Terms of Service

These Terms of Service (“Terms”) form a binding agreement between you (“you”, “User”) and VOILA, a company registered in France under SIREN 913 938 809 (“we”, “us”, “Hint!”), governing your access to and use of the Hint! mobile application, the companion web application, and any related services we provide (collectively, the “Service”).

By downloading, installing, accessing or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read, understood and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the Service.

1. The Service

Hint! is a trivia game that invites users to guess a hidden subject (a person, place, thing, year or other category) by progressively revealing AI-generated hints derived from publicly available Wikipedia articles. The Service includes a daily challenge, on-demand card generation, leaderboards, push notifications, social sharing of results and an optional paid subscription called Hint+.

We may add, modify or remove features at any time without prior notice. We may also operate the Service in beta or experimental form, in which case it may be unstable or temporarily unavailable.

2. Eligibility & accounts

• You must be at least 13 years old (or the minimum digital-consent age in your jurisdiction, whichever is higher) to use the Service.
• Hint! does not require traditional account registration. We rely on anonymous identifiers provided by Firebase Authentication. You are responsible for keeping your device secure.
• You may optionally choose a public nickname for leaderboards. You are solely responsible for the nickname you select; it must not impersonate others, infringe rights or violate the Acceptable Use rules below.
• You may delete your data at any time from the Settings screen of the app or by contacting us (see Contact).

3. License to use Hint!

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

You may not (and may not allow anyone else to): (i) sell, sublicense, rent or lease the Service; (ii) reverse-engineer, decompile or attempt to extract source code, except to the extent expressly permitted by applicable law; (iii) circumvent any technical protection measures; (iv) use the Service to build a competing product; or (v) remove any proprietary notices.

4. Subscriptions (Hint+)

Hint+ is an optional auto-renewing subscription that unlocks additional features such as unlimited card generation and access to premium categories. Hint+ is offered as monthly or yearly plans whose current prices and durations are displayed in the app before purchase.

• Billing. Purchases are processed by Apple App Store on iOS or Google Play on Android. We do not collect or store your payment information. Your subscription will be charged to your Apple ID or Google account upon confirmation of purchase.
• Auto-renewal. Unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, your subscription renews automatically at the same price. You can manage or cancel auto-renewal in your Apple ID or Google Play account settings at any time.
• Refunds. Refund requests are handled exclusively by Apple or Google according to their respective policies. We have no power to issue refunds directly.
• Free trials & promotions. Any free trial or promotional offer converts into a paid subscription at the end of the promotional period unless cancelled in advance. Only one trial per Apple ID or Google account is permitted unless we state otherwise.
• Apple-specific terms. If you subscribe through the App Store, the Apple Standard EULA also applies.

5. User-generated content

The Service lets you generate, edit and share content such as custom Hint! cards, hint replacement proposals, nicknames and game results (collectively “User Content”). You retain ownership of your User Content.

By submitting User Content to the Service, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable license to host, store, reproduce, modify, adapt, translate, publicly perform and publicly display that User Content, solely to operate, improve, promote and provide the Service. Where User Content is shared on leaderboards or social media, you grant the same license to other users for the purpose of viewing it within the Service.

You represent and warrant that you have all rights necessary to grant the license above and that your User Content does not infringe any third-party right, violate any law, or breach the Acceptable Use rules.

We reserve the right (but have no obligation) to review, remove, edit or refuse User Content at our sole discretion, in particular when it is reported as harmful, illegal or off-topic.

6. AI- and Wikipedia-sourced content

Hint! cards are generated using third-party large-language models (such as Google Gemini, OpenAI GPT and Anthropic Claude) from the public text of Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia content is licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; original article titles, images and metadata remain the property of their respective contributors.

AI-generated hints may contain inaccuracies, omissions or biases. They are provided “as is” for entertainment only and must not be relied upon as factual, scientific, medical, legal or professional advice. We do not warrant that any hint or card is accurate, complete or current.

7. Acceptable use

You agree not to use the Service to:

• post, generate or share content that is unlawful, defamatory, harassing, obscene, hateful, violent, sexually explicit, or otherwise harmful;
• impersonate any person or entity, or misrepresent your affiliation;
• upload viruses, malware or any code intended to interfere with the Service;
• attempt unauthorised access to our systems, other users’ accounts, or any data not intended for you;
• scrape, crawl or harvest data from the Service except as expressly permitted;
• use automated means (bots, scripts) to inflate scores, manipulate leaderboards, or abuse referral or promotional mechanisms;
• infringe any intellectual-property right, privacy right or other right of any third party;
• use the Service in violation of any applicable law or regulation, including export-control and sanctions laws.

8. Intellectual property

The Service, including its name, logo, graphic charter, mascot, source code, prompts, animations and underlying technology, is owned by VOILA and is protected by French and international intellectual-property laws. No right is granted to you by implication, estoppel or otherwise, except for the limited license granted in Section 3.

If you believe that material on the Service infringes your copyright, please contact us at guillaume@bellut.com with the URL of the content, a description of the work claimed to be infringed, and proof of your authority to act.

9. Third-party services

The Service relies on third-party providers including, without limitation, Apple, Google, Firebase, Google Cloud, OpenAI, Anthropic, the Wikimedia Foundation and TikTok. Your use of any third-party feature is also governed by that provider’s own terms and privacy policy. We are not responsible for third-party services or for any content, product or service available through them.

10. Suspension & termination

You may stop using the Service at any time and delete the application from your device. We may suspend or terminate your access to all or part of the Service at any time, with or without notice, if we reasonably believe that you have breached these Terms, infringed third-party rights, harmed other users, or created legal or operational risk for us. Upon termination, Sections 5 (license you grant), 8, 11, 12, 14 and 15 survive.

11. Disclaimers

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied or statutory, including warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy or uninterrupted operation. We do not warrant that the Service will be free of bugs, errors, security incidents or interruptions.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in no event shall VOILA be liable for any indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, including without limitation loss of profits, data, goodwill or other intangible losses, arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Service.

Our aggregate liability for any claim arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Service shall not exceed the greater of (a) the amount you paid to us in the twelve (12) months preceding the event giving rise to the claim, or (b) fifty euros (€50).

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits liability that cannot be excluded or limited under applicable law, including statutory consumer rights.

13. Changes to the Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. When we do, we will revise the “Last updated” date at the top of this page and, when changes are material, provide additional notice within the app. Your continued use of the Service after the new Terms take effect constitutes your acceptance of the changes. If you do not agree, please stop using the Service.

14. Governing law & disputes

These Terms are governed by the laws of France, without regard to its conflict-of-laws principles. The courts of Paris, France have exclusive jurisdiction for any dispute, except where mandatory consumer-protection laws of your country of residence grant you the right to bring an action before another court.

In accordance with Article L. 612-1 of the French Consumer Code, consumers residing in the European Union may also use the European Commission’s Online Dispute Resolution platform.

15. Contact

Questions, notices or requests under these Terms should be sent to:

• Company: VOILA — SIREN 913 938 809, France
• Email: guillaume@bellut.com
• Privacy Policy: tulleb.com/app/hint/privacy_policy.html