These terms are between you and Remmy Rivera, an independent developer in Florida, USA (“we” or “us”), who makes Sippy. Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the “Standard EULA”) applies to Sippy. These terms are additional terms. Where they conflict with the Standard EULA, the Standard EULA controls. By using Sippy, you agree to both. Our Privacy Policy explains how your information is handled.
1. What Sippy is
Sippy is a hydration habit app. It schedules water alarms on your iPhone, and you answer them with a short camera sip check that runs on your device.
Sippy is not a medical device and does not provide medical advice. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any condition. Hydration needs vary by person, age, activity, climate, medication and medical history. Talk to a qualified healthcare professional about your own hydration, and never use Sippy in place of medical guidance.
2. Who can use Sippy
- Sippy is for people 13 and older, for personal, non-commercial use.
- If you're 13 to 17 (or under the age of majority where you live), you need a parent or guardian's permission to use Sippy. In some places, the App Store collects that permission for you.
- Hard Mode and its unlock fees are only for adults 18 and older (or the age of majority where you live, if that is higher).
- Where the law requires a parent's consent for a minor, we won't enforce these terms against a minor who hasn't given that consent.
3. Use it safely
- Don't use Sippy while driving or doing anything that needs your full attention.
- Don't force fluids beyond what's comfortable. Drinking too much water too quickly can be dangerous. Sippy caps daily goals at 128 oz (about 3.8 L) and shows a gentle heads-up if you log more than about 1 liter in an hour, but you are responsible for listening to your body.
4. Sippy Pro subscriptions
Sippy's alarms, and everything in the app beyond the first setup, need an active Sippy Pro subscription or free trial. If your subscription ends, Sippy's alarms stop.
- Plans: Sippy Pro Weekly costs US$4.99 per week. Sippy Pro Annual costs US$39.99 per year and includes a 7-day free trial for eligible new subscribers (Apple decides who is eligible). Outside the US, prices are in your local currency. Apple shows your exact price before you buy.
- Free trial: you aren't charged until the trial ends. After that, the annual price is charged to your Apple Account unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
- Automatic renewal: your subscription renews automatically for the same period, at the then-current price, until you cancel. Apple charges your Apple Account within 24 hours before each period ends. Without a trial, the first payment is charged when you confirm the purchase.
- Cancel anytime: cancel at least 24 hours before a renewal, in iPhone Settings › [your name] › Subscriptions or in Sippy › You › Manage subscription. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current period, and you keep Sippy Pro until then. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
- Renewal reminder: from about 45 days before an annual renewal, Sippy shows a reminder card on its Today screen. If you turn on Remind me before it renews in Sippy › You and allow notifications, it also sends a notification, scheduled on your phone, about 35 days ahead (or soon after you turn it on, if that's later).
- Price changes: Apple tells you about price increases in advance and asks for your consent where required.
- The paywall shows these terms next to the subscribe button, with a checkbox to confirm you understand that Sippy Pro renews automatically.
- Where applicable, any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription.
For refunds, see section 6.
5. Hard Mode and unlock fees
Hard Mode is optional, off by default, and only for adults 18 and older (or the age of majority where you live).
- To turn it on, you confirm on a contract screen that you're 18 or older, choose your unlock fee, type a confirmation and hold a button.
- In Hard Mode there is no honor button, and a stopped alarm keeps coming back with no limit.
- If two camera tries fail during a sip check while the camera is working, Sippy may offer to let you pay your chosen unlock fee, as a one-time in-app purchase, to silence that alarm. It is never offered if the camera failed or camera access is off. Paying doesn't count as a sip.
- Unlock fees use three Apple price tiers: US$4.99, US$19.99 or US$99.99 in the US, and the equivalent tier in your local currency elsewhere. Apple always shows the exact price before you buy.
- Monthly limit: unlock purchases are limited to US$200 per calendar month at US prices (the equivalent tiers elsewhere). The limit is counted on this device only, so reinstalling Sippy or using another device starts a new count. Once you reach the limit, the unlock isn't offered again until the next month.
- A free emergency bypass is always available. On every alarm sip check, in every mode, hold the emergency bypass for 10 seconds to silence the alarm without paying. You can also turn Hard Mode off anytime (You › Back to Bestie mode) or pause all alarms (You › Pause everything). You never have to pay to stop an alarm.
6. Refunds
Apple handles all billing and decides all refunds, for subscriptions and unlock fees alike. We can't issue refunds ourselves. To ask Apple for one, go to reportaproblem.apple.com or, for your most recent unlock while Sippy Pro is active, use Sippy › You › Ask Apple for an unlock-fee refund. If something went wrong, email support@getsippy.app and we'll help where we can. Nothing in these terms limits any refund or withdrawal rights you have under Apple's terms or the law where you live.
7. Alarms
Sippy uses Apple's AlarmKit, so its alarms can ring through silent mode and Focus. When you press Stop, the alarm comes back:
- Gentle: every 2 minutes, up to 2 times.
- Firm (the default): every 90 seconds, up to 5 times.
- Relentless: every 60 seconds, with no limit.
If an alarm is ignored or swiped away, backup alarms ring again a few minutes later (Gentle: after 3, 6 and 9 minutes; Firm: 2, 5 and 8; Relentless: 2, 4 and 6) until you answer it or it is silenced.
In Hard Mode it comes back with no limit, at whichever pace you chose. A camera sip check answers the alarm, and the free emergency bypass silences it. In the default (Bestie) mode, after 2 failed camera tries Sippy offers an honor button instead.
Alarms need an active Sippy Pro subscription or free trial, and they stop if your subscription ends. They also depend on iOS: they won't ring if your phone is off or if you turn off Sippy's permission to schedule alarms. Don't rely on Sippy for anything safety-critical or time-critical, such as medication, appointments or travel.
8. Your data and your device
Your hydration data and camera checks stay on your device (see the Privacy Policy). You are responsible for your device, your backups and your Apple Account.
9. Acceptable use
Don't reverse engineer, resell or try to get around purchases. Don't use Sippy to harass, coerce or track another person, and don't use it in any unlawful way.
10. Disclaimers and limits
Sippy is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, to the fullest extent the law allows. To the maximum extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim relating to Sippy is limited to the amount you paid for Sippy in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that can't be excluded by law (for example, for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud), or takes away your mandatory rights as a consumer.
11. Changes to Sippy and these terms
We may update the app and these terms. We'll post changes on this page with a new date, and mention material changes in the App Store release notes. If you don't agree with a change, you can stop using Sippy and cancel your subscription.
12. Governing law
These additional terms are governed by the laws of the State of Florida, USA, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. The Standard EULA says which law governs it. Neither takes away any mandatory consumer protections you have under the law of the country or state where you live.
13. Contact
Remmy Rivera · Florida, USA · support@getsippy.app