Terms of Use

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) are a legal agreement between you and Dumitru Rogojinaru (“we”, “us”, “our”) governing your use of the MahjongWoo mobile application and any related services (the “App”).

By downloading, installing, or using the App you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the App.

The App is licensed, not sold, to you.

The App is a tile-matching puzzle game with a 4+ content rating — there is nothing objectionable in it. That rating is about content, not about who the App is aimed at: it is a general-audience app and is not directed to children (see our Privacy Policy).

To accept these Terms you must be old enough to form a binding contract where you live (13 in most countries, 16 in parts of the EEA). If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may use the App only with the involvement of a parent or guardian, who is responsible for any purchases made.

Parents and guardians can restrict in-app purchases and advertising using Apple’s Screen Time → Content & Privacy Restrictions settings.

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the App on Apple-branded devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial entertainment, in accordance with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.

You may not:

• copy, modify, translate, or create derivative works of the App;
• reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, except to the extent this restriction is prohibited by applicable law;
• rent, lease, lend, sell, sublicense, or distribute the App;
• use cheats, automation software, bots, modified clients, or exploits to gain an unfair advantage or to interfere with the App’s economy;
• attempt to gain unauthorised access to the App, other users’ data, or our systems.

The App includes coins (“Virtual Currency”) and unlockable content such as tile sets, table backgrounds, and board layouts (“Virtual Items”).

1. No real-world value. Virtual Currency and Virtual Items have no monetary value, are not your property, and cannot be redeemed for cash or anything of value outside the App.
2. Licence, not ownership. You receive a limited, revocable, non-transferable licence to use them inside the App.
3. Non-transferable. They may not be sold, gifted, traded, or transferred to any other person or account.
4. Earned or purchased. Coins can be earned through play (winning games, the Daily Challenge, daily login rewards, and optional rewarded advertisements) or purchased with real money. Virtual Items can be unlocked with coins or bought directly.
5. No refunds for consumption. Once Virtual Currency is spent it is generally non-refundable, except where required by law.
6. We may change the economy. We may add, remove, reprice, or rebalance Virtual Currency and Virtual Items, including reward amounts and item costs, at any time. We will try to avoid changes that unfairly devalue purchases already made.
7. Loss on termination. If your access to the App ends, or if the App is discontinued, unused Virtual Currency and Virtual Items are forfeited without compensation, except where required by law.

Virtual Currency and Virtual Items are stored on your device and, when you are signed into iCloud, mirrored to your own private iCloud database, so they normally survive reinstalling the App or moving to a new device. We do not hold a copy and cannot recover them for you if that data is deleted or if you play signed out of iCloud. Purchases themselves can always be restored — see section 5.

The App offers optional in-app purchases, including coin packs, permanent cosmetic packs, an ad-removal upgrade, and bundles combining them.

• All purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive or store your payment card details.
• Prices are shown in the App before purchase and may vary by region and over time. Prices include applicable taxes where required.
• Non-consumable purchases (ad removal, cosmetic packs, bundles) can be restored on your other devices using the same Apple Account via Restore Purchases in the Store or Settings screen.
• Consumable purchases (coin packs) are credited immediately and cannot be restored.
• Refunds are handled by Apple, not by us, under the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. Depending on where you live, you may also have statutory cancellation or withdrawal rights.

The App is free to download and is supported by advertising provided through Google AdMob:

Before any advertisement is requested, the App asks for your advertising consent using Google’s User Messaging Platform where required (for example under the GDPR) and Apple’s App Tracking Transparency prompt. You may decline tracking, and change your choice at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

Purchasing the ad-removal upgrade removes banner and interstitial advertising. Optional rewarded advertisements remain available so you can still claim their rewards.

Advertisements are supplied by third parties. We are not responsible for the content of any advertisement or for any third-party site or product it links to. How advertising data is handled is described in our Privacy Policy.

The App can send optional local reminders (for example that your daily reward is ready, or that a Daily Challenge streak is about to lapse). These are generated on your device. You can turn them off at any time in the App’s Settings → Reminders, or in iOS Settings → Notifications.

You agree not to use the App in any way that is unlawful, infringes someone else’s rights, or interferes with other users’ enjoyment of the App. If the App offers leaderboards or achievements through Apple Game Center, your use of those features is also subject to Apple’s terms.

The App and all of its content — including the MahjongWoo name, the Woo mascot, artwork, tile designs, layouts, sounds, and software — are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws. Except for the licence in section 3, no rights are granted to you.

We may update, modify, suspend, or discontinue the App or any of its features at any time, with or without notice. We are not liable to you for doing so.

We may amend these Terms. If we make a material change, we will update the “Last updated” date above and, where appropriate, notify you in the App. Continuing to use the App after a change takes effect means you accept the amended Terms.

You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these Terms, in particular sections 3 or 8. Sections 4, 9, 12, 13, and 14 survive termination.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, the App is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits any warranty or right that cannot be excluded or limited under the law that applies to you, including consumer guarantees.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for any loss of profits, data, goodwill, Virtual Currency, or Virtual Items, arising out of or relating to your use of the App.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total aggregate liability arising out of or relating to the App will not exceed the greater of (a) the total amount you paid us for in-app purchases in the twelve months before the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) USD $10.

Some jurisdictions do not allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

These Terms are governed by the laws applicable at our principal place of business, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. This does not deprive you of the protection of any mandatory consumer-protection law of the country where you live: if you are a consumer, you keep the right to bring proceedings in your local courts and to rely on the mandatory rules of your own country.

If you are a consumer in the EEA, you may also use the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution platform.

You acknowledge that:

• These Terms are between you and us only, not with Apple. Apple is not responsible for the App or its content.
• Apple has no obligation to provide maintenance or support for the App.
• If the App fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price (if any). Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to the App.
• Apple is not responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to the App, including product liability, legal or regulatory non-compliance, or consumer protection claims.
• In the event of a third-party claim that the App infringes intellectual property rights, we — not Apple — are responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
• You represent that you are not located in a country subject to a U.S. Government embargo or designated as a “terrorist supporting” country, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and have the right to enforce them against you.

Our handling of personal data is described in our Privacy Policy.