Game Rules

QashPool is a skill game. You answer quiz questions, earn XP, and the players who earn the most XP each day share a cash prize. This page explains how it all works in plain language. The Terms & Conditions and Privacy Policy are the legal documents; if anything here ever differs from them, they win.

Hearts

• You have 5 hearts. Hearts are your attempts at levels.
• You lose one heart when you fail a level (fewer correct answers than the pass mark, or running out of time with too few correct answers). Getting a single question wrong does not cost a heart.
• A lost heart comes back 10 minutes after you lose it, one at a time. From empty to full takes 50 minutes.
• Every night at midnight IST your hearts refill to 5, whatever the timer says.
• With 0 hearts you cannot start a level. The app shows a countdown to your next heart.

Chapters and levels

• The game is a map of chapters. Each chapter has 10 regular levels and one boss level.
• A regular level is 5 questions in 100 seconds (about 20 seconds per question).
• A boss level is 10 questions in 200 seconds, with one question drawn from each regular level of the chapter.
• Questions are picked at random from the level's pool, so no two runs are quite the same.
• Clearing a level with at least one star unlocks the next one. The boss unlocks once all 10 regular levels of the chapter are cleared, and clearing the boss opens the next chapter.
• New chapters are added over time. Levels marked "Coming soon" are not playable yet.
• The timer runs on our servers. If you reload the page you return to the same run with the same clock. If time runs out, the run is graded on the answers you gave; unanswered questions count as wrong.

Scoring and stars

Every level is graded out of three stars.

Regular levels (5 questions)

• 5 correct: 3 stars, 75 XP
• 4 correct: 2 stars, 50 XP
• 3 correct: 1 star, 30 XP
• 2 or fewer: no stars, no XP, and you lose a heart

Boss levels (10 questions)

• 10 correct: 3 stars, 150 XP
• 8 or 9 correct: 2 stars, 100 XP
• 6 or 7 correct: 1 star, 60 XP
• 5 or fewer: no stars, no XP, and you lose a heart

Speed bonus. Finish quickly and you earn up to 25 extra XP on a regular level or 50 on a boss, on top of the base XP. The speed bonus only applies when you pass with at least 80% of the answers correct. Being fast never makes up for wrong answers.

XP and bonuses

XP is the only thing a quiz gives you. It counts twice: towards today's score on the Daily Cashpool League and towards your lifetime XP on the All-Time Summit.

On top of base and speed XP, these bonuses are paid when you earn them:

• First-try flawless (+25 XP): three stars on your very first attempt at a level.
• Speed demon (+10 XP): at least 80% correct with more than half the time still on the clock. On a replay it is paid only when you beat your previous best speed on that level.
• Comeback master (+20 XP): a replay that lifts a level from one or two stars to three.
• Boss slayer (+50 XP): the first time you three-star a boss level.
• Mastery practice (+15 XP): replaying a level you have already three-starred. It always counts towards lifetime XP, and towards today's score once per level per day.

The most one run can earn is 135 XP on a regular level and 285 XP on a boss.

Replays

• You can replay any cleared level as often as you like.
• A replay pays only the improvement: if your best run on a level earned 80 XP and a new run earns 100, you get the 20 XP difference. A run that does not beat your best pays nothing (apart from the mastery bonus above).
• Failing a replay costs a heart like any other failed run.

The Daily Cashpool League

• The Daily League ranks every player by the XP earned today, counted from midnight to midnight IST. If two players have the same score, the one who reached it first ranks higher.
• At midnight IST the day closes and the top 10 share the day's cashpool. The default pool is ₹550, split as:

• The pool and the split can change from day to day. The amounts shown in the app for the current day are the ones that will be paid.
• Prizes are credited to your QashPool wallet shortly after midnight, and the board starts again from zero.
• Everyone starts with a wallet balance of ₹0. There is no welcome cash, and the only way money reaches your wallet is by finishing in the daily top 10.

The All-Time Summit

• The Summit ranks players by lifetime XP, everything you have ever earned.
• It never resets. Every XP you have ever earned counts.
• New Year grand prize. The player ranked first on the All-Time Summit at midnight IST on 1 January 2027 (the moment 31 December 2026 ends) wins an Apple iPhone 18 Pro, 256 GB, in Burgundy.
• If two players have the same lifetime XP at that moment, the one who reached it first ranks higher.
• The winner must have an account in good standing and pass our fair-play checks. If the top player is disqualified, the prize goes to the next eligible player on the Summit.
• We contact the winner through the app and the details on their profile, and deliver the phone to an address in India.
• Apple is not a sponsor of, and is not involved in, this contest.

Streaks

• Your streak counts the consecutive days (in IST) on which you finished at least one level, pass or fail.
• Miss a full day and the streak goes back to 0.
• Streaks are a record of your consistency. They do not change XP, hearts or prizes.

The annual pass

• Playing needs a QashPool annual pass: ₹799 for 365 days.
• It is a one-time payment. There is no autopay, no renewal on your card, and nothing is charged again unless you choose to renew.
• Renewing before the pass expires adds 365 days to your current expiry date, so you never lose time.

Fair play

• One account per person. Multiple accounts, shared accounts and accounts played by someone else are not allowed.
• You must be 18 or older to play.
• No automation. Bots, scripts, answer feeds, exploits or any tool that answers for you are banned. The same goes for tampering with the timer or the app.
• Breaking these rules can get an account suspended or permanently banned. A banned account is removed from the leaderboards and from the midnight payout.
• If you see something that looks unfair, write to hello@qashpool.com.

Getting paid

• You can claim any amount from ₹1 upwards from your wallet.
• UPI claims are paid within 24 hours. Bank transfer claims are paid within 7 working days.
• Claims are paid to an account in your own name, so the name on your profile should match the name on your UPI or bank account.
• While a claim is being processed the amount is held from your balance. If a claim cannot be completed, the money goes straight back into your wallet.
• Decisions about rankings, prizes, claims and fair play are made by the QashPool team, and the team's decision is final.

Questions?

Email hello@qashpool.com and we will help.