These are the terms for app versions with Premium purchases and optional ads. The terms for the free version are kept for reference.
Draft. Under legal review before the app launches.
Effective date: 1 November 2026
These terms govern your use of the Shloka Scroll app for iPhone and Android ("the app"), published by Banupriya Sankarasubbu, an individual developer based in Singapore ("we", "us"). By using the app, you agree to these terms.
- If you got the app from the Apple App Store, Apple's Licensed Application End User License Agreement ("Apple EULA", https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/) also applies. If it conflicts with these terms, the Apple EULA applies to the extent it must.
- If you got the app from Google Play, the Google Play Terms of Service (https://play.google.com/about/play-terms/) govern your relationship with Google, including purchases and refunds. These terms govern your relationship with us.
- Apple and Google are not responsible for the app or its content, except as their own terms say.
1. What the app is
The app presents the Bhagavad Gita verse by verse, with translations, word meanings and transliterations, as a reading and learning aid. It is not religious instruction, not an authoritative commentary, and not a substitute for a teacher, a tradition or your own study.
2. The texts and their sources
- Sanskrit text: the Bhagavad Gita is an ancient text in the public domain.
- Word segmentation and grammatical data: adapted from the Digital Corpus of Sanskrit by Oliver Hellwig, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. We have segmented, transliterated, aligned and corrected this data. Changes are ours, and the original authors do not endorse the app.
- Translations and word meanings (English, Hindi): written by us from the Sanskrit, with AI assistance. They are in beta: review by human Sanskrit and Hindi reviewers is under way, and translations marked "Beta" in the app haven't finished review. Please suggest corrections. They are © 2026 Banupriya Sankarasubbu. All rights reserved, except where marked otherwise.
- The full list of sources is in the app under Settings → Credits, and at https://shlokascroll.com/credits.
3. Accuracy and corrections
We work hard to present the text accurately, but translation involves interpretation, and mistakes can happen. The content is provided "as is". If you find an error, please report it (Suggest a correction on any verse, or support@shlokascroll.com). We review every report and publish corrections in app updates.
Your suggestions. Suggestions are voluntary and unpaid. By sending one, you let us use it, freely and without credit or payment, to correct and improve the app's content, and you confirm it doesn't copy someone else's copyrighted translation. Our corrected text remains ours (§2). Don't include personal details in a suggestion.
4. What you may do
You may use the app for personal, non-commercial reading and study, and share individual verse cards using the app's share feature. Public-domain and CC BY material stays free for everyone to use under its own terms. These terms don't restrict that. You may not:
- copy, scrape, download or extract our original translations or word meanings, or the app's data set, in bulk, whether by hand or by automated means;
- republish, redistribute, sell or make available our translations or word meanings (for example in another app, website, data set or AI training set), beyond sharing individual verse cards as described above;
- access our content server (
api.shlokascroll.com) other than through an unmodified copy of the app, including with bots, scripts, crawlers or modified apps; - reverse-engineer, decompile or tamper with the app or its server interface, or get around its security, genuine-app checks, rate limits or download limits, except where the law expressly permits it;
- remove or alter copyright notices or the invisible marks in the text that identify copies;
- use the app or its content to mock, misrepresent or incite hatred against any religion or community;
- use the app in any unlawful way.
To enforce these rules, the content server limits downloads per device and records abuse (see the Privacy Policy). We may limit or block access from devices that break them, and we may use the invisible marks to trace published copies and request their removal.
5. Our name and design
"Shloka Scroll", the app icon and the app's design are ours. Don't use them in a way that suggests we endorse you.
6. Price
Reading the Gita in the app is free: every verse, translation, language and script, with no purchase or ad needed. Tapping a Sanskrit word for its meaning is free a limited number of times a day (currently 5). Unlimited word meanings are available in two ways:
Shloka Scroll Premium (auto-renewing subscription).
- Premium gives you unlimited word meanings and no ads.
- Plans: weekly, ₹29 per week; monthly, ₹99 per month; yearly, ₹499 per year. Outside India, your app store shows the price in your local currency, which may differ; the price shown in the store when you buy is the one that applies.
- You buy through the store you installed the app from: Apple on iPhone, Google Play on Android. Payment is charged to your Apple Account or Google Play account when you confirm the purchase, or when any free trial ends.
- The subscription renews automatically at the same price for the same period until you cancel. On iPhone, turn off auto-renew at least 24 hours before the end of the current period to avoid the next charge; your Apple Account is charged for renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. On Google Play, cancel before the renewal date.
- Manage or cancel any time:
- iPhone: Settings → your name → Subscriptions;
- Android: Play Store app → profile icon → Payments & subscriptions → Subscriptions.
Cancelling stops future renewals. You keep Premium until the end of the period you've paid for. Uninstalling the app doesn't cancel a subscription.
- Free trials, introductory and promotional offers. We may offer a free trial, an introductory price or a promotional price for a limited time, through the store's own offer features (on iPhone, Apple's introductory and promotional offers and offer codes; on Android, Google Play's free trials, introductory prices and offers). Before you confirm, the store shows the offer price, how long it lasts and the standard price that applies afterwards. Offers may be limited to new subscribers or to one per account, as the store and the offer state.
- When the offer ends, the subscription renews automatically at the standard price for the same plan, unless you cancel before the offer ends (on iPhone, at least 24 hours before).
- If you cancel during a free trial, you aren't charged. Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you buy a subscription.
- A "discount" is always measured against the standard price above, which is the price actually charged after the offer, and every limited-time offer has a real end date.
- Refunds are handled by the store under its own policies: Apple (reportaproblem.apple.com) or Google Play (https://support.google.com/googleplay/answer/2479637). We can't issue refunds through Apple. For Google Play purchases, you can also email us and we will look at the request.
- A subscription bought on one store doesn't carry over to the other platform, because purchases are tied to your Apple or Google account.
- If we change the price, the store will notify you in advance and, where required, ask for your consent.
Shloka Scroll Premium Lifetime (one-time purchase).
- A single payment of ₹999, or the local equivalent shown in your app store, unlocks Premium for as long as we offer the app. There's no renewal and nothing to cancel.
- It's tied to your Apple Account or Google Play account. Use Restore purchases in the app after reinstalling or on a new device with the same account. It doesn't carry over between iPhone and Android.
- "Lifetime" means the lifetime of the app, not yours: if we ever stop offering the app, we can't guarantee it keeps working on future devices or operating systems.
- Refunds are handled by the store, as for subscriptions.
Optional rewarded ads. If you are 18 or older, you may choose to watch a short ad, provided by Google AdMob, to unlock all word meanings for 3 hours. If an unlock is already active, another ad adds 3 hours to it. You can do this up to 4 times a day (currently); the count resets at midnight on your device. If you tell us you are under 18, ads aren't available to you and there's no ad unlock: you still get 5 free word meanings a day, every verse and translation, and Premium (purchases by minors are subject to the store's parental controls). Your age answer is saved for this installation of the app and can't be changed in the app. Ads are never required to read the app. Rewards have no cash value, can't be transferred, and may change. We may limit how many rewards are available. Ad data is described in our Privacy Policy.
7. Privacy
See our Privacy Policy at https://shlokascroll.com/privacy. In short, there are no accounts. Our content server keeps only a pseudonymous device ID, short-lived download counters and abuse records with hashed IP addresses, to protect our translations. Optional ads involve Google AdMob. Details are in the policy.
8. Disclaimers and limitation of liability
To the fullest extent the law allows, the app is provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind. We are not liable for any indirect or consequential loss arising from your use of the app. Nothing in these terms limits any liability that cannot be limited by law, or any rights you have under the mandatory consumer laws of your country, including India's Consumer Protection Act, 2019.
9. Changes and ending
We may update the app or these terms. If we change the terms materially, we will update the date above and, where appropriate, tell you in the app. You can stop using the app at any time by deleting it.
10. Governing law and disputes
These terms are governed by the laws of Singapore. You may also have the right to bring claims in the courts of your home country under its consumer laws.
11. Contact and grievances
Banupriya Sankarasubbu, support@shlokascroll.com. We acknowledge complaints within 48 hours and aim to resolve them within 30 days.