Slower
Terms of Use
The short version: Slower is free to use for your own personal breathing practice. It is not medical advice or treatment. Do the breath-hold and fast-breathing exercises only seated or lying down, never in water or while driving, and stop if you feel dizzy or unwell.
1. Who these terms are with
These terms are between you and Fredrik Hegardt, Sweden, the maker of Slower ("we", "us"). They apply together with Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement (the "Apple Standard EULA") that you accepted when you downloaded the app from the App Store. By using the app you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the app.
2. Your licence to use the app
We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use Slower on Apple devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial use, as allowed by the App Store usage rules. Please do not copy, resell, reverse-engineer or redistribute the app or its content (including the animations, sounds and the Wisp character), except where the law allows it. All rights not expressly given to you stay with us and our licensors.
The app is currently free. We may add, change or remove features in future versions.
3. Not medical advice
Slower offers breathing exercises for general wellbeing. It is not a medical device, and it does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any illness or condition. Nothing in the app or on this website is medical advice, and it does not replace advice from a doctor or other qualified health professional. If you have a health concern, talk to a doctor. If you feel you are in danger or need urgent help, call your local emergency number.
4. Safety guidance
Most exercises in Slower are gentle, slow breathing. Some are more intense: the 30-breath rounds with breath holds, the wake-up pumps, and the breath-hold timer. Please read this before you use them.
- Never in or near water (bath, pool, sea, shower) and never while driving, cycling, operating machinery or doing anything where fainting could hurt you or others.
- Only seated or lying down, in a safe place.
- Stop if you feel dizzy, light-headed, unwell, or if you feel tingling, pain or discomfort, and breathe normally.
- Ask a doctor first if you are pregnant, or have a heart condition, high blood pressure, a lung or breathing condition, epilepsy or another seizure condition, or any other serious health condition.
- Never force a breath hold. Hold only as long as feels comfortable. The breath-hold timer is a personal timer, not a measurement of your health.
- Children and teenagers should do these exercises only with an adult who has read this guidance.
For all exercises: keep breathing comfortable, and if something does not feel right, stop. Light-headedness can happen when you are new to slow breathing or holds; if it does not pass quickly when you breathe normally, stop the exercise.
5. No warranty
We work hard to make Slower reliable, but we provide it "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we do not promise that the app will always work without interruption or errors, or that it will give you any particular result. This does not affect any rights you have under mandatory consumer law (see section 8).
6. Liability
To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, or for loss caused by using the app against the safety guidance above or by events outside our reasonable control.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence, for loss caused by our intent or gross negligence, or any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including mandatory consumer protection law.
7. Apple
These terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple is not responsible for the app or its content, and has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for it. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and may enforce them against you. If these terms conflict with the Apple Standard EULA, the term that gives you more protection applies.
8. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by Swedish law. If you are a consumer living in another country, you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer laws of the country where you live, and you may bring a claim in the courts of that country or in Sweden.
If you have a complaint, please contact us first and we will try to solve it. Consumers can also turn to the Swedish National Board for Consumer Disputes (Allmänna reklamationsnämnden, arn.se) or to the consumer authority in their own country.
9. Changes to these terms
We may update these terms, for example when the app changes or the law requires it. We will change the date at the top and, for important changes, mention them in the app's update notes. If you keep using the app after a change, the new terms apply. If you do not agree, you can stop using the app and delete it at any time.
10. Contact
Questions about these terms: [email protected]
Fredrik Hegardt, Sweden