Terms of service · Nightdesk

1. The agreement

These terms are an agreement between you and Coded Realities LLC, the developer of Nightdesk (“we”, “us”). They cover the Nightdesk Android app, Nightdesk for Mac, Nightdesk for Linux, and the online services they use, such as the relay and the license service (together, “Nightdesk”). By installing or using Nightdesk you accept them. Our privacy policy explains what data Nightdesk handles. If you got Nightdesk from Google Play, Google Play’s terms apply to your purchase too. Computer licenses bought on this website are sold by us, and Stripe processes the payment.

2. Your license

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to install and use Nightdesk on phones, tablets and computers that you own or are allowed to control, for as long as you follow these terms. Being controlled is free: Nightdesk for Mac and Nightdesk for Linux cost nothing on the computers you control. You pay on the device you control from, after its free trial: a plan for the Android app, or a computer license for Nightdesk on a Mac or Linux computer used to control another one. Nightdesk stays ours: you may not sell, rent or redistribute it, or copy, decompile or modify it except where the law allows you to regardless of these terms.

3. The free trial

The Android app comes with 14 days of full use for free. No card is needed, and nothing is charged when it ends. The free trial starts the first time your phone links to a Mac, and there’s one free trial per Mac: reinstalling the app doesn’t start a new one. The app shows how many days are left and reminds you before the end. After it ends, you need a plan to keep linking to your Mac; a session already open when it ends carries on until you end it.

Nightdesk on a Mac or Linux computer, used to control another computer, has the same free trial: 14 days from the first time it links to a computer, one free trial per computer it controls. After that it needs a computer license.

4. Plans, billing and renewal

On your phone

Every plan for the Android app is a subscription or a one-time purchase through Google Play, which sells and bills it. Prices are shown in the app and on Google Play in your local currency and may include tax. We never see or store your payment details.
Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period, and Google Play charges you for the next one, until you cancel. Cancel in Google Play (your profile › Payments & subscriptions › Subscriptions) at least a day before the period ends to avoid the next charge. After you cancel, you keep your plan until the end of the period you’ve paid for.
A one-time purchase is paid once and doesn’t renew. It unlocks Nightdesk on the Google account you bought it with, for as long as we offer Nightdesk.
Price changes. We may change prices for new purchases. For an existing subscription, Google Play tells you in advance and, where required, asks for your agreement.
Restoring purchases. Your plan belongs to your Google account; signing in to Google Play with the same account on another phone brings it back.

On a computer

Computer licenses are sold on this website (pricing) and paid through Stripe: Monthly at $4.99 a month, or Lifetime at $57 once, in US dollars plus any tax shown at checkout. We never see or store your card details.
One license works on up to 3 computers at a time. To use it on another, remove one in Nightdesk’s plans on that computer. A computer that hasn’t used the license for 60 days gives its place back by itself.
Monthly subscriptions renew automatically each month, and you’re charged for the next month, until you cancel. Cancel any time from Manage subscription, in Nightdesk’s plans on your computer or with your license key on the pricing page. After you cancel, your license keeps working until the end of the month you’ve paid for, and isn’t charged again.
Lifetime is paid once and doesn’t renew. It works for as long as we offer Nightdesk.
Your license key is what uses and manages your license. Keep it private: anyone who has it can use your license or manage your subscription.
Price changes. We may change prices for new purchases. Before a new price applies to an existing subscription, we’ll tell you by email, and you can cancel before it does.

5. Refunds

Bought on this website (a computer license): email support@nightdesk.app within 14 days of a purchase or a renewal and we’ll refund it in full. The license, or that month of it, then ends.
Bought through Google Play (a plan for the phone): refunds follow Google Play’s refund policy and are requested through Google Play. If something went wrong, write to support@nightdesk.app and we’ll help where we can.

Nothing in these terms limits refund rights that your local consumer law gives you.

6. Acceptable use

Use Nightdesk only to control computers you own or have permission to control. Don’t:

use it to break the law, or to access, watch or control anyone else’s computer without their permission;
attack, overload, probe or try to get around the security of the relay or our other services, or use them for anything other than linking Nightdesk to your own Mac;
send false data to our services on purpose;
resell or share access to Nightdesk or its services, or share your license key beyond your own computers.

We may limit or suspend access to our online services for anyone who misuses them.

7. Your Mac and your data

Nightdesk does what you tell your Mac to do, the same as if you were sitting at it, so be careful with what you click and type. Keep your phone locked when you’re not using it, since a paired phone can control your Mac. Lid-closed mode keeps a closed MacBook awake: don’t keep it in a bag or anywhere it can’t stay cool. Keep backups of anything important.

8. Availability and changes

We work to keep Nightdesk running well, but we can’t promise it will always be available or free of errors. Linking from away needs the internet and our relay, which may sometimes be unavailable. We may update, change or stop parts of Nightdesk; if we ever shut it down entirely, we’ll give reasonable notice in the app.

9. No warranty

To the extent the law allows, Nightdesk is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, merchantability and non-infringement.

10. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we aren’t liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost data, profits or business, arising from your use of Nightdesk. Our total liability for any claim about Nightdesk is limited to the amount you paid for it in the 12 months before the claim. Some places don’t allow these limits, so they may not all apply to you.

11. Ending

You can stop using Nightdesk at any time by uninstalling it; cancel any subscription as well (in Google Play for the phone, from Manage subscription for a computer license). We may end these terms for you if you seriously or repeatedly break them. Sections 9 to 13 continue after that.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of [State], United States, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. If you’re a consumer, you also keep the protections of the law where you live, and you may bring a claim in your local courts where that law allows.

13. General

If any part of these terms can’t be enforced, the rest still applies. If we don’t enforce a part right away, we haven’t given it up. We may update these terms; we’ll change the date at the top, and if a change matters we’ll tell you in the app before it takes effect. Continuing to use Nightdesk after that means you accept the new terms.

Mac and macOS are trademarks of Apple Inc., registered in the U.S. and other countries and regions. Android and Google Play are trademarks of Google LLC. Nightdesk isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Apple or Google.

14. Contact

Questions about these terms: support@nightdesk.app.