Paper Launcher: Terms of use and Privacy policy

Version 2026-11-08. This is the same text as in the app (Settings, About, Terms of use and Privacy policy). Both are generated from one source, so change them together.

Terms of use

Agreement

These terms are between you and Israel Neuman, the individual who makes Paper Launcher and the other Paper apps, called Paper, we or us below. By installing, opening or using Paper, or by ticking the box when Paper asks, you agree to these terms and to the Privacy policy. If you do not agree, do not use Paper and uninstall it.

You must be 18 or older to use Paper. Paper is not meant for children.

What Paper Is

Paper is a home screen that makes your phone calmer. Zen mode slows you down on purpose by limiting what the home screen offers.

Paper is a personal tool for habits. It is not a medical, therapeutic, parental control or safety product, and it does not give advice about your health.

Paper does not lock you in. Android always lets you switch your home app, restart the phone or uninstall Paper, and Paper cannot change that.

Zen And Your Safety

While Zen is on, other apps are sent away or hidden. Some apps may not be reachable, including apps you rely on for health, safety, work, travel or money. Phone calls stay available, but Paper cannot promise that any call, alarm, message or notification will always reach you.

Before you rely on Zen, choose your allowed apps and emergency exits with care, and keep another way to reach help. Do not use Zen when you may need your phone to stay safe, for example while driving, while caring for someone, or when a medical device needs an app.

Zen can fail or be interrupted by Android, by your phone maker, by a battery saver or by a bug. You are responsible for how you use your phone and for anything you miss while Zen is on or after it fails.

Premium And Payment

Premium is a yearly subscription, with a free trial for new customers, or a one time Lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in Google Play before you pay and may change for future purchases.

All payments, renewals, cancellations and refunds are handled by Google Play under its own terms. We do not receive your card details. A subscription renews until you cancel it in Google Play. Cancelling stops the next renewal and does not refund the current period unless Google Play does.

Lifetime lasts as long as Paper Launcher is available on Google Play. If we ever stop offering it, we will say so in the app first.

When Premium ends, Premium features switch off. Your folders, home arrangement and settings are kept on your phone and come back when Premium does.

By choosing Start the free trial or Subscribe or Lifetime, you agree to these terms.

Fair Use

The partner link runs on a server, so it has limits that apply to every plan: up to 3 partners, 30 codes asked for each month, 10 invites a day and 5 tries for each code. A code works once and for 10 minutes. Unlinking takes a day.

Everything else runs on your phone and has no limit apart from the sizes you see in the app, such as 8 home apps, 6 folders and 6 allowed apps. Limits can change, and changes will be shown in the app before they take effect.

Do not use the partner link to harass anyone, to send what is unlawful, to overload it, or to get around its limits.

Your Rights To Paper

Paper is licensed to you, not sold. You may use it on your own devices for yourself. You may not copy, resell, rent out, or reverse engineer Paper except where the law allows it despite this term.

The name Paper, the look of the app and its code belong to us. Your own settings, notes, photos and lists stay yours.

No Warranty

Paper is provided as is and as available. To the fullest extent the law allows, we give no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including that Paper will be free of errors, work without interruption, work on every device or Android version, or be fit for a particular purpose.

Limit Of Liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive loss, or for lost data, missed calls or messages, lost time, lost profit or harm that comes from using or not being able to use Paper, even if we were told it could happen.

To the fullest extent the law allows, our total liability for any claim about Paper is limited to the amount you paid for Paper in the 12 months before the claim, or 50 US dollars if you paid nothing.

Some places do not allow some of these limits, so some of them may not apply to you. Nothing here limits a right you have by law that cannot be limited, or liability that cannot be limited by law.

Changes And Ending

We may change these terms or Paper. When a change matters, Paper will show the new terms and ask you to agree again. If you keep using Paper after that, you accept the change. If you do not accept it, uninstall Paper.

You can stop at any time by uninstalling Paper. We may suspend the partner link for anyone who breaks these terms.

Law And Disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States, without regard to its conflict of law rules. Before any claim, please write to us at the contact address and give us a chance to put it right.

Contact

Israel Neuman. Email contact@quietpress.dev.

Privacy policy

Who We Are

Paper is made by Israel Neuman, an individual. This policy says what Paper does with information. For questions, write to contact@quietpress.dev.

What Stays On Your Phone

Your settings, home apps, folders, widgets, photos you choose, notes, to do lists, usage timer, inbox cards and Zen history are stored on your phone and are not sent to us.

Paper has no ads, and it does not include advertising or analytics tools. We do not track what you do in other apps and we do not sell or share personal information.

What Is Sent

Partner link, only if you use it. Paper makes an anonymous account without an email or a password. The server keeps that account id, the names you and your partner choose, a Firebase address for your phone so a request can reach it, and the requests and codes between you. Requests are removed after 40 days, and everything about a link is removed when it is unlinked. The server is run for us by Supabase, and the wake-up message is delivered by Google Firebase Cloud Messaging, which only carries a first name and a request number.

Purchases. Google Play handles all payments. Paper asks Google Play whether this Google account owns Premium, and gets back the purchase status. We do not receive your payment details.

Permissions

Paper asks for Android permissions only for features you turn on. Display over other apps and usage access let Zen work over other apps and let the usage timer count phone time. Notification access lets the inbox hold notifications back; they are read on your phone and kept there, and are never sent anywhere. Calendar access fills the Agenda widget on your phone. Notifications let Paper tell you about Zen and Premium. The internet is used for the partner link and for Google Play.

Usage and notification data is used only to run these features on your phone.

Keeping And Deleting

Data on your phone is removed when you uninstall Paper or clear its storage. Partner link data is removed when you unlink. To ask about or remove anything else, write to contact@quietpress.dev.

Children

Paper is for people 18 and older and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that matters, Paper will show the new version and ask you to agree again.

Contact

Israel Neuman. Email contact@quietpress.dev.