Terms of Use

Last updated: June 19, 2026

These Terms of Use ("Terms") govern your use of the Pikaro website at pikaro.app and the card-game apps published under the Pikaro name, including Doppelkopf, Skat, and any further titles we may release in the future (together, "Pikaro" or "the Service"). By using Pikaro you agree to these Terms. If you don't agree, please don't use the Service.

1. Who we are

Pikaro is operated by Pikaro LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Minnesota, United States. You can reach us at info@pikaro.app.

2. Eligibility

You may use Pikaro if you are at least 13 years old (or at least 16, where local law requires that age for online services). If you are under the age of majority in your jurisdiction, you confirm that a parent or legal guardian has reviewed and accepted these Terms on your behalf.

3. Your account

To use multiplayer or any feature that involves saving data on our servers, you may need to create an account. You agree to:

• Provide accurate information when registering
• Keep your password secure
• Take responsibility for everything that happens under your account
• Notify us at info@pikaro.app if you believe your account has been compromised

You may delete your account at any time through the in-app settings.

4. Acceptable use

When you use Pikaro, you agree not to:

• Use cheats, bots, exploits, or any automated tools to gain an unfair advantage
• Modify, decompile, or reverse-engineer the apps except where local law allows
• Harass, threaten, or abuse other players
• Impersonate another person or use a deliberately misleading display name
• Upload illegal, hateful, or sexually explicit content (including in your profile photo, display name, or chat)
• Disrupt the Service, exceed normal usage rates, or probe for security vulnerabilities

We may suspend or terminate accounts that violate these rules.

5. Your content

You may add personal content to Pikaro — a display name, a profile photo, friend connections. You retain ownership of anything you upload. By uploading content, you grant us a limited, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, display, and use it solely as needed to operate the Service.

You're responsible for the content you upload. Don't upload anything you don't have the right to share.

6. Our intellectual property

All Pikaro software, artwork, voice clips, character designs, the Pikaro name and logo, and the original elements of the user interface are owned by the Pikaro developers (or our licensors, in the case of fonts and similar third-party assets). You may install and use the apps on your own devices for personal, non-commercial play. You may not:

• Sell, rent, or sublicense the apps
• Redistribute the artwork, voice files, or other game assets
• Build a competing product using our materials

The card games themselves (Doppelkopf, Skat, etc.) are public-domain rule sets. Our specific implementation of those games — the code, design, and presentation — is not.

7. Third-party services

Pikaro relies on third-party services that have their own terms:

• Apple App Store and Google Play distribute the apps
• Google Firebase provides account authentication
• Fly.io hosts our game server (Frankfurt, Germany) for data storage and game logic
• Ably provides real-time delivery of multiplayer game data between players
• Cloudflare delivers the app and stores profile photos and encrypted database backups
• Hostinger hosts the website and provides the email service that delivers contact-form messages

When you use Pikaro through these services, your use is also governed by their terms. We have no control over those providers.

8. Service availability

Pikaro is provided "as is" and "as available". We try to keep it running, but we don't promise uninterrupted service, that bugs will be fixed, that all features will remain available, or that the Service will meet your expectations.

We may add, change, or remove features at any time, including discontinuing the Service entirely with reasonable notice.

9. Disclaimers and limitation of liability

To the maximum extent allowed by law:

• Pikaro is provided without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement.
• We are not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages arising out of your use of (or inability to use) the Service.
• Where law allows us to cap our total liability, that cap is the greater of (a) the amount you paid us in the past 12 months — currently zero — or (b) US$50.

Some jurisdictions don't allow these limitations. If yours doesn't, the limits above apply only to the extent permitted there. Mandatory consumer-protection rights remain unaffected.

10. Termination

You can stop using Pikaro and delete your account at any time. We can suspend or terminate your access if you violate these Terms or if continuing to provide the Service to you would expose us or other players to unreasonable risk.

After termination, sections that by their nature should survive — including intellectual property, disclaimers, liability limits, and governing law — will continue to apply.

11. Governing law

These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Minnesota, United States, without regard to conflict-of-laws rules. You and we agree that disputes will be brought in the state or federal courts located in Minnesota, and you consent to that jurisdiction.

If you live in the EU/EEA or UK, this clause does not deprive you of the protection of mandatory consumer-protection laws of the country you live in.

12. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. The "Last updated" date at the top reflects the latest change. If a change is material, we'll surface it in the app or on the website before it takes effect. Continued use of Pikaro after a change means you accept the new Terms.

13. Contact

For questions about these Terms, write to: info@pikaro.app