Terms of use
By playing Hemiscope — any of the six daily games, on the website or in the iOS app — you agree to a few simple things.
Use the games in good faith
Don’t try to scrape, reverse engineer, or break the games in a way that affects other players. Don’t use automated tools to flood the site with traffic. Don’t attempt to bypass security measures, tamper with stored scores and streaks, or otherwise cheat in a way that misleads other players.
The games are free, and provided as-is
Hemiscope is offered at no cost and with no warranties. We make a reasonable effort to keep it working and the underlying data accurate — country facts, historical dates, rankings, statistics — but we don’t guarantee uptime, completeness, or that every fact in every puzzle is correct. Use it for fun, not as a reference.
Your data stays on your device
Game state, stats, streaks and best scores are stored only in your browser or on your phone. We aren’t responsible for loss of progress, streaks or scores from clearing browser data, deleting the app, switching devices, or other causes outside our control. Progress does not sync between the website and the app, and there is no account to restore it from. See the Privacy page for the full picture.
Third-party content
Some puzzles show photographs and flags that we did not create. These are used under their own licences and credited on the photo credits page. Nothing here grants you rights to that material beyond what its own licence allows.
The iOS app
The app is distributed through the Apple App Store and is also subject to Apple’s terms. Apple is not a party to these terms and has no obligation to provide support for the app.
Liability
To the fullest extent allowed by law, the people who run Hemiscope are not liable for damages arising from your use of the games. If you don’t agree with that, please don’t use them.
Changes to these terms
We may update these terms from time to time. Continuing to play after a change counts as acceptance of the new terms.