Terms and Conditions of Use

1Acceptance of the terms

These Terms and Conditions of Use (the “Terms”) are a legal agreement between you (the “user”) and Jorge Maldonado Borbón, operating under the IndieLob brand (the “developer”), governing your use of the Circlay mobile app, its widgets and its call blocking and identification extension (the “app”).

By downloading, installing, opening or using Circlay, you accept these Terms in their entirety. If you do not agree with any part of them, do not use the app and uninstall it.

If you use the app as a minor, you must do so with the consent and under the supervision of your parent or legal guardian, who assumes acceptance of these Terms.

2Who provides the service

• Owner and developer: Jorge Maldonado Borbón, under the trade name IndieLob.
• App: Circlay, for iPhone, distributed exclusively through Apple’s App Store.
• Contact: support@indielob.com

Circlay is an independent product. It is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Apple Inc. or by any other company or social network mentioned in the app (WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Telegram, TikTok, Google Maps, Waze or others).

3What Circlay is

Circlay is an iPhone app that shows the contacts in your address book as circles in a honeycomb and brings together tools to help you keep in touch with them. Its features include, among others:

• Honeycomb, groups, grid and list views; free mode for arranging circles, custom backgrounds and circles, and alternate icons.
• Contact details with shortcuts to call, message, FaceTime, email and social networks; a keypad; “About This Contact” context; favorites, groups and tags.
• Activity history, voice notes with transcription, reminders, birthdays, “Keep in Touch”, insights and summaries with Apple Intelligence (on compatible iPhones).
• Message templates and sending to multiple contacts through Apple’s Messages and Mail sheets.
• A contacts map with directions and turn-by-turn navigation; sharing and receiving contacts by QR code; a business card scanner; event mode; temporary contacts; detection and merging of duplicates.
• Call blocking and identification, widgets, Calendar sync, iCloud Drive backup and export to CSV and PDF.

The app requires iOS 18 or later and permission to access Contacts. Some features depend on the iPhone model, the iOS version, the region or language, being signed in to iCloud or granting additional permissions (microphone, location, camera, calendar, notifications).

4License to use

The developer grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable and revocable license to install and use Circlay on the Apple devices you own or control, in accordance with Apple’s App Store Usage Rules, for your own personal or professional purposes.

The app is licensed to you, not sold. Except where these Terms state otherwise, Apple’s Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies on a supplementary basis. In the event of a conflict between the two, these Terms shall prevail to the extent that they are compatible with Apple’s rules.

5Free version, trial and Circlay Pro

Circlay is free to download. For the first 7 days after the first download, all features are available as a free trial. Circlay Pro is an optional in-app purchase that keeps them unlocked permanently.

If the trial ends without you buying Pro, everything you have already set up is kept and keeps working to the extent described in the app (for example, existing reminders still send alerts, blocked numbers stay blocked and temporary contacts are still deleted on their date), and you can always view, remove or delete what you created. What is locked is creating or changing items in the Pro features.

Circlay Pro is a one-time payment (non-consumable purchase): it is not a subscription, it does not renew and it does not generate recurring charges. It is tied to the Apple Account used to make the purchase. Unless the App Store indicates otherwise, it is not shared through Family Sharing.

In future versions the developer may adjust which features belong to the free version or to Pro, always without taking features away from anyone who has already bought Circlay Pro.

6Payments, refunds and restoring

• Payment is collected by Apple through your Apple Account. The final price and applicable taxes are those shown by the App Store in your country at the time of purchase.
• The developer does not process payments and has no access to your bank or card details.
• Refunds are handled exclusively by Apple in accordance with its policies, at reportaproblem.apple.com; the developer cannot grant, deny or process refunds.
• If you switch iPhones or reinstall the app, use “Restore Purchases” on the Circlay Pro screen to recover it with the same Apple Account.
• The free trial is counted only once, from the first download; reinstalling the app does not reset it.
• Access to Circlay Pro depends on Apple confirming the purchase. If Apple reverses or cancels a transaction, access may be deactivated.

7Your Contacts

• Merging duplicates copies any missing data into the contact you keep and deletes the others. Check carefully which contact you choose to keep: duplicate detection is automatic and may suggest different people with similar details.
• Temporary contacts are deleted automatically from the date you choose onward, when you open or return to the app. If you want to keep one, use “Keep Contact” before that date.
• Deleting a contact from Circlay removes it from Contacts and from the app, together with its own information in Circlay (notes, history, voice notes, reminders, etc.).
• Before making major changes, make sure you have a backup of your contacts (for example, in iCloud) and of your Circlay data (System › Backup & Export). The developer cannot recover deleted contacts.

8Responsible use of the features

• Navigation and maps: directions and voice guidance are for reference only and may not reflect actual traffic conditions, closures or signage. Always pay attention to the road, obey traffic laws and do not handle your iPhone while driving. A contact’s location is calculated from their address and may be inaccurate.
• Call blocking and identification: depends on you turning on the extension in iOS settings and on how iOS applies it. Blocking a number may prevent you from receiving legitimate or urgent calls; the developer does not guarantee that all calls will be blocked or identified.
• Reminders, birthdays and goals: these use local iOS notifications, which may be delayed or not shown because of a Focus, notification settings or the system’s limit on pending alerts. Do not rely on them for critical matters (medical, legal or safety).
• Smart summaries and business card scanner: the text is generated by an automated model and may contain errors or omissions. Review it before relying on it or saving a contact.
• Transcriptions: these depend on the system’s speech recognition and may not be accurate.
• History and insights: these reflect only what is started from Circlay or logged by hand; they are not a complete record of your communications.
• Messages to multiple contacts: you confirm each send on Apple’s sheet. Use it for personal communications, not to send spam or unsolicited messages, and comply with the laws on commercial communications.
• Voice notes: these are for your own notes. Do not record conversations or other people without their consent where the law requires it.

9Your content and your data

• Your notes, history, voice notes, reminders, templates, groups, tags and other content belong to you. The developer claims no rights over them and cannot access them.
• Circlay stores information about other people (your contacts). You are responsible for handling it in accordance with the law that applies to you and for not sharing it — by QR code, export or any other means — without a legitimate basis.
• Make your own backups. The iCloud Drive backup and the backup file are tools we offer you, but the developer keeps no copies and cannot recover data lost through deletion, device failure, uninstallation or iCloud issues.
• Restoring a backup replaces the Circlay data on that iPhone with the data in the file.

10Apple and third-party services

Several features rely on Apple services (Contacts, iCloud, Maps, speech recognition, Apple Intelligence, Calendar, Messages, Mail, Phone, notifications and purchases) and on third-party apps or websites that you open from Circlay (social networks, WhatsApp, Telegram, Google Maps, Waze, etc.). Their availability, operation, content and terms depend on those third parties and are beyond the developer’s control. Your use of them is governed by their own terms.

11Prohibited uses

By using Circlay, you agree not to:

• Decompile, disassemble, reverse engineer or attempt to extract the app’s source code, except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law.
• Copy, modify, translate, sell, rent, sublicense or redistribute the app or its content.
• Circumvent, disable or tamper with the purchase, free trial and verification mechanisms of Circlay Pro.
• Use the app to harass, monitor or collect data on people without their knowledge, send unsolicited communications or for any other unlawful or fraudulent purpose.
• Use the app in an automated or abusive way that interferes with its normal operation.
• Remove or alter intellectual property notices, trademarks or logos.

12Intellectual property

The app, its code, its design and interface, its text, icons, the Circlay name, the IndieLob brand and their logos are the property of Jorge Maldonado Borbón and are protected by intellectual and industrial property laws. The names and logos of social networks and third-party services belong to their respective owners and are shown only to identify them.

These Terms do not transfer to you any ownership rights in the app beyond the license to use described in section 4.

13Privacy

The handling of information is described in the Privacy Policy, which forms an integral part of these Terms. In short: Circlay does not send your contacts or your information to the developer’s servers, uses no analytics or advertising, and stores everything on your iPhone and, if you turn it on, in your iCloud Drive.

14Availability and changes to the app

• The developer may update, modify, add or remove features, and release new versions that fix bugs or improve performance.
• You may need to update the app or the operating system for it to keep working properly. Older versions may stop being supported.
• Apple may change or restrict the system features Circlay relies on (for example, access to Contacts, call blocking or Apple Intelligence); in that case, some features could change or stop being available.
• The developer may stop distributing the app. An app you have already installed will keep working for as long as your device allows, but may not receive further updates.
• Support is provided, to the extent reasonable, through the contact email and the website’s form. Apple has no obligation whatsoever to provide support for the app.

15Disclaimer of warranties

The app is provided “as is” and “as available”. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, the developer disclaims all express or implied warranties, including those of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, accuracy and non-infringement.

The developer does not warrant that the app will operate uninterrupted or error-free, that it will be compatible with all devices and configurations, that notifications will always arrive on time, that directions, locations, transcriptions or summaries will be accurate, or that all duplicates will be detected or all calls blocked.

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of these exclusions may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits the rights that mandatory consumer protection law grants you.

16Limitation of liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the developer shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, punitive or consequential damages, or for any loss of profits, revenue, data, contacts or opportunities, arising from the use of or inability to use Circlay.

In particular, and without limiting the foregoing, the developer is not liable for: contacts deleted or merged through actions you confirmed or because of a temporary contact’s date; reminders or alerts that did not arrive; calls that were or were not blocked; route directions; messages you sent; transcription, summary or card-reading errors; or your use of third parties’ data.

The developer’s total aggregate liability for any claim related to the app is limited to the amount you actually paid for Circlay Pro in the twelve months preceding the event giving rise to the claim or, if you made no purchase, to zero.

These limitations do not exclude liability that cannot be excluded by law, such as for willful misconduct or personal injury caused by gross negligence.

17Apple-specific terms

These Terms are entered into between you and the developer, not with Apple Inc. Accordingly:

• Apple is not responsible for the app or its content, and has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support services for it.
• If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, which may refund the purchase price where applicable. Beyond that, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple will have no other warranty obligation whatsoever.
• The developer, not Apple, is responsible for addressing any claims relating to the app: product liability, failure to meet legal requirements, or data protection and consumer protection claims.
• The developer, not Apple, is responsible for investigating and resolving any third-party intellectual property infringement claim relating to the app.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo and are not listed on any list of restricted parties, in accordance with applicable export control laws.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance of them, Apple will have the right to enforce them against you.

18Termination

You may terminate these Terms at any time by uninstalling the app. The developer may suspend or revoke the license if you materially breach these Terms, in particular section 11.

Upon termination of the license, you must stop using the app and remove it from your devices. The sections on intellectual property, disclaimer of warranties, limitation of liability and governing law shall survive termination.

19Governing law and dispute resolution

These Terms are governed by the laws of the United Mexican States and, where applicable, those of the State of Durango, excluding their conflict-of-laws rules. For any dispute, the parties expressly submit to the competent courts of the city of Durango, Durango, Mexico, without prejudice to the non-waivable rights that consumer protection law grants you in your place of habitual residence, including the option of bringing proceedings before the courts where you live.

If any provision of these Terms is held to be void or unenforceable, the remainder shall continue in full force and effect.

20Changes to the terms

The developer may update these Terms to reflect changes to the app or to applicable law. The version in force will always be the one published on this page, together with its effective date. If the change is substantial, you will be notified within the app itself or in the App Store release notes. Continuing to use Circlay after the effective date constitutes acceptance of the updated Terms; if you do not accept them, uninstall the app.

21Language and precedence clause

The Spanish version of these Terms and Conditions of Use is the only official and legally binding version. The versions available in other languages — English, French, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, German, Turkish, Simplified Chinese and Dutch — are published solely for informational purposes and as a courtesy, to make them easier to understand, and have no legal force in themselves.

In the event of any discrepancy, contradiction, ambiguity, translation error or omission, or conflict of interpretation between the Spanish version and any of its translations, the Spanish version shall always prevail in its entirety and shall govern for all legal purposes.

22Contact

For questions, support or legal matters regarding these Terms: