Terms of Use

Effective: [TO CONFIRM: effective date, normally the App Store release date]
Last Updated: 09.11.2026

1. Agreement to Terms

By downloading or using Hansho ("App"), made by Recodive oHG ("we," "us," or "Company"), you agree to these Terms of Use ("Terms"). If you disagree with any part of them, please don't use the App.

Company Information:
Recodive oHG
Möllendorffstraße 108
10367 Berlin, Germany
Commercial Register: HRA 59715 B (Amtsgericht Charlottenburg)
Phone: +49 156 79 75 39 03
Email: [email protected]

2. Apple's License Agreement

You get Hansho through the Apple App Store, so Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple EULA") applies to your use of the App. These Terms add to the Apple EULA and don't replace it. If the two conflict, the Apple EULA wins for the matters it covers, and these Terms apply to everything else.

The App is licensed to you, not sold. We give you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the App as set out in the Apple EULA.

3. What Hansho Is

Hansho is an app for iPhone and Apple Watch that delivers notifications, Live Activities, widgets and alarm-style "pages" (an alert that rings like an alarm and repeats until you acknowledge it) from services you choose to connect. The App is free. It has no account, no ads and no analytics. How it handles your information is described in the Privacy Policy.

3.1 Senders, Hubs and the Relay

A sender is a service, run by you or by someone you trust, that sends messages to you.
A sender runs a hub, which is server software. You pair the App with a hub by scanning a QR code or opening a link that the sender shows you.
Messages from a hub are end-to-end encrypted to your devices and signed by the hub. The App verifies the signature and decrypts the message on your device.
To push messages to the App's users, a relay operated by us forwards the encrypted message to Apple's Push Notification service (APNs).

3.2 Senders and Hubs Are Third Parties

Senders and hubs are independent third parties. We don't operate hubs, we don't control or have access to them, and we don't control what a sender sends you or what it keeps. We are not responsible for a sender's messages, services, availability or data handling. Pair only with senders you trust, and review the sender's own terms and privacy policy. You can unpair a sender at any time, in the App or on the sender's side.

4. Eligibility

The App is not directed at children and is not intended for children as a target audience, although it contains no objectionable content. [TO CONFIRM: minimum age and any parental consent requirement for using the App]. You may use the App only if you can enter into a binding agreement under the law that applies to you.

5. Acceptable Use

You agree not to:

Use the relay to send spam, malware or unlawful content, or to attack, overload or disrupt the relay, the App or any related service.
Send messages to anyone as a sender without that person's consent to the pairing.
Impersonate another person, sender or organisation, or mislead recipients about who a message comes from.
Reverse engineer, decompile or modify the App, except where the law allows it regardless of this agreement.
Use the App in any way that breaks the law.

6. Best-Effort Delivery

Delivery of messages, notifications, Live Activities, widget updates and pages is best-effort. It depends on Apple's push service, the network, the sender and your device's settings, such as Focus, notification permissions, the silent switch, Low Power Mode and whether Alarms are allowed for the App. Neither the App nor we guarantee that a message will be delivered, or delivered on time, or that a page will ring.

The App must not be your only safeguard in situations where a missed, late or lost message could endanger life, health or safety, or cause serious loss. Use independent and redundant means for such situations. Nothing in this section limits liability that cannot be limited by law (see Section 11.3).

7. Availability and Changes

We aim to keep the App and the relay working, but we don't promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. The App depends on Apple's systems (such as APNs, iCloud and the App Store) and on the permissions you grant it, and we are not responsible for changes or outages at Apple, at senders or at other providers beyond our reasonable control. We may change, limit or discontinue features of the App or the relay.

8. Suspension and Removal of Access

We may suspend or remove a hub's access to the relay, without prior notice where necessary, if we reasonably believe that the hub or its sender is abusing the relay or violating these Terms, for example by sending spam, malware or unlawful content, by sending without the recipient's pairing consent, or by endangering the security or stability of the service. Your own pairings stop delivering when the hub's access is removed.

9. Intellectual Property

The App and everything in it, including its name, artwork and logo, belong to Recodive oHG or its licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark and other intellectual property laws. Apart from the licence in Section 2, these Terms don't give you any rights in them. Messages and other content that senders send belong to their senders or their licensors, not to us. [TO CONFIRM: whether any open-source components or other licences need to be listed here]

10. Your Data, iCloud and Pairings

Your messages are stored on your devices, and your pairings and settings sync through your own iCloud storage. You are responsible for who you pair with and for keeping your devices and your Apple Account secure. Deleting the App removes the data stored locally on your device. A sender's hub may keep its own records, and you must contact that sender about them.

11. Service Quality and Liability

11.1 Statutory Warranty Rights

Your statutory warranty rights under German and EU law remain unaffected. The App is otherwise provided "as is" and "as available", and we give no warranty that the App or the relay will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that messages will be delivered or delivered on time.

11.2 Exclusion of Damages

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Recodive oHG shall not be liable for:

Indirect, incidental, special, or consequential damages.
Lost profits, data, or business opportunities.
Missed, late or undelivered messages, notifications or pages, service interruptions or data loss.
The content, availability or conduct of senders and hubs.
Damages exceeding the amount paid by you for the App in the last 12 months.

11.3 Essential Rights

The following limitations cannot be excluded under German and EU law:

Liability for intent and gross negligence.
Liability for injury to life, body or health.
Liability under product liability laws.
Fraudulent concealment of defects.
Any other mandatory statutory liability.

Note: These are standard legal protections that cannot be waived under consumer protection laws.

12. Modifications

We may update these Terms, for example to reflect new features or legal requirements. We will post the revised Terms on this page and change the date above. Changes that affect your rights or obligations in a material way take effect at least 30 days after we post them, and you are welcome to stop using the App if you don't agree.

13. Termination

You can stop using Hansho at any time by unpairing your senders and deleting the App. We may stop offering the App, or end your access to the relay, if you seriously violate these Terms. Provisions that should survive termination will remain in effect.

14. Governing Law and Jurisdiction

14.1 Applicable Law

These Terms are governed by the laws of Germany, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

14.2 Jurisdiction

If you are a merchant, a legal entity under public law or have no general place of jurisdiction in Germany, the courts in Berlin, Germany, have exclusive jurisdiction for disputes arising from these Terms. If you are a consumer, the statutory rules on jurisdiction apply.

14.3 Consumer Rights

If you are a consumer, the choice of German law doesn't take away the protection of the mandatory consumer laws of the country where you live.

15. General Provisions

15.1 Entire Agreement

These Terms and the Apple EULA are the entire agreement between you and Recodive oHG regarding the App.

15.2 Severability

If any provision is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will continue in effect.

15.3 Waiver

Failure to enforce any right or provision does not constitute a waiver of such right or provision.

15.4 Assignment

You may not assign these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations without restriction.

16. Contact Information

For questions about these Terms or the App, contact us at:

Recodive oHG
Möllendorffstraße 108
10367 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49 156 79 75 39 03
Email: [email protected]

By using Hansho, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms of Use.