Terms of Use

Agreement

These Terms of Use (“Terms”) govern your use of the Pocket Auction iPhone app and this website (together, the “Service”). The Service is provided by Yilmaz Ipekci (“we”, “us”). By downloading, installing or using the app you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

You must be old enough to enter into a binding agreement where you live, or have a parent or guardian agree for you.

Your license

We grant you a personal, limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable license to install and use the app on iPhones that you own or control, for your own non-commercial entertainment, in line with these Terms and the Apple Media Services Terms and the usage rules of the App Store. All rights not expressly granted are reserved.

Fictional game world, coins and items

Pocket Auction is a single-player game. Game coins, bids, auction prices, profits, XP, ranks and collectibles are fictional. They have no cash value and cannot be exchanged, transferred or redeemed for money or anything of value. The game does not offer real-money auctions, real-money gambling, prizes or in-app purchases, and you cannot buy game coins.

Characters, businesses, auction houses and items are fictional, and any resemblance to real ones is coincidental. Estimates in the game are part of play and are not appraisals or advice about real-world items.

Ads and rewards

The app is supported by advertising provided by Google AdMob. Ads may appear between some evenings. You may also choose to watch optional rewarded ads in exchange for in-game bonuses.

• Rewards are virtual. They are granted only after an ad has been fully watched, are limited in frequency, and have no cash value.
• Availability isn’t guaranteed. Ads and rewards depend on your connection, your ad-consent choices, your region and Google’s systems. If an ad can’t be shown, play continues without it.
• Advertisers’ content is theirs. Ads are supplied by third parties, and we do not endorse advertisers or their products. If you see an ad that seems inappropriate, tell us and we will report it to Google.
• No artificial ad activity. You must not click ads without genuine interest, use bots or tools to generate impressions or clicks, or interfere with the ad software. Invalid activity can cause ads and rewards to stop working, and we may suspend access to the Service.
• Your data use is covered by our Privacy Policy. Data charges from your mobile provider may apply to ads.

Your progress

Progress is stored locally on your iPhone in up to three save slots. There is no account and no cloud backup, and we cannot recover lost progress. Deleting a slot, uninstalling the app, a device failure or an incompatible update may permanently remove progress. Back up your device if it matters to you.

Acceptable use

You agree not to, and not to help anyone to:

• copy, modify, decompile, reverse-engineer or extract source code from the app, except to the extent the law expressly allows despite this restriction;
• remove or bypass technical protections, consent messages or ad software;
• sell, rent, sublicense or commercially exploit the app or its content;
• use the Service in a way that breaks the law or harms others, or overloads or attacks this website.

Our content and credits

The game, including its artwork, sprites, music, sound effects, text, interface and code, is owned by us or our licensors and protected by copyright and other rights. These Terms do not transfer any ownership to you. The title artwork was created with the assistance of AI tools.

The fonts Fredoka and DM Sans are used under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 (DM Sans licence). Third-party software in the app, including the Google Mobile Ads SDK, remains subject to its own licence terms.

If you send us feedback or ideas, you allow us to use them without obligation to you.

Updates, availability and ending access

We may update, change, suspend or discontinue the game, features or ads at any time, for example to fix bugs, adjust balance or comply with the law. We may end or restrict your access if you seriously breach these Terms. You may stop using the Service at any time by deleting the app.

No warranty

To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Service is provided “as is” and “as available” without warranties of any kind, whether express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose, uninterrupted or error-free operation, or that ads or rewards will always be available. Nothing in these Terms limits any consumer rights that cannot be limited under the law where you live.

Limit of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential or punitive damages, or for lost progress, data or profits, arising from your use of the Service. Our total liability for any claim relating to the Service is limited to the amount you paid us for it, which for a free app is zero. This does not exclude or limit liability that cannot be excluded by law, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, or intentional misconduct.

Apple’s terms

If you got the app from the Apple App Store, these additional terms apply, and Apple’s standard licensed application end-user licence agreement also applies.

• Between us and Apple. These Terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are responsible for the app and its content.
• Scope. The licence is limited to use on Apple-branded products you own or control, as permitted by the App Store usage rules.
• Maintenance and support. We are solely responsible for support and maintenance. Apple has no obligation to provide any. See our support page.
• Warranty. If the app fails to meet a warranty that applies, you may tell Apple, who may refund any purchase price. To the maximum extent the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app.
• Claims. We, not Apple, handle any claims about the app or your use of it, including product liability, legal or regulatory compliance and consumer protection claims.
• Intellectual property. If a third party claims the app infringes its rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for the investigation, defence and settlement.
• Legal compliance. You confirm you are not located in a country under a US government embargo or designated a “terrorist supporting” country, and are not on any US government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• Third-party terms. You must follow applicable third-party terms, such as your wireless provider’s.
• Third-party beneficiary. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms. Once you accept them, Apple may enforce them against you.

Law and disputes

Nothing in these Terms affects your statutory rights as a consumer, including the right to bring a claim in the courts of the country where you live and to rely on the mandatory consumer protection laws there. Otherwise, these Terms are governed by the laws of the country where we are established, and its courts have jurisdiction, unless mandatory law says differently. If we can’t agree, we would rather talk first: please write to support@ylms.me.

Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms, for example when features or the law change. We will change the effective date above and, for material changes, tell you in the game. If you keep using the Service after a change takes effect, you accept the new Terms. If you do not, stop using the Service.

Contact

Pocket Auction, published by Yilmaz Ipekci. Email support@ylms.me, or visit the support page. See also our Privacy Policy.