Support

Tap the crown at the top of the home screen, or Katha Plus at the top of settings, then choose a monthly or yearly plan. You can also tap See plans on any locked chapter.

Subscriptions are managed by your app store, not inside Katha:

• iPhone and iPad: Settings, then your name, then Subscriptions, then Katha.
• Android: Google Play, then your profile picture, then Payments and subscriptions, then Subscriptions, then Katha.

You keep Katha Plus until the end of the period you've paid for. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a subscription.

Open the Katha Plus screen and tap Restore purchases. Make sure you're signed in to the same Apple ID or Google account you used to subscribe. If that doesn't work, email us your store receipt or order number and we'll sort it out.

Payments are handled by Apple or Google, so refunds are requested from them: Apple's Report a Problem page, or the Google Play refund page. We can't issue refunds directly, but we're happy to help if something went wrong.

Yes, on every device signed in to the same Apple ID or Google account. Open Katha on the other device and tap Restore purchases. A subscription bought on iPhone doesn't carry over to Android, or the other way round.

Tap the slider icon at the top of the home screen, or the Aa icon on a story, then choose English or हिंदी under Language. The stories, the app and the narrator all switch together.

Katha uses the voices installed on your device. Better voices are often a free download:

• iPhone and iPad: Settings, then Accessibility, then Spoken Content, then Voices. Download an enhanced voice for English (India) or Hindi.
• Android: Settings, then search for Text-to-speech, then install voice data for English (India) or Hindi.

With Katha Plus, many Hindi stories also play with studio narration.

Every short story and the first three chapters of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata are free. The later chapters are part of Katha Plus. You can also open any locked chapter for 24 hours by watching one short ad.

Every ad request from Katha is marked as directed at children, limited to G-rated content, and non-personalised. Ads appear only while browsing, never during a story, and video ads play only when someone chooses to watch one. If you ever see an ad that seems wrong, email us what it was and we'll report it to Google. Katha Plus removes ads completely.

Please tell us. These stories are told differently across India, and we want to get them right and note where traditions differ. Email us the story's name and what you noticed.

Katha has no accounts. Your progress and settings live only on your device, and deleting the app removes them. To delete subscription records, email us with your store receipt or order number. Read more in the privacy policy.