Asha Cara Privacy Policy
Effective date: 29 August 2026
Last updated: 8 November 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how Asha Cara handles information when you use Asha Cara: Budget Planner, referred to in this policy as the App.
Asha Cara is an offline first budgeting and money planning application developed and published in Ireland by Aarti Mane, an individual developer trading under the name Asha Cara. Aarti Mane is the data controller for personal information processed on behalf of Asha Cara, including subscription information handled by RevenueCat and support correspondence. Contact details appear in section 24.
For privacy questions or support, contact:
ashacara.appsupport@gmail.com
Asha Cara is designed so that its main manual budgeting and financial planning features work offline. You do not need to create an Asha Cara account or sign in to use these features.
The financial information you enter into the App is stored locally on your device. It is not uploaded to or stored on a server operated by Asha Cara. Asha Cara does not have an administrator dashboard or remote database containing users’ personal budgeting records. Subscription purchase information is separate: authorised developer access to RevenueCat and Google Play dashboards can show subscription records, but not the budgeting records stored inside the App. The developer and App administrators cannot see, retrieve, monitor or remotely access the financial information stored inside the App on your device.
An internet connection may be required for voice expense entry, purchasing Premium through Google Play, checking or restoring Premium access, opening external policy pages, sending feedback by email, or sharing information through an online service.
Certain optional actions that you choose to use, such as speech recognition, sending feedback by email, purchasing Premium or sharing an exported report, may involve another application or service. These features are explained in this policy.
The App does not contain an advertising service or a separate behavioural analytics service.
In the current version, RevenueCat is not initialised solely to use the free budgeting features. It is initialised when you open the Premium purchase page or request purchase restoration. This can create an anonymous customer record before you buy anything. After initialisation, subscription services may continue communicating during that App session. Where a subscription has been recognised or a purchase attempt requires further checking, verification can also take place on later App launches. This is described in section 13.
Depending on the features you use, the App may store expenses, income, transaction descriptions, budgets, bills, due dates, reminder settings, savings information, financial goals, purchase decisions, selected country and currency settings, App preferences, receipt images, text extracted from receipts, and locally generated calculations, insights and reports.
This information is used to provide the features you request inside the App. Asha Cara does not automatically receive this information. It remains on your device unless you intentionally export or share it using another application or service.
If you choose to scan a receipt, the App allows you to select an image from your device. The selected receipt is processed using Google ML Kit text recognition to identify receipt text and possible transaction details.
This recognition is designed to take place on your device. Depending on the device and the recognition components installed on it, an internet connection may occasionally be required to download or update components provided by Android or Google services.
A selected receipt image may be copied into the App’s private local storage so that you can retain and view it with the relevant transaction.
Asha Cara does not automatically send receipt images or extracted receipt information to the developer or to an Asha Cara server. You decide whether to select an image, confirm the recognised information, save the receipt or delete it.
Depending on your Android version, the App may use the Android photo picker or request access to selected photos or media.
The App may request microphone access when you choose to use voice expense entry.
Voice expense entry requires or may require an active internet connection because the speech recognition service available on your device may send audio to its provider’s servers to convert speech into text. Availability and processing depend on your device, language, settings and selected speech recognition provider.
Asha Cara does not intentionally store raw microphone recordings or receive those recordings on an Asha Cara server.
Your device’s speech recognition provider may process audio on your device or may send it to the provider’s servers. On many Android devices, the service may be provided by Google. Processing carried out by the speech recognition provider is governed by that provider’s privacy policy.
You may refuse microphone permission or remove it through Android settings. You can continue to enter expenses manually. Manual expense entry does not require microphone permission and is designed to work offline.
Asha Cara’s main manual budgeting and financial planning features are designed to work without a continuous internet connection.
Internet access may be required for:
Voice recognition and voice expense entry.
Loading subscription prices and offers using Google Play and RevenueCat.
Purchasing Premium through Google Play.
Checking, verifying or restoring Premium access.
Opening the Privacy Policy, Terms of Use or other external pages.
Sending feedback or support emails.
Sharing files through online email, messaging, cloud storage or similar services.
Downloading or updating components required by Android, Google Play or another service used by the device.
Your mobile network or internet provider may charge for data usage. These charges are controlled by your network or internet provider and not by Asha Cara.
The App may request permission to send notifications when you use bill or budgeting reminders.
Reminder information is scheduled and managed on your device. A notification may show information that you entered, such as a bill name or reminder description. Anyone who can see your unlocked device or notification screen may be able to read that notification.
You can disable notifications through the App or through Android settings.
The App may allow you to create PDF, spreadsheet, CSV or other reports using information stored locally on your device. These files are generated on your device.
When you choose to export or share a file, it may be passed to an application or service that you select, such as an email application, messaging service, file manager or cloud storage provider.
Once you intentionally share a file outside Asha Cara, the receiving provider handles it according to its own terms and privacy policy. Asha Cara does not control services selected by the user.
You should check exported files before sharing them because they may contain personal financial information.
Asha Cara welcomes feedback, feature suggestions and reports of technical problems.
The App includes an optional feedback feature. When you use it, the App prepares an email and opens your selected email application. The prepared email may contain the feedback text you entered, the feedback category you selected, an optional reply email, the App version and your selected country setting.
Your receipts, expenses, budgets, savings, goals and other financial records are not automatically attached to a feedback email. You can review, change or cancel the email before sending it. Nothing is sent to Asha Cara unless you choose to send the email.
If you contact us, we and the email services involved will process your email address, message and any information that you voluntarily include. We use this information to reply, investigate problems, improve the App, prevent misuse and maintain appropriate support records.
Support correspondence is kept only for as long as reasonably necessary to deal with the request, maintain relevant records and comply with legal obligations.
You may ask us to review or delete correspondence that you previously sent to our support inbox by contacting ashacara.appsupport@gmail.com. This applies only to correspondence sent to us. It is not required for deleting financial information stored inside the App.
Asha Cara does not display third party advertisements and does not contain an advertising service.
The App does not use an advertising identifier to create an advertising profile. Your locally stored financial information is not provided to advertisers or advertising networks.
Asha Cara’s current commercial model is based on an optional Premium subscription rather than advertising.
If advertising is ever considered in a future version, this Privacy Policy and the Google Play Data Safety information will be updated before advertising is introduced. The advertising provider, information processed and applicable user privacy choices would be disclosed at that time.
Asha Cara does not contain a separate behavioural analytics service.
Google Play may provide Asha Cara with store and technical statistics as part of distributing the App. These may include installation numbers, Android versions, device categories, crashes and performance information.
These Play Console statistics are provided by Google. They do not give Asha Cara access to the expenses, income, budgets, bills, receipts, savings or goals stored inside the App.
RevenueCat also provides subscription reporting, such as purchases, renewals, cancellations and subscription revenue. This is subscription analytics, not a record of the amounts or categories in your personal budgeting records. RevenueCat can record when an App installation first or last connected to its services and relevant technical information. See section 13.
Asha Cara may introduce a privacy conscious analytics or crash reporting service in a future version to help understand general feature usage, diagnose technical problems and improve reliability.
Before such a service is introduced, this Privacy Policy and the Google Play Data Safety information will be updated. The provider, information processed and reason for processing it will be disclosed. Consent will be obtained where required.
Technical information could include the App version, device model, operating system version, general feature interactions, crash information and diagnostic information.
We will not intentionally send receipt contents or detailed personal budgeting records to an analytics or crash reporting provider. No separate general behavioural analytics or crash reporting service is active in the current version. This does not exclude the subscription reporting and technical processing by RevenueCat described in sections 11 and 13.
Asha Cara offers optional Premium features through an automatically renewing annual subscription purchased using Google Play Billing. RevenueCat, Inc. provides subscription verification and entitlement management on our behalf. It helps the App load subscription offers, confirm purchases and determine whether Premium access is active.
The annual subscription price and billing period applicable to your Google Play country are shown before you confirm the purchase. Google Play charges your selected payment method when you subscribe.
The subscription will continue to renew automatically for further annual periods unless it is cancelled. You can manage or cancel the subscription through Google Play. Cancelling prevents future renewals but does not normally remove Premium access before the end of the current paid subscription period. Different cancellation or refund rights may apply where required by law or Google Play policy.
Google Play processes subscription payments, payment credentials, refunds and related transactions under Google’s terms and privacy policy. Asha Cara does not receive or store your complete payment card number, bank account details or Google account password.
To provide and restore Premium access, the App, Google Play and RevenueCat may process information connected with the purchase, including:
Product and subscription identifiers.
Purchase tokens.
Order or transaction information.
Purchase status.
Subscription status.
Premium entitlement status.
Renewal and expiry information.
Information required to confirm, acknowledge or restore a purchase.
This information is used to confirm purchases, unlock Premium features, restore access, prevent misuse, respond to purchase related support requests and comply with Google Play Billing requirements.
Purchasing Premium does not give Asha Cara access to the expenses, budgets, receipts, savings, goals or other financial information stored locally on your device.
RevenueCat also processes an App User ID generated for the App installation, related identifiers used to associate or restore purchases, App and SDK versions, device or operating system information, connection timestamps, and country, locale or currency information. An IP address is necessarily processed when connecting to an online service. RevenueCat states that the IP address used to determine the customer country is discarded after that determination. These identifiers and records can be personal data even when no name or email address is attached.
The current App does not ask you to register an Asha Cara account and does not set RevenueCat customer attributes containing your name, email address or phone number. Google Play does not automatically supply your Google account name, email address or password to the App through this integration. Subscription reporting is distinct from the income, expenses, budgets, goals, receipt images and voice recordings you use in budgeting features; the App does not send those records to RevenueCat.
RevenueCat customer records can be created for people who view the Premium purchase page without subscribing. Reinstalling can generate a new anonymous ID, and restoring a purchase can associate IDs with the same subscription. Subscription records are not automatically deleted merely because a subscription is cancelled, local data is reset or the App is uninstalled.
We process information necessary to show requested subscription offers, fulfil a Premium subscription and restore access to take steps at your request before entering a contract or to perform that contract. We rely on legitimate interests, subject to your rights, for proportionate fraud prevention, troubleshooting and subscription reporting needed to operate and understand the service. Where information must be retained or disclosed to meet a legal obligation, that obligation is the basis for that processing. Support processing is based on performing a contract where relevant and our legitimate interests in answering enquiries and handling complaints; legal obligations also apply to privacy requests.
RevenueCat processes subscription information on our behalf under its Data Processing Addendum. Google independently processes information for its own payment and platform services. For further information:
RevenueCat privacy information: https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy
RevenueCat Data Processing Addendum: https://www.revenuecat.com/dpa
Google privacy information: https://policies.google.com/privacy
We retain subscription information only while necessary for the relevant purpose. Criteria include whether a subscription or entitlement is active, whether purchase restoration or an unresolved payment, refund, support or dispute needs the record, applicable legal obligations and the need to establish or defend legal claims. We periodically review whether identifiable records are still necessary and delete them or irreversibly anonymise them when no applicable purpose or obligation requires retention. The same assessment applies to records for purchase page visitors who never subscribed. There is no automatic weekly or monthly deletion of all customers. A justified requirement to retain a transaction record does not justify retaining unrelated information indefinitely. Google’s independently held records follow Google’s applicable retention arrangements. See section 18 for requests concerning our processing.
Asha Cara uses or interacts with Android functions and selected services to provide features requested by the user.
These may include:
Google Play and Google Play Billing.
RevenueCat for subscription services described in section 13.
Android system services.
Google ML Kit.
Your device’s speech recognition provider.
Your email application and email provider.
File managers.
Messaging applications.
Cloud storage services or other applications that you select for exporting or sharing files.
Independent providers may handle information under their own terms and privacy policies when you use the relevant feature. RevenueCat processes subscription information on our behalf as described in section 13; using a service provider does not remove our responsibility for that processing.
Asha Cara does not control the independent privacy practices of another application or service selected by you.
Before adding an advertising, analytics, cloud storage or other online service, we will review its privacy, security, licensing, cost and Google Play policy requirements. We will update our disclosures where necessary.
Asha Cara does not sell personal information or locally stored financial information.
We do not automatically share your locally stored expenses, income, budgets, bills, receipt contents, savings or goals with advertisers, data brokers or analytics providers.
Information may leave the App when you use speech recognition, open the Premium purchase page, purchase or restore Premium through Google Play, undergo subscription verification, send an email, export a report, share a file, choose another application to receive information, or when disclosure is required by law. Subscription verification may also happen in the background as described in section 2. RevenueCat receives the subscription and technical information needed for the services described in section 13.
Google Play may process payment, purchase, device, account and transaction information required to complete, verify, manage or restore a Premium subscription. This processing is governed by Google’s applicable terms and privacy policy.
A transfer that you deliberately start, such as sharing an exported report, is controlled by you and is not a sale of information by Asha Cara.
Financial information and retained receipt images are stored inside the App’s local storage area on your device.
Asha Cara does not possess a remote administration tool that allows the developer or App administrators to access this information.
We rely on Android and device security protections. You are responsible for protecting your device, device backups and exported files.
We recommend using a secure screen lock, keeping Android and Google Play updated, and avoiding use of the App on a rooted or compromised device.
No electronic storage, internet transmission or security method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Connections to RevenueCat use encryption in transit. Access to subscription dashboards is restricted to authorised operators. These measures do not make subscription information local only or guarantee absolute security.
Asha Cara allows users to create a password protected, encrypted backup containing locally stored information from Individual, Student and Household modes, including saved receipt images.
Backup creation and encryption take place on the user’s device. Asha Cara does not upload, receive or store the backup file or its password.
The user chooses where to save or share the backup. Any external storage or sharing service selected by the user is governed by that service’s own privacy practices.
Asha Cara cannot recover a forgotten backup password. Importing a backup replaces the Asha Cara data currently stored on that device.
Deleting data from the App does not delete backup copies previously saved elsewhere by the user.
Your financial and planning information is stored locally on your device and remains under your control.
You do not need to contact Asha Cara to delete your local budgeting records. To use the App’s local reset controls, open Asha Cara, go to Settings, select Reset local data and confirm the reset. This is not a request to erase records held by Google Play or RevenueCat, and it does not necessarily clear all data held by device services or SDKs.
You may also delete individual records using the controls available inside the App.
Clearing Asha Cara’s storage through Android settings or uninstalling the App will normally remove information held in the App’s local storage on that device.
Asha Cara cannot remotely recover or delete your local information because it is not stored on our servers and is not accessible to the developer or App administrators.
Your device’s backup or restoration service may separately back up or restore application information according to your Android, Google account or device manufacturer settings. These services are not operated by Asha Cara.
A feedback or support email exists separately from information stored inside the App. You can contact us to request review or deletion of support correspondence or subscription information processed on our behalf, including relevant RevenueCat records.
Deleting local App data, resetting the App, clearing the App’s storage or uninstalling Asha Cara does not automatically cancel an active Google Play subscription.
An active subscription must be managed or cancelled through Google Play. Google may retain purchase and subscription records according to its legal obligations, terms and privacy policy.
To request access to or deletion of subscription information processed on our behalf, email ashacara.appsupport@gmail.com. If available, open the Premium purchase page, select Copy subscription support ID and include the copied ID in your request. Do not send card details, Google passwords or a copy of your budgeting records. If you have already uninstalled the App or cannot obtain the ID, contact us with the information available to you; we will assess whether the relevant record can reasonably be located. We may request proportionate information to confirm the request and avoid affecting another person’s subscription.
Where erasure applies, we can delete the relevant customer record through RevenueCat. Some information may need to be retained where a legal obligation or another valid exception applies; we will explain any relevant restriction. Deleting a RevenueCat customer record does not cancel the Google Play subscription or erase Google’s independent records. Later use of subscription features, verification or restoration can create or repopulate a customer record, including under the same locally cached ID. Deletion is not a permanent block on future processing necessary for services you continue to use.
Subject to applicable conditions, you may have rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and data portability. Where we rely on consent, you may withdraw it without affecting earlier lawful processing. We respond to GDPR rights requests without undue delay and normally within one month; if a lawful extension is necessary, we will explain it within that initial period. You can complain to Ireland’s Data Protection Commission at https://www.dataprotection.ie or another competent supervisory authority. Local budgeting records remain manageable on your device; the developer cannot remotely retrieve records that we do not hold.
Depending on your device and the features you use, the App may request:
Microphone access for voice expense entry.
Access to selected photos or media for receipt images.
Notification permission for reminders.
Permissions are used for the feature you choose to use. You may refuse or remove a permission through Android settings, although the relevant feature may then be unavailable.
The main manual budgeting features can be used without granting microphone or photo access.
Voice expense entry may be unavailable without microphone permission or an appropriate internet connection.
Asha Cara is intended for adults, including adult students, individuals and households. It is not designed for or directed towards children.
The absence of App accounts does not prevent third party services from processing identifiers or subscription information. We do not intend to collect personal information from children through these services.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the App, subscription services, feedback or support, contact ashacara.appsupport@gmail.com.
The App may be used in different countries and supports several currency and terminology settings.
Locally stored financial information remains on the user’s device unless the user intentionally uses an external service.
Google Play, speech recognition providers, feedback emails and other optional external services may process information in countries other than the user’s country. The privacy terms and international processing practices of the relevant provider apply to that processing.
RevenueCat is based in the United States and uses service providers that may process subscription information outside Ireland and the European Economic Area. Where processing on our behalf involves a restricted international transfer, the applicable safeguards include the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses as provided in RevenueCat’s Data Processing Addendum, together with supplementary measures where required. You may contact us for information about the safeguards applicable to your data. Referring to another provider’s policy does not replace our obligations for transfers made on our behalf.
We may disclose information that we hold or can lawfully access, such as support correspondence or relevant subscription records, when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, respond to a valid legal request, protect users, investigate fraud or misuse, or establish and defend legal claims.
Asha Cara does not operate a cloud database containing users’ financial records. We generally do not possess those records and cannot provide remote access to them.
Google independently controls information that it processes through Google Play, Google Play Billing or other Google services.
We may update this Privacy Policy when the App, applicable law or services used by the App change.
The updated policy will appear on this page with a new Last updated date. If a change materially affects how personal information is handled, we will provide additional notice or request consent where required.
This policy and the Google Play Data Safety information will be reviewed before adding advertising, analytics, cloud storage or any other material online data processing feature.
For privacy questions, support requests or questions about information voluntarily sent to us, contact:
Aarti Mane, the individual developer and operator of the Asha Cara app, established in Ireland.
Email: ashacara.appsupport@gmail.com
4 , Fairhill house , 21-22, Fairhill road Lower, Claddagh , Galway , Ireland.
You do not need to contact us to access, manage or delete financial information stored inside the App. That information is controlled directly by you through the App’s Settings.
Asha Cara: Budget Planner is a budgeting, organisational and educational tool.
It does not provide banking services, payment accounts, money transfers, loans, credit, insurance, investment services or regulated financial advice.
Information, calculations, forecasts and insights shown by the App are for personal planning purposes. They should not be treated as professional financial, legal, tax or investment advice.