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First look from Germany on 2026-11-09 · privacy policy read 2026-11-12 · terms of service read 2026-11-12

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ABOUIT · BEREAL1/5
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BeReal
  • WHO: किशोरों में समस्याग्रस्त उपयोग 7% से बढ़कर 11% हुआ
  • रसीद: Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
  • तुम्हारे माइक्रोफ़ोन, सटीक स्थान, अनुमानित स्थान +2 तक पहुँच माँग सकता है
  • एक इन-ऐप खरीदारी के लिए $49.99 तक
ABOUIT · BEREAL2/5
शोध · JAMA Pediatrics 2023
लगातार जाँच करना: मस्तिष्क में बदलाव से जुड़ा।
“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.”
मूल अंग्रेज़ी में
किस प्रकार का सबूतOne peer-reviewed study of 169 adolescents with brain scans over three years. An association, not proof of cause. Paid for by: US National Institute on Drug Abuse.
JAMA Pediatrics · 2023-02-01
ABOUIT · BEREAL3/5
रसीद
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Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners
इसका क्या मतलब हैयह उनकी अपनी शर्तों में शब्दशः लिखा है। तीन कंपनियों के तीन AI मॉडलों ने इस उद्धरण की जाँच की है।
तुम क्या कर सकते होसटीक वाक्य पढ़ने के लिए टैप करें।
quoted from their own document · checked by our jury
ABOUIT · BEREAL4/5
ऐप के अंदर
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तुम्हारे और तुम्हारे परिवेश के बारे में वे चीज़ें जो ऐप फ़ोन से माँग सकता है
माइक्रोफ़ोनसटीक स्थानअनुमानित स्थान+2
इसका क्या मतलब हैऐप की अपनी फ़ाइल इन्हें सूचीबद्ध करती है। संवेदनशील अनुमतियों से पहले फ़ोन तुमसे पूछता है।
तुम क्या कर सकते होफ़ोन सेटिंग्स → ऐप्स → अनुमतियाँ: जो ज़रूरी न हो उसे बंद करें।
Android app 3.97.1 · εxodus Privacy, 2026-10-21
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ABOUIT · रसीद
BeReal
2026-11-12 को जाँचा गया

2data types it may share with third parties
Google Play listing, declared by the developer

ME
🧾 receipt1checked by our jury🛰️ other domains contacted before any choice6our first look, 2026-11-09⏱️ to read the privacy policy (5,931 words)24 mincounted at 250 words a minute💸 per in-app purchase$0.84 - $49.99Google Play listing, declared by the developer🕰️ past policy versions kept72Internet Archive
INSIDE THE APP
🧩 tracker SDKs found in the Android app file22εxodus Privacy report, Android version 3.97.1, 2026-10-21🔑 permissions the Android app declares28εxodus Privacy report, Android version 3.97.1, 2026-10-21🎙️ of them: microphone, precise location, approximate location, contacts, screenshot detection5εxodus Privacy report, Android version 3.97.1, 2026-10-21
MY MIND
📢 contains adsAdsGoogle Play listing, declared by the developer▶️ a video started by itself on the homepageAutoplayour first look, 2026-11-09🧒 store content ratingTeenGoogle Play listing
MY WORLD
⚖️ moved to open the homepage once3.0 MBour first look, 2026-11-09🌫️ CO2e for that one visit0.29–0.44 gSustainable Web Design v4
हर पंक्ति का एक स्रोत है।
तथ्य जो उन्होंने घोषित किए या हमने मापे। कोई स्कोर नहीं।
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Says it may share information with advertising or marketing partners

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.".

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What 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.

Claims

not tested yet

Money

not tested yet

Attention

not tested yet

Privacy

1 receipt published

1 receipt waiting for sign-off

6 other domains before any tap

privacy policy: 5,931 words

their words, not yet tested

Prompts and messages

not tested yet

Planet

  • 3.0 MB before any tap (36 requests)
  • about 0.28–0.45 g CO2e per visit, Sustainable Web Design v4 method
  • 6 other domains contacted
  • 343 kB from domains on EasyList or EasyPrivacy: googletagmanager.com (330 kB, EasyPrivacy), framer.com (12 kB, EasyPrivacy), google-analytics.com (0 bytes, EasyPrivacy)
  • a video plays on its own, about 2,180 kbps

First look at bereal.com from Germany on 2026-11-09, no click, scroll or consent choice, 13 s · source · SHA-256 67406cf1f23b…

Their climate claims

Green claims and their support

  • No environmental claim found in: homepage (2026-11-09), Google Play description (2026-11-09).
  • No sustainability report or page found at: links on the homepage https://bereal.com/ (2026-11-09).
  • SBTi companies data (downloaded 2026-11-09): no entry named BeReal SAS · source · SHA-256 e5c81f5da06e….

How we read climate claims

What they say2 read · 72 archived
What they dofirst look · Germany
Official decisionsnone linked yet
Measured3 facts

Reaching a human

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)

What the stores and its help centre say

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

  • Data safety: “This app may share these data types with third parties” (“Location and Personal info”)
  • Data safety: “This app may collect these data types” (“Location, Personal info and 6 others”)
  • Data safety: “Data is encrypted in transit”
  • Data safety: “You can request that data be deleted”
  • Content rating: “Teen”
  • Shows “Contains ads”
  • Does not show “In-app purchases”

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

Android ऐप के अंदर

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

The other 21

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…

परिणाम: आधिकारिक स्रोत क्या कहते हैं

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE · 2024-09-25 · SOCIAL MEDIA IN GENERAL

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…

अध्ययनों में क्या पाया गया

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.

JAMA PEDIATRICS · 2023-02-01 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY

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.

इसका पैसा किसने दिया: US National Institute on Drug Abuse (public money). As listed in the study's Europe PMC record.

source · SHA-256 41e1d2d121dd…

JAMA PSYCHIATRY · 2019-12-01 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY

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.

इसका पैसा किसने दिया: 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…

NATURE HUMAN BEHAVIOUR · 2019-01-14 · PEER-REVIEWED STUDY

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.

इसका पैसा किसने दिया: The study's Europe PMC record lists no funder. That is not the same as no funding.

source · SHA-256 49dcb05fbba4…

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In their own words

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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.

MINIMUM AGE AND MINORS
"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

SHARED WITH OR SOLD TO
"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

KEEPING AND DELETING DATA
"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

DATA COLLECTED
"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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We email you when its policy changes, a receipt publishes, an official decision is linked or its first look finishes. At most one email a day. Nothing is sent before you confirm. What we store

Cancel race

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.

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One request per person per day; nothing about you is stored.

Company response

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What changed in its policies

BEREAL · TERMS OF SERVICE
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2024-01-04"Our Services means all aspects of the BeReal mobile applications, our website ( https://bereal.com/ ) and the software and systems powering the applications and our website."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2024-01-31"Our Services means all aspects of the BeReal mobile applications, our website  and the software and systems powering the applications and our website."

Changed at some point between the Internet Archive captures of 2024-01-04 and 2024-01-31. Capture 2024-01-04 · Capture 2024-01-31

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BEREAL · TERMS OF SERVICE
BEFORE · CAPTURED 2023-04-27"Notice: The below is BeReal’s reviewed Terms of Service which will go into effect on May 25, 2023."
AFTER · CAPTURED 2023-05-18"Notice: The below is BeReal’s updated Terms of Service which will go into effect on May 25, 2023."

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