Terms of Service

1. Scope

These terms apply to the use of the hitPR app, operated by Christian Geißler, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; the full provider details are set out in the legal notice. You agree to these terms when you complete the app's setup. There is no user account — hitPR runs without registration.

Use of the app is permitted from the age of 16. You must have full legal capacity or act with the consent of your legal guardian. If you are under 18, please also read the section “Fitness notice” and the notes on purchases under “Subscriptions & one-time purchase”.

2. Use of the app

hitPR is a strength training app. Planning and recording your training is free on the smartphone; individual additional features are paid (see “Paid features”).

You receive a non-exclusive, non-transferable, personal right of use. If you obtained the app through the App Store, it is limited to Apple-branded devices that you own or control and is governed by the usage rules set out in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions; access remains permitted for accounts associated with yours via Family Sharing, volume purchasing or Legacy Contact. The app content (exercise catalog, images, texts) is protected by copyright.

Reverse engineering, decompilation or abusive use — in particular circumventing access restrictions or automated bulk use — is not permitted, unless the law mandatorily allows it (in particular § 69d (2), (3), (5) and (7) and § 69e of the German Copyright Act).

If you switch on the data backup, hitPR connects to your own cloud storage at Google or Apple. You are responsible for that account's credentials and for the storage space available there.

3. Data backup

The automatic data backup is part of hitPR Pro. It backs up your training data: plans, workouts, sets, personal records and settings. Image files are not included: for a cover image you have chosen yourself or the photo of an exercise you created, the backup only remembers where it is stored on your device, not the image itself — after a device change it will be missing.

The backup is encrypted on your device and only then placed in your own cloud storage — on Android in your Google Drive, on iOS in your iCloud. We operate no server for this and hold no copy. The key stays with you; without it or your recovery code the backup cannot be read, not even by us. Keep the recovery code separately: if it is lost together with the device, the backup can no longer be restored. On iOS, your iCloud Keychain, if it is switched on, also brings the key to a new iPhone with the same Apple Account without the code.

Whether a backup can be written also depends on your cloud provider — for example on whether storage space is still available there. For that provider’s storage space and availability we cannot be answerable; for the backup function itself the statutory rights in case of defects apply (see “Limitation of liability”). In addition we recommend the export in the settings.

4. Paid features

hitPR Pro calculates training plans from your inputs (hitPR Adapt), extends the analysis period and unlocks the automatic data backup; on Android it also unlocks the Wear OS Watch Companion. If Pro ends, plans created with hitPR Adapt remain available for training, and you can keep editing them by hand. They can then no longer be recalculated.

The Pro features run on your device and need no connection to us; the data backup writes to your own cloud storage. How the app checks whether you have bought Pro is explained in the section “Availability”.

5. Subscriptions & one-time purchase

hitPR Pro is available as a subscription (monthly or yearly) or as a one-time purchase. The purchase is handled exclusively through the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Price, term, automatic renewal and cancellation follow from the respective store's offer at the time of purchase and are governed by its terms. We raise the price of a running subscription only with your consent; if you do not consent, the subscription ends with the period already paid for. For withdrawal and refunds, the section “Withdrawal” applies.

With the one-time purchase all Pro features offered at the time of purchase remain usable permanently — as long as the technical conditions for this exist, that is your device's operating system and the third-party interfaces an individual feature relies on. It does not renew and is not charged again.

You can cancel your subscription at any time in the settings of the store you bought through. When it ends, and whether you get anything back, follows the store's terms that apply to your purchase.

If you are not yet 18, a purchase may require the consent of a parent or guardian.

Your statutory rights of withdrawal, warranty, cancellation and refund remain unaffected.

hitPR Pro is sold exclusively through the Apple App Store and Google Play; there is no direct sale. The usage contract for the app exists between you and us. Ordering, payment, term, renewal, cancellation and refunds run through the store you bought in and are governed by its terms.

If you live in the EU, the EEA or the United Kingdom, you have a statutory right of withdrawal of fourteen days for distance purchases. How it ends depends on what you bought. In other countries, withdrawal and refunds are governed by local law and the terms of the store.

With the one-time purchase you receive the features immediately. Here the right of withdrawal expires early when four things come together: performance has begun, you have expressly consented to the early start, you have acknowledged that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal, and you have been provided with a confirmation of the contract on a durable medium. Whether these four conditions were met for your purchase depends on the process of the store you bought through.

With the subscription the performance is rendered over the term. There the right of withdrawal only expires once performance is complete — with a running subscription that is regularly not the case within the fourteen days. If you have expressly requested that performance begin before the period ends and the store has properly informed you about your right of withdrawal, the store may charge proportionate compensation for the performance rendered up to that point.

How withdrawal and refunds work for purchases made through the stores: Withdrawal and refunds

Apple and Google accept withdrawal declarations themselves under their own terms. We have compiled the routes the stores name at hitpr.app/en/withdrawal; what is binding are the terms of the store you bought through. Refunds are handled through that store. If you have questions, including about a refund, [email protected] is happy to help.

6. Availability

hitPR runs on your device. Your data rests with you, and the data backup writes to your own cloud storage. Only whether you have bought hitPR Pro is checked by the app through our service provider RevenueCat, which asks Apple or Google.

Only ancillary services are operated by us — delivery of the plan catalog and its cover images, the daily retrieval of a small file with announcements and the state of the catalog, the feedback feature and the usage statistics. If they fail or we discontinue them, we do not switch anything off in the app: the catalog already loaded, the extended analysis period, the data backup and the Wear OS Watch Companion do not depend on them. Whether an individual feature keeps working also depends on its technical conditions — your device's operating system and third-party interfaces, such as your cloud storage.

If we plan to discontinue the development of hitPR, we will announce this in the app at least six months in advance. We do not switch off the export in the settings because of it — you can still get at your data. Nor do we switch off purchased Pro features: they run on your device, and the purchase check via RevenueCat stays in operation — or we first provide an update that recognizes your purchase directly with the store. New features will then no longer be added. Our statutory duty to provide updates does not end with that — it follows the period for which the app is provided.

To keep the app secure and in conformity with the contract, we provide updates. We may require a minimum version for use if an older version can no longer be operated securely; older versions then prompt you to update at launch. If our service is unreachable, nothing is blocked.

We may change the app beyond what is needed to maintain conformity with the contract where there is a valid reason — for example technical development, security requirements, a change in the legal situation or adaptation to a new operating system version. This involves no additional cost for you. If a change impairs usability more than marginally, we will inform you in advance on hitpr.app and at the next start of the app, and state the date from which it applies. You may then end the contract free of charge within thirty days — counted from the day you receive that information or from the day of the change, whichever is later. Your other statutory rights remain unaffected.

7. Deleting your data

You can delete your data at any time in the settings (“Delete All Data”). This removes your training data and the images you chose yourself from the device. The bundled exercise catalog including your adjustments to it and your settings remain. If the data backup is switched on, you can have the backup file in your cloud storage deleted in the same step; otherwise it stays there, and automatic backup is disconnected.

Not covered are copies outside the app: export files you have passed on yourself, and copies in a backup made by your operating system. If you want to keep your data, back it up beforehand using the export.

Since there is no user account, there is nothing you need to cancel or have deleted with us. Deleting the app or your data does not end a running subscription, though — you have to cancel in the store you bought through. How to have feedback messages deleted is described in the Privacy Policy under “Your rights”.

8. Fitness notice

hitPR is software for recording and planning strength training for healthy people aged 16 and over. It does not serve the diagnosis, prevention, monitoring, prediction, prognosis, treatment or alleviation of disease or injury. hitPR is not a medical product and does not replace medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Training plans built from your answers (hitPR Adapt), training suggestions, progression recommendations and calculated values (e.g. Training Max, Estimated 1RM) follow fixed rules guided by sports-science recommendations; calculated values are estimates. They are based on what you enter and log; they cannot judge whether an exercise or a weight is suitable for you at that moment. They do not replace personal supervision by a trainer or health advice. Sports science continues to develop; we do not promise that the content always reflects the latest state of research.

You are responsible yourself for performing the exercises, for choosing the training weights and for judging your physical capacity. Using the app and following training suggestions is at your own risk.

Seek medical advice before you start training if you have joint problems, past surgery, cardiovascular disease, neuromuscular disease, asthma or other respiratory conditions, or any other health limitations. The same applies during pregnancy and while breastfeeding. If you are under 18, talk to a parent or guardian before taking up strength training, and to your doctor if in doubt.

If an exercise causes pain, leave it out or replace it. If a suggested weight or repetition count seems too high, reduce the values — the suggestions are guide values, not requirements.

Sets taken close to muscular failure (RIR 0, AMRAP) belong, with free weights, near a rack or a training partner who can spot you.

9. Limitation of liability

The statutory rights in respect of defects in digital products (§§ 327 et seq. German Civil Code) apply to the app. Within the scope of our usage contract with you, we provide the updates necessary to maintain the app's conformity with the contract and inform you about available updates.

We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence as well as for injury to life, body and health. For slight negligence we are liable only in the event of a breach of essential contractual obligations (cardinal obligations), limited to foreseeable damage typical of the contract. Essential contractual obligations are those whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely.

Otherwise we are not liable for data loss caused by missing backups of your own, or for outages or restrictions of the cloud storage you have chosen. Liability under the preceding paragraphs remains unaffected.

We do not promise that you will reach particular training goals with hitPR. The result depends on circumstances we do not control: your physical condition, your execution, your nutrition and your recovery. Claims under the German Product Liability Act remain unaffected.

We provide updates, inform you about them and tell you what happens if you do not install them. If you then do not install a provided update within a reasonable time, we are not liable for an impairment that results solely from that — unless the installation failed because our instructions for it were defective. The above limitations of liability also apply in favour of our legal representatives and vicarious agents if claims are asserted directly against them.

10. Changes

Without your consent we may amend these terms if the legal situation or supreme court case law changes, if we correct editorial errors, or if the change affects neither our performance nor your consideration nor your rights under this contract.

Any other change only becomes effective towards you once you have agreed to it. If you do not agree, the version you last agreed to continues to apply to you.

Changed terms come with a new app version. On the first launch afterwards we show them to you and name what has changed. Without an update by you, the terms that apply to you do not change — they accompany your installed app version. We announce upcoming changes in advance on hitpr.app with the terms of service, together with the date from which they apply. You can view the current version in the app at any time. If an earlier version still applies to you, we will send it to you on request to [email protected].

11. Privacy

Our privacy policy applies and can be viewed in the app under “Privacy” and on our website.

12. Dispute resolution

We are not willing and not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board (§ 36 VSBG).

13. App store notices (Apple / Google)

These terms govern the use of the app and to that extent constitute a contract between you and Christian Geißler — not between you and Apple, Google or any other platform operator. Questions, complaints and claims concerning the app are therefore addressed to us: Christian Geißler, Am Weigelsgarten 29, 60433 Frankfurt am Main, [email protected], +49 156 79810722. For the purchase of hitPR Pro, the notes on withdrawal and refunds apply.

If you obtained the app through the App Store, Apple's standard license agreement for apps (Licensed Application End User License Agreement) also applies; where the two differ, the rule more favorable to you applies. In addition: Apple is under no obligation to provide maintenance or support for hitPR. For product warranty and for claims relating to the app, the developer alone is responsible, not Apple — this applies in particular to product liability claims, claims under consumer protection law, third-party claims (including intellectual property) and any claim that the app fails to conform to legal or regulatory requirements. Statutory claims you may have against Apple as seller remain unaffected. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and have the right to enforce them.

If the app fails to conform to an applicable warranty, you may notify Apple; Apple will then refund the purchase price you paid for the app. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation — we are responsible for all other claims arising from the failure to conform to a warranty. Your statutory rights in respect of defects under the section “Limitation of liability” remain unaffected.

If you obtained the app through the App Store, you comply with applicable third-party terms of agreement when using it — for example those of your mobile or internet provider and, if you switch on the data backup, those of your cloud storage. In that case you also represent that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that has been designated by the U.S. Government as terrorist-supporting, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.

14. Final provisions

The laws of the Federal Republic of Germany apply. Should individual provisions of these terms be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions shall remain unaffected. Mandatory consumer-protection provisions of the country in which you have your habitual residence remain unaffected.