Terms of use

1. What this site is

SugarEval is an editorial project. It publishes reviews of free-to-play mobile games available on Google Play, written after the editors install and play each title. Scores, verdicts and recommendations are opinions of the editorial desk and are not statements of fact. Store ratings quoted on the site are copied from Google Play on the date shown and change over time.

Nothing on this site is professional advice. Before installing a game, check its current listing, its content rating and the permissions it asks for.

2. Advertising disclosure

Reading SugarEval is free. The project is funded by advertising placements and by the optional Reader subscription described below. Some links to Google Play listings may be advertising placements; where that is the case the placement is labelled on the page that carries it. Advertising never determines whether a game is reviewed positively, and it never changes a published rating: ratings come from Google Play, not from us. Editorial text is written before any placement is agreed.

3. The Reader subscription

3.1 What is included

The Reader plan is a subscription to SugarEval’s own editorial output. It gives access to extended reviews with session notes, the monthly shortlist before it is published, breakdowns of board and tile mechanics, and the archive of past write-ups. It gives no advantage, item or content inside any of the reviewed games, and it is not connected to purchases made in those games.

3.2 Price and term

• Monthly plan: A$4.90 per month, renewing each month until cancelled.
• Annual plan: A$39 per year, billed once for a twelve-month term.

Prices are shown in Australian dollars and include GST where it applies.

3.3 Activation

Card payment is not open yet: our payment provider is still being activated, and no charge can be made through this site today. The plan buttons lead to the newsletter form, and subscribers on that list receive the billing link on the day it goes live. No card details are collected anywhere on this site.

3.4 Cancellation

You may cancel at any time by writing one email to the editorial address. Access continues to the end of the period already billed and does not renew afterwards. No reason has to be given.

3.5 Refunds

An annual plan can be refunded in full within fourteen days of the start of the term. After that period we refund the unused whole months of an annual plan on request. A monthly plan is refunded in full if you write within seven days of a charge and have not opened subscriber-only material in that period. Refunds are returned by the same method used for the payment. These terms do not limit the rights you have under the Australian Consumer Law.

4. No affiliation

SugarEval is not affiliated with, sponsored by or endorsed by Google LLC, Google Play, or any of the studios whose games appear on this site, including Redemption Games Inc., King, Moon Active, ZenLife Games Ltd, Jam City, Inc. and Playrix.

5. Intellectual property

Game names, app icons, screenshots and trade marks belong to their respective owners and are used on this site to identify the games under review. Editorial text, the layout, the typography and the arrangement of the pages belong to SugarEval. You may quote a short passage with a visible link to the page it comes from; republishing whole reviews requires written permission.

6. Acceptable use

• do not attempt to interfere with the site, its host or its security;
• do not scrape the site automatically for republication;
• do not submit an email address that is not yours;
• do not present SugarEval material as your own.

7. External links

Links to Google Play and to other external pages are provided for convenience. We do not control those pages and are not responsible for their content, their terms or their handling of your data. Opening them is your decision.

8. No warranty

The site is provided as it is. We take care that facts, developer names and store ratings are accurate on the date of publication, but we do not warrant that content is complete, current or free of error, or that the site will always be reachable. To the extent permitted by law we are not liable for loss arising from the use of, or reliance on, information published here. Nothing in these terms excludes a guarantee that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law.

9. Changes

We may amend these terms; the date at the top of the page shows the current version. Material changes affecting a paid plan are announced in the newsletter at least fourteen days before they take effect.

10. Applicable law and contact

These terms are governed by the laws of Australia, and disputes are subject to the jurisdiction of the Australian courts. Write to us at editors@sugareval.com.