Terms of Use

Last updated: 15 August 2026

These terms apply to The Family Pot, operated by Thomas Conlon in Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. By using the service or creating an account, you agree to these terms. If you do not agree, you can stop using the service and remove your local information.

Who may use the service

You must be at least 18 and able to enter a contract to create an account. The Family Pot is designed for adults managing their own household. Do not create an account for a child.

What the app provides

The Family Pot is a household budgeting and record-keeping tool. The current version is free and has no advertising, paid subscription or bank connection. It can organise and calculate figures you enter, but it does not verify those figures.

Accounts and security

• Provide a current email address and accurate account information.
• Keep your password, device PIN and exported files secure.
• Tell us promptly if you believe an account has been accessed without permission.
• You are responsible for activity carried out through your account unless it results from our failure to use reasonable care.

Household sharing

Only invite people authorised to view and change the household plan. Members can see and alter shared information. A “Personal” label is organisational only and does not hide a record from other members. Household members are responsible for agreeing how access and changes are managed.

Your content

You retain your rights in information you add. You give us the limited permission needed to store, process, back up and transmit that information solely to provide, secure and support the service. You confirm that you are entitled to add and share the information with invited household members.

Acceptable use

Do not use The Family Pot unlawfully; attempt to bypass security or access another household; upload malicious code; disrupt the service; scrape it at scale; or copy, reverse engineer or redistribute the software except where the law expressly allows. We may suspend access where reasonably necessary to protect users, investigate misuse or comply with law, and will act proportionately where possible.

Availability, updates and backups

We use reasonable care to keep the service available but do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. Internet, hosting and device failures can affect syncing. Keep exports of information that matters to you and check that changes have synced before removing a device copy.

We may improve or change features. If a change materially reduces an active service or affects these terms, we will provide reasonable notice where practicable. We will not use a change to remove mandatory consumer rights.

Account deletion

You may stop using the app at any time. Signed-in users can start permanent deletion inside My account. If a shared household has other members, ownership may pass to another member so their shared records are not erased. Locally stored copies, restore points and exported files may require separate deletion. Read the Privacy Policy for more detail.

Intellectual property

The Family Pot name, original interface, text, artwork and original software are owned by or licensed to Thomas Conlon. Third-party and open-source components remain subject to their own licences. These terms give you a personal, non-exclusive, revocable right to use the service; they do not transfer ownership of the software or brand.

Responsibility when things go wrong

Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot legally be excluded, including liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation, or your mandatory consumer rights. We are responsible for loss that is a foreseeable result of our breach of these terms or failure to use reasonable care.

To the extent the law allows, we are not responsible for business losses, losses that were not foreseeable when you used the service, another household member’s authorised actions, inaccurate information you entered, or loss that you could reasonably have avoided by following an in-app warning or keeping a current export. The Family Pot is supplied for personal household use, not commercial accounting.

Consumer rights

Your mandatory rights under UK consumer law are not affected. If paid features are introduced, their price, renewal, cancellation and refund terms will be shown before purchase, and Apple’s applicable purchase terms may also apply.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the law of Northern Ireland. This does not remove mandatory rights or court protections available to you under the law where you live.

Contact

Email support@thefamilypot.com or visit www.thefamilypot.com/support.html.