Welcome to AZO
These Terms of Service ("Terms") are an agreement between you and AZO. By downloading, registering for, or using AZO, you agree to them. If you don't agree, don't use AZO.
Our Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information and forms part of these Terms.
1. Eligibility
You must be at least 13 years old to use AZO. If you are between 13 and 17, you may use AZO only with the consent of a parent or guardian, and you should only make purchases with their permission.
AZO is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If we learn that an account belongs to someone under 13, we will remove it and delete the associated data.
You may not use AZO if a previous account of yours was terminated for violating these Terms.
2. Your Account
You are responsible for your account, your password, and everything that happens under your account. Keep your password private and let us know at support@azobattles.app if you believe someone else has accessed your account.
One person, one account. Creating additional accounts to manipulate votes, evade a suspension, or inflate engagement is prohibited.
3. Zero Tolerance for Objectionable Content and Abusive Users
Do not post, upload, or share content that is:
- Hateful or discriminatory, or that attacks a person or group based on race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, disability, gender, gender identity, age, or sexual orientation
- Harassing, bullying, threatening, or intimidating toward another person
- Sexually explicit or pornographic, or that sexualizes a minor in any way
- Violent or graphic, or that promotes violence, self-harm, or illegal activity
- Defamatory or knowingly false about real people
- Impersonating another person, brand, or organization
- Infringing on copyright, trademark, privacy, or other rights
- Spam, scams, or deliberately misleading
Do not behave abusively toward other users. This includes harassment, targeted pile-ons, threats, hate speech in comments, unwanted sexual attention, and creating battles designed to demean a specific person.
How we enforce this
- You agree to these rules every time you create a battle. Before the creation screen opens, AZO shows you what is not allowed and asks you to confirm you understand.
- We filter content. Battle titles, option names, and comments are screened automatically when they are submitted, and anything that violates these rules is rejected before it reaches anyone.
- You can flag content. Report any battle from the menu on the battle card, or report a user from their profile. Reports reach us immediately.
- You can block users. Blocking someone removes all of their battles from your feed instantly and alerts us to review the content.
- We act within 24 hours. We review every report within 24 hours of receiving it, remove content that violates these rules, and suspend or remove the account responsible.
We remove violating content and terminate the accounts behind it at our sole discretion, without prior notice, and without refund of any Sparks or purchases. Accounts terminated for these violations may not create a new account, and attempts to return under a new account will also be removed.
4. Voting
Every account gets 5 free votes per day. Your free votes reset each day and do not roll over — unused votes do not accumulate.
Once your free votes are used, you can keep voting by spending 10 Sparks per vote. You may only vote once on any given battle: Sparks unlock more battles to vote on, never a second vote on the same battle.
We may change the number of free votes or the cost of extra votes as we tune the experience. The current numbers are always shown in the app.
Vote manipulation is prohibited. This includes bots, automated scripts, coordinated voting rings, and creating additional accounts to vote more than once on the same battle. Accounts found manipulating votes may be suspended or terminated.
5. Creating Battles
Every account can create one free battle per day. Additional battles on the same day cost 25 Sparks each.
You choose how long your battle runs. Shorter battles are free; longer ones cost Sparks:
| Duration | Cost |
|---|---|
| 10 minutes, 1 hour, 24 hours, or 3 days | Free |
| 7 days | 200 Sparks |
| 14 days | 300 Sparks |
| 30 days | 500 Sparks |
The two charges are separate. A second battle in one day running for 7 days costs 25 Sparks for the extra battle plus 200 Sparks for the duration.
Changing when a battle ends
You can extend a battle you created to a longer duration at any time while it is running. You pay only the difference between what you have already spent on that battle's duration and the new tier, less a 10% discount.
You can also end your own battle early, at any time. Voting stops immediately and the winner is revealed. Ending a battle early does not refund any Sparks you spent on it.
6. ⚡ Sparks — AZO's Virtual Currency
Getting Sparks
New accounts receive a welcome bonus of Sparks when they sign up. The amount is shown in the app and may change.
Buying Sparks
- All purchases are processed by the Apple App Store
- Sparks are credited to your account once Apple confirms the purchase — this is usually immediate but can occasionally take a few minutes
- Sparks are non-refundable except where required by law
- Refund requests must be made to Apple, not to AZO. We cannot issue refunds for App Store purchases
- You are purchasing a limited, personal, non-transferable licence to use Sparks within AZO — not property or a financial asset
Spending Sparks
Sparks can currently be used for:
- Extra votes — 10 Sparks per vote beyond your free daily allowance
- Extra battles — 25 Sparks per battle beyond your one free battle each day
- Longer battles — 200, 300, or 500 Sparks for a 7, 14, or 30 day battle
- Extending a battle — the difference between tiers, less 10%
- Trending Boost — puts a battle you created at the top of Trending for 24 hours
Once spent, Sparks are consumed and cannot be recovered. Prices are shown in the app and may change.
If Sparks Are Lost
If you are charged for Sparks that do not appear in your account, contact us at support@azobattles.app with your Apple receipt and we will investigate.
Availability and Changes
We may add, change, or discontinue features that Sparks can be spent on, and may adjust prices. If we discontinue a feature you have unused Sparks for, those Sparks remain available for other uses in the app.
7. Future Features
We work on new features and will add them over time. Nothing in these Terms commits us to building any particular feature, keeping any existing one, or providing earnings, payouts, or any monetary return.
8. Intellectual Property
You keep ownership of the content you create. By posting to AZO, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, display, distribute, and promote that content within AZO and in marketing for AZO. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies already shared by other users or retained in backups.
You confirm that you have the right to post what you post. The AZO name, logo, and design are our property.
9. Copyright and DMCA
We respect intellectual property rights and expect you to do the same. If you believe content on AZO infringes your copyright, send a notice to our designated agent at support@azobattles.app with the subject line "DMCA Notice", including:
- Your physical or electronic signature
- Identification of the copyrighted work you say has been infringed
- Identification of the material on AZO you want removed, with enough detail for us to find it — the battle title and the username who posted it
- Your name, address, telephone number, and email address
- A statement that you believe in good faith that the use is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law
- A statement, made under penalty of perjury, that the information in your notice is accurate and that you are the copyright owner or authorised to act for them
We will remove or disable access to material that is the subject of a valid notice and notify the user who posted it.
Counter-notice
If your content was removed and you believe that was a mistake or misidentification, you may send a counter-notice to the same address. It must include your signature, identification of the removed material and where it appeared, a statement under penalty of perjury that you believe in good faith it was removed as a result of a mistake, your contact details, and your consent to the jurisdiction of the federal court in your district — or, if you are outside the United States, in Arizona.
Repeat infringers
We terminate the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
10. Indemnification
You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless AZO and its owner, employees, and agents from any claim, demand, loss, liability, damage, cost, or expense, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or connected to:
- Content you post, upload, or share on AZO
- Your use of AZO
- Your breach of these Terms
- Your violation of any law or of the rights of a third party, including intellectual property, privacy, and publicity rights
We may take over the exclusive defence of any matter subject to indemnification by you, at your expense, and you agree to cooperate with us in that defence. This section survives termination of your account.
11. Suspension and Termination
Suspension
We may suspend your ability to create battles and post comments for a set period if you break the rules in Section 3. While suspended you can still browse AZO and vote.
When we suspend an account we tell you why and, for a temporary suspension, when it ends. Suspensions lift automatically — you do not need to contact us. Repeated violations lead to longer suspensions and, for serious or repeated conduct, permanent removal.
If you believe a suspension is a mistake, email support@azobattles.app and we will review it.
Termination by you
You may delete your account at any time from within the app via Profile → Delete My Account. Deleting your account ends your access and any unused Sparks are consumed, as they have no monetary value and cannot be transferred or refunded.
Termination by us
We may terminate your account if you violate these Terms. Violations of Section 3 result in immediate termination without prior notice. Unused Sparks are forfeited and are not refundable in these cases.
We may also discontinue AZO in whole or in part. If we discontinue the service entirely, we will give reasonable notice in the app or by email where we can.
Sections 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 17, and 19 survive termination.
12. Disclaimers
AZO is provided "as is" and "as available". We do not guarantee that the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that content posted by other users will be accurate or appropriate. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we disclaim all warranties, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
We moderate content and screen submissions, but we do not review every piece of content before it appears, and we are not responsible for content posted by other users.
13. Limitation of Liability
To the maximum extent permitted by law, our total liability to you for any claim relating to AZO is limited to the greater of (a) the amount you paid for Sparks in the six months before the claim, or (b) $100 USD.
We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits or data. Some jurisdictions do not allow these limitations, so they may not apply to you.
14. Your Rights as a Consumer
If you live in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or another country whose consumer law grants you rights that cannot be waived by contract, nothing in these Terms limits those rights. Where local mandatory consumer law conflicts with these Terms, that law applies.
In particular, the disclaimers in Section 12, the liability limits in Section 13, the arbitration requirement in Section 16, and the choice of Arizona law and courts in Section 17 apply only to the extent permitted in your country. You may always bring a claim in the courts of your country of residence where local law gives you that right.
15. Apple
These Terms are between you and AZO, not Apple. Apple is not a party to them and is not responsible for AZO or its content.
Scope of licence
We grant you a personal, non-transferable licence to use AZO on any Apple-branded product you own or control, as permitted by the Usage Rules in the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
Support
We are solely responsible for support and maintenance of AZO. Apple has no obligation to provide any support for it. Reach us at support@azobattles.app.
Warranty
We are solely responsible for any warranties, whether express or implied by law, to the extent they are not effectively disclaimed. If AZO fails to conform to any applicable warranty, you may notify Apple, and Apple will refund the purchase price of the app to you. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Apple has no other warranty obligation with respect to AZO.
Claims
We, not Apple, are responsible for addressing any claim by you or a third party relating to AZO or your use of it, including product liability claims, claims that AZO fails to conform to a legal or regulatory requirement, and claims arising under consumer protection or privacy law.
Intellectual property claims
If a third party claims that AZO infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are solely responsible for the investigation, defence, settlement, and discharge of that claim.
Legal compliance
By using AZO you represent that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government embargo or designated as a terrorist-supporting country, and that you are not listed on any US Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
Third party terms
You must comply with any applicable third-party terms when using AZO, including the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions.
Third party beneficiary
Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and, on your acceptance, have the right to enforce them against you.
16. Dispute Resolution and Arbitration
Who this applies to
This section applies to you if you live in the United States. If you live elsewhere, Section 14 governs and this section applies only to the extent your local law permits.
Talk to us first
Before starting an arbitration, email support@azobattles.app describing the dispute and the resolution you want. Most issues can be settled this way. If we haven't resolved it within 60 days, either of us may begin arbitration.
Arbitration
You and AZO agree that any dispute arising out of or relating to these Terms or AZO will be resolved by binding arbitration administered by the American Arbitration Association under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, rather than in court. The Federal Arbitration Act governs the interpretation and enforcement of this section. The arbitrator's decision is final and may be entered as a judgment in any court with jurisdiction. Arbitration may take place by phone, by video, or based on written submissions, or in the county where you live if an in-person hearing is held.
No class actions
Claims may be brought only on an individual basis. You and AZO each waive the right to bring or participate in a class, collective, consolidated, or representative action, and the arbitrator may not consolidate the claims of more than one person. If this paragraph is found unenforceable as to a particular claim, that claim must proceed in court and is severed from any arbitration.
Exceptions
Either of us may bring a claim in small claims court if it qualifies, and either of us may seek an injunction in court to protect intellectual property rights.
How to opt out
You may opt out of arbitration by emailing support@azobattles.app with the subject line "Arbitration Opt-Out" within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Include your username and the email address on your account. Opting out does not affect any other part of these Terms, and we will not close your account for opting out.
17. Governing Law
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, United States, without regard to its conflict of law rules. For any dispute not subject to arbitration under Section 16, you and AZO agree to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Arizona. This does not override the rights described in Section 14.
18. Changes to These Terms
We may update these Terms. If we make material changes, we will notify you in the app or by email before they take effect. Continued use of AZO after that means you accept the updated Terms. If you don't accept them, delete your account.
19. General
Entire agreement. These Terms and the Privacy Policy are the entire agreement between you and AZO about the service, and replace any earlier agreement on the subject.
Severability. If any provision is found unenforceable, it will be limited or removed to the minimum extent necessary, and the rest of these Terms stay in full force.
No waiver. If we don't enforce a provision, that isn't a waiver of our right to enforce it later.
Assignment. You may not assign or transfer these Terms or your account. We may assign them to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.
No agency. These Terms do not create a partnership, employment, or agency relationship between you and AZO.
Force majeure. We are not liable for delays or failures caused by events beyond our reasonable control.
20. Contact
To report content or an account, use the report option in the app. For anything else — support, copyright notices, arbitration opt-outs, and appeals: