Privacy Policy

Gita Friend (Android app com.gitafriend.app) by Saikaizen Innovations. Last updated: 7 November 2026.

Gita Friend is built to work offline. We do not ask you to create an account, and we do not run our own servers that store your personal data. This policy explains what the app keeps on your phone and what our service providers process.

1. Data kept only on your phone

Your name (if you enter one), language choices, reading progress, streaks, bookmarks, notes, japa counts, settings and your conversations with "Ask Krishna" are stored locally on your device. We cannot see them. You can erase them at any time in Settings → Delete my data, or by uninstalling the app.

2. Krishna's voice

Krishna's voice is generated on your phone by a built-in speech engine. The text being spoken never leaves your device.

3. Ask Krishna (chat)

When you are online, the questions you type or speak in "Ask Krishna", together with the recent messages of that conversation, are sent over an encrypted connection to an AI service provider (Groq, Inc.) only to create Krishna's reply. We do not send your name, contacts, location or any identifier with it. Please do not share sensitive personal information in the chat. When you are offline, replies are created on your phone.

4. Microphone

If you tap the microphone to speak to Krishna, the app uses Android's speech recognition service to turn your voice into text. Depending on your phone, this service may be provided by Google. Audio is used only for this purpose and is not stored by us. The microphone is used only while you hold or tap the talk button.

5. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. AdMob may collect and process device identifiers (such as the advertising ID), approximate location (from the IP address), app interactions and diagnostic data to show and measure ads and to prevent fraud. In the EEA, UK and Switzerland, and in US states with privacy laws, you are asked for consent through Google's consent form, and you can change your choice in Settings → Ad privacy choices. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services. Premium removes ads.

6. Analytics (Google Analytics for Firebase)

We use Google Analytics for Firebase to understand, in aggregate, how the app is used (for example screens opened, verses completed, crashes) so we can improve it. It processes app interactions, device information, an app-instance identifier and approximate location. It does not receive your chats or notes.

7. Purchases (Google Play Billing)

Premium subscriptions and the lifetime unlock are processed by Google Play. We never receive your payment card details. The app checks with Google Play which purchases you own.

8. Notifications

Daily shloka reminders are scheduled on your phone (local notifications). You can turn them off in the app or in Android settings.

9. Children

Gita Friend is a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact us and we will help delete it.

10. Security and retention

All network connections made by the app use encryption (HTTPS). Data on your phone stays until you delete it. Google's services keep data according to their own policies.

11. Your rights

You can access or delete the data on your phone at any time from within the app. For data processed by Google (AdMob, Firebase, Play), use your Google account privacy controls and the in-app ad privacy choices. For any request, email us.

12. Changes and contact

We may update this policy; the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. Questions: superprogrammersaurabh@gmail.com