Terms

Who provides the service

Geowl is provided by the sole trader named at the bottom of this page, registered in Poland. These terms govern the use of the website geowl.app, the browser version of the app at play.geowl.app and the Geowl app for iOS and Android. How personal data is handled is described in the privacy policy, which forms part of the same set of documents.

Accepting these terms, and your age

Using Geowl means accepting these terms. If you do not accept them, do not use the app; you can stop at any time by closing the site or uninstalling the app.

You may use Geowl on your own from the age of 16. A younger person may use it with the agreement of a parent or guardian, who accepts these terms on their behalf and is responsible for that use. The store listing’s age rating is a separate thing set by Apple’s and Google’s rules and does not change this clause.

What the service is

Geowl teaches geography: countries on the map, capitals, flags, outlines, population and area, the regions of several countries, and reviews that bring back what you got wrong. The website presents the app, lists the sets, offers a sample quiz and a contact form, and publishes the development plan.

The app is free. It is early software: features appear, change and occasionally disappear, updates may be delivered over the air without being announced, and the roadmap is a plan rather than a promise — nothing on it is a commitment to a feature or a date. We do not guarantee uninterrupted availability, and the service may be unavailable for maintenance or for reasons outside our control.

Your account

The app creates an anonymous account for you on first launch, with no name, e-mail address or password. Its identifier is shown in Settings. Today that account belongs to the installation: signing in with an e-mail address and syncing between devices are planned but do not exist yet, so uninstalling the app, resetting the device or losing it means losing the progress kept on it. Accounts are not transferable or tradable.

You are responsible for what happens through your account. If you think someone else is using it, write to us.

How you may use it

Use Geowl for learning and for fun. Do not use it against the law or to harm others, do not disrupt the service or try to get around its limits, do not manipulate results, rankings, coins or experience points by other than playing, and do not automate, scrape or copy the app’s content for your own service.

The contact form and the in-app contact screen accept a limited number of messages per sender and per hour. Do not send passwords, payment details or anyone else’s personal data through them, and do not send unlawful, abusive or advertising content. We may refuse or delete such a message.

Content, rights and error reports

The Geowl software, its name, logo, interface and original content are protected by law and remain ours. You get a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the app for your own learning, for as long as you keep to these terms. Map geometry comes from Natural Earth, which is in the public domain; other data sources are credited with the content that uses them.

Geography is contested and datasets go stale: names, borders, capitals and figures may be incomplete, out of date or presented differently by different sources, and where a territory is disputed the app says so rather than taking a side. Geowl is a learning aid — it is not a source to rely on for any official, legal or navigational purpose.

Reporting an error or sending an idea does not transfer your copyright. It does let us use the report to fix and improve the app, without payment and without an obligation to implement anything. Please do not send material you have no right to share.

Paid features

There is nothing to buy today. Geowl PRO and rewarded ads are planned; neither exists in the app, and no payment details are collected anywhere.

Before anything is sold we will publish what it contains, what it costs, how renewal and cancellation work, how the right of withdrawal applies to digital content, and how to complain. Sales through the App Store and Google Play will also be subject to those stores’ own rules, and the plans published on the roadmap are not an offer within the meaning of the Civil Code.

Ending it

You may stop using Geowl at any time: uninstall the app, or write to us to have the data tied to your account deleted. The gameplay switch in Settings stops the flow of data without deleting the app.

We may block an account or restrict access where these terms are seriously or repeatedly broken, where it is necessary to protect the service or other players, or where the law requires it. Where we can, we will say why and give you a chance to respond first. We may also discontinue the service; if that happens, it will be announced here with reasonable notice.

Liability

Geowl is provided as it is, with the care to be expected of a service under active development. To the extent the law allows, we are not liable for lost progress, for decisions taken on the basis of the content of the game, or for indirect or consequential damage. Nothing here limits liability that cannot be limited by law, in particular for intentional harm, nor does it exclude or limit the rights a consumer has under the Polish Consumer Rights Act and the Civil Code.

Complaints and disputes

Complaints go to hello@geowl.app; please describe what happened and, if it concerns the app, quote the identifier from Settings. We answer within 14 days.

These terms are governed by Polish law, which does not deprive a consumer of the protection of mandatory rules in their country of habitual residence. A consumer may use out-of-court complaint and redress schemes, including the European Commission’s online dispute resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

Changes to these terms

We may change these terms when the service changes, when the law changes or when paid features are introduced. A material change will be published here and announced in the app at least 14 days before it takes effect, except where a change has to be immediate to comply with the law. Using Geowl after that date means accepting the new version; if you do not accept it, stop using the service and, if you wish, ask us to delete your data.