Simple Notch License Terms

1. Licensor and contact

2. Purchase and contract structure

Polar Software, Inc. acts as merchant of record and authorised reseller for purchases. The purchase, payment, tax, invoice, renewal, cancellation, and refund relationship is governed by the terms presented by Polar at checkout. Jonas Reidel remains the supplier and licensor of the Simple Notch software, and these License Terms govern your right to use it.

If these License Terms conflict with Polar's Buyer Terms on a checkout, payment, tax, renewal, cancellation, or refund matter, Polar's Buyer Terms govern that matter. Mandatory consumer rights against Polar or the licensor are not limited.

3. Seven-day trial

Simple Notch may be used with all available features for a local seven-day trial beginning on first launch. The trial is limited to one trial per Mac. Trial information is stored locally in the macOS Keychain. No account is required. When the trial ends, continued use requires a valid license.

4. License grant and plans

Subject to a valid purchase and compliance with these terms, the licensor grants you a non-exclusive right to install and use Simple Notch on up to three Macs under your control. The license is for your own personal or internal business use and may not be sublicensed or shared with another person.

One-time purchase

The right to use the version supplied is not time-limited. A one-time purchase does not create a general promise of new features or compatibility with every future macOS release. Any mandatory statutory obligation to provide conformity or security updates remains unaffected.

Yearly subscription

The right to use the app continues while the subscription is active. Polar presents the price, billing interval, renewal terms, and cancellation process at checkout and provides subscription management through its customer portal.

5. Activation and device limit

A license key is required after the trial. Activation sends the key and a device label based on the Mac's local name to Polar's license service. License status is checked periodically. A verified license remains usable for up to seven days when the service cannot be reached. You can deactivate a Mac in the app before moving the license to another device.

You must keep the full license key confidential and must not publish, sell, rent, or share it. If a key is reasonably suspected of unauthorised distribution or fraud, access may be temporarily restricted while the matter is investigated. Contact support if you believe a restriction is incorrect.

6. Permitted use and restrictions

You may not:

• copy or distribute Simple Notch except as necessary for the licensed installations or a lawful backup;
• remove copyright, license, or attribution notices;
• circumvent license checks or technical access restrictions; or
• use the software in violation of applicable law or third-party rights.

Rights that cannot lawfully be restricted remain unaffected, including the rights under §§ 69d and 69e UrhG and any applicable exhaustion or interoperability rules.

7. Third-party components

Simple Notch includes open-source and third-party components. Those components remain subject to their respective license notices. The notices supplied with the application take precedence for those components only.

8. System requirements and updates

Simple Notch currently requires macOS 14 or later. Some features depend on compatible Mac hardware, macOS permissions, Spotify, Apple Music, system media services, or network access. Signed updates may be delivered through the built-in Sparkle updater. You are responsible for installing updates within a reasonable period after being informed of them, particularly security and compatibility updates.

9. Conformity, defects, and support

Statutory rights relating to digital products remain fully applicable. In particular, consumers retain their rights concerning provision, conformity, necessary updates, cure, price reduction, contract termination, and damages under §§ 327–327u BGB. Nothing in these terms is a guarantee beyond the statutory requirements unless expressly identified as one.

Report reproducible defects to [email protected] with enough information to investigate the issue. Do not include passwords or other unnecessary sensitive data.

10. Liability

Liability is unlimited for intent and gross negligence; injury to life, body, or health; fraudulently concealed defects; an expressly assumed guarantee; and claims under mandatory product-liability law.

For slight negligence, liability applies only to breach of an essential contractual obligation whose performance makes proper use of the software possible and on whose performance you may regularly rely. In that case, liability is limited to the damage that was foreseeable and typical when the license agreement was formed. Mandatory consumer rights and any stricter statutory liability remain unaffected.

11. Duration and ending use

A yearly license ends when the subscription expires or is effectively cancelled. A one-time license is not time-limited, subject to these terms. The licensor may terminate a license for a material breach if the breach is not remedied within a reasonable period after notice, unless immediate termination is justified by law. Statutory termination and withdrawal rights remain unaffected.

12. Applicable law

German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer habitually resident in another country, this choice does not deprive you of mandatory protections provided by the law of that country. Statutory rules determine the competent courts.

13. Privacy

The Privacy Policy explains processing connected with trials, purchases, activation, updates, and support. It is not part of the license grant but provides the information required under Articles 13 and 14 GDPR.

14. Consumer dispute resolution

The licensor is neither willing nor obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.