Terms of Service — Counsel Diary

Effective 3 October 2026

These terms are an agreement between you and Binary Bitz ("we") for the use of the Counsel Diary app ("the app"). By creating an account or using the app you agree to these terms and to our privacy policy. If you do not agree, do not use the app.

1. What the app is

Counsel Diary is a case-management tool for advocates and legal professionals: recording cases, hearings, fees, documents and reminders. It does not give legal advice, does not file anything with any court and is not connected to any court system. Dates, cause lists and orders must always be checked with the court.

2. Eligibility and account

You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter into a binding agreement.
You need an account to use the app. Keep your sign-in details and phone secure; you are responsible for activity under your account. One phone holds the data of one account.
Tell us at support@binarybitz.com if you think your account has been misused.

3. Your data and your responsibilities

Your case data is stored on your phone. You own your data. We cannot see it, recover it or restore it.
Backups are your responsibility. Make regular backups and keep them safe. If you lose your phone, uninstall the app, erase its data or forget a backup password, your data may be lost permanently.
Case information often concerns clients and other people. You confirm that you have the right to record and share it, and you are responsible for complying with your professional duties of confidentiality and any applicable data-protection law.
Information you send through WhatsApp, SMS, email or other apps is handled by those services.

4. Acceptable use

You agree not to: use the app for anything unlawful; copy, modify, reverse-engineer, resell or redistribute the app except as the law allows; bypass or tamper with licensing, purchases or promo codes; or interfere with our servers or other users.

5. Free version, Pro and payments

Free version: you can add up to 10 cases and use WhatsApp and PDF sharing during the first 30 days; documents, photos and voice notes (attachments) are free; restoring a backup brings back up to 10 cases. Pro: unlimited cases, hearing reminders and calendar, complete restore of backups, and WhatsApp and PDF sharing (including printing). When the free period ends, a subscription ends or is cancelled, or a refunded purchase is revoked, the app does not lock or delete your cases: you can still open, view and edit existing cases, hearings, fees and documents, add attachments and make backups. Only the Pro features need an active Pro plan or promo code.
Pro is sold through Google Play as a monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase, at the price shown in the app and in Google Play. Payment is charged to your Google Play account and Google's terms apply.
Subscriptions renew automatically at the end of each period until you cancel them in Google Play → Payments & subscriptions. Cancel at least 24 hours before the renewal date to avoid the next charge. After cancelling, Pro stays active until the end of the period you paid for.
If a free trial is offered, you will be charged when it ends unless you cancel before then.
"Lifetime" means for as long as we offer the app and its Pro features, on the Google Play account used to buy it.
Pro bought on Google Play belongs to the Google Play account that bought it, not to your Counsel Diary account. On any phone signed in to that Google Play account, Pro comes back automatically or with Restore purchases — whichever Counsel Diary account is signed in on that phone. You do not need the original Counsel Diary account.
Promo codes are free promotional gifts, have no cash value, cannot be sold or transferred and may be withdrawn if misused. Pro from a promo code belongs to the Counsel Diary account that redeemed it. It comes back when you sign in with that same account (also after reinstalling or on a new phone); it does not depend on Google Play.
Refunds are covered by our refund policy.
We may change prices or features of Pro in the future. Price changes to an existing subscription are notified through Google Play as Google requires.

6. Updates and availability

We may update, change or stop features of the app, and some updates may be needed to keep using it. The app works mainly offline, but sign-in, purchases and promo codes need an internet connection and third-party services (Google Firebase, Google Play) that we do not control. We do not promise the app will be uninterrupted or error-free.

7. Intellectual property

The app, its design, name and logo belong to us or our licensors. We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the app on your devices under these terms. Your case data remains yours.

8. Disclaimer

The app is provided "as is" and "as available". To the extent the law allows, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose. Reminders depend on your phone's settings (battery saving, notifications, date and time) and may not always appear; do not rely on the app as your only record of hearing dates or deadlines.

9. Limitation of liability

To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental or consequential loss, or for loss of data, missed hearings or deadlines, lost fees, profits or professional consequences arising from the use of or inability to use the app. Our total liability for any claim relating to the app is limited to the amount you paid us for Pro in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.

10. Ending your use

You can stop using the app at any time and delete your account in the app (Settings → Delete account) or at /delete-account. Deleting your account does not cancel a Google Play subscription — cancel it in Google Play. What happens on deletion is described in section 6 of our privacy policy.

We may disable an account that seriously or repeatedly breaks these terms. Your case data can only be opened in the app while you are signed in. If your account is disabled by us under our terms, or deleted on our website (by signing in on our deletion page or through an emailed request, rather than in the app, which also erases the data on the phone), the app signs you out the next time it connects to the internet and the data on that phone can no longer be opened in the app. That data stays on the phone until the app is uninstalled, and backups you made remain yours. Before disabling an account we email you and allow at least 14 days to make a backup, unless the law or an urgent security issue requires immediate action.

11. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. The new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date, and important changes will be shown in the app or its release notes. Continuing to use the app after a change means you accept it.

12. Contact

Binary Bitz — support@binarybitz.com