Terms of Use (English)
Last updated: 1 November 2026
1. Scope
These terms of use apply to the use of the FocusReef app (the "App"), provided by Lukas Thumann, Pavelsbacher Str. 6a, 92361 Berngau, Germany ("we" / "us").
If you download the App from the Apple App Store, Apple's standard licence agreement also applies to the licence for the App: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
2. Use of the app
You may use the App for yourself, for studying as well as for work. You may not sell it, rent it out or pass it off as your own offer. You agree not to misuse the App, in particular not to circumvent security mechanisms, not to manipulate game progress without authorisation, and not to harass other users.
We do not tolerate offensive, abusive or misleading player or reef names, and we do not tolerate harassment of other players. Every name is checked against a list of blocked words when it is saved. You can report a player at any time with "Report". We usually look at reports within 48 hours. If a name breaks this rule, we may remove it. For serious or repeated violations we may suspend the account. You can also use "Block" to stop a player from contacting or finding you.
The blocklist checks names automatically. A human reads and decides on reports. Anyone can report illegal content to us by email at focusreef.support@gmail.com, even without an account. Please state which name it concerns and where it can be seen, why it is illegal, your name and email address, and that your information is correct to the best of your knowledge. We confirm receipt and tell you our decision. If we remove a name or suspend an account, we tell the person affected what we did and why, provided we can reach them. If you think a decision is wrong, you can write to the same address. You can always go to court.
3. User account
Some features require an account. You are responsible for keeping your credentials confidential. You may not use another person's account.
You may use the App from the age of 13. If you are under 18, ask your parents or guardians first. A guest account is not secured with an email address. If you delete the App or change devices, your game progress including purchased items may be lost unless you secured the account first.
4. Virtual goods and in-app purchases
The App contains virtual goods, for example coral, aquamarines, eggs, food and FocusReef Plus. Some can be earned for free, some can be purchased. Virtual goods cannot be exchanged for or paid out in real money.
Purchases are handled by the app store you got the App from. In the EU, the EEA and the United Kingdom, the store acts towards you as the merchant (Google Commerce Limited or Apple Distribution International Ltd.). It shows you the price, handles payment and is your point of contact for withdrawal and refunds. Its terms apply in addition. This may differ in other countries.
As a consumer in the EU you generally have a statutory right of withdrawal of 14 days. For digital content it lapses once supply has begun, if you have expressly agreed to this beforehand and confirmed that you thereby lose your right of withdrawal. Your statutory rights, including those for defects, remain unaffected. For problems with content in the App, you can reach us at focusreef.support@gmail.com.
All purchases are one-time purchases, there is no subscription. Some content contains random fish or items, for example eggs, the Spotlight Starter Pack and the shell after a session. You can look up the odds in the App. If you are a minor, you need the permission of your parents or guardians to make purchases.
Purchased items stay assigned to your account for as long as we operate the App (see section 6). If you delete your account, your game progress, fish and aquamarines are gone for good, including purchased ones.
5. Advertising
The App is partly financed through advertising. Certain rewards can be unlocked by voluntarily watching advertising videos.
6. Availability and changes
We aim to keep the service running as smoothly as possible. We cannot promise uninterrupted availability, for example during maintenance or outages at our service providers.
We may change the App for a valid reason, for example where operating systems, store requirements or laws require it, to close security gaps or prevent abuse, where a service provider ceases to be available, or to balance and develop the game. Such changes cost you nothing. We will inform you clearly and comprehensibly, usually in the update notes in the store.
If a change affects your access or use by more than a minor extent, we will tell you beforehand about the change and about your statutory rights.
We change purchased content such as FocusReef Plus, as well as in-game prices and balance values, for example for eggs, only where this is reasonable for you.
If we shut down the App or its online features entirely, we will usually announce this in the App at least 60 days in advance. Your statutory rights remain unaffected.
7. Liability
We are liable without limitation for intent and gross negligence, for injury to life, body or health, under the German Product Liability Act, and to the extent that we have given a guarantee.
In cases of slight negligence, we are liable only if we breach a material contractual obligation. These are obligations that make the contract possible in the first place and on which you may rely, such as providing the content you purchased. Liability is then limited to the damage that is typically foreseeable in a contract of this kind.
Otherwise, liability for slight negligence is excluded. This also applies to persons working for us.
8. Termination and suspension
You may stop using the App at any time and delete your account in the App.
If you seriously breach these terms, we may remove a name, restrict use or suspend your account temporarily or permanently. We take into account how serious and how frequent the breach was. Before a permanent suspension we will warn you if we can reach you, unless the breach is so serious that this cannot reasonably be expected. Section 2 applies to reasons and legal remedies. If a suspension was unjustified, we lift it. Statutory claims remain unaffected.
9. Changes to these terms
We will show you material changes to these terms in the App in good time beforehand. They apply to you once you agree to them in the App. If you do not agree, the previous terms continue to apply to you.
10. Final provisions
German law applies. If you are a consumer and your habitual residence is in another country, you keep the protection of the mandatory consumer protection rules of that country. Should individual provisions be invalid, the validity of the remaining provisions is unaffected.
Contact: focusreef.support@gmail.com