Guidelines

World App seeks to foster a diverse and flourishing ecosystem of applications while at the same time ensuring users stay safe, and privacy is maximised. These applications are displayed to users within World App, but users interact with these applications either within a web browser or as a platform native application. World App has sole discretion of determining how apps are presented to users within its platform.

These guidelines dictate the rules for apps which seek to be displayed to users from within World App. In the following sections you will find our latest guidelines arranged into the following sections:

This document is subject to change, and as it changes applications may need to change with it.

Safety

The following content is not permitted for apps:

Objectionable Content:
- Defamatory, discriminatory, or mean-spirited content, including references or commentary about religion, race, sexual orientation, gender, national/ethnic origin, or other targeted groups
- Realistic portrayals of people or animals being killed, maimed, tortured, or abused, or content that encourages violence.
- Depictions that encourage illegal or reckless use of weapons and dangerous objects, or facilitate the purchase of firearms or ammunition.
- Overtly sexual or pornographic material, defined as “explicit descriptions or displays of sexual organs or activities intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings.”
- Inflammatory religious commentary or inaccurate or misleading quotations of religious texts.
- False information and features, including inaccurate device data or trick/joke functionality, such as fake location trackers.
- Harmful concepts which capitalize or seek to profit on recent or current events, such as violent conflicts, terrorist attacks, and epidemics.
- Impersonating TFH or Worldcoin.
Physical Harm
- If your app behaves in a way that risks physical harm, we may reject it.
- Apps that encourage consumption of tobacco and vape products, illegal drugs, or excessive amounts of alcohol are not permitted.

Legal

Apps must comply with all legal requirements to be listed within World App. This includes the following:

Privacy:
- Consent: All apps that collect and store data from the user must request access and gain approval from the user before doing so
- Data Minimisation: Apps should only request access to data that is relavent to how the app functions
Regulatory Compliance: The application itself is responsible for maintaining regulatory compliance in all jurisdictions where it selects to be shown to users. Although the burden of compliance rests on the submitted application, if TFH determines that an application is non-compliant with jurisdiction(s) it has a right to take down the application and ask for it to be re-submitted in jurisdictions where it is compliant

App Submission

Applications must be submitted for review on the developer platform. Before submission, please ensure the following:

Test your app for bugs
Ensure that your app contains a live integration with a Worldcoin SDK, either IDkit or Minikit
Ensure that all app information in your dev portal submission is complete and accurate
Ensure your contact information is updated so the review team can contact you
Ensure your app can be accessed by the review team for testing
Check whether your app follows safety and legal guidelines

App Review

The review team has sole discretion of approving applications for the app store.

Apps will be reviewed as quickly as possible, though if the app is complex or difficult to test it may take some time. You will receive an email if the review status of your app changes, and you can view updates in the developer portal as well.

Tools for Humanity will approve all submitted apps if it deems the following are true:

The data submitted in the form is complete and accurate
The app is complete and contains all necessary copy and functionality to fulfil it’s purpose outlined in the submission
The app is a final version, and is not a demo, trial or beta version
The app contains a live integration with IDkit or Minikit that functioned properly when tested
The app abides by the safety and legal guidelines

The review team will provide a rationale for any rejections, to which the developer can re-submit after remediating any concerns. If the application continuously fails review for the same reason, it may take longer for subsequent reviews to occur.

Additionally, World App provides users the ability to report apps. If an app is in violation of the safety and legal guidelines or the review team deems the app should be removed for other reasons, the team has the sole discretion to remove an app from the platform. If an app is removed from the platform or an investigation is in progress, the development team will be alerted.

Technical Requirements

On Android and iOS, the World App Mini App should support operation under poor internet connections and handle temporary disconnections properly.
The World App Mini App must be reliable, with no infinite loading during non-standard user actions.
The World App Mini App must comply with the rules of both the Android and iOS app stores.
The World App Mini App must not contain features that are unavailable on certain platforms.
User progress must synchronize seamlessly between different platform versions.

User Support

Developers must provide user support and ensure accessible means of communication for resolving any issues that arise.