Terms of Use

Effective August 18, 2026

These terms cover your use of the Lapwing iPhone app and this website, both published by Purplecones ("we", "us"). Installing or using the app means you accept them. If you do not, do not use the app.

Move sensibly

Lapwing is a timer, not a coach and not a medical device. It does not know your age, your health, your injuries, or your fitness. It will happily count out intervals that are too hard for you, because it has no way to tell.

Running carries risk of injury. Talk to a doctor before starting or returning to exercise, especially if you have a heart condition, an injury, or have been inactive for a long time. Stop if something hurts. You are responsible for what you do with the intervals you set.

Pay attention to where you are running. Do not use the app in a way that distracts you from traffic, other people, or the ground in front of you.

Distance and pace are estimates

Route, distance, and pace come from your iPhone's GPS, which is approximate. Buildings, tree cover, tunnels, and weather all degrade it. Treat the numbers as a good guide, not a measurement. Do not rely on them where accuracy actually matters.

Your licence

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the app on Apple devices you own or control, as permitted by the App Store Terms of Service. You may not copy, sell, rent, redistribute, reverse engineer, or attempt to derive the source code of the app, except where that restriction is prohibited by law.

The app, its name, and its artwork remain ours. Your runs remain yours.

Purchases

Lapwing's timer is free. The app offers one optional in-app purchase: a one-time lifetime unlock, not a subscription. It is a single payment, tied to your Apple ID, and it does not renew or expire.

All purchases are processed by Apple. Pricing, tax, billing, and refunds are handled by Apple under the App Store Terms of Service, and refund requests go to Apple rather than to us. You can restore a previous purchase from Options at any time.

We may change what the unlock includes in future versions, but we will not take away something you have already paid for.

Your data

We do not receive your runs. What the app stores, where it stores it, and what iCloud does with it are all described in the Privacy Policy, which forms part of these terms.

Keeping your own backups is on you. We cannot recover a deleted run, because we never had it.

No warranty

The app is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not promise the app will be uninterrupted, error free, or that a timer will fire exactly on time on every device under every condition.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages, or for any injury, lost data, or lost runs arising out of your use of the app. Where liability cannot be excluded, it is limited to the amount you paid us for the app, which for most people is nothing.

Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited, including for death or personal injury caused by negligence. Some jurisdictions do not allow certain exclusions, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

Apple

Apple is not a party to these terms and has no obligation to provide support for the app. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. Any claim that the app fails to conform to a warranty may be reported to Apple, who may refund the purchase price; beyond that, Apple has no other warranty obligation.

Changes

We may update these terms as the app changes. The effective date above will change with them, and continuing to use the app means accepting the revised version.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the jurisdiction in which Purplecones is established, without regard to its conflict of law provisions, and without depriving you of the protection of mandatory consumer law where you live.

Contact

Questions about these terms? Email support@lapwing.run.