1. The agreement
These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are an agreement between you and Bunrise App (“we”, “us”) for the Bunrise app, its widget and Live Activities, Bunrise+ and this website (together, “Bunrise”).
Bunrise is licensed to you, not sold, under Apple’s Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the “Standard EULA”). These Terms add to the Standard EULA. If they conflict, the Standard EULA wins for anything it covers. By downloading or using Bunrise, you accept the Standard EULA and these Terms. Our Privacy Policy explains how data is handled.
You must be at least 13 years old, or the minimum age required in your country, to use Bunrise. If you are under 18, or not an adult where you live, a parent or guardian must agree to these Terms for you, and any purchase must be made with their permission.
2. Health and exercise safety
Bunrise is an alarm clock with an exercise challenge. It is not medical advice, a training programme or a medical device.
Talk to a doctor or other qualified health professional before using Bunrise if you have, or might have, any heart, lung, blood-pressure, joint, back or other medical condition, an injury, are pregnant or recently gave birth, have had recent surgery, or have ever been told to limit exercise. If in doubt, ask first.
- You do the reps at your own risk. Choose a move and a rep count that suit your fitness. You can change both whenever the alarm isn’t inside its 4-hour lock, and period mode halves your alarm reps for 5 days.
- You’ll often be exercising right after waking up, when you may be groggy, stiff or dizzy. Get up slowly, take a moment, and move carefully.
- Clear the space around you. Use a stable, non-slip floor and a stable surface for your phone. Don’t exercise near stairs, sharp edges or anything you could fall into.
- Stop immediately if you feel pain, chest pain or pressure, shortness of breath, dizziness, faintness or anything unusual, and get medical help if needed. You never have to finish your reps: on a real alarm you can end it by pressing and holding the chicken-out button for 40 seconds, or stop moving and let it ring until its 10 minutes are up (section 3). Practice rounds, test rings and duels can be ended at any time.
- Rep counting is automatic and estimates your movement from camera images. It can miss reps or count them differently from you. It does not judge whether your form is safe.
- Scores, grades, streaks and stats are for motivation only. They are not health measurements, and period mode is not a health or cycle-tracking feature.
3. Alarms and the 10-minute rule
Bunrise has no snooze button. A real alarm rings for up to 10 minutes from its scheduled time. Silencing it (for example with the side or volume button, by muting the in-app ringer or by leaving the app) only pauses it for about 30 seconds before it rings again. The alarm stops when you finish your reps. If you haven’t finished them 10 minutes after the scheduled time, it stops on its own and that morning counts as slept through, which resets your streak unless a Streak Freeze covers it. If you’re already doing your reps when the 10 minutes run out, you can finish them. You can also end a real alarm early by pressing and holding its chicken-out button for 40 seconds, which resets your streak.
The 10-minute rule and the 4-hour alarm lock are deliberate features, and you agree to them by setting an alarm. Practice rounds and test rings are rehearsals that save nothing, and duels are a side game: none of them is an alarm, they always have a way out, and they never affect your streak.
Bunrise uses iOS alarm features to wake you, but whether an alarm rings depends on things we don’t control: your iPhone being on and charged, your permissions and settings, your volume, iOS behaviour and updates, and hardware. Don’t rely on Bunrise as your only alarm for anything where oversleeping could cause harm or serious loss, such as taking medication, caring for someone, travel, exams or work shifts.
4. Bunrise+ subscription
Bunrise is free to download, but using it requires Bunrise+, an auto-renewable subscription. There is no free plan: after the short setup, Bunrise asks you to start Bunrise+, with a 3-day free trial if you’re eligible, before you can use the app. Bunrise+ includes every feature described in the app, currently the camera-counted alarm with the 10-minute rule, Rico, streaks, XP, badges and quests, proof clips and story cards, period mode, duels, unlimited alarms, every alarm sound, full history, a weekly Streak Freeze and the whole Closet (outfits locked to a level still need that level). Like the app, Bunrise+ is covered by these Terms and Apple’s Standard EULA.
- Plans and price. Bunrise+ is offered as a weekly plan ($9.99 per week) or a yearly plan ($29.99 per year). These are US prices. Prices in other countries are set in local currency, may include taxes, and are shown in the app before you buy.
- Free trial. Each plan starts with a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers. The two plans share one trial: it can be used once per Apple Account, whichever plan you start it on. If you don’t cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, your subscription starts and you’re charged the price of the plan you chose. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription, where applicable.
- Payment. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase, or at the end of the free trial if you start with one.
- Automatic renewal. Your subscription renews automatically for the same period (one week or one year) at the then-current price, unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account is charged for the renewal within 24 hours before the end of the current period. If the price changes, Apple will notify you as its rules require, and you can cancel before the change applies.
- Manage or cancel. You can manage or cancel anytime in iPhone Settings › your name › Subscriptions, or from Bunrise’s Settings › Manage subscription. If you cancel, you keep Bunrise+ until the end of your free trial or the period you’ve paid for. Deleting the app does not cancel your subscription.
- Refunds. Purchases are processed by Apple, and refunds are handled by Apple under its policies. You can request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. We can’t issue refunds ourselves. Nothing in these Terms limits any right to a refund you have under the law of your country.
- Restoring. Use Restore purchases, on the Bunrise+ screen or in Bunrise’s Settings, to get Bunrise+ back on a new or reset iPhone signed in to the same Apple Account.
- If Bunrise+ ends (for example, after you cancel, if a payment fails or if Apple refunds you), Bunrise shows the Bunrise+ screen when you open it, and the rest of the app stays locked until you subscribe again or restore. Alarms you already set keep ringing and work as described in section 3, and the Bunrise+ screen never blocks a wake-up challenge. To stop those alarms without subscribing, tap “Turn off my alarms” on the Bunrise+ screen.
- Changes to Bunrise+. We may change what Bunrise+ includes. If we take away a major Bunrise+ feature while you’re subscribed, you can cancel and ask Apple for a refund as described above.
5. Rays, XP and other virtual items
Rays, XP, levels, badges, Streak Freezes, outfits, league positions and similar items are part of the game. They can’t be bought separately with money, have no monetary value, can’t be exchanged, sold or transferred, and are not your property. They’re stored on your iPhone, so deleting the app or losing your device data resets them. We may rebalance or change them.
6. Your clips and what you share
- Your proof clips, cards and other things you create with Bunrise are yours. They’re stored on your iPhone, and we don’t receive them.
- Proof clips are optional. You can switch them off during setup or in Settings, and then the camera only counts your reps and nothing is recorded.
- When you share through the iOS share sheet, you decide where it goes, and the terms of that app or service apply. You’re responsible for what you share.
- Only record and share footage of yourself, or of people who have agreed to it. Don’t share anything unlawful, or anything you don’t have the right to share.
7. Using Bunrise fairly
Don’t misuse Bunrise. For example, don’t use it to break the law or harm anyone, don’t try to copy, modify, reverse-engineer or redistribute the app except where the law allows it, and don’t interfere with the app, this website or other people’s devices. Don’t use Bunrise or its links (such as duel and invite links) to harass, spam or impersonate anyone.
8. Our stuff
Bunrise, Rico, the Bunrise and Bunrise+ names and logos, the app’s design, artwork, animations and sounds belong to Bunrise App or our licensors. These Terms don’t give you any rights to them except the right to use Bunrise as described here. Fonts are used under the SIL Open Font License.
9. Apple and other third parties
Apple is not a party to these Terms, is not responsible for Bunrise or its content, and has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for it. To the extent the Standard EULA applies, Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of it. Payments are handled by Apple. Subscriptions are managed through RevenueCat, our service provider, as described in the Privacy Policy. Apps you share to are run by other companies under their own terms.
10. Disclaimers and liability
To the extent the law allows, Bunrise is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, including that it will be error-free, that alarms will always ring, or that rep counts will be accurate.
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special or consequential losses, such as missed appointments, flights, exams or work, or for injuries resulting from exercise you choose to do. Our total liability for any claim relating to Bunrise is limited to the amount you paid for Bunrise+ in the 12 months before the claim, or USD 50 if that is more.
Nothing in these Terms limits liability that can’t be limited by law, such as liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud, and nothing affects your statutory rights as a consumer.
11. Changes, ending and law
- We may update these Terms. We’ll change the date at the top, and for material changes we’ll give notice in the app or on this website. If you keep using Bunrise after a change takes effect, the new Terms apply. If you don’t agree, stop using Bunrise and cancel any subscription.
- You can stop using Bunrise at any time by deleting the app (and cancelling Bunrise+ if you have it). We may stop offering Bunrise or any feature.
- These Terms are governed by the laws of the country where Bunrise App is established, without affecting any mandatory consumer protection that the law of your country of residence gives you, including your right to bring claims in your local courts.
- If any part of these Terms can’t be enforced, the rest still applies.
12. Contact
Questions, complaints or claims about Bunrise: contact Bunrise App through the Support page.