Terms of Use

Last Updated: October 28, 2026  ·  Effective Date: October 28, 2026

These Terms of Use (these "Terms") are a legal agreement between you and K and A Studios LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company ("K&A Studios," "we," "us," or "our"). They govern your access to and use of the Hopscotch mobile application for iPhone, iPad and Android devices (the "App"), the Hopscotch account service (the "Account Service"), the software on the Hopscotch Clock wall display (the "Clock Software"), and our website at hopscotchclock.com (the "Site") (together, the "Services").

By creating an account, or by downloading, accessing or using the Services, you agree to these Terms and acknowledge our Privacy Policy, which is part of these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the Services. Section 6 contains important information about subscriptions, including automatic renewal. Purchases of Hopscotch Clocks and other products are governed by our separate Terms of Sale.

1. Eligibility

You must be at least 18 years old to create an account, and you confirm that you are when you sign up. The Services are offered to residents of the United States. Children may view a child's routine on a Hopscotch Clock or on a device in clock mode, but may not create accounts or use the Services on their own.

2. Accounts and Security

You agree to provide accurate information, to keep your password confidential, and to maintain one account per person. You are responsible for all activity under your account. If you believe your account has been used without your permission, change your password, sign out on all devices, and notify us at support@hopscotchclock.com.

3. Families, Caregivers and Children's Information

3.1 Families

The person who creates a family is its owner. The owner may invite caregivers, decide whether each caregiver may edit, remove caregivers, and transfer the family to another caregiver. A caregiver can see the family's members, children's profiles and routines and, if permitted, change them. Invite only people you trust with your children's routines. If the owner deletes their account, the family and all of its content are deleted for everyone; caregivers who leave or are removed lose access immediately.

3.2 Children's Information

Only a child's parent or legal guardian, or a person they have authorized, may add a child's profile. Add only a first name or nickname, never a child's last name, address or other identifying details, and do not add children for whom you are not responsible. By adding a child's profile, routine or voice reminder, you confirm that you are authorized to do so and agree that we may process it as described in our Privacy Policy.

Only adults aged 18 or over may record voice reminders. Do not let a child record one, and delete any reminder a child has recorded.

4. The Services

  1. Virtual Clocks. With a subscription, the App can show a child's day on a phone or tablet instead of a Hopscotch Clock.
  2. Clock mode. A device in clock mode shows a child's day full screen and keeps its screen on. You are responsible for supervising children's use of devices in clock mode.
  3. Hopscotch Clock. An account is required to set up a Hopscotch Clock. Without a subscription, a Hopscotch Clock continues to show its routine at home. Clock hardware is covered by the Limited Warranty that comes with it, not by these Terms.
  4. Help assistant. The help assistant on the Site is an AI that answers questions from our published pages. Its answers are general information and can be wrong. They do not change these Terms, the Terms of Sale or our Privacy Policy, and the assistant cannot make promises or agreements on our behalf. If an answer matters to you, check these documents or email support@hopscotchclock.com.
  5. Car Ride. Car Ride shows a countdown for a drive on Apple CarPlay or Android Auto. Set it up before you drive, and do not use the Services in any way that distracts you while driving.

5. License and Restrictions

Subject to these Terms, we grant you a limited, personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to use the App and the Account Service for your family, and to use the Clock Software on the Hopscotch Clock on which it was installed. You may not, and may not permit anyone to: (a) copy, modify or create derivative works of the Services, except as permitted by law; (b) reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the Services, except to the extent such restriction is prohibited by law; (c) sell, rent, lease, sublicense or resell access to the Services; (d) use the Services to build a competing product; or (e) remove any proprietary notices.

6. Subscriptions, Free Trials and Billing

  1. Subscriptions. Certain features, including Virtual Clocks, clock mode, Car Ride, reaching a Hopscotch Clock away from home, and inviting caregivers, require a paid subscription. The App shows the features included and the price before you buy. A lower price is offered when a Hopscotch Clock is linked to your account.
  2. Purchase through an app store. Subscriptions are purchased and billed through the Apple App Store or Google Play, depending on your device, and that store's terms govern payment. Payment is charged to your Apple Account or Google account at confirmation of purchase.
  3. Automatic renewal. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each subscription period at the then-current price unless you cancel it at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account or Google account will be charged for renewal at or shortly before the end of the current period. You can manage or cancel your subscription on iPhone or iPad in Settings under your name > Subscriptions, and on Android in the Google Play Store app under Payments & subscriptions > Subscriptions.
  4. Free trial. New subscribers may receive a two-week free trial, offered once per Apple Account or Google account. The trial converts to a paid subscription when it ends unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends.
  5. Price changes. We will notify you before a price increase applies to your subscription, as the app stores' rules require.
  6. Refunds. Refunds for purchases through the Apple App Store are handled by Apple under its policies; we cannot issue them. Refunds for purchases through Google Play are handled under Google Play's refund policies, and you may also contact us about them.
  7. Who is covered. A subscription belongs to the person who purchased it and covers every family that person owns and the caregivers invited to them. A caregiver who leaves a family loses access to that family's subscription features. Apple Family Sharing and Google Play family sharing do not apply.
  8. When a subscription ends. Your families return to the features available without a subscription. Virtual Clocks stop showing the day; each is kept, with its routine and recordings, for 90 days so that you can resume, and is then deleted. Your account, families and children's profiles are not deleted.
  9. Free access. We may give a person free access to subscription features, for example for testing. Free access has no cash value, cannot be transferred, lasts for the period we specify, and may be ended early if these Terms are breached.

7. Your Content

The names, profiles, routines, recordings and other content you add to the Services ("Your Content") remain yours. You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to host, store, copy, transmit and display Your Content solely to provide the Services to you and the members of your family. You are responsible for Your Content and confirm that you have the right to provide it.

8. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to use the Services to violate any law or to harm anyone, and in particular not to:

9. Not a Medical, Safety or Monitoring Device

The Services are a visual routine aid for families. They are not a medical, safety or monitoring device, are not a substitute for adult supervision, and should not be relied on where timing matters for health or safety, such as giving medicine. Times, reminders and sounds may be inaccurate or may not occur, for example after a power or internet outage or a software problem.

10. Updates and Changes to the Services

The App and the Clock Software may update automatically to fix problems, improve security or add features, and some updates may be required to continue using the Services. We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of the Services. If we discontinue the Account Service entirely, we will give account holders at least 60 days' notice, and Hopscotch Clocks will continue to show their routine at home.

11. Intellectual Property and Feedback

The Services, including the App, the Account Service, the Clock Software, and the Hopscotch name, logos, pictures, figures and designs, are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except for the license in Section 5, no rights are granted to you. If you send us suggestions or feedback, we may use them without obligation to you.

12. Third-Party Services

The Services work with third-party products and services, such as the Apple App Store, Google Play, Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, that are governed by their own terms. We are not responsible for third-party products or services.

13. Suspension and Termination

You may stop using the Services and delete your account at any time under Account > Delete account. We may suspend or terminate your access if you breach these Terms, if your use creates a risk for others, or if required by law. Unless prohibited, we will tell you the reason, and you may contact us if you believe we made a mistake. Sections 7 (license to Your Content, until deletion), 11, 14, 15, 16 and 18 survive termination.

14. Disclaimer of Warranties

To the extent permitted by law, the Services are provided "as is" and "as available," without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free or secure.

This section does not affect the Limited Warranty that comes with a Hopscotch Clock, or any warranty or right that cannot be excluded under applicable law.

15. Limitation of Liability

To the extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for any loss of data, profits or revenue, arising out of or relating to the Services. To the extent permitted by law, our total liability for all claims relating to the Services will not exceed the greater of the amount you paid for the Services in the 12 months before the claim or fifty U.S. dollars (US$50).

Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes our liability for death or personal injury caused by our negligence; for gross negligence, willful misconduct or fraud; or for any other liability that cannot be limited or excluded under applicable law. Some states, including New Jersey in certain circumstances, do not allow the limitations in this Section 15, so they may not apply to you. Nothing in these Terms limits your rights under the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act or any other consumer protection law.

16. Governing Law and Disputes

If you have a concern, please contact us first at support@hopscotchclock.com; we will try in good faith to resolve it within 30 days. These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of New Jersey, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute that is not resolved informally will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Bergen County, New Jersey, and you and we consent to their jurisdiction. Either of us may instead bring an individual claim in small claims court where it qualifies. Nothing in this section limits any right you have to recover attorney fees or costs under applicable law.

17. Apple App Store Terms

If you obtained the App from the Apple App Store, you and we acknowledge that:

  1. these Terms are between you and us only, not Apple, and we, not Apple, are solely responsible for the App and its content;
  2. the license in Section 5 is limited to use of the App on Apple-branded products that you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions;
  3. Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support services for the App;
  4. if the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the App, if any; to the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App;
  5. we, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claims relating to the App or your possession or use of it, including product liability claims, claims that the App fails to conform to any legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection, privacy or similar laws;
  6. in the event of any third-party claim that the App or your possession and use of it infringes that third party's intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are solely responsible for the investigation, defense, settlement and discharge of that claim;
  7. you represent and warrant that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated by the U.S. Government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties;
  8. you must comply with applicable third-party terms when using the App, such as your wireless data service agreement; and
  9. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, upon your acceptance, Apple will have the right to enforce these Terms against you as a third-party beneficiary.

18. Google Play Terms

If you obtained the App from Google Play, you and we acknowledge that:

  1. these Terms are between you and us only, not Google, and we, not Google, are solely responsible for the App and its content;
  2. your use of Google Play, including purchases made through it, is also subject to the Google Play Terms of Service; and
  3. Google has no obligation to provide maintenance or support services for the App.

19. General

  1. Entire agreement. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and, for purchases, the Terms of Sale, are the entire agreement between you and us about the Services.
  2. Severability. If any provision is held unenforceable, the remaining provisions remain in effect.
  3. No waiver. Our failure to enforce a provision is not a waiver of it.
  4. Assignment. You may not assign these Terms without our consent. We may assign them in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of assets.
  5. Changes to these Terms. We may update these Terms. We will notify you in the App or by email at least 30 days before a material change takes effect. If you continue to use the Services after that, the updated Terms apply; if you do not agree, you may delete your account. We record which version of these Terms you accepted.
  6. Force majeure. We are not responsible for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.

20. Contact Us

Questions about these Terms may be sent to:

K and A Studios LLC

support@hopscotchclock.com