Terms and Conditions

This is a translation provided for convenience. The contract language is German; in case of discrepancies the German version prevails.

1. Provider and scope

(1) The provider of the "Sila" app (the "app") is

Vajra-Team Jamie Stein & Markus Stein GbR
Himmelsbörnchen 17, 51588 Nümbrecht, Germany
Email: vajra@etik.com
Phone: +49 152 07654601
VAT ID: DE462225599

represented by its partners Jamie Stein and Markus Stein ("we" or "us").

(2) These terms govern your use of the app and of all services offered through it ("you").

(3) Deviating terms of yours do not become part of the contract unless we expressly agree to them in text form.

(4) A consumer within the meaning of these terms is any natural person who enters into the contract for purposes that are predominantly outside their trade, business or profession.

2. What the service is

(1) The app supports your own Buddhist practice. It offers in particular a journal for practice entries throughout the day, the display and rotation of virtues and vows, a meditation timer, focus intentions, statistics and reminders.

(2) Certain content only becomes visible once a teacher has unlocked it. Unlocking is that teacher's decision. You have no claim against us to have content unlocked.

(3) The app is not a substitute for medical, psychotherapeutic or pastoral treatment or advice. It makes no diagnosis and promises no cure. If you are unwell mentally or physically, please turn to appropriate professionals.

(4) The specific range of functions follows from the current description in the App Store or the Google Play Store.

3. User account

(1) Use of the app requires an account with an email address and a password. Your details must be accurate.

(2) You are at least 16 years old. If you are younger, you may only use the app with the consent of your parent or guardian.

(3) Keep your password secret and do not pass your account on to third parties. If you have any indication of unauthorised use, tell us.

(4) You can delete your account yourself at any time in the app under "Profile" → "Delete account". This irreversibly removes the content you have stored. Deleting the account does not end a running subscription — you cancel that in the relevant store (section 7).

4. Free trial

(1) After registration you can try the paid functions free of charge for 14 days.

(2) The trial ends automatically when the period expires. It does not roll over into a paid subscription by itself, so there is nothing to cancel.

(3) The trial can be used once per person and account.

5. Subscription, conclusion of contract and contracting party

(1) After the trial, using the full range of functions requires the "Sila Pro" subscription. Without a subscription your existing entries remain readable.

(2) The subscription is concluded exclusively as an in-app purchase through the store you obtained the app from. Who your contracting party is for that purchase depends on the store:

• App Store (iOS): the seller is Apple Distribution International Ltd., Hollyhill Industrial Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Ireland. The purchase contract for the subscription is concluded between you and Apple. Apple's terms apply in addition, in particular on payment, invoicing, refunds and withdrawal.
• Google Play (Android): the purchase contract for the subscription is concluded between you and us; Google handles the payment. Sections 6 and 7 of these terms and the withdrawal notice in section 8 apply to those purchases.

(3) Irrespective of that, these terms always govern the use of the app itself between you and us.

(4) The contract is concluded when you confirm the purchase in the relevant store and the store executes it.

6. Prices and payment

(1) The subscription is offered as

• a monthly subscription at EUR 3.00 per month,
• an annual subscription at EUR 30.00 per year.

All prices are final prices including statutory VAT.

(2) The price shown to you in the store in your local currency immediately before the purchase is always the price that applies. Outside the eurozone and where tax rates differ it may deviate from the amounts stated in paragraph 1.

(3) Payment is made using the payment method stored in the store. We receive no payment data.

(4) We may change prices for future billing periods. We will inform you of a change in good time before it takes effect. The change applies from the next renewal period; until then you may cancel under section 7.

7. Term, renewal and cancellation

(1) Depending on the plan you choose, the subscription runs for one month or one year.

(2) It renews automatically for the same period unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. The charge for the following period is made within the last 24 hours before expiry.

(3) You cancel in the relevant store yourself:

• iOS: Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions → Sila
• Android: Play Store → profile picture → Payments and subscriptions → Subscriptions → Sila

Cancelling with us is not enough to end the payment obligation, because the store handles it. We are happy to help you regardless.

(4) After cancelling you can continue to use the paid functions until the end of the period already paid for. There is no pro rata refund for the current period unless section 8 or mandatory law provides otherwise.

(5) The right of both parties to terminate for good cause remains unaffected.

8. Right of withdrawal for consumers

This notice applies to subscriptions for which we are your contracting party, that is, purchases through Google Play. For purchases through the App Store, Apple is your contracting party and Apple's withdrawal and refund rules apply.

Withdrawal notice

Right of withdrawal

You have the right to withdraw from this contract within fourteen days without giving any reason. The withdrawal period is fourteen days from the day the contract was concluded.

To exercise your right of withdrawal, you must inform us

Vajra-Team Jamie Stein & Markus Stein GbR, Himmelsbörnchen 17, 51588 Nümbrecht, Germany,
Email: vajra@etik.com, phone: +49 152 07654601

of your decision to withdraw from this contract by an unequivocal statement (for example a letter sent by post or an email). You may use the model withdrawal form below, but it is not obligatory.

To meet the withdrawal deadline it is sufficient for you to send your communication concerning the exercise of the right of withdrawal before the withdrawal period has expired.

Effects of withdrawal

If you withdraw from this contract, we shall reimburse to you all payments received from you, including the costs of delivery (with the exception of the supplementary costs resulting from your choice of a type of delivery other than the least expensive type of standard delivery offered by us), without undue delay and in any event not later than fourteen days from the day on which we are informed about your decision to withdraw from this contract. We will carry out such reimbursement using the same means of payment as you used for the initial transaction, unless you have expressly agreed otherwise; in any event, you will not incur any fees as a result of such reimbursement.

If you requested that the service begin during the withdrawal period, you shall pay us an amount which is in proportion to what has been provided until you have communicated to us your withdrawal from this contract, in comparison with the full coverage of the contract.

Model withdrawal form

If you want to withdraw from the contract, fill in this form and send it back.

To:
Vajra-Team Jamie Stein & Markus Stein GbR
Himmelsbörnchen 17
51588 Nümbrecht
Germany
Email: vajra@etik.com

I/we (*) hereby give notice that I/we (*) withdraw from my/our (*) contract for the
supply of the following service:

  "Sila Pro" subscription (plan: monthly / annual)

Ordered on (*) / received on (*): ______________________

Name of consumer(s):              ______________________

Address of consumer(s):           ______________________

Signature of consumer(s) (only if this form is notified on paper):

  ______________________

Date: ______________________

(*) Delete as appropriate.

9. Rights of use

(1) We grant you a simple, non-transferable right, limited to the term of the contract, to use the app on the devices you use for your own, non-commercial purposes.

(2) The app and its content — in particular texts, collections of vows and virtues, graphics, design and source code — are protected by copyright. Without our consent you may not reproduce, distribute, make publicly available or modify them, except where the law permits it.

(3) In particular you may not: reverse engineer, decrypt or extract the source code of the app, except where the law mandatorily permits it; circumvent protective mechanisms; use the app in an automated manner or in a way that places an excessive load on our systems; pass access credentials or unlocked content on to third parties.

10. Your content

(1) The entries, notes and settings you create in the app remain your content. We do not evaluate their content and do not pass them on to third parties, except as described in the privacy policy or required by law.

(2) We access your content only where necessary to provide the service, to fix errors or because of a legal obligation.

(3) Section 11(3) applies to backing up your content.

11. Availability, changes and updates

(1) We aim for high availability but do not owe uninterrupted access. Maintenance, disruptions at upstream providers and events outside our control can lead to interruptions. The app's core functions are built to remain usable without an internet connection.

(2) We provide updates, including security updates. Updates may be delivered through the App Store, the Play Store or directly through the app. We may develop the range of functions further and change or discontinue individual functions where there is a valid reason and the contractual use is not materially restricted. We will inform you of material changes in good time; if they significantly restrict access or usability, you may cancel free of charge within 30 days.

(3) We back up your data regularly. We nevertheless recommend that you additionally back up content that matters to you.

12. Liability

(1) We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, for fraudulently concealed defects, within the scope of a guarantee we have assumed and under the German Product Liability Act.

(2) In the case of slightly negligent breach of a duty whose fulfilment makes the proper performance of the contract possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely (material contractual duty), our liability is limited to the foreseeable damage typical for this type of contract at the time the contract was concluded.

(3) Otherwise our liability is excluded.

(4) Statutory rights in the case of defects in digital products under §§ 327 et seq. of the German Civil Code remain unaffected.

13. Changes to these terms

(1) We may change these terms where there is a valid reason — such as a change in the law, supreme court case law, new technical circumstances or an extension of the offering — and the change does not unreasonably disadvantage you.

(2) We will inform you of a change at least six weeks before it takes effect, in text form or through a message in the app. If you do not object before the intended effective date, the change is deemed accepted. We will point this consequence out to you separately in the notice. If you do object, you may cancel the contract free of charge as of the effective date.

14. Termination by us

(1) We may terminate the contract with one month's notice to the end of a billing period. We will refund pro rata any fees already paid in advance for periods after termination.

(2) In the event of a serious breach of section 9(3) we may temporarily block access or terminate the contract for good cause. Before a permanent block we will point the breach out to you and give you an opportunity to comment, unless that is impossible because of the severity of the breach or for legal reasons.

15. Dispute resolution

(1) The EU online dispute resolution platform was discontinued on 20 July 2025 and is no longer available.

(2) We are neither obliged nor willing to take part in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board. If there is a problem, please come to us directly — as a rule a solution is found quickly.

16. Special provisions for use via Apple's App Store

For versions of the app obtained through the App Store the following applies in addition:

(1) These terms are concluded solely between you and us, not between you and Apple. We alone are responsible for the app and its content.

(2) Apple has no obligation to furnish any maintenance or support services for the app.

(3) If the app fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price to you if applicable. Apple has no other warranty obligation. Any further claims relating to defects are to be directed to us.

(4) We, not Apple, are responsible for claims relating to the app — such as product liability, failure to conform to legal requirements, or consumer protection claims.

(5) If a third party claims that the app infringes its intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the defence and settlement.

(6) You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. embargo or designated by the U.S. government as a "terrorist supporting" country, and that you are not listed on any relevant U.S. list of prohibited or restricted parties.

(7) Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and have the right to enforce them against you.

17. Final provisions

(1) German law applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are habitually resident in another member state of the European Union, the mandatory consumer protection provisions of that state remain unaffected.

(2) The contract language is German.

(3) Should any provision of these terms be invalid, the remainder of the contract remains effective. The statutory provisions take the place of the invalid provision.

(4) You can find our privacy policy at vajra-team.eu/en/privacy-policy-app/.