Terms of Service

Last updated: 2 September 2026

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, or using Mortui (the "App"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service. If you do not agree to these terms, do not use the App.

These terms constitute a legally binding agreement between you and Mortui LLC, an Arizona limited liability company (“Mortui”, “we”, “us”), regarding your use of the App.

2. Description of Service

Mortui is a digital estate management application that monitors user behavior patterns and executes predefined actions when significant deviations from normal patterns are detected. Before it acts, it starts a countdown, alerts you on the device, and — if you have configured emergency contacts — sends them a text message from your device asking them to check on you. If the countdown runs out, the actions run in a fixed order: designated files and folders are deleted, your messages are delivered to your chosen recipients with any attachments, and then the encrypted vault is erased in full.

All behavioral processing, storage and analysis happens on your device. Mortui LLC operates no servers and cannot access your data. Two things can leave your device, both sent by it and neither passing through us: your messages and attachments, sent through the email account you connect, under your own credentials, to the recipients you named; and, if you named emergency contacts, the text messages sent from your own phone number to them.

4. User Responsibilities

You are solely responsible for:

  • Installing the App on the mobile device you personally use every day — not a tablet, spare handset, or device you use only occasionally
  • Configuring the App correctly and testing your configuration thoroughly
  • Ensuring your actions comply with all applicable laws and regulations
  • Maintaining the security of your device, PIN, and authentication credentials
  • Providing accurate recipient information for message delivery
  • Regularly reviewing and updating your configuration as circumstances change
  • If you list emergency contacts, telling them that you have done so, obtaining their agreement to receive text messages from you, and keeping their numbers current

5. Limitations and Risks

You acknowledge and accept the following limitations:

  • False positives: The App may incorrectly detect anomalies and trigger actions prematurely
  • False negatives: The App may fail to detect actual emergencies, delaying action execution
  • Device dependency: The App only functions on the device where it is installed, and only detects an emergency to the extent that you use that device daily
  • Network requirements: Message delivery requires internet connectivity; any text messages to emergency contacts require cellular service and an active SIM on the device, and your carrier may charge for them
  • Battery/power: The App requires your device to have power to function
  • Technical failures: Software bugs, OS updates, or device issues may prevent proper operation
  • Deletion is permanent and irreversible. Files the App deletes cannot be recovered by you, by us, or by any support process. Adding a folder as a deletion target adds everything inside it, including subfolders. When the switch fires for any reason, the encrypted vault is erased in full — including files no recipient was set to receive.
  • This is not an emergency service. The App does not contact emergency services, medical providers, or anyone other than the recipients and emergency contacts you configured. It must not be your only safeguard, and it is not a substitute for a will, an executor, an advance directive, or somebody who will check on you.
  • The App infers that you are alive from your use of the device it is installed on. If you install it on a device you do not use every day — a tablet, a secondary phone, or a device shared with others — ordinary periods of non-use are indistinguishable from the emergency the App exists to detect, and the App may delete your files and deliver your messages while you are alive and well. Choosing a suitable device is your responsibility.
  • A false alarm can text your emergency contacts. If you have listed any, and a countdown starts while you are alive and you do not check in within a few hours, up to three people receive a message asking them to check on you. An all-clear follows when you check in, but the first message cannot be recalled. Choose contacts who would rather get an unnecessary text than miss a necessary one.
  • Erroneous delivery cannot be recalled. If the App fires while you are alive, your recipients receive the messages you wrote, with any attachments, and there is no mechanism to take them back. You accept that risk and are responsible for the consequences to those recipients.

6. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that the App will function uninterrupted, secure, or error-free, or that defects will be corrected.

7. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL MORTUI BE LIABLE FOR:

  • Any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages
  • Loss of profits, data, use, goodwill, or other intangible losses
  • Unauthorized access to or alteration of your data
  • Failure to deliver messages or files to intended recipients
  • Accidental deletion of files or data
  • Any damages resulting from false positive or false negative detections
  • Any legal disputes arising from your use of the App

This limitation applies regardless of whether the damages are based on warranty, contract, tort, or any other legal theory.

8. Privacy and Data

Your use of the App is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which explains how we collect, use, and protect your information.

Mortui LLC operates no servers and collects no personal data from the App. The Privacy Policy explains what the App processes on your device, what it transmits when you ask it to, and what we never receive.

9. Termination

You may stop using the App at any time by uninstalling it from your device. Upon uninstallation, all locally stored data is removed. Because the encryption key is bound to your device, that data cannot afterwards be recovered by you or by us.

The App runs entirely on your device and we have no ability to disable it remotely. We may decline to provide support, and may withdraw the App from distribution, for violations of these Terms.

10. Purchases and Refunds

Paid features are unlocked by a single one-time purchase through Google Play. Google processes the payment; we never receive your payment details. The purchase is a perpetual licence to the paid features — it is not a subscription, there is no recurring charge, and it cannot lapse. “Lifetime” refers to the licence, not to a guarantee that the App, its email providers, or the Android platform will keep working indefinitely, and it does not transfer to another person or to your estate. Refunds are handled under Google Play’s refund policy.

11. Acceptable Use

You may not use the App to:

  • send messages that are unlawful, harassing, threatening, or defamatory, or that infringe another person’s rights;
  • deliver material you have no right to distribute;
  • destroy records you are legally required to preserve, including anything subject to a litigation hold, subpoena, regulatory duty, or tax-retention obligation;
  • configure deletion of files that are not yours; or
  • install and configure the App on a device belonging to someone else without their knowledge and consent.

You indemnify Mortui LLC against any third-party claim arising from messages you configured or files you designated for deletion.

12. Death, Estates, and Recipients

The App is built so that nobody but you — including us — can read your configuration, your messages, or your vault. That has consequences worth telling your family about:

  • We cannot recover anything after your death. There is no account and no server-side copy. Your data is encrypted with a key held in your device’s hardware keystore; if the device is lost, wiped, reset, or the App is uninstalled, the data is gone permanently. If you want anything preserved, your executor needs the device passcode.
  • We cannot send, cancel, or produce a message on request. We hold no copy and operate no relay, so we cannot comply with such a request from an executor, a family member, a recipient, or a court. Any order can only be directed at the device itself or at your email provider.
  • Recipients and emergency contacts are not parties to these Terms. People you designate have no claim against Mortui LLC arising from a message they receive, fail to receive, or receive in error. You are responsible for what you send and for holding their email addresses and phone numbers lawfully.
  • Nothing transfers. Neither the purchase nor the configuration passes to your estate.

13. Governing Law and Disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, USA, without regard to its conflict-of-law rules. Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App shall be brought exclusively in the state or federal courts located in Maricopa County, Arizona, and you consent to personal jurisdiction there. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remainder stays in force. These Terms are the entire agreement between you and Mortui LLC regarding the App.

14. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Terms on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the App after such changes constitutes your acceptance of the new Terms.

15. Contact Us

If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us: