Terms of Service · Tapzine

1. Parties and acceptance

These Terms are a contract between JoCoding, Inc., a Delaware corporation, 1111B S Governors Ave, STE 80543, Dover, DE 19904, United States, mu07010@jocoding.net ("we", "us") and anyone who uses the mobile game Tapzine and its servers (the "Service").
By using the Service you agree to these Terms and acknowledge our Privacy Policy. Before you upload a level, we ask you to accept these Terms and the content rules separately.
The terms of the store you got the app from (Apple App Store, Google Play) also apply. Where those store terms govern a matter, they take precedence.

2. Age

If the law requires parental consent at your age, use the Service only with that consent.
Generation features may carry a separate age limit because of provider terms.

3. Accounts

When you first open the app, an anonymous account is created automatically for that install. You can browse, download, play and like levels with it.
Uploading and reporting require signing in with Apple or Google (planned for release).
If you uninstall the app or change devices, you may not be able to recover an anonymous account, together with its credits and records. Signing in lets you use the same account on another device.
Do not sell or transfer your account. You are responsible for activity on your account.
You can delete your account in the app at any time (Browse > Account > DELETE MY ACCOUNT). What happens is described in section 10 of the Privacy Policy.

4. Levels you upload (user content)

4.1 Ownership and license

You keep the rights in the levels you create (title, intro, tags, images, music, chart).
By uploading a level you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free license to store, reproduce, convert (resize, reformat), distribute, publicly display and perform that level to the extent needed to operate, provide and promote the Service. We may sublicense this to processors that help us provide the Service (hosting, moderation).
Other users may download and play your level, and use it in challenges and Together rooms, inside the Service. This is not a license to use it outside the Service.
The license ends for new distribution when you take the level down or delete your account, except for copies already on other users' devices and copies we must keep for legal, dispute or safety reasons.
Before uploading, you confirm that: you made it or have the right to use it; you did not use someone else's pictures, music or characters without permission; you did not use a real person's photo or likeness without consent.

4.2 What you may not upload

Sexual content, or anything that sexualizes minors (images, titles and intros alike)
Real violence or gore, content that encourages self-harm
Hate, harassment or discrimination against a person or group
Others' works (pictures, characters, logos, music) used without permission; a real person's photo or likeness used without consent
Personal information (names, phone numbers, addresses, face photos, etc.)
Advertising, scams, content that drives users to other apps or sites, misleading titles
Non-consensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material. These are made private immediately and handled under the preservation and reporting procedures required by law
Anything else that violates the law where you live or US law

4.3 Moderation

Before publication, the server re-checks every level's format, runs automated moderation on images and the title and intro, and runs a child-safety check on images. Until an automated moderation service is chosen, only levels checked by an operator are published.
We may decline to publish or take down any level we judge to break these rules. Moderation does not guarantee that every violation is caught.
There are per-account limits on daily uploads, pending reviews and daily reports (server settings).

5. Reports, takedowns and repeat infringers

You can report a level from its screen without leaving the app. Reasons: sexual content, violence, hate or harassment, someone else's work, spam or misleading, child safety, other.
When reports from different accounts reach a threshold, the level is hidden automatically until an operator reviews it. A single child-safety report hides it immediately.
A taken-down level disappears from lists and downloads at once, and play is blocked on devices that already have it at the next check.
Creators can take down their own levels at any time.
Copyright notices: email mu07010@jocoding.net with the work infringed, the level concerned (level code), your contact details and a statement that you are the rights holder or authorized to act for them.
Appeals: if you disagree with a rejection or takedown, email mu07010@jocoding.net with the level code and your reason.
Repeat infringers: we suspend uploading and, where appropriate, block access for accounts that repeatedly or seriously break these rules, including repeated copyright infringement.

6. Challenges and Together

Anyone with a 6-digit challenge code can view that challenge without signing in, including the sender's display name and score. Challenges are deleted automatically after 30 days.
Together rooms have no chat; only emote stickers and scores are exchanged.
Do not manipulate scores or use the Service by abnormal means.

7. Credits

Credits are a consumable digital item used only to generate music and pictures in the app. We do not sell anything that affects skill, score or progress. Official songs and the basic creator are free.
Payments are processed by the Apple App Store or Google Play at the price shown in the store. Your credit balance is kept as a ledger on our server.
Credits have no cash value and cannot be exchanged for money or transferred to another account.
Refunds: credits are non-refundable except where required by law (including consumer protection law where you live) or by the store's policy. Request refunds through the store you paid (Apple, Google).
If a store refunds a purchase, we take back the credits from that purchase. If they were already spent and your balance goes below zero, generation is paused until a later purchase covers it.
If a generation fails, is blocked by moderation or times out, the credits are returned automatically. You can see this in the shop's history.
If credits you paid for do not appear, tap "Reload balance" in the shop. Consumables are not covered by "Restore purchases".
Remaining credits are lost when you delete your account.
Generation has per-account concurrent and daily limits and a service-wide daily cost limit. When a limit is reached, generation closes for the day and no credits are taken.

8. Generated content (planned for release)

Generation is run by our server using external providers (candidates: ElevenLabs for music, OpenAI for images). The text you write is sent to that provider (Privacy Policy 3.6).
Requests for real people, existing characters, brands or a named artist's style are rejected before generation.
Rights in results: to the extent of the rights we hold (including rights assigned to us under provider terms), you may use results in your own levels inside the Service.
Similar or identical results may be produced for others, and results may not be protected by copyright. Results placed in an uploaded level follow the rules and moderation in section 4.
We do not guarantee that results are accurate or fit for a particular purpose.

9. Prohibited conduct

Do not harm the Service or other users: attacking servers, automated bulk requests, reverse engineering (except as permitted by law), manipulating scores or credits, using someone else's account, evading moderation, or redistributing the Service's art or music outside the Service without permission.

10. Changes to and suspension of the Service

We may change features, turn parts off during incidents or maintenance, or end the Service. We will give advance notice of major changes or termination.
We may require an update when your app version is too old.
We may restrict or suspend accounts that break these Terms.

11. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

The Service is provided "as is". To the extent permitted by law, we do not warrant that it will be uninterrupted or error-free.
Users are responsible for the levels they upload and the results they generate. We have no obligation to pre-screen all content uploaded by others.
To the extent permitted by law, our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us for the Service in the 12 months before the claim arose. This limit does not apply to our intent or gross negligence, to death or personal injury, or to any liability the law does not allow us to limit.
Nothing in this section reduces rights you have under the consumer protection law of your country.

12. Indemnity

To the extent permitted by law, you will compensate us for third-party claims arising from your breach of these Terms or from your uploaded content infringing someone's rights.

13. Governing law and disputes

Before any dispute, please contact mu07010@jocoding.net so we can try to resolve it.

14. Store-specific terms

Google Play: Google Play terms and payment policies apply.

15. Changes to these Terms

We will announce changes in the app or at https://tapzine.jocoding.io with the effective date, and give the advance notice required by law for changes that are unfavorable to you. Continuing to use the Service after the effective date means you accept the changes. If you do not agree, you can delete your account and stop using the Service.

16. Miscellaneous

If part of these Terms is invalid, the rest stays in effect.
Our not enforcing a right right away does not waive it.

17. Contact

JoCoding, Inc., 1111B S Governors Ave, STE 80543, Dover, DE 19904, United States
Email mu07010@jocoding.net, phone +1 (231) 450-5622