Rudra — Privacy Policy
Effective date: [DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION]
Developer: [DEVELOPER NAME] · Contact: [CONTACT EMAIL]
Rudra ("the app") is an offline Vedic astrology app for Android. This policy explains what information the app handles and what happens to it. In short: Rudra does not collect, transmit, sell or share any personal data. Everything is calculated on your phone.
1. Information you enter
To make a kundli, you type a name, gender, date, time and place of birth, and optionally the same details for family members or a partner. Rudra also keeps your Ask Rudra chat history and your settings (language, theme, chart style, reminder times).
- This information is stored only in the app's private storage on your phone.
- It is used only on your phone to calculate charts, horoscopes, panchang, matching and reminders.
- The developer never receives it. Rudra has no account, no server, no analytics, no advertising and no crash-reporting services, and the app does not request the Internet permission, so it cannot send data over the network.
You can delete any saved kundli in the app, clear the chat with the "Clear chat" button, or remove everything by uninstalling the app or using Android Settings → Apps → Rudra → Storage → Clear storage.
2. Android backup
If you have turned on Android's backup for your phone, Android may include Rudra's saved data (kundlis, chats and settings) in your device backup to your Google account, and may copy it to a new phone when you transfer your data. This backup is run by Android and Google under your own Google account settings, not by the developer; on Android 9 and later it is end-to-end encrypted with your screen lock. You can turn backup off in Android Settings.
3. Notifications
If you switch on reminders (morning summary, Rahu Kaal alert, festival reminders), their content is calculated on your phone. Notifications are optional and can be turned off in the app or in Android Settings at any time.
4. Listen (text-to-speech)
The "Listen" button uses the text-to-speech engine installed on your phone, and Rudra only uses voices that work offline. If no offline voice is installed for a language, nothing is spoken and the app tells you so.
5. Sharing a PDF report
When you tap "Share PDF", Rudra creates the report on your phone and opens Android's share sheet. The report goes only where you choose to send it.
6. Permissions
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| Notifications (asked on Android 13 and later) | To show the reminders you switch on |
Run at startup (RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED) |
To restore your reminders after the phone restarts |
| Vibrate | Gentle haptic feedback, if enabled |
| Wake lock, network state, foreground service | Added automatically by Android's WorkManager library, which the home-screen widget uses to update itself. Rudra uses no network. |
Rudra does not request location, contacts, camera, microphone, storage or the Internet permission.
7. Children
Rudra is intended for a general adult audience and is not directed at children under 13.
8. Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy: [CONTACT EMAIL]