Terms of Use

Acceptance

By accessing or using Meloman (including via the Telegram Mini App or the iOS/Android mobile app), you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, please do not use the service.

Description of Service

Meloman is a music quiz game available as a Telegram Mini App - where players authenticate via Telegram - and as a native mobile app for iOS and Android. A short audio clip plays and you have one shot to name the track. The game offers four modes: Timer (race the clock), Lives (survive on hearts), Rush (a draining clock kept alive by correct answers), and Duels (real-time 1v1 multiplayer), alongside a pass-and-play Multiplayer mode and a Daily Challenge. Players choose Easy or Hard difficulty and can enable Instrumental Mode to guess by melody alone. Additional features include a home hub with Quick Play, a global leaderboard with filters, achievements with progress tracking, post-game track review, an Ideas Board where players submit and vote on suggestions, author profiles for curated albums, social features (friends, friend requests, user profiles, and duel invites), and optional audio downloads for smooth offline playback. No account is required - profiles are auto-generated.

Difficulty Modes

Meloman offers Easy and Hard difficulty for singleplayer and multiplayer. Easy mode presents random wrong answers. Hard mode fills the choices with other songs from the same artist, making it much harder to guess by elimination. Leaderboards are separated by difficulty to ensure fair competition. We reserve the right to adjust difficulty parameters and leaderboard structure at any time.

Rush Mode

Rush is a single-player mode built around a draining clock. The run starts with 30 seconds; a fast correct answer adds time, a slower correct answer adds less, a wrong answer subtracts time, and every fifth correct answer in a row grants a combo bonus. The run ends when the clock reaches zero or the question pool is exhausted. Rush results are ranked by total time survived rather than by number of correct answers, and appear on their own leaderboard mode. We reserve the right to adjust Rush timings, bonuses, penalties, and ranking rules at any time.

Instrumental Mode

Instrumental Mode lets players guess songs based on the melody alone with vocals removed. This mode is available for compatible albums and can be combined with difficulty settings. Instrumental mode games are tracked separately in statistics and leaderboards.

Achievements

Meloman tracks gameplay statistics - including games played, correct answers, combo streaks, difficulty mode, instrumental mode usage, and per-album play and accuracy counts - to power an in-game achievements system. Achievements are tied to your account and stored on our servers. Progress toward achievements (such as album play milestones) is displayed in-game. We reserve the right to add, modify, or remove achievements at any time.

Leaderboards

Meloman features global leaderboards filterable by time period (weekly, monthly, all-time), difficulty (Easy/Hard), and instrumental mode. Your username and score are publicly visible on leaderboards. We reserve the right to remove or adjust scores obtained through unauthorized means.

Duels (1v1 Multiplayer)

Duels is a real-time 1v1 mode where two players compete to identify songs faster and more accurately than each other. One player creates a room and configures the game (album selection, difficulty, instrumental mode, and a win target of 40, 60, 80, or 100 points); the other player joins via a public lobby or a private 6-character room code. Each round, both players hear the same audio clip simultaneously and choose from four options. A correct answer earns points based on speed; a correct but very slow answer or an incorrect answer earns zero. The first player to reach the win target wins the duel.

Either player may forfeit at any time, which immediately ends the game and awards the win to the remaining player. If a player disconnects unexpectedly, the game ends and the connected player is declared the winner. We reserve the right to adjust scoring rules, win targets, and matchmaking logic at any time.

Entry fees and prize duels. A duel room may be created as free or with an entry fee paid in virtual Pieces. In a prize duel both players pay the entry fee, and the winner receives the prize shown before the game starts; the amounts are displayed in the room before you commit. Entry fees are non-refundable once a duel has started, except where the room is cancelled before play begins. If no opponent joins a prize room, you may be offered the option to drop the stake and play without a prize - accepting removes both the entry fee and the prize for that duel. Pieces are virtual items with no cash value; prize duels are not gambling and no real-money payout is ever made.

Automated opponents. To avoid long waits, a duel room with no human opponent may be filled by an automated opponent (a bot) controlled by our servers. Bots play by the same scoring rules as human players. We reserve the right to change when and how automated opponents are seated.

Friends & Social Features

The mobile app includes social features that allow you to add other players as friends, view their profiles, and send or receive duel invites. By using these features you acknowledge that:

• Your username and profile photo are visible to other Meloman users when they view your profile or search for players.
• Sending a friend request shares your username and profile photo with the recipient.
• Accepting a friend request makes you mutually visible in each other's friends list within the app.
• You may receive push notifications for friend requests, accepted friend requests, and duel invites from other players.

We reserve the right to modify or remove social features at any time.

Ideas Board (User Submissions)

The Ideas Board lets you submit suggestions - a feature request, a song, an album, or anything else - and upvote or downvote suggestions posted by other players. By posting a suggestion you acknowledge that:

• Your suggestion text, your display name, and your profile photo are publicly visible to all other Meloman players.
• Your votes are stored so your own vote can be shown back to you and counted toward a suggestion's score.
• You must not post content that is unlawful, hateful, harassing, sexually explicit, spam, or that infringes anyone's rights, and you must not post another person's personal information.
• You grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide licence to display your suggestion inside Meloman and to implement any idea it contains, with no obligation of compensation, credit, or confidentiality.

We review submissions and may edit, hide, or remove any suggestion and restrict posting for accounts that abuse the board, at our discretion. Suggestions are not promises - we may implement, defer, or ignore any idea, regardless of its score.

Daily Challenge

Every day all players receive the same set of tracks. Results are ranked on a daily leaderboard by correct answers and completion speed, and playing on consecutive days builds a streak. Each day can be played once; the day rolls over on a fixed schedule based on your device timezone. Scores can be shared as a link outside the app. We reserve the right to adjust the challenge format, scoring, streak rules, and reset time at any time.

Author Profiles

Some albums in Meloman are curated by well-known public figures. Tapping an author name opens a profile page with publicly available information about that person. We do not collect or store any data about users who view author profiles.

Post-Game Track Review

After each game you can review all tracks that were played and replay any clip. This history is tied to your session and stored on our servers as part of your gameplay record. It is subject to the same data retention policy as all other game data.

Push Notifications

Meloman may send you notifications through two channels:

• Mobile App (iOS/Android) - push notifications via Firebase Cloud Messaging. The app will request permission before sending notifications. You can withdraw permission at any time in your device settings.
• Telegram Mini App - notifications sent by the Meloman Telegram bot directly to your Telegram account. You can stop notifications by blocking or muting the bot in Telegram.

Notifications are used solely for in-app events such as piece credits, friend requests, accepted friends, and duel invites.

Rewarded Ads

The mobile app offers optional rewarded video ads served by Google AdMob. Watching an ad is entirely voluntary and grants in-game pieces as a reward. By choosing to watch an ad you acknowledge that Google's ad policies and data practices apply to that interaction. We do not control the content of third-party advertisements.

Pieces System

Meloman includes a virtual currency system ("Pieces"). Pieces can be earned through gameplay or purchased with real money via Apple or Google in-app purchases (mobile app) or Telegram Stars (Telegram Mini App). All purchases are final and subject to the refund policies of the platform where the purchase was made. Virtual Pieces have no cash value and are non-transferable. Pieces cannot be exchanged for real money, goods, or services outside of the Meloman platform. We reserve the right to modify, suspend, or discontinue the Pieces system at any time.

In-App Purchases

In-app purchases on iOS are processed by Apple; purchases on Android are processed by Google; purchases in the Telegram Mini App are processed by Telegram using Telegram Stars. We do not store payment card or Stars wallet information. All billing is handled entirely by the respective platform. To request a refund, follow the refund process of the App Store, Google Play, or Telegram where the purchase was made.

User Conduct

You agree not to:

• Use cheats, exploits, or automated tools to gain unfair advantages
• Attempt to reverse-engineer or modify the game
• Harass other players or use the platform for harmful purposes
• Circumvent any security measures
• Post abusive, unlawful, or spam content on the Ideas Board, or manipulate suggestion votes with multiple or automated accounts

Intellectual Property

Music clips used in Meloman are provided for quiz and educational purposes under applicable fair use provisions. All trademarks, logos, and game content are the property of their respective owners. User-generated game scores, usernames, and Ideas Board submissions remain the property of the respective users, subject to the licence granted in the Ideas Board section above.

Disclaimers

Meloman is provided "as is" without warranties of any kind. We do not guarantee uninterrupted service availability. Game data, including scores and piece balances, may be lost due to technical issues.

Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Meloman and its creators shall not be liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of the service, including loss of virtual currency or game progress.

Contact

For questions regarding these Terms, email us at: playmeloman@gmail.com