WHO: 청소년 문제 이용 비율 7%에서 11%로 증가
영수증: Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
마이크, 정확한 위치, 대략적인 위치 +2 접근을 요청할 수 있어요
인앱 결제 1회당 최대 $49.99
마이크📍정확한 위치🗺️대략적인 위치+2
FAIR
receipt
First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read 2026-11-12 · terms of service read 2026-11-12
Published by BeReal SAS (no exact match in GLEIF).
WHO: 청소년 문제 이용 비율 7%에서 11%로 증가
영수증: Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
마이크, 정확한 위치, 대략적인 위치 +2 접근을 요청할 수 있어요
인앱 결제 1회당 최대 $49.99
마이크📍정확한 위치🗺️대략적인 위치+2배심원단 검증 완료회사 측 공개 내용앱 파일 검출 또는 측정값
The privacy policy of BeReal (version served in DE), archived on 2026-11-10, contains this sentence: "Advertising measurement partners : To measure advertising performance, including app-install attribution and, where you agree, visits to physical locations following advertising exposure, we may share mobile advertising IDs, device identifiers and advertising-exposure data with measurement partners.".
Receipt page · ProofWhat we checked in each of the six areas, and what we found there. Not a score: an empty area means not tested yet; "their words" means we quote their documents below but have not tested it. Planet is a seventh row of measured facts from the same first look: what the homepage weighs before any tap, and a CO2e range with its method.
not tested yet
not tested yet
not tested yet
1 receipt published
1 receipt waiting for sign-off
6 other domains before any tap
privacy policy: 5,931 words
not tested yet
First look at bereal.com from Germany on 2026-11-09, no click, scroll or consent choice, 13 s · source · SHA-256 67406cf1f23b…
Green claims and their support
BeReal SAS· source · SHA-256 e5c81f5da06e….
How BeReal's own help pages say you can reach a person, quoted as written on the date given. We did not contact them. Not tested by us; not a score.
Close-account article: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal (page)
The company's own declarations, copied as shown on the date given, with a link to the source and the hash of our archived copy. Not tested by us; not a score.
App Store (US): not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Google Play (US), as the listing showed it
2026-11-09 · source · SHA-256 fe89aa2721df…
Google Play Data safety page: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
Closing the account, per its help centre: not read: the site's robots.txt or the site itself refused our reader, and we never get around a refusal. 2026-11-09 · source
What an independent analysis of the published app file lists for BeReal (Android version 3.97.1, report of 2026-10-21). A permission says what the app can ask the phone for, not what it does with it. A newer version may differ.
22 tracker SDKs: AdColony · Adjust · Amazon Advertisement · AppLovin (MAX and SparkLabs) · BidMachine · ChartBoost · Facebook Ads · Fyber · Google AdMob · Google CrashLytics · Google Firebase Analytics · IAB Open Measurement · Inmobi · ironSource · Mintegral · myTarget · Pangle · Prebid Mobile · PubMatic · PubNative · Unity3d Ads · Yandex Ad
28 permissions, including: microphone RECORD_AUDIO · precise location ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION · approximate location ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION · contacts READ_CONTACTS · screenshot detection DETECT_SCREEN_CAPTURE · advertising ID AD_ID · notifications POST_NOTIFICATIONS
ACCESS_ADSERVICES_AD_ID · ACCESS_ADSERVICES_ATTRIBUTION · ACCESS_ADSERVICES_TOPICS · ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE · ACCESS_WIFI_STATE · BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE · CHANGE_NETWORK_STATE · CHECK_LICENSE · DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION · FOREGROUND_SERVICE · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC · FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE · HIGH_SAMPLING_RATE_SENSORS · POST_PROMOTED_NOTIFICATIONS · READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE · READ_GSERVICES · USE_BIOMETRIC · USE_FINGERPRINT · WAKE_LOCK · WRITE_CONTACTS · WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
Source: εxodus Privacy report, read 2026-11-10 · SHA-256 c119b9646796…
Teens, screens and mental health
“New data from the WHO Regional Office for Europe reveals a sharp rise in problematic social media use among adolescents, with rates increasing from 7% in 2018 to 11% in 2022.”
“More than 1 in 10 adolescents (11%) showed signs of problematic social media behaviour, struggling to control their use and experiencing negative consequences.”
Status: About social media in general, not about this app alone.
source · SHA-256 739a7be47579…
Peer-reviewed studies about social media in general, not about BeReal alone. Each is one study: an association in a sample, not proof of cause. Studies do not all agree, and we show one that found the link is small.
Association of Habitual Checking Behaviors on Social Media With Longitudinal Functional Brain Development
“The results of this cohort study suggest that social media checking behaviors in early adolescence may be associated with changes in the brain's sensitivity to social rewards and punishments.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed study of 169 adolescents with brain scans over three years. An association, not proof of cause.
누가 돈을 냈나: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.
source · SHA-256 41e1d2d121dd…
Associations Between Time Spent Using Social Media and Internalizing and Externalizing Problems Among US Youth
“Adolescents who spend more than 3 hours per day using social media may be at heightened risk for mental health problems, particularly internalizing problems.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed study of 6,595 US adolescents. An association, not proof of cause. About social media in general.
누가 돈을 냈나: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money) · Canadian Institutes of Health Research (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.
source · SHA-256 2745bfff6e55…
The association between adolescent well-being and digital technology use
“The association we find between digital technology use and adolescent well-being is negative but small, explaining at most 0.4% of the variation in well-being.”
What kind of evidence: One peer-reviewed analysis of 355,358 adolescents. It found the link is small: studies do not all agree.
누가 돈을 냈나: The study's Europe PMC record lists no funder. That is not the same as no funding.
source · SHA-256 49dcb05fbba4…
Whole sentences copied exactly from BeReal's own documents, grouped by subject. Their words, not yet tested: this is quotation, not a finding, and no jury has looked at it. Each sentence links to the archived copy it came from.
"If you are a minor, and are not sure you understand everything in this Policy, please make sure to speak with a trusted adult before using BeReal."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"Please also remember that BeReal is not meant to be used if you are under 13."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"If you choose to share your location and you are not a minor, by default, your precise location (street level) is shared but you can switch it to your approximate location (city level)."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"We do not tolerate harassment, bullying, defamation, threats, hate content, child sexual exploitation, sexual abuse, promotion of suicide or self-harm, intellectual property theft or other illegal activities."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"Automated detection tools are used to identify certain categories of manifestly illegal content, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM)."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"BeReal (the “App”) collects information that you provide directly to us, through your use of our App and your visit to our website or shared by third parties."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"We do not sell personal information as traditionally understood."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"In the last twelve (12) months, we may have sold, shared or processed for targeted advertising the following categories of personal information: identifiers, device identifiers, mobile advertising IDs, internet or other electronic network activity information, approximate geolocation information, and advertising-related inferences."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"By using our services, you understand and agree that we must collect, use, store, process, share and transfer this information in the countries where we operate our services and to the partners who help us provide our services."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"Compliance with our legal obligations (BeReal is required by law to retain this information in certain cases)"
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"We keep your information only for as long as it’s needed to provide our services to you, in line with legal requirements and data protection authorities guidelines."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"Additionally, we are legally required to retain Transaction Data and related financial records for a longer period (up to ten years) to comply with tax, accounting, and consumer protection laws."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"BeReal will send you SMS messages related to your account and the execution of these terms, such as security alerts, service interruption or maintenance notifications, information relating to the deletion of your account, etc."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"This results in the permanent deletion of the profile and content associated with your account, in accordance with our Privacy Policy."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"You also retain the right to seek judicial redress before the courts of any EU Member State, at any stage."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"In this Privacy Policy, we will explain what information we collect about you, how we use it, when we share it, and the controls we provide you to manage the information you share with us."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"When you use the BeReals chat function, we collect the messages, photos and videos you share with your friends within the chat."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"The table below details the categories of personal data that we receive about you from third parties, and the context in which we receive them."
privacy policy · read from their site on 2026-11-12
"For more information about how we process your personal data and to know your rights, please consult our Privacy Policy."
terms of service · read from their site on 2026-11-12
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Screen recordings submitted to Abouit by users who stated they show cancelling or deleting their own account. Abouit did not record them and cannot verify who made them. Screens are counted by our published method. Submitted recordings are reported evidence: never a receipt, never part of a grade.
One request per person per day; nothing about you is stored.
none yet
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