Subam is a Tamil calendar app for Android published by Compiled Binary. This policy covers the Subam app. The studio’s general privacy policy covers this website.
The short version
- Every panchangam, festival, rasi palan, horoscope and Thirukkural calculation runs on your phone.
- No ads. No analytics. No crash reporting. Nothing is sold or shared.
- Signing in is optional. If you don’t sign in, Subam sends no personal data anywhere.
- If you do sign in, your settings and family dates are backed up so they follow you to another phone, and you can delete that backup at any time.
What stays on your phone
- Your choices: language, city, theme, text size, rasi, birth star, birth details, calculation method and reminder settings.
- Family members you add: name, relation, dates of birth, wedding and passing, birth time, birth star and thithi. Other days you add: a name you type, a star or thithi, and a Tamil month.
- If you tap Use my location: your phone’s approximate latitude and longitude, read once to work out sunrise and panchangam times. It is kept only on the phone, never sent to the studio, and never included in the cloud backup.
Unless you sign in, all of this stays in the app’s private storage on your device.
Optional sign-in and cloud backup
Settings → Account lets you sign in with Google or with an email address and password. Only if you do:
- Firebase Authentication (Google) receives your email address and, for Google sign-in, your display name, to identify your account.
- Cloud Firestore (Google) stores your app settings, your family members and other days, and your birth details under your private user ID, so they are restored when you sign in on another device. Only your own signed-in account can read it.
- Data is encrypted in transit. It is not used for advertising and is not shared with anyone else.
You can sign out at any time, or delete your account and its backup completely. See how to delete your Subam account.
Permissions
- Internet: used only for the optional sign-in and backup. Calculations never use the network.
- Approximate location (optional): asked only when you tap Use my location. You can pick a city instead.
- Notifications (optional): asked only when you turn on reminders. Reminders are created on the phone.
- Wake lock, boot completed and network state are added by Android’s WorkManager, which schedules the optional reminders.
Sharing
The share buttons create a picture or text (today’s panchangam, a greeting card, a rasi palan or a Thirukkural) and open Android’s share sheet. Nothing is sent unless you choose an app to send it to.
Device backups
Like most Android apps, Subam’s settings and family dates may be included in your own Google device backup if you have it turned on. That backup belongs to your Google account; the studio cannot see it. You can turn it off in Android settings.
Retention and deletion
The cloud backup is kept until you delete your account. Deleting it in the app removes it at once. If you can’t open the app, email the address below and it will be deleted within 30 days. Uninstalling the app removes everything stored on the phone.
Children
Subam is a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13. The studio does not knowingly collect personal information from children; if you believe a child has signed in, get in touch and the account will be deleted.
Third-party services
- Firebase Authentication and Cloud Firestore (Google), only if you sign in
- Google sign-in, only if you choose it
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions about privacy in Subam? Email support@compiledbinary.com.