Terms of Use
Terms for using CoverUp and CoverUp Pro.
1. Scope
These terms apply to the use of the iOS app CoverUp and the in-app purchase CoverUp Pro. The app and the in-app purchase are obtained through the App Store, and Apple's terms apply in addition.
2. Licence
You receive a simple, non-transferable right to use CoverUp for private purposes on the devices associated with your Apple Account. Reverse engineering, modifying or distributing the app is not permitted, except where the law expressly allows it.
3. CoverUp Pro
CoverUp Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. There are no recurring charges and nothing renews automatically. The purchase removes advertising and lifts the storage limit of the free version.
Payment is handled by Apple. Refunds follow Apple's terms and must be requested from Apple; the developer can neither see nor refund payments.
4. Nobody can recover your backup password.
A CoverUp backup is encrypted solely with the password you choose when creating it. That password is stored nowhere — not on your device, not by the developer, not by Apple. If it is lost, the backup is permanently unreadable. There is no reset link, no recovery question and no route through support.
Equally important: the vault is deliberately excluded from the normal iPhone backup. Changing or resetting your iPhone does not carry the vault across. A backup you create yourself is the only way to move your content to another device. Creating those backups, and keeping them safe, is your responsibility.
5. What CoverUp cannot do
CoverUp makes access to your content harder. It does not make it impossible. In particular:
- The decoy gallery and panic mode are a deterrent, not protection against forensic examination of the device or against a lawful order.
- Encryption protects the stored files. It does not protect you from someone compelling you to hand over your PIN, or watching you unlock the app.
- A compromised, jailbroken or third-party-controlled device cannot be secured by an app.
- Software contains defects. Careful development notwithstanding, defects causing data loss cannot be ruled out.
Do not rely on CoverUp as your only protection in situations where disclosure of your content would have serious consequences for you.
6. Private project, availability
CoverUp is developed privately, in spare time. There is no entitlement to support, to fixes within any particular time, to future features, or to the app remaining available in the App Store or compatible with future iOS versions.
7. Warranty and liability
The app is provided in the form in which it is made available. To the extent permitted by law, no warranty is given for parts provided free of charge. Statutory rights in respect of defects apply to paid features.
Liability is limited to intent and gross negligence. Where a material contractual obligation is breached, liability also applies for ordinary negligence, limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract. Mandatory liability under the German Product Liability Act and for injury to life, body or health remains unaffected and cannot be excluded.
The developer is liable for loss of data only to the extent that you have taken reasonable measures to back it up — see section 4.
8. Changes to these terms
These terms may be adjusted, for example when app features change. The current version is always on this page.
9. Governing law
German law applies. Mandatory consumer protection provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected.