Paw Mayor is a light-hearted community popularity contest for household animals. It is not a government election and its results carry no legal, civic, or official effect.
These Terms are a binding agreement between you and the developer of Paw Mayor ("we", "us"). By downloading or using the app you accept them. If you do not accept them, please do not use Paw Mayor.
1. Minimum age
Paw Mayor is rated 13+. You must be 13 or older to create an account, nominate a candidate, or make a purchase. If you are under the age of majority where you live, you may only use Paw Mayor with the involvement of a parent or guardian. We will close any account we believe belongs to a child under 13 and delete its data.
2. Your account
- You are responsible for everything that happens under your account and for keeping your sign-in details secure.
- One account per person. Creating additional accounts to cast extra votes is prohibited.
- You may delete your account at any time from Profile → Account, which removes your candidates and personal data as described in our Privacy Policy.
3. Nominating a candidate
- You may only nominate an animal you own or have the owner's permission to enter.
- You must have the right to every photo you upload. Do not upload images you did not take or do not have permission to use.
- Nominations are reviewed before they appear publicly. We may decline or remove any nomination at our discretion.
- Nomination entry fees are described in the Official Rules.
4. Content standards — zero tolerance
You are solely responsible for the content you submit: photos, names, campaign messages, platform highlights, and profile details. There is no tolerance for objectionable content or abusive behaviour on Paw Mayor.
You agree not to submit content that is:
- Cruel to animals, or that depicts animal neglect, injury, or distress.
- Sexual, violent, hateful, harassing, or discriminatory.
- Illegal, deceptive, impersonating another person, or infringing anyone's rights.
- Spam, advertising, or an attempt to move users to another service.
Every user can report content and block another user from inside the app. We review reports within 24 hours and remove violating content, and we may suspend or permanently remove the accounts responsible.
5. Licence to your content
You keep ownership of everything you submit. You grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free licence to host, display, resize, and share that content within Paw Mayor — including on public candidate profiles, leaderboards, and the share cards the app generates for you — for as long as your content is on the service. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for copies already shared by others or retained in backups for a limited period.
6. Purchases
All purchases are handled by Apple through the App Store. Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you confirm.
One-time purchases — vote packs, nomination entries, spotlight boosts, campaign themes, and bundles — are consumable digital items delivered immediately. They have no cash value, cannot be exchanged, and are not transferable between accounts except where the app offers a gifting feature.
Subscriptions — Paw Mayor Pro (monthly or yearly) and Rival Watch (monthly) are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. A subscription renews automatically unless you turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the current period ends, and your Apple Account is charged for renewal within 24 hours of the end of the period. You can manage or cancel a subscription in Settings → your name → Subscriptions on your device. Deleting the app does not cancel a subscription.
Refunds are handled by Apple, not by us. Request one at reportaproblem.apple.com. We cannot issue refunds for App Store purchases.
Voting is always free. Every account receives free votes each day. Purchases are optional and never required to take part.
7. Fair play
You agree not to use bots, scripts, automated tools, multiple or fake accounts, or any exploit to inflate vote counts or interfere with results. We may void votes we believe were obtained this way, disqualify a candidate, and close the accounts involved without refund. Our server records are the final record of all votes.
8. Contests
Contest entry, voting, winner determination, and prizes are governed by our Official Rules, which form part of these Terms. Apple Inc. is not a sponsor of, and is in no way involved in, any Paw Mayor contest.
9. Availability and changes
We may add, change, suspend, or discontinue features, contests, or the app itself. Paw Mayor is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.
If we materially change these Terms we will update this page and the date above. Continued use after a change means you accept it.
10. Apple
These Terms are between you and us, not Apple. Apple has no obligation to provide support for Paw Mayor. Apple and its subsidiaries are third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
11. Contact
Questions about these Terms: pawmayorsupport@gmail.com. We aim to reply within two business days.