Terms of Use

Effective September 19, 2026

These are the terms between you and Brian Meise, who makes Northern Sky, for using the app and this website. By using either, you agree to them. They are written plainly on purpose; the plain reading is the intended one.

The app

Northern Sky is a morning check-in for iPhone. Each morning it asks whether you did yesterday's one thing, what today's one thing is, and what you are thankful for, and it keeps what you wrote. You may use it for your own personal purposes, on devices signed in to your Apple Account, under Apple's own terms for apps from the App Store. Apple's standard licence agreement applies where these terms are silent.

The price

Northern Sky is free, and there is nothing to buy inside it. If that ever changes, the change will apply to new features or new users, will be said in the app before it takes effect, and will never take away what you already have.

Your entries

What you write is yours. We claim no rights in it, we do not use it to train anything, and we do not show it to anyone. It is stored on your phone and nowhere else; we never receive it. You can export it at any time from Settings, and deleting the app deletes it. Your phone's own backup is what carries it to a new phone, so keep that on if it matters to you.

You are responsible for what you write, and for keeping your own device secure. Use the app only for yourself and not in a way that breaks any law, harms anyone, or interferes with the service.

What we promise, and what we don't

We work to keep Northern Sky working and honest about itself. But it is software made by one person, offered as it is and for free, and we cannot promise it will be free of faults. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss arising from using it or being unable to use it, including the loss of entries on a device. Nothing here limits rights the law gives you that cannot be limited.

Northern Sky is a habit and a journal. It is not medical, psychological, or professional advice of any kind.

Ending or changing the service

We may change the app, and we may stop offering it. Because your entries are on your phone, stopping would not take them away; the export in Settings works for as long as the app runs. If these terms change in a way that matters, we will say so in the app before the change takes effect and update the date above.

Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of New York and the United States, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and any dispute will be heard in the courts there, unless the law where you live gives you the right to something else.

Contact

Brian Meise
northernskyapp@gmail.com