Terms of Service

1. Acceptance of Terms

By creating an account or using any part of the Service, you accept and agree to be bound by these Terms of Service, our Privacy Policy, and all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations. If you do not agree to these Terms, you must not access or use the Service.

2. Development Stage & Upcoming Beta Program

HoverMother is currently in the Development Stage (pre-release). Our next phase will be an invitation-only Closed Beta in Tennessee. During this pre-release period:

• The closed beta is scheduled to initiate in Tennessee as our next milestone and has not yet started. Features, interface layouts, and future subscription pricing remain subject to active development.
• The public demo dashboard displays sample and mock data strictly for demonstration and evaluation purposes. No live child device data is collected or displayed during unauthenticated demo sessions.
• Production access (linking real child devices via Apple Family Controls) will be available by invitation to verified beta families once platform approvals are complete.
• We reserve the right to modify, update, or suspend beta access with reasonable notice to enrolled participants.

3. Eligibility, Device Ownership, and Verifiable Consent

You must be at least eighteen (18) years of age to create an account and access the Service. By accessing or using HoverMother, you represent, warrant, and covenant that:

• You are the parent or legal guardian with lawful custody of the minor child whose device settings are managed.
• You are the legal owner of the managed hardware device, or have express authorization from the legal owner to configure parental controls on the device.
• You have the legal authority to provide Verifiable Parental Consent under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act ("COPPA") and applicable state minor safety statutes.
• Completing device authorization using Apple's native Screen Time and Family Controls frameworks constitutes your affirmative, verifiable parental consent for digital safety and app limit controls.

4. Acceptable Use and Prohibited Surveillance

HoverMother is designed exclusively for transparent, lawful parental oversight and digital wellbeing. You expressly agree not to:

• Install or configure the Service on any device belonging to an adult, spouse, domestic partner, employee, or any individual who is not your legal minor ward.
• Use the Service for covert surveillance, stalking, harassment, intimidation, invasion of privacy, or in violation of any state or federal wiretap or electronic communications laws.
• Reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble, or attempt to extract source code from the Service or Apple API integrations.
• Circumvent, disable, or tamper with security controls, rate limits, encryption layers, or system boundaries.
• Share or resell account credentials to unauthorized third parties.

5. Accounts and Security

You are solely responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and multi-factor authentication tokens. You accept full responsibility for all activities that occur under your account. You agree to notify us immediately at security@hovermother.com if you discover or suspect any unauthorized access to your account.

6. Subscriptions and In-App Purchases

HoverMother is currently in pre-release development and will be free during upcoming closed beta testing. When commercial subscription plans become available (including HoverMother Lite, Family Harmony, and MOTHER Elite), the following terms will apply:

8. Third-Party Operating Systems and Framework Dependencies

HoverMother is designed to utilize Apple platform APIs, including Apple Family Controls (com.apple.developer.family-controls), Screen Time frameworks (ManagedSettings & DeviceActivity), CoreLocation (opt-in), and Apple Push Notification service (APNs).

You acknowledge and agree that App4That Holdings has no control over changes made by Apple to its operating systems, developer agreements, API entitlements, or background permission models. If Apple modifies policies, revokes entitlements, or alters framework behaviors, App4That Holdings shall not be held liable for any resulting disruption or limitation of functionality.

9. MOTHER AI & Parenting Guidance Disclaimer

The MOTHER AI assistant provides parenting insights, slang explanations, and conversation starters powered by Google Cloud Vertex AI (Gemini).

MOTHER AI is not a licensed clinical psychologist, medical practitioner, legal advisor, or child development specialist. AI insights are provided for informational and parental guidance purposes only. You must exercise your own independent parental judgment and seek licensed medical, psychiatric, or legal professionals for acute crises or formal diagnoses.

10. Intellectual Property

The Service, including its UI design, branding, vector graphics, algorithms, trademarks, software code, and documentation, is the exclusive intellectual property of App4That Holdings. No license is granted to copy, reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works without our prior written consent.

11. Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless App4That Holdings, its officers, directors, employees, affiliates, agents, licensors, and service providers from and against any and all claims, damages, liabilities, losses, judgments, awards, costs, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of or resulting from:

• Your breach or violation of these Terms of Service or our Privacy Policy;
• Your configuration of the Service on any device without lawful ownership or valid verifiable parental consent;
• Any unauthorized surveillance or tracking of any individual who is not your legal minor ward;
• Your violation of any applicable federal, state, local, or international privacy or computer crime laws; or
• Your gross negligence or willful misconduct.

12. Limitation of Liability and Disclaimer of Warranties

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

IN NO EVENT SHALL APP4THAT HOLDINGS OR ITS AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH YOUR ACCESS TO OR INABILITY TO USE THE SERVICE. OUR TOTAL AGGREGATE LIABILITY SHALL NOT EXCEED THE TOTAL FEES PAID BY YOU TO HOVERMOTHER IN THE TWELVE (12) MONTHS IMMEDIATELY PRECEDING THE CLAIM, OR FIFTY DOLLARS ($50) IF NO FEES WERE PAID.

14. Termination

We reserve the right to suspend or terminate your account and access to the Service at our sole discretion, without prior notice, for conduct that violates these Terms or endangers user safety. Upon termination, your right to access the Service ceases immediately. You may request permanent deletion of your stored family data in accordance with our Privacy Policy.

15. Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Tennessee, United States, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of law. Any legal suit, action, or proceeding arising out of or related to these Terms or the Service shall be instituted exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Washington County, Tennessee, and each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of such courts.

16. Changes to Terms

We may revise these Terms from time to time. If we make material modifications, we will provide at least thirty (30) days' advance notice via email or through prominent in-app notifications. The "Last updated" date at the top of this document indicates when changes were last implemented. Continued use of the Service after modifications become effective constitutes acceptance of the revised Terms.

17. Contact Information

For general support or legal questions regarding these Terms, contact our team: