Terms of Use
The deal between you and Road Story Wala, the maker of the Road Stories app, in plain words.
Last updated 11 November 2026.
- Drive safely. The app is voice only so your eyes stay on the road.
- Our stories are true to the best of our research, but places change. Check before you visit.
- Credits pay for routes and stories. They have a use-by date and are not cash.
- The stories and voices are ours. Enjoy them; please do not copy or sell them.
1. Safety comes first
Road Stories talks; you drive. Set it up before you start or when you are stopped. Never read or tap the screen while driving. Follow the traffic rules, and your own judgement, over anything the app says. A story about a place is not a direction to go there.
2. About our stories
Every story is researched from at least two trusted sources: old gazetteers, inscriptions, archaeology reports, newspapers and books. Legends are told as legends. We work hard to get things right, but history is argued over, and opening times, roads and buildings change. If you find a mistake, tell us and we will fix it. The app does not give medical, legal, religious or travel safety advice.
3. Credits
You buy credits in packs through Google Play. Each pack shows how long its credits last ("use within 3 months", for example). Credits that are not used by then expire. Credits are not money: they cannot be cashed out, transferred to someone else or exchanged for anything outside the app.
Refunds for purchases follow Google Play's refund policy and the law of India. Credits already spent on a route or a story are not refunded.
4. Routes, cities and free ride
- Trip: one journey on a route, there and back, within 3 days.
- Own: any number of drives on that route for 12 months, including new stories we add.
- Each purchase is for one language. Another language is a separate purchase.
- A route includes its road, the small towns on it, and the most popular stories of the cities at its ends. The route page shows exactly what is included before you buy.
- Free ride: without a route, each story you listen to past its first 15 seconds costs 0.2 credit, up to a daily limit shown in the app.
- Free Trip each month: one route a month, up to the value shown in the app. It does not carry over.
We may change prices for future purchases. Something you already bought keeps the terms it was bought with.
5. Your phone, your data
We keep your data on your phone, as our Privacy Policy explains. Because there is no account, keep your phone safe: if it is lost and not backed up, what is on it may be lost too, except purchases recorded by Google Play.
6. Our stories and voices
The stories, voices, maps and app belong to Road Story Wala and the people who license them to us. You may listen and share your experience freely. Please do not copy, record, resell or republish the stories or audio, or try to take apart the app or its downloads.
7. Fair use
Use the app for your own travels. Do not misuse it, overload our servers, or try to get credits or routes you did not pay for. If someone does, we may stop their access.
8. Things we cannot promise
We do our best to keep the app working, the stories accurate and the downloads available, but we cannot promise the app will always work everywhere: there may be no signal, the phone may stop it to save battery, or a story may be missing. As far as the law allows, we are not responsible for losses that come from using the app, and our total responsibility to you is limited to what you paid us in the last 3 months.
9. Changes
We may update these terms as the app grows. When we make an important change, we will tell you in the app and ask you to agree again before you continue.
10. The law
These terms follow the law of India. Any dispute goes to the courts of Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Questions
Write to hello@roadstorywala.app.
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