Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your access to and use of commonthings.app, the Common Things web application and the Common Things mobile applications (together, the “Service”). The Service is provided by an individual developer based in Australia (“Common Things”, “we”, “us” or “our”).

By creating an account, clicking to accept, or using the Service, you agree to these Terms and acknowledge the Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

You must be at least 16 and legally able to enter into these Terms. If you are under 18, you may use the Service only with the consent and supervision required by your local law. If you use the Service for another person or organisation, you represent that you have authority to bind them.

Common Things is a personal and household money-management tool. Features may include expense and income tracking, budgets, recurring items, saving goals, shopping lists, bill splitting, Circles, Groups, exports, reports and automated suggestions.

The Service is designed so that core financial records are stored in Common Things Google Sheets workbooks in your Google Drive. Some limited account, collaboration, support, diagnostic and subscription information is processed by us and our providers as explained in the Privacy Policy.

• You are responsible for maintaining control of your Google account, devices, PINs and authentication methods.
• You authorise Common Things to use the Google permissions displayed during consent only to provide Service functionality.
• You may revoke Google access, but doing so may stop syncing or other features.
• You must keep account details accurate and promptly notify us of suspected unauthorised access.
• You may not transfer, sell or share access to your account except through supported collaboration features.

You retain ownership of content you enter, upload or create through the Service (“Your Content”). You grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, limited licence to host, access, process, reproduce and transmit Your Content only as reasonably necessary to operate, secure, support and improve the Service and to provide features you request. This licence ends when the relevant content is deleted, subject to normal backups, shared copies, legal retention and technical limitations.

You are responsible for Your Content and must have the right to provide it. Do not upload unlawful material, highly sensitive secrets that are unnecessary for the Service, malicious code, or content that infringes another person's rights.

• Inviting someone may give them access to the relevant shared workbook or content according to the role shown in the Service.
• Personal workbooks are intended to remain separate from Group and Circle workbooks, but you must verify the destination before adding information.
• Group administrators may add or remove members and manage shared content. Removal stops future access through the Service but may not erase copies already exported, viewed or independently retained.
• Guest-member entries are labels used for calculation and do not create an account or consent on that person's behalf.
• You are responsible for obtaining any permission needed before entering another person's name, email or expense information.

You must use the Service lawfully and reasonably. You must not:

• access another person's account, workbook or data without permission;
• probe, scan, bypass, interfere with, overload or disrupt security or operation of the Service;
• use automated means to scrape or extract the Service except through an authorised interface;
• upload malware or use invitations, email, sharing or messaging features for spam, harassment, fraud or unlawful conduct;
• misrepresent your identity, impersonate another person, or manipulate transactions or subscription status;
• resell, sublicense, clone, white-label or commercially exploit the Service without written permission;
• reverse engineer the Service except to the extent the law expressly permits and that right cannot be excluded; or
• use the Service in a way that violates Google, Apple, Google Play or another applicable third-party term.

The features included in each tier are described on the pricing page and in the app. We may improve or reorganise features, but we will not remove a paid entitlement during an active paid period without providing an appropriate remedy required by law.

Any “free forever”, “Gold free forever”, “grandfathered” or early-access promise applies only to the specific account and feature set expressly described when the offer is accepted. The current early-access offer is this: an account created before Gold goes on sale keeps access, at no charge, to the Gold features listed on the pricing page at that time. It is personal to that account, is not transferable, and does not extend to separately priced products introduced later. We will not use the general change provisions in clause 25 to withdraw a lifetime entitlement that has been clearly offered and accepted.

Trials require no payment unless the checkout screen clearly states otherwise. If a trial can convert to a paid subscription, the price, billing period, renewal, cancellation method and timing will be clearly disclosed before activation.

• Paid mobile subscriptions may be offered through Apple App Store or Google Play. The applicable store processes payment and its billing and refund rules also apply.
• Prices, taxes, billing periods and included features are shown before purchase.
• An auto-renewing subscription continues until cancelled through the relevant store account. Cancellation generally takes effect at the end of the current paid period.
• We do not receive full card details from the app stores.
• Nothing in these Terms limits rights or remedies that cannot lawfully be excluded, including Australian Consumer Law rights.

Gold is currently advertised at $5.99 per month or $49.99 per year and is not yet purchasable. Subscriptions are not currently sold through this website; if that changes, these Terms will be updated with the applicable payment, renewal, cancellation and refund wording before any website purchase is offered.

The Service relies on third parties such as Google, Apple, Vercel, Neon, Resend, optional import services and currency-rate providers. Their services and terms may apply separately. We are responsible for our own obligations but do not control third-party outages, account actions or changes. We will take reasonable steps to reduce disruption and communicate material impacts where practicable.

Categorisation, Smart Coach and other automated features may produce incorrect, incomplete or outdated outputs. You must review results before relying on them. Do not use automated outputs as the sole basis for financial, tax, legal, investment, credit or other significant decisions.

Common Things provides record-keeping and organisational tools, not financial services or professional advice. Budgets, “safe to spend” amounts, projections, debt-to-income calculations, reminders, tax flags and reports are estimates based on the information available. Verify important figures and seek qualified advice where appropriate.

Although core records are designed to be stored in your Google Drive, you remain responsible for maintaining access to your Google account and keeping appropriate backups of important records. Sync conflicts, user edits, Google permissions, deleted files, offline states or third-party outages may affect availability or accuracy. Use available exports and check sync status regularly.

Except for Your Content and third-party materials, the Service — including its software, design, branding, text and documentation — is owned by us or our licensors and protected by intellectual-property law. We grant you a personal, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the Service in accordance with these Terms.

“Common Things” and its associated logos are trade marks used by the operator of the Service. No rights are granted to use them except as necessary to identify the Service.

You may provide feedback voluntarily. You grant us a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free right to use feedback without restriction or payment, provided we do not publicly identify you without permission.

We aim to provide a reliable Service but do not promise uninterrupted or error-free operation. We may perform maintenance, fix security issues, change integrations, and add or retire functionality. For material changes that adversely affect paid users, we will provide reasonable notice and any remedy required by law. Nothing in this clause permits us to avoid a specific lifetime or paid commitment that has been clearly offered and accepted.

You may stop using the Service and delete your account at any time. We may suspend or terminate access where reasonably necessary to address a material breach, security risk, fraud, unlawful conduct, harm to others, non-payment, or a legal requirement. Where appropriate, we will provide notice, reasons and an opportunity to remedy before termination.

On termination, your licence to use the Service ends. Your Google Drive files generally remain under your control unless you delete them. Sections intended to survive — including ownership, disclaimers, liability, dispute and general provisions — continue to apply.

Nothing in these Terms excludes, restricts or modifies any consumer guarantee, right or remedy under the Australian Consumer Law or another law where doing so would be unlawful. Where the Service fails to meet a non-excludable guarantee, you may be entitled to a remedy depending on the nature and seriousness of the failure.

Subject to non-excludable rights, the Service is provided on an “as available” basis. We do not guarantee that calculations, categories, reminders, reports, exchange rates, sync results or automated outputs are complete, accurate or suitable for a particular purpose. Statements about provider availability, encryption, storage location or deletion are limited to the systems and information reasonably known to us and may change as providers update their services.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, neither party is liable to the other for indirect or consequential loss that was not reasonably foreseeable when these Terms were accepted. Our liability is not limited for fraud, wilful misconduct, death or personal injury caused by negligence, breach of confidentiality, infringement caused by us, or any liability that cannot lawfully be limited.

For other claims, and only to the extent legally permitted, our aggregate liability arising from the Service is limited to the greater of AUD 100 and the fees you paid for the Service during the 12 months before the event giving rise to the claim. A court may disregard this limit where it is unfair or unenforceable.

You are responsible for loss we reasonably incur because of your unlawful use, material breach of these Terms, or infringement by Your Content, but only to the extent you caused or contributed to that loss. This clause does not require you to compensate us for loss caused by our negligence, breach or unlawful conduct.

For an Apple-distributed app, you and we acknowledge that these Terms are between you and us, not Apple; we are responsible for the app and support; Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support; we are responsible for claims concerning the app, legal compliance and intellectual-property infringement; you must comply with applicable third-party terms; and Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries entitled to enforce the relevant provisions. You also represent that you are not in a country subject to a United States embargo and are not on a United States prohibited-party list. Google Play's applicable distribution and user terms also apply to Android installations.

Contact support@commonthings.app first, or use the support form, and provide enough information for us to investigate. We will try to resolve the issue in good faith. This informal process does not prevent either party from seeking urgent relief or using a regulator, tribunal, small-claims process or other right available under applicable consumer law.

These Terms are governed by the laws of New South Wales, Australia. The courts of New South Wales have non-exclusive jurisdiction. “Non-exclusive” means that you retain any right under mandatory local consumer law to bring a claim elsewhere.

We may update these Terms for legal, security or product reasons. We will publish the updated date. For material changes, we will provide reasonable advance notice and, where required, seek consent. Changes will not retrospectively remove accrued rights or a clearly promised paid or lifetime entitlement. If you do not agree to a material change, you may stop using the Service and cancel any subscription.

If a provision is unenforceable, it will be read down or removed only to the extent necessary and the remaining provisions continue. A delay in enforcing a right is not a waiver. You may not assign these Terms without consent; we may assign them as part of a genuine transfer of the Service, subject to notice and your non-excludable rights. These Terms, the Privacy Policy and any purchase disclosures form the agreement concerning the Service.

• Operator: an individual developer based in Australia
• Email: support@commonthings.app
• Website: commonthings.app