Technical Dost Legal · Shri Hanuman Chalisa
Privacy Policy
This policy covers the app Shri Hanuman Chalisa (bundle identifier
com.technicaldost.hanumanchalisa). It is based on the Expo / React Native source
reviewed for this date.
The short version
- No account or login in the app.
- Favourites, japa counts, theme, audio preferences, and settings are stored on your device (AsyncStorage).
- No analytics, advertising, or crash SDK appears in the app’s production dependencies.
- Location is used only if you ask to find nearby temples; coordinates are sent to the public OpenStreetMap Overpass API for that search and are not stored by the app for later use.
Information handled on your device
Local preferences and progress
The app persists, on device only:
- Favourite verse IDs
- Japa bead / mala statistics (including lifetime totals)
- Settings such as haptics, auto-scroll, reminder toggles, playback speed, and text scale
- Theme preference and selected audio track preference
These use @react-native-async-storage/async-storage via Zustand stores. They are not
uploaded to a Technical Dost server.
Local notifications
If you enable reminder options, the app schedules local notifications with
expo-notifications (for example weekly or daily reminders). These are device-local
schedules; the reviewed code does not implement a developer push-notification backend for this
feature.
Audio
Chalisa audio is primarily a bundled local MP3 asset. The catalogue also lists a remote Internet Archive URL as a fallback source. When the local asset is present, playback uses the bundled file. Streaming a remote URL would involve network access to that host under its own terms.
Sharing
When you share a chaupai, the app may capture a card image on device and open the system share sheet, or share plain text. Destinations you choose (Messages, social apps, etc.) are outside this app’s control.
Location and temple search (optional)
The Temple Locator requests when-in-use location permission only when you start a nearby search. The permission string states location is used to find Hanuman temples near you and is not stored or shared by us as a user profile.
When you run a nearby search, the app:
- Reads your current coordinates via
expo-location. - POSTs an Overpass query including those coordinates to
https://overpass-api.de/api/interpreter(OpenStreetMap Overpass API) to find nearby places of worship matching Hanuman-related names. - Keeps coordinates in screen state for distance sorting during that session; they are not written into the persistent stores listed above.
If you deny location or the network request fails, the app falls back to a curated offline list of featured temples. Opening a temple in Maps hands off to Apple Maps / another maps app.
Overpass and map providers operate under their own privacy policies. They may see the IP address and query content of the request (including the coordinate used in the Overpass query).
Third-party services and SDKs
Production app dependencies reviewed for this policy include Expo modules (router, audio, location, notifications, sharing, fonts, image, haptics, etc.), React Native, AsyncStorage, and Zustand. No Firebase, AdMob, AppsFlyer, Amplitude, Sentry, or similar analytics/ads package is listed among production dependencies.
openai appears as a development dependency in the project’s package file and
was not found imported by the app runtime screens reviewed for this policy. It is not described
here as an in-app data practice.
Purchases
The reviewed app source does not implement In-App Purchase / StoreKit purchase flows.
Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Your choices
- Deny or revoke location permission; temple search falls back to the featured list.
- Disable notification permission or turn off reminder toggles in settings.
- Clear local data by uninstalling the app (or clearing app storage where the OS allows).