Joyshelf Terms of Use

Last updated: 31 October 2026

These terms describe how you can use Joyshelf and what you and we can expect from each other. Please read them before you use the app. By using Joyshelf you agree to them. If you don't agree, please don't use it.

1. Who we are
2. What Joyshelf is
3. What you need to use it
4. Game data and other people's content
5. Your account
6. Your library and tags
7. Using Joyshelf fairly
8. Tips
9. The app and its licence
10. Availability and changes to the service
11. Our liability
12. Complaints
13. Privacy
14. Changes to these terms
15. Law and disputes
16. If you got Joyshelf from the App Store

1. Who we are

Joyshelf is made and provided by:

In these terms “we”, “us” and “our” mean the provider named above, and “you” means the person using Joyshelf. These terms are also the rules of providing services by electronic means (regulamin) required by Article 8 of the Polish Act of 18 July 2002 on providing services by electronic means.

2. What Joyshelf is

Joyshelf is an app for Android, iOS and the web (joyshelf.joypadworks.com) that lets you:

• browse and search a catalog of video games and read about them;
• keep your own library of games, marked as Want to Play, Playing, Completed or Dropped, and sort it with tags;
• keep that library in sync across your devices with a Joyshelf account;
• share links to games with other people.

Joyshelf is free. It has no ads and no paid features. You can leave a tip if you'd like to support it (see Tips), but nothing in the app depends on it.

You enter into an agreement with us for using Joyshelf when you start using it, and it lasts until you stop. The agreement for a Joyshelf account starts when you create the account and lasts until the account is deleted. Both are for an indefinite time and free of charge.

3. What you need to use it

• an Android phone or tablet, or an iPhone or iPad, with a version of the system the app supports in its store; or a current version of a web browser that supports WebAssembly, such as Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Safari;
• an internet connection;
• for an account, an email address, or an account with Google, Apple or Facebook to sign in with.

Like any service on the internet, Joyshelf comes with the usual risks of using the internet, such as malware or someone getting hold of your password. Keep your device and browser up to date and use a password you don't use anywhere else.

4. Game data and other people's content

We don't write the information about games ourselves. Joyshelf shows it from public sources, mainly Wikidata, Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, and IGDB. This means that:

• it can be incomplete, out of date or wrong, and we can't promise that it is accurate. You're welcome to correct it at its source, for example on Wikidata, which anyone can edit;
• texts and images stay under the licences of their sources. Images, such as game covers, may be protected by copyright; the author and the licence of an image are on its page, linked from the app;
• names of games, companies and platforms, and their logos, are trademarks of their owners. Joyshelf is not affiliated with or endorsed by any of them, or by the Wikimedia Foundation or IGDB.

The app links to other websites and apps, such as stores, Wikipedia or Ko-fi. They are run by others, under their own terms, and we are not responsible for them.

5. Your account

• You can browse games without an account. To keep a library, you need one.
• You must be at least 16 years old to create an account.
• Give us an email address that is yours and that works, and keep your password to yourself. You are responsible for what is done with your account, unless it was used without your fault.
• If you sign in with Google, Apple or Facebook, their terms apply to that sign-in as well.
• You can delete your account at any time in the app, in Settings. Deleting it ends our agreement for the account and deletes your library from our servers.

6. Your library and tags

What you put into Joyshelf, such as the games in your library, their states and your tags, stays yours. You allow us to store and process it only to provide Joyshelf to you, for example to sync it between your devices. We don't show it to anyone else. A link you share leads to a game, not to your library.

7. Using Joyshelf fairly

When you use Joyshelf, please don't:

• break the law, or put unlawful content into it, for example in the names of tags;
• overload or disrupt our servers, or get data from them in bulk or other than through the app, for example with scripts or scrapers;
• get around its security or the limits it has, or try to get into other people's accounts;
• use it to infringe anyone's rights.

If an account seriously or repeatedly breaks these rules, we may suspend or delete it. Unless the law or security doesn't allow it, we'll first tell you by email what is wrong and give you a chance to explain or fix it.

8. Tips

You can support Joyshelf with a tip: as an in-app purchase in the App Store or Google Play, or on Ko-fi from the web app.

• A tip is voluntary. It doesn't unlock any content or features, and the app works the same without it.
• Tips are paid through Apple, Google or Ko-fi, under their terms. We never see your card or payment details.
• For a refund, contact the store or Ko-fi, under their refund rules.

9. The app and its licence

We give you a personal, free, non-exclusive and non-transferable licence to use Joyshelf on devices you own or control, according to these terms and, for the mobile apps, the rules of the store you got it from. Joyshelf includes open-source software, which is used under its own licences. Apart from what the law allows, please don't copy, modify, sell or reverse-engineer the app.

10. Availability and changes to the service

We work to keep Joyshelf running, but it may sometimes be unavailable, for example during maintenance or when the services it depends on are down. We may change, add or remove features. If we decide to shut Joyshelf down, we'll tell you in the app or by email at least 30 days in advance.

11. Our liability

Joyshelf is a free service provided “as is”. As far as the law allows, we don't promise that it will always be available or free of errors, or that the game data in it is accurate, and we are not liable for losses caused by that.

Nothing in these terms limits our liability where the law doesn't allow it, for example for damage we cause intentionally, or limits the rights you have as a consumer under mandatory law.

12. Complaints

If something in Joyshelf doesn't work as it should, or you'd like to complain about anything else, write to support@joypadworks.com (or use Contact the developer in the app's Settings). Please describe the problem and give the email address of your account, if it's about the account. We'll answer by email within 14 days.

If you're a consumer, you can also use out-of-court ways to settle a complaint, for example with the help of a municipal or district consumer ombudsman (rzecznik konsumentów) or the Trade Inspection (Inspekcja Handlowa). You can read about them at uokik.gov.pl.

13. Privacy

How we handle your personal data is described in the Joyshelf Privacy Policy.

14. Changes to these terms

We may change these terms, for example when the law changes, when we add or change features, or to keep Joyshelf secure. We'll tell you about a change in the app, and by email if you have an account, at least 14 days before it takes effect. If you don't agree with it, you can stop using Joyshelf and delete your account before then. The date at the top shows when these terms were last changed.

15. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by Polish law. If you're a consumer living in another country of the European Union, you also keep the protection the mandatory law of your country gives you. Disputes are settled by the courts that have jurisdiction under the law; as a consumer, you can always bring a case in the courts of the country where you live.

16. If you got Joyshelf from the App Store

If you downloaded Joyshelf from Apple's App Store, the following also applies:

• These terms are between you and us, not Apple. We, not Apple, are responsible for Joyshelf and its content.
• Your licence to use the app is limited to Apple devices you own or control, as allowed by the Usage Rules of the App Store's Terms of Service.
• Apple has no obligation to provide any maintenance or support for Joyshelf.
• If the app doesn't conform to a warranty that applies to it, you can tell Apple, and Apple will refund the price you paid for it, if any. As far as the law allows, Apple has no other warranty obligation for the app.
• We, not Apple, are responsible for handling any claims about Joyshelf, such as product liability claims, claims that it fails to meet a legal or regulatory requirement, and claims under consumer protection, privacy or similar laws.
• If someone claims that Joyshelf infringes their intellectual property rights, we, not Apple, are responsible for investigating, defending, settling and discharging that claim.
• You confirm that you are not located in a country that is subject to a U.S. Government embargo or that the U.S. Government has designated as “terrorist supporting”, and that you are not on any U.S. Government list of prohibited or restricted parties.
• You must comply with the terms of any third party that apply when you use the app, such as those of your internet provider.
• Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these terms and, once you accept them, may enforce them against you.