Terms of Use

Emoji Bee is operated by Michael Pugh, an independent developer (“we”, “us”). By playing Emoji Bee — on the web at emojibee.com or in the iOS app — you agree to these Terms of Use and to our Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree with them, please don’t use Emoji Bee.

If you subscribe to Emoji Bee+ through the Apple App Store, Apple’s own media services terms also apply to that purchase.

Emoji Bee is a daily emoji-rebus word game: five puzzles a day, solved by reading emoji as words. The daily game is free to play, forever, and you don’t need an account to play it.

We may change, add, or remove features over time as the game evolves. We’ll try not to break things you love.

Emoji Bee is anonymous-first: the first time you play, we create a device account for you automatically — no email, no password, no form. You can optionally sign in with Apple, Google, or an email magic link; doing so merges your device history (results, EQ, streaks) into that signed-in account so it survives across devices.

• You’re responsible for keeping access to the Apple, Google, or email account you sign in with.
• One account per person, please — don’t impersonate anyone or share an account.
• An anonymous device account lives on that device; if the device or its data is lost before you sign in, we can’t recover its history.

Emoji Bee+ is an optional auto-renewing subscription: $2.99/month or $19.99/year, with a 7-day free trial. It unlocks the past-puzzle archive, catch-up on missed days (streak repair), streak protection, and deeper stats. Prices may vary by region and currency; the exact price is always shown before you subscribe.

EQ can never be purchased. Subscribing confers no scoring advantage of any kind — every point of EQ is earned by solving puzzles, subscriber or not.

Emoji Bee+ is billed by the platform you purchase it through, not by us directly. On iOS, purchases are made through Apple In-App Purchase and charged to your Apple ID; if we later offer purchase on the web, those purchases will be handled by a payment processor there. In every case the platform’s payment processor handles your payment details — we never see your full card or bank information.

• Auto-renewal. Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each billing period (monthly or yearly) until you cancel.
• Free trial.The 7-day free trial converts to a paid subscription unless you cancel before the trial ends. Cancel during the trial and you won’t be charged.
• Cancelling.Cancel any time; you keep Bee+ until the end of the period you’ve already paid for (or the end of the trial), and you simply won’t be charged again. For purchases made through Apple, manage or cancel the subscription in your Apple ID subscription settings (Settings → your name → Subscriptions) — deleting the app does not cancel it. For any future web purchases, you’ll be able to manage the subscription where you bought it.
• Refunds.For purchases made through Apple, billing and refunds are handled by Apple under its terms — request refunds through Apple, not us. For purchases made elsewhere, contact us and we’ll deal with it fairly.
• Price changes.If a subscription price changes, you’ll be notified in accordance with the platform’s rules before it affects you, and you can cancel before the new price takes effect.

Emoji Bee is a game of honest solving. Don’t:

• use bots, scripts, or automation to play, scrape, or extract puzzle answers;
• exploit bugs to inflate your EQ or streak (found one? tell us — we’ll be grateful);
• interfere with, overload, or attempt to gain unauthorized access to the service;
• reverse-engineer the service except where the law says we can’t stop you;
• resell or commercially exploit the game or its puzzles.

We may suspend or close accounts that break these rules.

The puzzles, game design, scoring system, name, logo, artwork, and code of Emoji Bee belong to us or our licensors. We grant you a limited, personal, non-transferable, non-commercial, revocable license to use Emoji Bee to play the game under these terms.

Sharing your results is encouraged — post your score cards anywhere you like. Emoji glyphs themselves are rendered by your device’s system fonts and belong to their respective vendors.

You can stop using Emoji Bee at any time. We may suspend or terminate your access if you materially breach these terms, and we may discontinue the service (we hope never to). Any active subscription is still governed by section 5 — cancelling or termination doesn’t retroactively charge you for anything.

Sections that by their nature should survive (ownership, disclaimers, limitation of liability, governing law) survive termination.

Emoji Bee is provided “as is” and “as available”, without warranties of any kind, express or implied — including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We’re a tiny operation: we don’t promise the service will be uninterrupted, error-free, or that every puzzle will be perfectly fair (though we sweat them). Where the law doesn’t allow a warranty to be excluded, it applies to the minimum extent required.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we won’t be liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits, data, or streaks, arising out of or relating to Emoji Bee. Our total liability for all claims relating to the service is limited to the greater of US $20or the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim. Some jurisdictions don’t allow certain limitations, so parts of this section may not apply to you.

We may update these terms as the game evolves — for example, when Bee+ billing launches on a new platform. When we do, we’ll update the “Last updated” date above, and for material changes we’ll give notice in the app or on the site. Continuing to play after a change takes effect means you accept the updated terms.

These terms are governed by the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, USA, without regard to conflict-of-law rules, and disputes will be resolved in the state and federal courts located in Pennsylvania. Nothing in these terms limits any consumer rights you have under the mandatory laws of the place you live.

Questions about these terms? Email support@emojibee.com.