Last updated: 28 September 2026
RURU AI ASTRO ("we", "our", "the app") is a Vedic astrology, Panchangam calendar, and temple pilgrimage guide app published by the RURU developer account. This policy explains what information the app collects, why, and how you can control it.
| Category | What, and why |
|---|---|
| Account info | When you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address, and profile photo, used to identify your account and personalize the app. |
| Birth profile data | Birth date, time, and place you enter for yourself and any family/friends you add, used to calculate Panchangam, astrology charts, and readings. This data is stored so you don't have to re-enter it. |
| Location | With your permission, your device's coarse or precise location is used to calculate local sunrise/sunset, muhurta timings, and nearby temples. You can decline this and set a location manually instead. |
| Phone number (optional) | If you choose to add a phone number, it's used to help friends find you or to enable "find friends from your contacts." You control its visibility (public, friends-only, or private) in Settings. |
| Contacts (optional) | If you use "find friends from your contacts," phone numbers from your device's contact list are hashed on your device and checked against our records — we never see or store your contacts' actual names or raw numbers. This requires your explicit permission and can be declined. |
| Photos | Profile photos, temple photos you choose to upload, and photos attached to community posts, used to personalize your profile and the temple community gallery. |
| Usage & app activity | Temple visits you log, readings you view, questions you ask RURU AI, and similar in-app activity, used to power features like your visit passport, XP/streaks, and daily horoscope. |
| Your own Gemini API key (optional, premium) | If you choose to use your own Google Gemini key for RURU AI, it is checked with Google, then encrypted (AES-256-GCM) and stored on our server where no app user can read it back, including you. It is used only to answer your own RURU AI questions, and you can remove it at any time on the RURU AI screen. |
| Purchase data | If you buy lifetime premium, purchase and entitlement information is processed by Google Play and RevenueCat to confirm and activate your purchase. We do not see or store your payment card details. |
| Ad & device identifiers | The app shows optional rewarded and interstitial ads via Google AdMob, which may use advertising identifiers to serve and measure ads. See Google's own policy below for how AdMob handles this. |
We do not sell your personal data. Information is shared only with the third-party services listed above, strictly to provide the features they power, and with other RURU users only as you explicitly choose (e.g. accepted friends, or content you post publicly to the Community feed).
Data is stored using Firebase's security infrastructure, protected by access rules that restrict who can read or write each piece of data, and by Firebase App Check to help ensure requests come from the genuine app.
RURU is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will remove it.
We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above.
Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at [email protected].