Last Updated: October 1, 2026 Effective Date: October 1, 2026 Version: 1.1
Please read these Terms and Conditions (“Terms”) carefully before using the MapGenius mobile application (the “App”) operated by Uplyfire (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
By downloading, installing, accessing, or using the App, you agree to be bound by these Terms. If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the App.
By using MapGenius, you confirm that:
If you are using the App on behalf of a minor, you accept these Terms on their behalf and are responsible for their use of the App.
MapGenius is an educational geography quiz application that may include some or all of the following features, depending on the version and available updates:
Features may be added, modified, or removed over time. The specific features available to you depend on the version of the App you have installed and whether you have purchased MapGenius Pro.
The App is available in a free version (with advertisements) and with a premium upgrade (“MapGenius Pro”) available through a one-time in-app purchase (Section 4).
The App offers daily challenges, currently the Daily Quiz, the Daily Map and the Daily Duel. They run on our servers, so they need an internet connection. In the free version, one new Daily Quiz, one new Daily Map and one new Daily Duel become available each day, in a fixed order, and days you skip do not accumulate; earlier challenges can be replayed. The day changes at midnight in the time zone recorded when your Player ID was created (Section 3.1).
For the rankings, the first attempt at each Daily Quiz and Daily Duel counts, and on the Daily Map your best score on each map counts. A ranked attempt that you end early with “Finish” is scored with the questions you answered; a ranked attempt that you abandon and do not finish may be recorded with zero points. Replays do not change the ranked result of a Daily Quiz or Daily Duel.
Daily challenge content, schedules, limits and scoring may change over time. We do not guarantee that a particular challenge will be available on a particular day.
If you allow notifications, the App may show one reminder a day in the evening. You can switch it off at any time under Settings, or in your device’s notification settings.
MapGenius does not require account creation, registration, or login, and no password, email address, or other credentials are required to use the App.
To run the daily challenges and the rankings, the App automatically creates an anonymous identifier for your installation (the “Player ID”, shown under Settings → Data). Your daily challenge progress, your ranking entries and your player profile are stored on our servers under this Player ID. It is tied to the installation of the App on your device, not to you or to your Google account. If you uninstall the App or clear its data, the App creates a new Player ID, and the progress, results and ranking entries stored under the old one can no longer be reached from the App and cannot be transferred to the new one. Your MapGenius Pro purchase is not affected, because it is restored through Google Play (Section 4.5).
How we handle the data stored under your Player ID is described in our Privacy Policy.
Every player has a public nickname. It starts as a generated one (for example “Genius-7K4M”); you may choose your own under Settings → Player profile, subject to the limits shown there (currently 3 to 16 characters, one change every 24 hours). You may also show a country flag next to your nickname, or choose to show none.
Your nickname must not:
You are responsible for the nickname you choose.
The nickname is the only content players can publish in the App. To keep it within the rules in Section 3.2:
These rules are part of our obligations as a provider of a hosting service under the EU Digital Services Act. Our point of contact under that Act is uplyfire@gmail.com.
The rankings are provided for fun and comparison only. They carry no prizes and no monetary or other value, and a place in a ranking gives you no rights.
Our servers check submitted results and may reject results that are technically impossible or that do not match the challenge. We may correct, recalculate or remove results, and rebuild the rankings, for example after fixing an error or after detecting cheating. We do not guarantee the accuracy, completeness or continuous availability of the rankings.
The App offers a single premium upgrade:
Premium content and features may change over time as the App changes (Section 11), but MapGenius Pro will always remove advertisements.
“Lifetime” means that the purchase does not expire and needs no renewal: it stays valid for the Google account it was bought with for as long as we offer the App on Google Play. It is personal to you and cannot be transferred or resold.
All in-app purchases are processed through Google Play. By making a purchase, you agree to Google Play’s Terms of Service and payment terms.
We do not collect, process, or store your payment information (credit card numbers, bank account details, or billing addresses). All payment data is handled exclusively by Google.
The price of MapGenius Pro is displayed in your local currency in the App and on Google Play. Prices may vary by region and are subject to applicable taxes. We reserve the right to change pricing at any time, but changes will not affect purchases already completed.
Refund requests are governed by Google Play’s refund policy. You may request a refund through:
We may grant additional refunds at our sole discretion. If a purchase is refunded, charged back or cancelled, MapGenius Pro is withdrawn from every installation that used it. Your statutory rights as a consumer, including any right of withdrawal, are not affected; for purchases made through Google Play they are exercised in accordance with Google Play’s terms and applicable law.
If you reinstall the App or switch devices, you can restore your Pro purchase by navigating to the Pro upgrade screen and selecting “Restore Purchases.” The App will verify your purchase through Google Play Billing using your Google account. To unlock Pro in the daily challenges, our server also verifies the purchase with Google Play. One purchase can unlock Pro for a limited number of installations, which is enough for reinstalls and new devices; we may refuse further installations to prevent abuse.
Restoring a purchase restores MapGenius Pro only. It does not restore daily challenge progress or ranking entries stored under a previous Player ID (Section 3.1).
The free version of MapGenius displays advertisements provided by Google AdMob, including:
We do not control the specific content of advertisements displayed by Google AdMob, but we limit ad content to the PG rating in the App’s settings for Google AdMob. If you encounter an advertisement that you believe is inappropriate, misleading, or offensive, you can report it directly through Google’s ad reporting tools.
All advertisements are permanently removed upon purchasing MapGenius Pro.
The App, including but not limited to its design, code, graphics, user interface, game mechanics, quiz content, animations, and branding, is the property of Uplyfire and is protected by applicable intellectual property laws.
You may not:
The App uses the following open-source and third-party components, each subject to its own license:
The App also includes Google SDKs (Google Mobile Ads, User Messaging Platform, Google Play Billing, Firebase), which are provided under Google’s own terms.
Full license texts for all open-source components are available within the App under Settings → Licenses. Use of these components is governed by their respective licenses, not by these Terms. Nothing in these Terms restricts any rights you may have under those open-source licenses.
The geographic data used in the App (country boundaries, coordinates, figures such as area, population or GDP, and feature information) is compiled from publicly available sources, including Natural Earth (public domain), OpenStreetMap contributors (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License 1.0), Wikipedia and Wikidata, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, and restcountries.com. We do not claim proprietary ownership over publicly available geographic facts or data sourced from public domain datasets. Figures are correct to the best of our knowledge on the date they were collected and may have changed since.
While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee that all geographic information is complete, current, or error-free. Borders and territories are shown according to their international recognition, not according to de facto control. The depiction of borders, territories, and place names does not imply any political opinion or endorsement by Uplyfire regarding the legal status of any country, territory, or area, or the delineation of its borders. The App’s geographic content is intended solely for educational and entertainment purposes and must not be relied upon for navigation, surveying, political, diplomatic, or legal purposes.
You agree to use the App only for its intended purpose as an educational geography quiz application. You may not:
If you break this Section, we may take the measures described in Section 3.3, in addition to our rights under Section 13.
THE APP IS PROVIDED “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
Your use of the App is at your sole risk. We do not warrant that the App will meet your specific requirements or expectations.
EU/EEA/UK Consumers: This disclaimer does not affect your mandatory statutory rights under the EU Digital Content Directive (EU) 2019/770, the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, or equivalent national consumer protection laws. Under these laws, digital content must be of satisfactory quality, fit for a particular purpose, and as described, and you may be entitled to a remedy if the App does not conform to the contract.
Brazilian Consumers: This disclaimer is subject to the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code (CDC). Under the CDC, providers of products and services are liable for defects, and certain disclaimers of warranty may be considered abusive (CDC Art. 51(I)).
TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL UPLYFIRE, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR AFFILIATES BE LIABLE FOR:
IMPORTANT EXCEPTIONS - NOTHING IN THESE TERMS SHALL EXCLUDE OR LIMIT:
EU/EEA/UK Consumers: If you are a consumer in the EU, EEA, or UK, you benefit from mandatory consumer protection laws in your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms affects your rights under those laws, and any provisions in these Terms that conflict with such laws shall not apply to you.
Brazilian Consumers: If you are a consumer in Brazil, the limitations in this section are subject to the provisions of the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code (CDC). Where the CDC provides greater protection, its provisions shall prevail.
Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages. In such jurisdictions, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by law.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to indemnify, defend, and hold harmless Uplyfire, its directors, officers, employees, and agents from and against any and all claims, damages, losses, liabilities, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising out of or in connection with:
EU/EEA/UK Consumers: This indemnification obligation does not apply to consumers in the EU, EEA, or UK to the extent it would constitute an unfair contract term under the Unfair Contract Terms Directive 93/13/EEC, the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015, or equivalent national legislation. In such jurisdictions, your liability is limited to damages caused by your willful misconduct or gross negligence.
Brazilian Consumers: This clause is subject to the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code (CDC) and does not apply to the extent it would be considered an abusive clause under CDC Art. 51.
We reserve the right to modify, update, suspend, or discontinue the App (or any part thereof, including the daily challenges, the rankings and the servers they run on) at any time, with or without notice. We shall not be liable to you or any third party for any modification, suspension, or discontinuation of the App. Where you have bought MapGenius Pro and applicable consumer law gives you rights in case of such a change, those rights are not affected.
Updates may be required to continue using the App, in particular the daily challenges and the rankings, and may be installed automatically depending on your device settings.
We may revise these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes, we will:
For material changes, we will provide at least 30 days’ notice before the revised Terms become effective. Your continued use of the App after the revised Terms become effective constitutes your acceptance of the changes, to the extent permitted by applicable law. If you do not agree with the revised Terms, you must stop using the App and uninstall it. Where applicable law requires affirmative consent to material changes (rather than implied acceptance through continued use), we will seek such consent before the changes take effect.
You may terminate your agreement with these Terms at any time by uninstalling the App and ceasing all use. To have the data stored under your Player ID deleted, follow the steps on our data deletion page.
We may terminate or suspend your access to the App, or to the daily challenges and the rankings, if you materially breach any provision of these Terms. Where practicable and permitted by law, we will provide you with reasonable notice and an opportunity to cure the breach before termination. However, we reserve the right to terminate access immediately and without notice in cases of severe or repeated violations. Upon termination, your right to use the App ceases. Termination does not affect any rights you may have under applicable consumer protection law, including your right to refunds for purchases where required by law.
Sections that by their nature should survive termination shall survive, including but not limited to: Intellectual Property (Section 6), Disclaimer of Warranties (Section 8), Limitation of Liability (Section 9), Indemnification (Section 10), Governing Law and Dispute Resolution (Section 14), Force Majeure (Section 20), and Export Controls (Section 22).
These Terms shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Republic of Poland, without regard to its conflict of law provisions.
EU/EEA Consumers: If you are a consumer habitually resident in the EU or EEA, you also benefit from the protection of the mandatory provisions of the consumer protection laws of your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms deprives you of this protection, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 (Rome I), Art. 6(2).
UK Consumers: If you are a consumer habitually resident in the UK, you benefit from mandatory provisions of UK consumer law, which these Terms do not override.
Brazilian Consumers: If you are a consumer in Brazil, the Brazilian Consumer Protection Code (CDC) and applicable Brazilian law apply to the extent they provide greater protection.
Any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or the App shall be resolved as follows:
To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree that any dispute resolution proceedings will be conducted only on an individual basis and not in a class, consolidated, or representative action.
Note: This waiver is generally enforceable in the United States but may not be enforceable in the EU, UK, Brazil, or other jurisdictions where class action or collective redress mechanisms are protected by law. In jurisdictions where this waiver is unenforceable, it shall not apply to you.
If any provision of these Terms is found to be unenforceable or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, that provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it enforceable, or if modification is not possible, severed from these Terms. The remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect.
These Terms, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and Uplyfire regarding the use of the App and supersede all prior agreements, understandings, and communications, whether written or oral.
Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms shall not be considered a waiver of that right or provision. A waiver of any term shall only be effective if in writing and signed by an authorized representative of Uplyfire.
You may not assign or transfer your rights or obligations under these Terms without our prior written consent. We may assign our rights and obligations under these Terms to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganization, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, provided that the assignee agrees to be bound by these Terms. We will notify you of any such assignment through the App or the Google Play Store listing.
The App relies on third-party services provided by Google: advertising (Google AdMob and the User Messaging Platform), payment processing (Google Play Billing), and the servers, analytics, crash reporting, integrity checks and notifications provided by Firebase and Google Cloud. Your use of these services is subject to their respective terms and privacy policies. We are not responsible for the practices, content, or availability of third-party services.
We shall not be liable for any failure or delay in performing our obligations under these Terms to the extent that such failure or delay results from circumstances beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to: natural disasters, pandemics, wars, terrorism, riots, government actions, embargoes, sanctions, power failures, internet or telecommunications failures, cyberattacks, or failures of third-party services (including Google Play, Google AdMob, Firebase, or cloud infrastructure providers). During any such event, our obligations shall be suspended for the duration of the event.
We are committed to making MapGenius accessible to as many users as possible. We endeavor to follow applicable accessibility guidelines, including the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.1 where technically feasible for mobile applications. If you experience accessibility difficulties while using the App, please contact us at the email address in Section 23 so that we can work to address the issue.
The App may be subject to export control laws and regulations. You agree not to export, re-export, or transfer the App in violation of any applicable export control laws, including but not limited to those of the United States, the European Union, and your country of residence. You represent and warrant that you are not located in, under the control of, or a national or resident of any country to which export of the App is restricted or prohibited.
If you have any questions, concerns, or feedback regarding these Terms, or want to report a nickname (Section 3.3), please contact us at:
Uplyfire Email: uplyfire@gmail.com
By using MapGenius, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions and our Privacy Policy.
Uplyfire’s internal publishing tool (“MapGenius Publisher”) uses YouTube API Services to manage videos on our own YouTube channel. Users interacting with that tool or our channel agree to be bound by the YouTube Terms of Service. Google’s data practices are described in the Google Privacy Policy. See Section 17 of our Privacy Policy for details on the limited data the tool accesses and how to revoke access.