Terms of Service

1Acceptance of these Terms

These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and VuelvaTech ("we," "us," or "our"), the developer of MindBlume (the "App"). They govern your access to and use of the App, available on Google Play as MindBlume: Mind Games and Brain Training.

By downloading, installing, or opening the App, you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the App. We may update these Terms from time to time as described in Section 14; continuing to use the App after an update means you accept the revised Terms.

2Who can use MindBlume

MindBlume is intended for adults and is not directed at children under 13. You must be able to form a binding contract under the laws of your country to agree to these Terms, and to make purchases you must be old enough to use Google Play's payment services where you live.

If local law sets a higher minimum age for using apps like this one, that minimum age applies here too.

3The app and what it offers

MindBlume bundles four puzzle games (Memory Bloom, Word Bloom, Sudoku, and Word Garden), each with 100 stages across three difficulties, plus a garden that grows as you earn stars, a Daily Gauntlet, a weekly Garden Festival, a daily gift, and a coin shop for garden decorations, music, and card backs. No account or sign-up is required: your progress, settings, and items are stored on your device.

A few features connect to the internet:

• Daily Gauntlet, Garden Festival, and daily gift check the current date online before paying out, to keep them fair for everyone. Without a connection, these wait until you're back online; the regular stages always work offline.
• Leaderboards, powered by Google Play Games Services, which requires signing in with a Google account if you choose to use it.
• Ads and purchases, provided through Google AdMob and Google Play (see Sections 6 and 7).

4License to use the app

Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable, limited license to download and use the App on devices you own or control, solely for your own personal, non-commercial entertainment.

This license does not give you any ownership interest in the App. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved by us and our licensors.

5Acceptable use

When using the App, you agree not to:

• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the App, except to the extent applicable law expressly permits despite this restriction;
• Modify, adapt, or create derivative works of the App, or remove any proprietary notices;
• Use any automated system, bot, modified client, or exploit (including changing your device's clock to collect daily rewards) to gain an unfair advantage, manipulate scores or leaderboard standings, or otherwise interfere with the App's normal operation;
• Interfere with, block, or fraudulently interact with ads, for example by tapping ads in bad faith or using tools to fake ad views;
• Use the App in any way that violates applicable law, or that infringes the rights of Google, us, or any third party;
• Attempt to gain unauthorized access to any system or network connected to the App, including its third-party services.

We may remove scores or rewards obtained this way, and suspend or terminate your access to features (in particular, Leaderboards) for behavior we reasonably believe violates this Section (see Section 13).

6Coins, items & purchases

6.1 Coins and in-game items

MindBlume awards coins, experience, stars, Streak Freezes, Hint Tokens, and other in-game rewards for playing. Coins are earned through gameplay and are spent in the in-app shop on garden decorations, music tracks, card backs, and consumable items. We don't currently sell coins for real money; if we do in the future, the details will appear in the App before purchase.

Coins and in-game items have no cash value, cannot be redeemed for money, sold, or transferred between players, and can't be exchanged outside the App. They're a limited license to use a feature of the App, not property you own. They're stored on your device, so they may be lost if you uninstall the App or clear its data without a backup, and we may rebalance, reset, or retire them if we change or discontinue a feature.

6.2 Real-money purchases

The App offers optional in-app purchases through Google Play, currently Remove Ads, a one-time purchase that permanently stops full-screen ads between stages. The price is shown in your local currency before you buy.

• Billing: all payments are processed by Google Play under the Google Play Terms of Service. We never receive your payment details.
• Restoring: non-consumable purchases such as Remove Ads are tied to your Google account and are restored automatically when you reinstall the App on a device signed into that account. Settings also includes a "Restore purchases" button.
• Refunds: refunds are handled by Google Play under its refund policy. You can request one through Google Play, and within a short window after purchase Google usually grants it directly. If Google can't help, contact us and we'll review your request. A refunded purchase is removed from the App.
• What Remove Ads doesn't change: you can still choose to watch optional rewarded ads for bonuses (Section 7); they are never shown automatically.

Nothing in these Terms limits any rights you have under consumer-protection law in your country, including any statutory right to a refund.

7Advertising

MindBlume is free and supported by advertising served through Google AdMob. There are two kinds of ads:

• Rewarded ads, which you choose to watch in exchange for a specific in-game benefit, such as a hint, doubling a Star Chest, or repairing a broken streak. The reward is granted only when the ad finishes; if an ad is skipped, fails to load, or isn't available, no reward is given. Rewarded ads are limited per day, and their availability and rewards may change.
• Full-screen ads, shown occasionally when you leave a results screen, never in the middle of a puzzle, never after a failed stage, and not at all once you've bought Remove Ads.

Ad content is selected and delivered by Google, and your interaction with ads is governed by Google's own policies. See Section 8 and our Privacy Policy, which also explains the consent choices available in some regions. We do not control the specific content of individual ads and are not responsible for the products, services, or claims made by advertisers.

8Third-party services

The App relies on the following third-party services to provide certain features. Your use of these features is also subject to that provider's own terms and privacy policy:

• Google AdMob: serves in-app advertising and the ad consent form.
• Google Play Billing: processes in-app purchases.
• Google Play Games Services: powers the optional Leaderboards feature and requires Google sign-in.
• Google Firebase Analytics: usage statistics that help us improve the App.
• Google Play In-App Review: the optional "rate this app" prompt.
• Public time services (Cloudflare and timeapi.io): confirm the date for daily challenges.

We aren't responsible for the availability, accuracy, or content of these third-party services, and your access to features that depend on them may be limited if a provider changes or discontinues its service.

9Intellectual property

The App, including its game designs, artwork, music, text, puzzles, code, and the MindBlume name and logo, is owned by us or our licensors and is protected by copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property laws. Except for the limited license in Section 4, nothing in these Terms transfers any intellectual property rights to you.

10Disclaimer of warranties

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE," WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, WHETHER EXPRESS, IMPLIED, OR STATUTORY, INCLUDING IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We don't warrant that the App will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of harmful components, or that any brain-training claims translate into specific cognitive outcomes for you.

Some jurisdictions don't allow the exclusion of certain warranties, so some of the above exclusions may not apply to you.

11Limitation of liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE AND OUR LICENSORS WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, PROGRESS, COINS, IN-GAME ITEMS, OR GOODWILL, ARISING FROM YOUR USE OF (OR INABILITY TO USE) THE APP, EVEN IF WE HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. OUR TOTAL LIABILITY FOR ANY CLAIM RELATING TO THE APP WILL NOT EXCEED THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US FOR IN-APP PURCHASES IN THE 12 MONTHS BEFORE THE CLAIM.

Some jurisdictions don't allow the limitation or exclusion of liability for certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

12Indemnification

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold us harmless from any claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising out of your violation of these Terms or your misuse of the App.

13Termination

You may stop using the App at any time by uninstalling it. We may suspend or terminate your access to any feature (most relevantly, Leaderboards) if we reasonably believe you've violated these Terms, without prior notice where circumstances warrant it.

Sections that by their nature should survive termination (including Sections 6, 9 to 12, and 15 to 17) will continue to apply after your access ends.

14Changes to the app or these Terms

We may update, change, or discontinue features of the App at any time, including adding new stages, adjusting scoring and reward amounts, changing daily or weekly events, or retiring a feature that depends on a third-party service we no longer support. If we discontinue the App entirely, we'll give reasonable notice where we can; Remove Ads remains effective for as long as the App is installed.

We may also revise these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we'll update the "Effective" date above and, where appropriate, provide notice inside the App. Continuing to use the App after a revision takes effect means you accept the updated Terms.

15Resolving disputes

If you have a concern about the App, please contact us first at mark@vuelvatech.com. Most issues can be resolved quickly and informally that way. If a dispute can't be resolved informally, it will be handled under the laws that apply to it. Nothing in these Terms takes away any right you have under the consumer-protection laws of your home country, including the right to bring a claim in your local courts.

16General provisions

Severability. If any provision of these Terms is found unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full effect.

No waiver. Our failure to enforce any provision isn't a waiver of our right to do so later.

Entire agreement. These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy and Google Play's own Terms of Service, make up the entire agreement between you and us regarding the App.

Platform terms. Nothing here limits any rights Google requires app developers to grant you under the Google Play Terms of Service, which also apply to your use of the App.

17Contact us

Questions about these Terms, or a purchase? Reach us at mark@vuelvatech.com.