Terms of use for ToolNest

Last updated: 7 October 2026

1. Provider and scope

These terms of use govern the use of the Android app ToolNest (listed on Google Play as "SHneo ToolNest"). The provider of the app is SHneoDesigns, owner Steven Detlef Hahn, Clara-Zetkin-Str. 19, 04610 Meuselwitz, Germany, e-mail: support@shneo.app.

ToolNest is distributed through Google Play. The Google Play Terms of Service also apply to downloading the app and to buying the permanent unlock. Under those terms, the purchase contract is concluded with Google; according to Google, for users in the European Economic Area this is Google Commerce Limited, Dublin, Ireland.

2. Description of the service

ToolNest helps you keep track of your own things and find where they are: with items and their details (for example brand, model, serial number, purchase date and price, condition and notes), photos and documents, your own storage locations on as many levels as you like, categories, maintenance with reminders and a maintenance log, a history per item, QR labels for locations and items, a global search, backups and a CSV export and import. Your entries, photos and documents are stored locally on your device. No account or registration with SHneoDesigns is required.

3. Inventory aid, no safety or insurance advice

ToolNest is an aid for your own overview. Due dates and reminders are based solely on your own entries; they can be incomplete or outdated if entries are missing or wrong. Reminders are shown by Android and may be delayed or not shown, for example if notifications are switched off, the device is off or energy saving restricts the app.

ToolNest does not replace manufacturer instructions, inspections or maintenance required by law or by contract (for example for electrical equipment, ladders or safety equipment), and it is not proof of ownership, value or condition for insurers or authorities. You are responsible for the accuracy and completeness of your entries and for carrying out maintenance and inspections. Liability under section 12 remains unaffected.

4. Free download and trial

Downloading ToolNest is free. From the first start, you can use ToolNest free of charge with all features for 14 days. The trial ends automatically; no payment obligation arises afterwards and no paid subscription begins.

When the trial has ended, use of the app is locked until you unlock ToolNest with the one-time purchase of "ToolNest Pro" or restore an earlier purchase. All your entries are kept and are not deleted. The purchase, restoring a purchase, the privacy policy, the legal notice and these terms of use remain available while the app is locked.

5. One-time purchase and payment

The purchase of "ToolNest Pro" unlocks ToolNest permanently. It is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, and it does not renew automatically. The price is shown to you in the Google Play purchase dialog before you buy. Google handles the payment; SHneoDesigns does not receive any payment details.

You can restore a purchase with "Restore purchase", for example after reinstalling the app or on another device, if the same Google account you bought with is used there and Google Play allows it.

6. Right of withdrawal and refunds

As a consumer, you generally have a statutory right of withdrawal when you make a purchase. As the purchase is concluded through Google Play, Google informs you about your right of withdrawal during the purchase and handles a withdrawal. Whether and when the right of withdrawal for digital content expires early is determined by the statutory requirements; ToolNest itself does not ask you for any declarations for this.

Independently of this, you can request a refund from Google under the Google Play refund policies. Your statutory rights remain unaffected in every case.

7. Licence

SHneoDesigns grants you the simple, non-transferable right to use ToolNest for your own purposes on your devices, within the scope of the Google Play terms. You may not circumvent the unlock or other technical protection measures or redistribute the app. Further rights granted by law, for example under §§ 69d and 69e of the German Copyright Act (UrhG), remain unaffected.

8. Your data and backups

ToolNest stores your entries, photos and documents locally on your device. SHneoDesigns has no access to this data, has no server copy of it and cannot restore it. If the device is lost, defective or reset, if the app data is cleared or if the app is uninstalled, your data can be lost; it can then only be restored from a backup. Please create backups regularly and keep them safe, ideally somewhere other than the device, because backups stored on the device are lost as well if it is lost, defective or reset. Backups and CSV exports are not encrypted and can contain personal information such as photos, documents, serial numbers, purchase prices and where your things are stored; you are responsible for storing and protecting them.

You can restore a backup in ToolNest after reinstalling or on another Android device if it is undamaged and its data format is supported by the installed version of ToolNest. A backup does not contain a purchase: you restore your data from a backup, and the permanent unlock with "Restore purchase" (section 5). Restoring does not extend the trial and does not start it again.

Because your data is stored only locally, data loss cannot be ruled out completely despite the backup function. Your statutory rights under sections 11 and 12 remain unaffected.

Details on the processing of personal data are given in the ToolNest privacy policy.

9. Technical requirements and availability

ToolNest requires an Android device with Android 7.0 or later and Google Play. An internet connection is required for purchasing and restoring a purchase. Otherwise, the features of the app work locally on the device. Google is responsible for the availability of Google Play.

10. Updates

SHneoDesigns provides the updates, including security updates, that are required by law to keep ToolNest in conformity with the contract, for the period you can expect under the statutory provisions. Updates are provided through Google Play; you decide whether and when to install them. If you do not install a required update within a reasonable time although you were informed about it and its consequences, you are not entitled, under the statutory provisions, to remedies for a defect resulting solely from this. Changes to the app beyond maintaining conformity are only made within the limits permitted by law.

11. Rights in case of defects

The statutory rights in case of defects apply, for digital products in particular §§ 327 et seq. of the German Civil Code (BGB) or the corresponding provisions of the law applicable to you. They are directed against your respective contractual partner. If you have problems with the app, you can contact support@shneo.app at any time.

12. Liability

SHneoDesigns is liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act, within the scope of a guarantee given, and in all other cases of mandatory statutory liability.

In the case of slight negligence, SHneoDesigns is only liable for the breach of an obligation whose fulfilment makes the proper use of the app possible in the first place and on whose observance you may regularly rely (essential contractual obligation), limited to the damage that was foreseeable and typical when the contract was concluded. Otherwise, liability for slight negligence is excluded.

These rules also apply to the personal liability of vicarious agents. Mandatory consumer rights remain unaffected.

13. End of use

You can stop using ToolNest at any time by uninstalling it. Android then deletes your local data unless you have created a backup. A purchase remains recorded with Google Play.

14. Applicable law and place of jurisdiction

The law of the Federal Republic of Germany applies, excluding the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods. If you are a consumer whose habitual residence is in another country, you keep the protection of the mandatory provisions of that country. Statutory places of jurisdiction, in particular for consumers, remain unaffected.

15. Changes to these terms

SHneoDesigns may adapt these terms of use for future versions of the app, for example for new features or changes in the law. The current version is available in the app. Rights already acquired, in particular the permanent unlock, are not restricted by this.

16. Contact

If you have any questions, please contact us at support@shneo.app.