Age Rating

Overview

If the content of your application is inappropriate for an age group, the application may not be serviced on the TV.

If any problems show up after releasing the application, the service may be suspended. Applications must not contain violent or pornographic content or abusive language.

Age Rating Guide

Background

This document outlines the application rating policy for Samsung Apps and states how applications should be rated.

If you’ve submitted your application, you need to provide an ‘age rating’ for it. The rating of an application confirms that it is suitable for a certain age group. For example, a "12+" application is only suitable for those who are aged twelve and above. For more information, refer to the Samsung Apps "Application Rating Guidelines".

Application Ratings & Age Category Guide

Age Rating Table

Content Descriptor All 4+ 12+ 16+ 18+
Sex None None
  • Mild sexual behavior (such as kissing) may be allowed.
  • Mild or infrequent reference to sex may be allowed.
  • Non-explicit depictions of sexual behavior are permitted.
  • Frequent or intense reference to sex.
  • Sexual behavior may be portrayed but without strong detail.
Violence None None
  • Mild or infrequent violence, without detail, may be allowed.
  • No emphasis on realistic or easily accessible weapons is permitted.
  • Animated blood may be allowed, but any depiction of blood must be unrealistic.
  • Mild or infrequent violence may be allowed.
  • There should be no emphasis on injuries or blood.
  • Realistic or easily accessible weapons should not be glamorized.
  • Violence may be strong but may not focus on scenes involving murder, suicide, accidental/violent death, torture, and so forth.
  • Descriptions of blood may be allowed.
  • Realistic or easily accessible weapons should not be glamorized.
Horror and Fear None None
  • Horror effects should be brief and take into consideration the presence of young users.
  • Mild or infrequent occurrences of horror-themed images, sounds, or text are permitted.
  • Strong threats are permitted.
  • Strong gory images or cruelty including a high level of fear or anxiety are unlikely to be acceptable.
Bad Language None None
  • Mild use of bad language may be allowed.
  • Mild use of bad language is allowed.
  • The use of strong language (such as the word 'fuck') must be infrequent.
  • Continual use of strong language is unlikely to be acceptable.
  • Frequent use of offensive language or explicit sexual references.
  • Continual use of strong language is unlikely to be acceptable.
Tobacco and Alcohol None None
  • Mild reference to images or descriptions of alcoholic beverages/tobacco products is permitted.
  • Mild reference to images or descriptions of alcoholic beverages/tobacco products is permitted.
  • Depictions of the consumption of alcoholic beverages/tobacco products may be shown but must not be promoted.
Gambling None None
  • Mild reference to images or descriptions of gambling activities is permitted.
  • Mild reference to images or descriptions of gambling activities is permitted.
  • Player's gambling without betting real cash or currency is allowed.

Table 1. Age ratings

For each content description, you need to determine the appropriate rating that describes your application and provide age rating information. Your self-rating is subject to Samsung Apps’s approval. The age rating that you submit is then reviewed by content raters to judge whether it follows the Samsung Apps guidelines. Each application age rating is based on the consensus of at least three trained raters who review the application based on its Samsung Apps content description.

Age Category

Age Category Description
All Titles rated "All" have content that may be suitable for all users. Titles may contain no material that would be found explicit: sexual descriptions, graphic violence, offensive language, the use of alcohol, tobacco, gambling and so forth. Titles should be understandable even to very young children.
4+ Titles rated "4+" have content that may be suitable for most users, including all of those above the age of 4. Titles may contain no material that would be found explicit: sexual descriptions, graphic violence, offensive language, the use of alcohol, tobacco, gambling, and so forth. Titles should be appropriate for young children.
12+ Titles rated "12+" have content that may be suitable for ages 12 and older. Titles may contain mild or infrequent violence, sexual descriptions or images, and the infrequent use of bad language.
16+ Titles rated "16+" have content that may be suitable for ages 16 and older. Titles may contain mild or infrequent violence, mild or infrequent sexual descriptions or images, infrequent use of bad language, and depictions of crude humor, minimal blood, and simulated gambling.
18+ Titles rated "18+" have content that may be suitable for ages 18 and older. They may contain frequent and intense violence, offensive language, and sexual themes, as well as the use of alcohol, tobacco, and gambling. Due to their adult content, these titles are not intended for persons under the age of 18.

Table 2. Age categories

Samsung Apps TV does not allow “Banned Content”, which refers to content as defined in Section 3 of the “Samsung Apps Certification Guide”.

Acceptance of Other Game Ratings

If you have an industry recognized rating such as PEGI, ESRB, GRB, FSK, or MJ/DEJUS for your game, you may submit it. Your rating will be briefly reviewed before permitting its use. For reference, see the chart below.

Samsung PEGI ESRB GRB FSK MJ/DEJUS
ALL C, E All 0+ L
4+ 3+, 7+ E(10+) All 6+ 10+
12+ 12+ 12+ 12+ 12+
16+ 16+ T 15+ 16+ 16+
18+ 18+ M, A 18+ 18+ 18+

Table 3. Game ratings