Terms of use

Effective

1. These terms

These terms are an agreement between you and (“we”, “us”), who make the Katha app. By downloading or using Katha, you agree to them. If a child uses Katha, a parent or guardian accepts these terms for them.

If you got Katha from the Apple App Store, Apple's Standard Licensed Application End User License Agreement also applies. If anything in these terms conflicts with it, Apple's agreement wins for matters it covers. Apple and Google aren't responsible for Katha or its content.

2. Using Katha

We give you a personal, non-transferable permission to use Katha on devices you own or control, for your own and your family's enjoyment. You may not:

• copy, republish, sell or redistribute the stories, notes, quizzes, illustrations or audio, including the studio narration;
• use the content to train AI models or build another product;
• take the app apart or get around its subscriptions, locks or ads;
• use Katha in a way that breaks the law or harms others.

Teachers and religious or community groups may read Katha's stories aloud to a group, without charging for it. For anything else, please ask us first.

3. The stories

Katha's stories are our own retellings of traditional tales from the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, the Puranas and other sources. The traditional stories belong to everyone. Our words, notes, quizzes, artwork and recordings are owned by us and protected by copyright.

These stories are sacred to many people, and we tell them with respect. Traditions differ from region to region and family to family, and we point out major differences in the notes for older listeners. Katha is a storytelling app, not religious instruction or scholarship. If you think we've got something wrong, please tell us. We read every message.

4. Katha Plus subscriptions

• What you get: every chapter of the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, studio Hindi narration, and no ads, for as long as your subscription is active. What's included may grow over time. If we ever remove a major feature, we'll tell you in the app first.
• Billing: Katha Plus is sold as a monthly or yearly subscription through the Apple App Store or Google Play. The price is shown before you buy and is charged to your store account when you confirm.
• Automatic renewal: your subscription renews automatically at the end of each period, at the then-current price, unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the period ends.
• Free trials: if a plan offers a free trial, you won't be charged during it. Unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the trial ends, the subscription starts and you're charged when it ends.
• Cancelling: cancel any time in your App Store or Google Play subscription settings. You keep Katha Plus until the end of the period you've paid for. Deleting the app doesn't cancel a subscription.
• Refunds: payments are processed by Apple or Google, so refund requests go to them under their policies: Apple refunds, Google Play refunds. We can't issue refunds directly.
• Price changes: if the price changes, Apple or Google will tell you in advance and, where required, ask for your agreement before renewing at the new price.
• Restoring: if you reinstall Katha or get a new device, tap Restore purchases on the Katha Plus screen.

5. The free version and ads

The free version includes ads from Google AdMob, set up to be suitable for children, as described in our privacy policy. Watching a video ad to open a chapter unlocks it on that device for 24 hours. We may change what's free from time to time.

6. Services from others

Katha relies on Apple, Google, RevenueCat and your device's text-to-speech system. Their services have their own terms, and we're not responsible for them.

7. Our responsibility

We work hard to keep Katha accurate, safe and working, but we provide it “as is”. We can't promise it will always be available or free of errors. As far as the law allows, we aren't liable for indirect or consequential losses, and our total liability to you for any claim is limited to what you paid for Katha Plus in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits rights you have under consumer law that can't be limited.

8. Ending these terms

You can stop using Katha at any time by deleting it, and by cancelling any subscription in your store settings. If you seriously break these terms, for example by redistributing our content, we may stop providing Katha to you.

9. Changes

We may update these terms as Katha changes. We'll post the new terms here with a new date. If a change is significant, we'll tell you in the app before it takes effect. If you keep using Katha after that, the new terms apply.

10. Law and disputes

These terms are governed by the laws of . If something goes wrong, please contact us first so we can try to fix it. Courts in handle any disputes, unless the law where you live gives you the right to bring a claim there.

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