving or when attention is required for safety.

11. Third-party services and links

The Service may rely on or link to third-party products and services, such as app stores, operating-system functions, payment processors, cloud infrastructure, diagnostic tools, websites, or content providers. Third parties are independent from the Developer, and their terms and privacy policies govern their services.

We do not control and are not responsible for third-party availability, security, accuracy, content, data practices, transactions, or conduct. A link or integration does not imply endorsement. You assume the risks of using third-party services and must comply with their terms.

12. Privacy

Our Privacy Policy explains how the Developer handles information associated with the Service. It is incorporated into these Terms by reference. By using the Service, you acknowledge the practices described there. You are responsible for protecting your device, store account, and any information visible through widgets or notifications.

13. Updates, beta features, and availability

We may provide updates that are required for continued use, security, compatibility, or legal compliance. Your device or store settings may install updates automatically. If you do not install an update, some or all functions may stop working.

Pre-release, experimental, or beta features may be incomplete, unstable, changed without notice, or discontinued. They may contain errors and are provided for evaluation only. Do not rely on them for important decisions or preservation of data.

We do not guarantee that the Service will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, compatible with every device, available in every region, or free from harmful components. Maintenance, platform decisions, legal requirements, technical failures, or events outside our control may limit availability.

14. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Service at any time. To remove locally stored content and settings, delete or uninstall the App and, where available, clear its local data. Store purchase records may remain with the platform provider.

We may suspend, restrict, or terminate access immediately, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe you violated these Terms, created risk or legal exposure, infringed rights, misused the Service, or if continued operation is no longer commercially or technically practical. We may also discontinue the Service generally.

Upon termination, the license in Section 5 ends. Provisions that by their nature should survive will survive, including ownership, feedback rights, disclaimers, liability limits, indemnification, dispute resolution, and general legal terms.

15. Disclaimers

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITH ALL FAULTS AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND. THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPER'S AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS DISCLAIM ALL EXPRESS, IMPLIED, AND STATUTORY WARRANTIES, INCLUDING MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, QUIET ENJOYMENT, ACCURACY, RELIABILITY, AVAILABILITY, SECURITY, AND ANY WARRANTY ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR USAGE OF TRADE.

WE DO NOT WARRANT THAT CONTENT WILL BE APPROPRIATE, FUNNY, UNIQUE, NON-REPEATING, TIMELY, ACCURATE, PERSONALLY RELEVANT, OR FREE OF ERRORS; THAT NOTIFICATIONS OR WIDGETS WILL REFRESH ON SCHEDULE; OR THAT DEFECTS WILL BE CORRECTED. NO ORAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION CREATES A WARRANTY NOT EXPRESSLY STATED IN THESE TERMS.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain warranty exclusions. In those jurisdictions, the exclusions apply only to the maximum extent permitted, and you may have additional rights.

16. Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE DEVELOPER AND THE DEVELOPER'S AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, SUPPLIERS, AND DISTRIBUTION PARTNERS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES; LOSS OF PROFITS, REVENUE, BUSINESS, GOODWILL, OPPORTUNITY, USE, OR DATA; PERSONAL OR RELATIONSHIP DECISIONS; EMOTIONAL DISTRESS; DEVICE DAMAGE; OR COST OF SUBSTITUTE SERVICES, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS, EVEN IF ADVISED THAT SUCH DAMAGE IS POSSIBLE.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, THE TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF THE DEVELOPER AND THE OTHER RELEASED PARTIES FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE SERVICE OR THESE TERMS WILL NOT EXCEED THE GREATER OF (A) THE AMOUNT YOU PAID THE DEVELOPER THROUGH THE SERVICE DURING THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE EVENT GIVING RISE TO LIABILITY OR (B) US$10.

The limitations apply regardless of legal theory and even if a remedy fails of its essential purpose. They do not limit liability that cannot lawfully be excluded, such as liability for fraud, willful misconduct, or personal injury caused by negligence where applicable law prohibits limitation.

17. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by law, you will defend, indemnify, and hold harmless the Developer and the Developer's affiliates, licensors, suppliers, and distribution partners from and against claims, damages, judgments, losses, liabilities, costs, and reasonable legal fees arising from your unlawful or unauthorized use of the Service, your violation of these Terms, your infringement of another person's rights, or content or information you submit to us. The Developer may control the defense of any covered matter, and you will reasonably cooperate. This Section does not require indemnification for the Developer's own unlawful conduct.

18. Dispute resolution; arbitration and class-action waiver

Read carefully: Except for the limited exceptions below, you and the Developer agree to resolve disputes through binding individual arbitration, not in court, and waive jury trials and class or representative proceedings. You may opt out within 30 days.

18.1 Informal resolution first

Before filing a claim, the complaining party must send a written notice describing the claim, requested relief, and contact information. Notices to the Developer must be emailed to support@995studio.com with the subject "Legal Dispute Notice." The parties will attempt in good faith to resolve the dispute for at least 30 days after receipt. Any limitations period is tolled during that 30-day period.

18.2 Binding individual arbitration

If the dispute is not resolved informally, either party may elect binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules then in effect. The Federal Arbitration Act governs this arbitration agreement. The arbitrator has exclusive authority to resolve disputes about the interpretation, scope, enforceability, or formation of this arbitration agreement, except that a court decides issues concerning the class-action waiver.

The arbitration will be conducted in English by one neutral arbitrator. Unless the parties agree otherwise, it may occur by documents, telephone, or videoconference. If an in-person hearing is required, it will occur in a reasonably convenient location. Payment of fees is governed by the AAA Consumer Rules. The arbitrator may award the same individual relief a court could award and must provide a reasoned written decision.

18.3 Exceptions

Either party may bring an eligible individual claim in small-claims court. Either party may seek temporary or preliminary injunctive relief in court to protect intellectual-property rights, confidential information, or system security while arbitration is pending. Nothing prevents you from reporting concerns to a government agency where law permits.

18.4 No class or representative actions

Claims may be brought only in an individual capacity, not as a plaintiff or class member in a class, collective, coordinated, consolidated, mass, private-attorney-general, or representative action. The arbitrator may not combine claims or award relief for anyone other than the individual claimant unless all affected parties agree in writing.

18.5 Arbitration opt-out

You may opt out of Sections 18.2 through 18.4 by emailing support@995studio.com within 30 days after you first accept these Terms. Use the subject "Arbitration Opt-Out" and include your full name, the email address associated with your app-store account if applicable, the approximate date you first accepted these Terms, and a clear statement that you opt out. Opting out does not affect the rest of these Terms.

18.6 If arbitration does not apply

If a claim is not subject to arbitration, the state and federal courts located in Alameda County, California will have exclusive jurisdiction, and each party consents to personal jurisdiction and venue there, except where mandatory consumer law permits you to bring a claim in your home courts.

19. Governing law and consumer rights

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and by applicable United States federal law. The United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods does not apply.

If you are a consumer in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another jurisdiction with mandatory consumer protections, you retain all non-waivable rights under your local law. Nothing in these Terms limits those rights.

20. App-store terms

20.1 Apple

If you downloaded the App from Apple's App Store, these Terms are between you and the Developer, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content and has no obligation to provide maintenance or support. If the App fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple may refund the purchase price, if any, as required by its rules; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation.

The Developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing claims relating to the App, including product-liability, legal-compliance, consumer-protection, and intellectual-property claims. You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo and are not listed on a U.S. Government prohibited or restricted parties list. You must comply with applicable third-party terms. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.

20.2 Google and other stores

If you obtained the App through Google Play or another distributor, your use is also subject to that distributor's terms. The distributor is not responsible for obligations assigned to the Developer under these Terms unless its own terms expressly say otherwise.

21. Export controls and legal compliance

You may not use, export, re-export, transfer, or make the Service available in violation of United States or other applicable export-control, sanctions, or import laws. You represent that you are not prohibited from receiving the Service under applicable law.

22. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms to reflect changes to the Service, law, risk, or business practices. We will post the updated Terms and revise the "Last updated" date. Where required, we will provide additional notice or request renewed consent. Changes apply prospectively from their effective date. Continued use after that date means you accept the revised Terms. If you do not agree, stop using the Service.

23. General legal terms

These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and the Developer about the Service and supersede prior or contemporaneous understandings on that subject. If a provision is unenforceable, it will be modified to the minimum extent necessary, and the remaining provisions remain effective.

Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our written consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, asset transfer, reorganization, or by operation of law. Headings are for convenience only. "Including" means "including without limitation." Electronic notices and records satisfy writing requirements to the extent permitted by law.

The Developer is not liable for delay or failure caused by events beyond reasonable control, including natural disasters, internet or platform outages, labor disputes, war, terrorism, civil unrest, epidemics, government action, supply failures, or failures of third-party services.

24. Contact

Questions, support requests, legal notices, and copyright concerns may be sent to:

995 Studio (operating brand)
Hayward, California, United States
Email: support@995studio.com
Website: https://995studio.com

For arbitration opt-outs or legal disputes, use the exact subject line required by Section 18.