Kicker

Kicker — Hold’em IQ Certification

Pocket-sized poker IQ diagnostics. Sharp scores in 90 seconds.

Kicker is an iOS app that distills Texas Hold’em poker skill into a single, comparable number — your Hold’em IQ. From preflop decisions and pot odds to equity estimation, hand recognition, and outs counting, every measurable dimension of poker thinking is tested across a 25-question certification round and surfaced on a global leaderboard.

Key Features

Daily Challenge — The same 12 questions in 90 seconds, served to every player worldwide. Compete head-to-head on a single deterministic problem set.
Official Certification (Cert IQ) — A full 25-hand IQ test that becomes your official entry on the seasonal leaderboard.
Practice Drills — Category × tier progression covering hand equity, pot odds, outs counting, hand recognition, strategy decisions, and poker trivia.
Pro Tools (for Pro Pass subscribers) — Equity Simulator, opening-range charts, side pot calculator, bankroll calculator, and personal Practice Stats with weak-spot detection.
Seasonal Leaderboards — Country and global rankings, plus Top 100 / Top 10 / Top 3 / Top 1 seasonal rewards.

In-App Purchases

This app contains the following types of in-app purchases:

Kicker Pro Pass (auto-renewing subscription, monthly or yearly) — Removes ads, unlocks every Pro Tool, grants a monthly coin allowance, applies a Pro badge to your avatar, and unlocks profile customization options (Playing Style, Format Preference, Stake Level).
Coin Packs (consumable items) — Purchase Kicker Coins in bulk. Coins are spent inside the app to retry the Daily Challenge, take additional certifications, and acquire cosmetics.

Auto-renewal terms, cancellation procedures, and billing policies are described in detail in our Terms of Service. Please read them before purchasing.

System Requirements

iOS 17.0 or later
iPhone

Contact

For questions, bug reports, or business inquiries, please use our contact form.

Important Notice

Kicker is a learning and entertainment simulator. It is not a real-money gambling product. Your Hold’em IQ score and leaderboard ranking are derived from internal scoring algorithms and serve as relative skill indicators — they do not guarantee real-table results, monetary outcomes, or any specific level of poker proficiency.

Kicker Terms of Service

Last updated: May 15, 2026
Effective date: May 15, 2026

These Terms of Service (the “Terms”) govern your use of the iOS application “Kicker” (the “App”) and all related services, features, and content provided in connection with the App (collectively, the “Service”), provided by the operator of the Service (“we”, “us”, or “our”) to you, the user (“you” or “User”). By using the Service, you agree to be bound by these Terms in full. If you do not agree, you must not use the Service.

1. Definitions

In these Terms, the following capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below:

“Service” means the App and all related functionality, content, support, and ancillary services we provide.
“User” means any individual who uses the Service in accordance with these Terms.
“Account” means the anonymous identifier issued to each User and all associated data.
“Content” means any information, text, image, audio, software, data, score, or other material made available through the Service by us or by a User.
“Pro Pass” means the paid subscription product known as “Kicker Pro Pass”.
“Coins” means the in-app virtual item known as “Kicker Coins”.
“IAP” means any in-app purchase processed through Apple Inc.’s App Store from within the App.

2. Acceptance and Scope

You agree to use the Service in accordance with these Terms. By using the Service, you irrevocably and unconditionally accept all provisions of these Terms.
Your use of the Service is also subject to the App Store Terms and Conditions, the Apple Media Services Terms, and any other applicable terms of Apple Inc. You agree to comply with those terms in addition to these Terms.
Any guidelines, policies, FAQs, or notices we publish within the Service form part of these Terms. In the event of conflict between such individual provisions and the body of these Terms, the individual provisions shall prevail.

3. Eligibility

The Service is available only to individuals who have the legal capacity to enter into a binding contract.
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. You may not use the Service if you are under 13.
If you are under 18, you must obtain consent from your parent or legal guardian before using the Service, and you must obtain such consent again before making any paid purchase. By using the Service, you represent that you have obtained any such required consent.
The Service is provided for individual, personal use. Use on behalf of an entity or for commercial use is not contemplated.

4. Accounts

We issue you an Account tied to an anonymous identifier upon your first launch of the App. No registration of your real name, email address, or other personally identifying information is required.
Your Account is personal to you and may not be transferred, lent, sold, pledged, or otherwise disposed of.
You are solely responsible for safeguarding the data associated with your Account, including scores, owned items, and Coins. We are not liable for any loss of such data caused by device loss, device damage, OS reset, app uninstallation, account deletion, or any other cause.
We may suspend or terminate your Account without prior notice if you breach these Terms, if we determine that you are interfering with the proper operation of the Service, or if there is any other reasonable cause.

5. The Service

The Service is an entertainment and educational tool relating to Texas Hold’em poker diagnostics, practice, and learning. The Service does not offer real-money gambling or any form of wagering for monetary or monetarily equivalent prizes.
Any scores, IQ values, rankings, achievements, or rewards presented in the Service are relative indicators within the Service only. They do not guarantee your real-world poker performance, intelligence, or any financial or other tangible outcome.
We may restrict certain features of the Service to Pro Pass subscribers or to other specified categories of Users.

6. Pro Pass — Auto-Renewing Subscription

Pro Pass is offered as an auto-renewing subscription (monthly or yearly term) through Apple’s App Store. The Service does not bill you directly; Apple Inc. processes all payments under your Apple ID.
The applicable subscription price is the price displayed in the App Store at the time of purchase. We may change pricing from time to time. Any price change will apply only to renewal periods beginning after the change.
Unless you cancel auto-renewal at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, the subscription will automatically renew for the same term and your Apple ID will be charged.
You may cancel auto-renewal at any time through the “Subscriptions” section of your iOS device settings. If you cancel during a paid period, you will continue to enjoy Pro Pass benefits until the end of that period. No partial or prorated refund is offered for unused time.
Refunds for Pro Pass purchases are governed by Apple Inc.’s policies. We do not process refunds directly. Any refund request must be made directly to Apple Inc.
The benefits, monthly Coin allowance, and feature scope of Pro Pass may be changed, added, removed, or replaced at our discretion without prior notice.

7. Coin Packs — Consumable In-App Purchases

Coin Packs are sold as consumable in-app items through Apple’s App Store. Each purchase results in the corresponding amount of Coins being credited to your Account immediately upon completion of the transaction.
Refunds for Coin Pack purchases are governed by Apple Inc.’s policies. We do not process refunds directly.

8. Virtual Currency (Coins)

Coins are an in-app virtual item usable solely within the App for purposes such as retrying the Daily Challenge, taking additional certification attempts, and acquiring cosmetics.
Coins are not legal tender. They cannot be exchanged, redeemed, or converted into any real-world currency or value.
Coins may not be transferred, sold, gifted, inherited, or otherwise disposed of to any third party.
If your Account is deleted (by you or by us), if the Service is terminated, if we suspend or terminate your access due to breach of these Terms, or in any other circumstance we deem appropriate, any Coins you hold will be forfeited without refund or compensation.
Coins that we grant as a gift, promotional credit, or compensation are subject to any specific expiration, usage condition, or revocation rule we set at the time of grant.
You acknowledge that you do not acquire any form of ownership, property right, or right to redemption with respect to Coins.

9. Cancellation, Withdrawal, and Account Deletion

You may cancel the auto-renewal of Pro Pass at any time via the “Subscriptions” section of your iOS device settings.
You may permanently delete your Account at any time from within the App by navigating to Settings → Delete Account. Account deletion permanently removes your scores, Coins, owned items, history, and leaderboard entries. This action is irreversible.
Upon deletion, we will use reasonable efforts to remove your information from our servers. However, data may persist for a limited time in backups, may be retained as required by law, or may be retained for fraud-prevention or dispute-resolution purposes. Aggregated or anonymized data may be retained indefinitely.
Your purchase history maintained by Apple Inc. is not deleted by deleting your Account; it remains tied to your Apple ID under Apple’s own policies.

10. Prohibited Conduct

You agree not to engage in, or attempt or encourage others to engage in, any of the following while using the Service:

Any violation of applicable law, court order, or government directive.
Any conduct contrary to public order or morality.
Criminal activity or activity that promotes or facilitates crime.
Infringement of any intellectual property right, image right, privacy right, publicity right, reputation, or other right of us, another User, or any third party.
Reverse engineering, decompiling, disassembling, modifying, creating derivative works of, or otherwise attempting to extract the source code of, the Service.
Conduct that interferes with the operation of the Service or harms our reputation.
Use of automated tools (bots, scripts, emulators, etc.) to interact with the Service, manipulate scores, or distort rankings.
Exploitation of any bug, vulnerability, or system defect to obtain Coins or unlock features without proper purchase or earning.
Fraudulent acquisition of in-app content, use of the Service on jailbroken or modified devices, or forgery, duplication, or alteration of receipts.
Creation or operation of multiple Accounts by the same individual, unless expressly permitted by us.
Setting any User-controlled profile field (including but not limited to display name) to content that defames or invades the privacy of any third party, or that is discriminatory, abusive, sexually explicit, violent, commercial, impersonating, or otherwise contrary to public order or morality.
Cracking, unauthorized access, generation of excessive load, or tampering with or destruction of data of the Service.
Any direct or indirect provision of benefit to, or transaction with, any anti-social force.
Any other conduct that we reasonably determine to be inappropriate in light of the purpose or operation of the Service.

11. Intellectual Property

All software, source code, design, user interface, graphics, images, audio, text, question content, computational logic, databases, trademarks, logos, and other materials comprising the Service are owned by us or our licensors and are protected by intellectual property law.
Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, revocable, non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable license to use the Service for personal, non-commercial purposes only. No other rights are granted.
You may not, without our prior written consent, copy, reproduce, republish, redistribute, sell, publish, modify, adapt, translate, publicly transmit, perform, display, or otherwise exploit any part of the Service.

12. User Content

You are solely responsible for any content you provide or select within the Service, including display name (handle), country code, favorite hand, Playing Style, Format Preference, Stake Level, and any other field you choose to fill (collectively, “User Content”). You represent and warrant that your User Content does not infringe any third-party right and does not violate these Terms or any law.
By providing User Content, you grant us a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license to display, reproduce, store, process, translate, summarize, and otherwise use such User Content as reasonably necessary to operate, promote, and improve the Service, including displaying User Content on leaderboards and profile screens.
We reserve the right to remove or modify any User Content, without notice, if we determine that it violates these Terms, is the subject of a third-party complaint, or otherwise requires action.

13. Privacy

Our collection, use, storage, and disclosure of information in connection with the Service is governed by our Privacy Policy. By using the Service, you also agree to the Privacy Policy.

14. Advertising

Users who do not subscribe to Pro Pass may be shown advertisements served by third-party ad networks, including Google AdMob.
If you grant App Tracking Transparency (“ATT”) permission via iOS, your advertising identifier (IDFA) may be used to personalize advertising, measure ad performance, and apply frequency capping. If you do not grant ATT permission, only non-personalized advertising will be shown.
The content, linked websites, and any goods or services described in third-party advertisements are the responsibility of the relevant advertiser or third party. We accept no liability for such content or its outcomes.

15. Changes, Suspension, and Termination of the Service

We may modify, add to, remove, or otherwise change any feature, function, design, pricing, terms of provision, supported regions, supported devices, supported OS versions, or any other aspect of the Service at our discretion, without prior notice.
We may temporarily or permanently suspend the Service in whole or in part for reasons including, without limitation, scheduled maintenance, system failure, network disruption, natural disaster, war, terrorism, pandemic, change of law, government order, or other event beyond our reasonable control.
The treatment of Coins, remaining Pro Pass periods, and other data in the event of total or partial termination of the Service will be determined reasonably by us. Where Apple Inc.’s policies require specific action (such as refund of the unused portion of a subscription), such action will be processed in accordance with Apple Inc.’s procedures.

16. Disclaimer of Warranties

The Service is provided on an “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis.
To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we disclaim all warranties, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, reliability, availability, security, and absence of errors or bugs.
Information, Hold’em IQ scores, diagnostic results, strategic suggestions, rankings, and any other content obtained through the Service do not constitute advice specific to any User’s situation. You use such content at your own risk.

17. Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we shall not be liable for any damage arising out of or in connection with your use of, or inability to use, the Service, any content displayed within the Service, any information obtained through the Service, or any failure of servers, communication lines, or third-party services on which the Service depends, including without limitation lost profits, business interruption, loss of data, emotional distress, indirect, special, consequential, incidental, exemplary, or punitive damages.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, where applicable consumer-protection laws or other mandatory laws prevent the full exclusion of our liability, our liability shall be limited to the maximum extent permitted by such laws. In such a case, the total amount of our liability to you arising from or in connection with the Service shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the total amount you actually paid to us or to Apple Inc. for the Service in the twelve (12) months immediately preceding the event giving rise to liability, or (ii) one thousand Japanese yen (JPY 1,000).
The limitations in Sections 17.1 and 17.2 do not apply to damages caused by our willful misconduct or gross negligence.
We are not liable for any damage arising out of or in connection with services, SDKs, APIs, advertisements, linked websites, review platforms, or social features provided by Apple Inc., Google LLC, or any other third party.
If you breach these Terms and such breach causes loss or damage (including legal fees) to us or to any third party, you shall indemnify and hold us harmless against such loss or damage.

18. Exclusion of Anti-Social Forces

You represent and warrant, both at the time of acceptance of these Terms and on a continuing basis, that you are not, and will not become, a member of any organized crime group (boryokudan), an associate or quasi-member of such group, a person within five years after ceasing to be such a member, a so-called sokaiya or similar racketeer, a social-movement-style racketeer, an organized special intelligence violence group, or any person of similar nature (collectively, “Anti-Social Forces”); and that you have no relationship of any kind with Anti-Social Forces.
If you breach Section 18.1, we may, without notice and without cure period, immediately suspend the Service, delete your Account, and take any other measures we deem necessary.

19. Changes to These Terms

Pursuant to Article 548-4 of the Civil Code of Japan, we may modify these Terms when we reasonably determine that such modification is necessary, without obtaining your individual consent.
When we modify these Terms, we will publish the modified Terms and the effective date thereof within the Service, on the website of the Service, or through any other method we reasonably determine.
The modified Terms apply to any use of the Service occurring on or after the stated effective date.

20. Notices and Communications

Any notice from us to you may be given by posting within the Service, posting on our website, or any other reasonable method we determine.
Notices and communications from you to us shall be made through our contact form at https://lineocean.com/contact.

21. Force Majeure

We shall not be liable for any delay or failure in providing the Service caused by events beyond our reasonable control, including but not limited to acts of God, war, terrorism, civil unrest, pandemic, strikes, changes in law, governmental orders, unforeseeable changes by third parties (including Apple Inc. and Google LLC) to their products, services, or terms, network failure, and cyberattacks.

22. Assignment

You may not assign, transfer, encumber, or otherwise dispose of your rights or obligations under these Terms, in whole or in part, without our prior written consent.
We may assign or transfer our rights and obligations under these Terms, and information relating to you, to any successor in connection with a merger, corporate split, sale of business, or similar transaction. You consent in advance to such assignment.

23. Severability

If any provision of these Terms (or part of one) is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions (and the rest of the affected provision) shall remain in full force and effect.

24. Governing Law

These Terms and the Service are governed by and shall be construed in accordance with the laws of Japan, without giving effect to any choice-of-law rules.

25. Jurisdiction

You and we agree that the Tokyo Summary Court or the Tokyo District Court (depending on the amount in dispute) shall have exclusive jurisdiction as the court of first instance over any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or the Service.

26. Discussion

For any matter not expressly addressed in these Terms, or any ambiguity in the interpretation of these Terms, you and we shall consult and seek resolution in good faith.

End of Terms of Service.

Kicker Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 15, 2026
Effective date: May 15, 2026

This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) describes how the operator of the iOS application “Kicker” (the “App”) and its related services (collectively, the “Service”) (“we”, “us”, or “our”) handles information about its users (“you” or “User”).

By using the Service, you agree to the practices described in this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following categories of information in connection with the Service.

1.1 Information you provide directly

Profile display name (handle) and country/region code.
Favorite hand selected from a preset list.
Playing Style, Format Preference, Stake Level, and other profile attributes (available to Pro Pass subscribers).
Information you submit through customer support inquiries.

1.2 Information collected automatically

Anonymous account identifier issued by Firebase Authentication (a UID). This identifier does not contain your real name, email address, or any other directly identifying information.
Gameplay records, including Sprint / Daily Challenge / Certification / Drill attempts, your answers, scores, timing, accuracy, achievements, and badges earned.
In-app currency balance (Coins), owned cosmetics, and unlocked titles.
In-app purchase information, including product ID, transaction ID, purchase date, and the signed receipt issued by Apple. Payment instruments such as credit card numbers are handled by Apple Inc. and are not collected by us.
Device information, including device model, OS version, language, time zone, screen size, general memory and storage status, and IDFV.
Advertising identifier (IDFA), but only when you grant App Tracking Transparency permission.
Network information such as IP address, processed transiently for purposes such as region attribution and fraud detection.
Usage logs and diagnostics, including navigation events, feature usage counts, purchase events, crashes, exception stack traces, and the breadcrumbs of activity immediately preceding such events.

2. How We Use Information

We use the information described above for the following purposes:

To provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Service.
To authenticate Users and manage Accounts.
To store gameplay records and compute and display leaderboard rankings.
To process in-app purchases and verify their validity.
To respond to support inquiries.
To detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms of Service.
To analyze usage patterns and inform feature improvements and new feature development.
To detect, diagnose, and resolve crashes and other technical issues.
To deliver advertising to non-Pro Pass Users and to measure the effectiveness of such advertising. When you grant ATT permission, advertising may be personalized; otherwise, only non-personalized advertising is shown.
To send service announcements, campaign information, and other notifications.
To comply with law, court orders, and requests from competent governmental authorities.
For any other purpose reasonably related to the foregoing.

3. Sharing with Third Parties

We do not share your information with third parties except in the following circumstances:

With your consent.
As required by applicable law, including in response to a lawful order from a court, prosecutor, police, tax authority, or other competent governmental body.
As necessary to protect the life, body, or property of any person where it is impracticable to obtain your consent.
As necessary for improvement of public health, protection of the sound development of children, or similar important public interests where it is impracticable to obtain your consent.
As necessary to support the performance by a governmental entity, or a contractor acting on its behalf, of duties prescribed by law.
In connection with a merger, corporate split, business transfer, or similar transaction in which our Service or business is succeeded by a third party. In such cases, this Policy will continue to govern the handling of your information by the successor.
To service providers acting on our behalf, as described in Section 3.1 below.

3.1 Service providers

We engage the following service providers to support delivery of the Service. We impose on each service provider information-protection obligations consistent with this Policy and supervise them as necessary.

Service Provider	Function	Privacy Policy
Google LLC	Firebase Authentication (anonymous auth), Firebase Firestore (database), Firebase Crashlytics (crash reporting), Firebase Analytics (usage analytics), Firebase App Check (anti-abuse), Cloud Functions (server logic), and Google AdMob (advertising)	https://policies.google.com/privacy
Apple Inc.	App Store distribution and StoreKit (in-app purchase processing)	https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/

4. International Transfers

Our service providers may store and process your information on servers located outside of Japan, including in the United States. Each service provider maintains appropriate safeguards under its own policies and the laws applicable to it. By using the Service, you consent to such international transfer of your information.

5. App Tracking Transparency (ATT)

On iOS 14.5 and later, before we collect your IDFA, we request your permission through Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework.

If you grant permission, your IDFA may be used for advertising personalization, performance measurement, frequency capping, and similar purposes.
If you do not grant permission, your IDFA will not be collected, and only non-personalized advertising will be shown.

You may change your tracking preference at any time via iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.

6. Cookies and Similar Technologies

The Service is a native iOS application and does not use web browser cookies. However, the Service relies on the following identifiers and storage mechanisms:

Anonymous account identifier (Firebase Authentication UID).
Vendor identifier (IDFV).
Advertising identifier (IDFA), only when you grant ATT permission.
Local on-device storage (UserDefaults) for preferences and caches.

7. Retention

We retain the information we collect for the following periods:

Account information for active Accounts: for as long as we reasonably consider necessary for the operation of the Service and the purposes described in this Policy.
Information after Account deletion by the User: we use reasonable efforts to remove such information from our active servers within a reasonable period (typically within 30 days). However, information may persist in backups, may be retained where we have a legal obligation to do so, and may be retained where necessary for fraud investigation or legal claims.
De-identified or aggregated information: we may retain such information indefinitely.
Customer support records: retained for three (3) years after the relevant matter is closed.

8. Your Rights

You have the following rights with respect to information we hold about you:

Request disclosure of the information.
Request correction, addition, or deletion of the information.
Request suspension of the use of the information or its deletion.
Request that we stop sharing the information with third parties.

You may exercise these rights either by using the in-app Delete Account feature (which permanently deletes your Account and associated data) or by contacting us as described in Section 12.

We may take reasonable steps to verify your identity before responding to a request. We may decline a request where we are required by law to retain the information, where compliance would unreasonably affect the rights of another User or a third party, or where there is another legitimate ground.

9. Account Deletion

You may permanently delete your Account at any time within the App at Settings → Danger Zone → Delete Account. Account deletion permanently removes from our servers the profile information, gameplay history, Coin balance, owned items, and leaderboard entries associated with your Account.

The following information is not deleted by this action:

Purchase history maintained by Apple Inc. under your Apple ID.
Information we are required by law to retain.
Information necessary for fraud investigation or response to legal claims.
De-identified or aggregated statistical data.

10. Security

We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect against the unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction of information, including:

Encryption of data in transit (TLS) and at rest (Firestore native encryption).
Strict access controls via Firebase Security Rules and anti-abuse protection via Firebase App Check.
Monitoring for unauthorized access and tampering.
Contractual obligations and ongoing oversight of service providers.
Information-security training for personnel and contractors.

11. Children’s Privacy

The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has used the Service, we will promptly delete the relevant Account.

If you are between 13 and 17, you must obtain consent from your parent or legal guardian before using the Service, and especially before making any in-app purchase.

12. Third-Party Services and Links

The Service may contain links to or integrations with third-party services, including the Apple App Store, third-party advertisements served via Google AdMob, our other applications, our website, our contact form, and other third-party websites or platforms. The privacy practices of any such third party are governed by that third party’s own policies, and we are not responsible for them.

13. Updates to This Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. If we do, we will publish the updated Policy and its effective date within the Service, on our website, or through any other means we reasonably consider appropriate. The updated Policy applies to any use of the Service on or after the stated effective date.

For material changes, we will use reasonable efforts to provide additional notice within the App or through our contact channels.

14. Contact

For questions about this Policy or about how we handle your information, including requests to exercise the rights described in Section 8, please contact us through our contact form:

End of Privacy Policy.