Terms of use

Last updated 19 October 2026.

The short version: the app is free and has no adverts, there's a tip jar if you'd like to use it and a tip unlocks nothing, your log lives on your phone, and an account and friends are optional and off until you choose them.

The agreement

Nuggie Vault is an app made by Pikeworks, a sole trader in Northern Ireland. By installing it you agree to these terms. If you don't, please uninstall it.

Who it is for

Nuggie Vault is for anyone aged 13 and over. A Pikeworks account and friends, the optional parts, aren't for anyone under 13.

What you get

The whole app is free to use. There's no subscription and nothing is locked. You can use it on any device you own. You can't sell it, take it apart to pass off as your own, or use it to break the law.

Tips

The tip jar in Settings takes an optional one-off tip through Google Play or the App Store. A tip is a thank you: it unlocks nothing, and the app works the same whether you leave one or not. The store takes the payment and its own terms apply to it. Refunds are the store's to give, and your rights as a consumer are unaffected.

Your log

Everything you log is kept on your phone. Settings has Back up everything, Restore from a backup and Export as a spreadsheet (CSV), and all three are free and always will be. Charging someone to get their own records out would be a poor way to behave.

Your Pikeworks account

You don't need an account to use Nuggie Vault. If you make one, it's one sign-in for every Vault app. Keep your way of signing in to yourself: don't share your password or a sign-in code, and sign out of the app when you finish on a phone you share. You can delete the account at any time, in the app or from the delete page, and your log on your phone stays where it is.

An account used to get round a block or a suspension, to pretend to be someone else, or to attack or overload the service can be closed.

Friends, if you turn them on

Friends is off until you switch it on, it needs a Pikeworks account, and the app works fully without it. The community rules are part of these terms. The app asks you to agree to them the first time you share a sitting, comment or send a friend request, and again whenever they change. They say what isn't allowed, how Block and Report work, what happens when something breaks them, and how to ask for a second look.

What you share stays yours. By sharing it you let Pikeworks store it and show it to the people you shared it with, for as long as it's shared, and only to run friends. You can delete anything you've shared at any time.

If something you share breaks the rules, it can be taken down, and friends can be switched off for your account for 7 days, 30 days or for good. Your own log, and the rest of the app, aren't touched. If you think a decision was wrong, the rules say how to ask for it to be looked at again, and you keep your right to take it to court.

The old Vault Social

Friends in earlier versions of the app ran on Vault Social, an older service with an account made from a handle. It was switched off on 10 October 2026. Its accounts weren't moved to Pikeworks accounts, and they were deleted on 19 October 2026, as the privacy policy explains.

Availability and liability

The app is provided as it is. Nothing in these terms limits liability that can't be limited by law, and your statutory rights as a consumer aren't affected. Beyond that, and as far as the law allows, Pikeworks isn't liable for indirect or consequential loss, lost data or lost records, and any liability is limited to what you've paid in tips in the twelve months before the claim.

Law

These terms are governed by the law of Northern Ireland, and its courts have jurisdiction. If you live elsewhere in the United Kingdom or in the EU, you keep the protections of your own local law.

Getting in touch

Email nuggievault@pikeworks.co.uk.