FAQ — what Chillcore is (and isn't)

Chillcore is an accountability app that gets loud when you don't. Set a task, pick a level (Coach / Drill Sergeant / Demon), and Chillcore reaches you — with roasts, buddy check-ins, and a permanent-ish record of what you did or didn't do. The core rule: every roast is followed by a concrete next step. Guilt is a tool, not the endpoint.

It's not a to-do list. Not a habit tracker. Not an AI chatbot. It's the friend who won't let you off the hook.

You keep postponing 3 things you actually care about. You've read the productivity books. You've tried the apps. Something still isn't clicking. If motivation apps make you roll your eyes and "self-discipline" advice makes you want to throw your phone, we're probably your kind of app.

Not for: people in crisis, people who need clinical support, people who want gentle encouragement, people who take insults personally when they're aimed at their behavior.

Sign up at chillcore.app with email or Google. Pick your level (Coach is the default — you can upgrade later). Add up to 5 tasks. Optionally invite a buddy. Then Chillcore does its job: it reaches you when you're avoiding, and it goes silent when you finish.

On iPhone, the full version is a Progressive Web App (PWA). Sign up in Safari, then tap "Add to Home Screen" — this is required for push notifications on iOS. We'll walk you through it during onboarding.

Yes. Free tier includes 2 active tasks, Coach mode only, no buddy connection. Pro is $9.99/month or $79/year and unlocks everything: 5 tasks, all levels (including Demon), buddy connections, Earned Silence, points economy, and every future feature we ship.

To-do lists let you avoid tasks. Chillcore doesn't. A to-do list is a menu; Chillcore is a friend with a stopwatch. You can't ignore a to-do list and have it text you at 3pm with math about how long you've been dodging that one thing. You can with Chillcore.

Also: to-do lists don't have a friend on standby ready to hear that you flaked.

Three tiers. Same core mechanic. Different tone.

• Coach — firm, no profanity, persistent. "Let's figure this out." Never cruel.
• Drill Sergeant — sharp, sarcastic, names your excuse. "Oh look, day 6." Mocking but never crosses the line.
• Demon — 18+, profanity-laced, no filter. "You absolute coward." Requires you to prove you can take it. Web/APK only.

All three follow the "Punch → Path" rule: every roast ends in a concrete next step. That part doesn't change.

Yes. Downgrade any time, one tap, no friction — you're back to Coach immediately.

Upgrade to Drill Sergeant: 24-hour cooldown from your last downgrade (no impulse escalation). Upgrade to Demon: you re-run the full gate every time (18+ attestation + screener + armed buddy check). No shortcut.

Because Demon is loud, profane, and does not soften anything. It's built for adults who explicitly want that intensity. The 18+ attestation, the screener quiz, and the mandatory buddy are all consent mechanisms — they exist so that no one accidentally ends up in Demon and no one gets there in a bad mental state.

If you skip the gates, you don't get Demon. If your armed buddy revokes consent, Demon auto-downgrades to Drill Sergeant. If you use the safeword ("stop"), Demon drops to Coach with zero questions.

Only the web app (chillcore.app) and sideloaded Android APK. Never the App Store version or Google Play version — both stores prohibit that level of content, and we respect their rules.

If you want the full experience on iPhone, add chillcore.app to your home screen. On Android, download the APK directly from chillcore.app. Everywhere else: Coach and softened Drill Sergeant only.

Say "stop" (voice), tap the Save button (in-app), or reply STOP to any notification — Chillcore drops to Coach mode instantly. Zero questions, no confirmation dialog, no shame. 24-hour cooldown before intensity returns.

If you use it often, our safety system may pause Demon for 90 days (see Safety). This isn't a punishment — it's a signal that the app isn't right for you right now.

You invite someone by email. They get ONE email explaining what accepting means. Nothing else reaches them until they tap Accept. No reminders, no nudges, no roasts, nothing.

Once they Accept, they see your failure reports (level of detail set at pairing) and can send you canned roasts or a text message. They can't see task titles unless you allow it. You can revoke their access instantly.

Yes, on Coach and Drill Sergeant tiers. Demon requires an accepted, armed buddy — no exceptions.

If you don't have someone to invite yet, Coach/Drill will still work — you'll just get nagged periodically to add a buddy. It's optional, but the app is meaningfully better with one.

Instant. If you were in Demon mode, you auto-downgrade to Drill Sergeant. Your buddy is never contacted again unless you invite someone else. Their revocation is respected globally — even if a different Chillcore user tries to add them later, they're on our suppression list.

Only if you allow it. Default: buddy sees "you had 4 tasks, completed 2, quit 1, 1 still open" — aggregate stats only. Toggle "share task titles" per pairing if you want them to see the specifics.

Never shared: your typed excuses, your quit-gate confessions, your safeword usage. Those are yours.

Buddy invites are free from Chillcore's side. If the buddy interaction uses SMS (US) or email, standard carrier/email rates from the buddy's provider may apply. We use email exclusively for the initial invite (opt-in first). SMS is only used post-Accept, with the buddy's explicit consent.

No. Chillcore is entertainment with a productivity outcome. If you're dealing with burnout, grief, depression, or a mental-health crisis, we're the wrong tool. The screener at Demon signup filters for exactly this — answer honestly, and if it's not the right time, you'll route to Coach with no shame.

If you need real help, see /safety for localized crisis resources.

Please contact a real crisis service — not us. In the US: 988. In the UK: Samaritans 116 123. In the EU: 112 (emergency) or 116 123 (emotional support). In Latvia: Skalbes 67222922. For a global directory: findahelpline.com.

Chillcore has a behavior-based crisis detection system (silence + repeated rage-quits + interaction patterns). If it triggers, the app pauses, drops the roast persona, and shows you real resources. It's not perfect and it's not a substitute for professional help.

It can hurt your feelings. That's the point — controlled discomfort to overcome avoidance. It should not damage you. If Chillcore is making you feel worse than the task you're avoiding, use the safeword and consider whether the tier you picked is right for you. Coach is where most people should start.

We never mock identity — never your body, intelligence, mental health, or any protected characteristic. Only your avoidance behavior and your excuses. If a roast crosses that line, report it and we'll take it seriously.

No biometric analysis. The video confessions (Heavy quit-gate) and proof-of-done photos are stored as raw media. We do NOT run face-matching, emotion detection, or any identity verification on them. The camera is a mirror, not a scanner.

We may run a lightweight AI "liar-check" on typed confessions (comparing your typed reason against your prior excuses for the same task) — this is text analysis only, not on video.

Free tier: $0 forever (2 tasks, Coach only, no buddy). Pro: $9.99/month or $79/year (saves 34%). Student discount: 50% off Pro with a .edu email verification — planned for Q1 2027.

Because AI is expensive, and we'd rather charge users than sell your task titles to advertisers. Chillcore does not run ads, does not sell data, does not have a "free trial that auto-charges" dark pattern. If you subscribe, you know it, you consent to it, and you can cancel any time.

Yes, any time. In-app or on chillcore.app — Settings > Payments. Cancellation takes effect at the end of your current billing cycle (no partial refunds on monthly plans, per standard SaaS practice). Annual plans: pro-rated refund within 14 days of purchase (EU consumer rights). See /legal/refunds.

Yes, within 14 days of purchase for EU users (mandatory consumer right). Elsewhere: goodwill refunds for first-time purchasers who haven't used the product substantially (arm your buddy, complete a task) — email support@chillcore.app.

Chargebacks: if you dispute a legitimate charge without contacting us first, we may suspend your account per the Terms.

Card (Visa, Mastercard, Amex) and PayPal. Apple Pay / Google Pay via the App Store versions when they ship (last, per spec). Crypto: not planned.

Yes. Two options:

1. Records-only erase — wipes your task history, roast log, quit confessions, and Wall entries. Keeps your account so you can start fresh.
2. Full account deletion — wipes everything, revokes all buddy pairings, purges from all systems within 30 days (except payment records, which we're legally required to retain for 7 years).

Both options in-app under Settings > Account. GDPR-compliant, CCPA-compliant.

Minimum to run the product: - Account: email, password hash, level preference - Tasks: title, type, deadline, completion state - Interactions: which roasts fired, when, your responses - Buddy: paired buddy's email (with their consent), share settings

Optional (opt-in): - Behavior signals for crisis detection (anonymized, aggregate) - Voice confession audio (only if you use the Heavy quit-gate) - Analytics (aggregate feature usage — no individual tracking)

Never collected: - Contacts (we don't scan your address book) - Location (we don't need it) - Health data (we're not a medical device) - Biometrics (no face/voice recognition)

See /legal/privacy for the full policy.

Only with sub-processors we need to run the service (hosting, email delivery, payment processing, error monitoring). All sub-processors sign a DPA (Data Processing Agreement) and CCPA Service Provider Addendum. Full list: /legal/third-party-services.

We do NOT sell your data. We do NOT rent your email list. We do NOT allow advertisers to target you. Full stop.

Yes. Right to access, right to rectification, right to erasure ("forgotten"), right to portability, right to restriction, right to object, right to withdraw consent — all supported. See /legal/privacy §GDPR for specifics. EU users can contact our EU representative (appointed before EU marketing launch — [details TBD]).

Primary: EU servers (specifically Frankfurt or Amsterdam — [TBD pending infrastructure decision]). Backups: EU-region only. No transfers outside the EU/EEA except to sub-processors with Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) in place.

The full version is a Progressive Web App (PWA). Sign up at chillcore.app in Safari, then "Add to Home Screen" — this looks and feels like a native app and supports push notifications (iOS 16.4+).

An App Store version is planned for LAST in our roadmap — it will be a tamed version (Coach + softened Drill Sergeant, no Demon, no profanity). If you want the full experience on iPhone, use the PWA.

Two options on Android: 1. Play Store — tamed version (softened tier), when it ships (post-launch). 2. Direct APK — download from chillcore.app for the full version, including Demon mode.

Sideloading APKs requires enabling "Install from unknown sources" — it's a standard Android permission, we explain it during install.

Because iOS requires PWAs to be added to the home screen before web push is enabled. This is an Apple restriction, not ours. During onboarding, we walk you through the exact steps. If you skipped it, you can add-to-home-screen anytime from Safari (share icon > Add to Home Screen), then reload chillcore.app from the home screen icon and re-enable notifications in settings.

Chillcore is a notification-centric product. Without push, you're not really using it.

• Chrome / Edge / Brave — full support (best PWA experience)
• Safari (macOS + iOS 16.4+) — full support with add-to-home-screen requirement for push
• Firefox — supported, but push notifications are limited on some versions
• Older browsers: gracefully degrade to a functional but limited experience

Minimum viewport width: 320px (small phones supported).

Partially. Task list, existing roasts, and your Wall are cached and viewable offline. New tasks and roast interactions require connection. Notifications don't fire while offline — they queue up and deliver when you're back online.