Age suitability and family safety

Dichoptix turns lazy-eye (amblyopia) vision training into short games a child is willing to do every day. It is made to be used alongside professional eye care, and it is built for families: an adult sets it up and stays in control, and the games themselves are calm, simple, and free of anything a parent would rather their child did not meet. This page explains who the app is for, what is inside it, and how we handle children's data.

1. Who Dichoptix is for

Dichoptix is designed for children aged 4 and over who are training for amblyopia or a related binocular-vision condition, usually on the advice of an eye-care professional. Adults with amblyopia use it too, and the app works the same way for them.

An adult creates the account, agrees to the terms, subscribes, and sets the glasses up once. After that a child can play on their own. The adult account holder stays responsible for how much and how often, and we recommend following the schedule the child's eye-care professional gives you.

The app is rated 4+ in the App Store, meaning it contains nothing objectionable for any age.

2. What is in the app, and what is not

Dichoptix is a collection of short mini-games played while wearing the red and cyan glasses that come with the subscription. The action is gentle arcade play: fitting shapes into a grid, slicing fruit, steering through a course, digging for gems.

There is deliberately none of the following:

  • no advertising of any kind, and no advertising networks in the app;
  • no violence beyond mild cartoon arcade action, and no scary, sexual, or suggestive content;
  • no gambling, no simulated gambling, no loot boxes, no prize wheels, and no in-game currency;
  • no chat, messaging, comments, or any other way for a child to contact or be contacted by another person;
  • no user-generated content and no social features;
  • no web browsing, and no links out of the play area.

3. Adults stay in control

Children never create accounts. Registration, consent, and payment are all done by an adult, and the app is built so a child cannot reach them.

Anything that involves money or account settings sits behind a parental gate: a question a young child is not able to answer. That includes the subscription screen and the grown-up area where an adult manages the account, consents, and preferences.

4. Children's data: what we collect and what we refuse to

The only data the therapy needs is how the games went: time on task and which games were played. That is stored on our own servers so a parent, and any eye-care professional they choose to share with, can follow progress. It is collected as part of the service the adult account holder signs up for, and progress tracking can be paused at any time from the account settings. Nothing is shared with an eye-care professional unless the account holder connects one and agrees to share.

Optional diagnostic and usage data, the kind that helps us find crashes and fix problems, is switched off by default. It stays off unless the adult account holder chooses to turn it on, and it can be switched off again at any time. It is not needed to use the app.

We do not show ads, we do not use advertising networks, we do not build advertising profiles, and we do not sell personal data. Full detail is in our Privacy Policy, and an account and all its data can be deleted at any time from the app or the website.

5. Comfortable, healthy use

Vision training works best in short, regular sessions rather than long ones. Use the app in a comfortable, well-lit place, take breaks, and follow the session length and frequency the child's eye-care professional recommends. Stop and speak to a professional if the child has eye strain, headache, dizziness, or any discomfort.

A small number of people can feel unwell or, very rarely, have a seizure triggered by flashing lights or patterns. If the child or anyone in the family has a history of seizures or photosensitive epilepsy, talk to a doctor before starting.

6. What Dichoptix is not

Dichoptix is a therapy-support tool, not a medical device. It does not diagnose anything, it does not replace professional advice or treatment, and it does not promise a particular result. It is meant to be used alongside, and under the direction of, a qualified eye-care professional.

7. Questions

If you are a parent, a guardian, or reviewing the app and something here is not clear, write to us at info@dichoptix.com and a person will answer. Our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy cover the same ground in more detail.