Cipher Isles Terms of Use

These terms are the agreement between you and John Osakwe (Etest Tech Hub) ("we", "us") for the Cipher Isles game on iPhone and Android phones. By downloading or using Cipher Isles you accept them. If you don't, please don't use the game. On iPhone, Apple's standard licensed application end user license agreement also applies, and if it conflicts with these terms on a point it covers, Apple's terms win for that point.

1. License to use Cipher Isles

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use Cipher Isles on devices you own or control, for your own entertainment. You may not copy, sell, rent, reverse engineer or resell the game or its content, except where the law allows it despite this term.

2. Who can use Cipher Isles

Audience: 13+ minimum, 16+ recommended. Cipher Isles is built for teens and adults. It is not directed to children under 13. If you are under the age of majority where you live, make sure a parent or guardian is happy for you to make purchases.

3. What Cipher Isles is

Cipher Isles is a word puzzle adventure. You swipe words on a hex grid to decode glyphs, repair your ship and sail across 12 islands (300 tablets), collect 36 relics and play a daily voyage. The story, characters and the Vael language are fictional. Valid words come from a public word list, so a word you expect may occasionally be missing. You can use "Report a word" in Settings, About: it opens an email to info@etestweb.com that you can send.

4. Free play and the Explorer Pass

Islands 1 to 3 (75 tablets) and today's daily voyage are free, with one free hint a day, and you can earn more hints by choosing to watch optional rewarded videos. The Explorer Pass (monthly, yearly or lifetime) unlocks islands 4 to 12 and their story chapters, removes all ads (including the hint videos), gives two free hints a day instead of one, and opens the archive of the last 7 daily voyages. Remove Ads is a separate purchase that removes all ads, including the hint videos, and nothing else. Hint packs add hints and do not unlock anything else. What is included in each option can change over time.

5. Purchases, subscriptions and the free trial

Prices vary by country and are shown in your local currency in the game and the store before you confirm. Payments are processed by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play), not by us.

• Payment is charged to your Apple ID or Google Play account. A subscription renews automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current period (or before the free trial ends, to avoid the first charge).
• To cancel on iPhone: Settings, tap your name, Subscriptions, choose Cipher Isles, Cancel. Apple subscriptions
• To cancel on Android: Google Play, tap your profile, Payments & subscriptions, Subscriptions, choose Cipher Isles, Cancel subscription. Google Play subscriptions
• Deleting the game does not cancel a subscription. After you cancel you keep access until the end of the period you paid for.
• Hint packs are consumable: once you spend a hint it is used up, but unused hints never expire. A pack is split evenly between the Letter, Word and Compass hints.
• Refunds are handled by Apple or Google under their policies, because they take the payment. We can't refund a store purchase ourselves.
• Restore purchases in Settings, the Shop or the Explorer Pass screen unlocks what you already own after a reinstall or on a new device signed in to the same store account. Spent hints cannot be restored.
• RevenueCat confirms your purchases for the game, as explained in the privacy policy.

6. Rewarded ads

Rewarded video ads are shown by AdMob and only if you tap a hint button and choose "Watch a short video", which gives you 1 hint of that kind. Cipher Isles shows no banner or interstitial ads. Consent choices are described in the privacy policy. If no ad is available, the reward is not granted. Declining consent doesn't lock any feature.

7. Acceptable use

• Don't try to bypass paywalls, ad rewards or purchase checks, or tamper with the game.
• Don't use the game to break the law or to harm others, and don't interfere with the stores or services Cipher Isles relies on.
• Don't use scripts or tools to copy the game's content at scale.

8. Your data

Your progress and settings stay on your device. If you uninstall the game or clear its storage, they are lost, and we can't recover them. Your purchases are not affected, because Restore purchases brings back what you own. How we and our service providers handle information is explained in the privacy policy.

9. Intellectual property

Cipher Isles, its name, logo, art, story, puzzles and sounds belong to us or our licensors, and are protected by copyright and other laws. These terms give you a license to use the game, not ownership of any part of it. Fonts are used under the SIL Open Font License, and credits for the word list are in the game's credits screen.

10. Availability and changes to the game

We try to keep Cipher Isles working, but we provide it "as is" and "as available". We may change, suspend or stop features, and we may update the game. We aim to give notice in the release notes of changes that matter to paying users.

11. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for indirect or consequential loss, lost data, lost game progress or loss of profit arising from your use of Cipher Isles. Our total liability to you for any claim about the game is limited to the amount you paid us through the stores for Cipher Isles in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms excludes or limits liability that can't be excluded by law, including for fraud, or for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or your statutory consumer rights.

12. Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, without affecting any mandatory consumer protections that apply where you live. Disputes go to the courts of Nigeria, unless your local law lets you bring a claim in your home courts.

13. Changes to these terms

We may update these terms. We'll change the date at the top, and for significant changes we'll also mention it in the game's release notes. If you keep using Cipher Isles after a change, you accept the updated terms. If you don't agree, stop using the game and cancel any subscription.

14. Contact

John Osakwe (Etest Tech Hub), Lagos, Nigeria. Email info@etestweb.com. Help with the game is on the support page.