Terms of Service

These Terms of Service govern the use of Castle and take effect when the app is downloaded, installed, or opened on an Android phone, Android TV, or Fire TV Stick. They exist to keep the service lawful, stable, and fair for everyone, and continued use signifies acceptance. The agreement is governed by the laws of the Republic of India, including the Copyright Act, 1957.

What Castle is

Castle is an Information Location Tool: a neutral search index that finds and organises links to content already public on third-party platforms across the open internet. Under Section 79 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, Castle is a passive intermediary protected by Safe Harbor. It hosts, uploads, transcodes, stores, and transmits no media files on its own infrastructure. Every indexed link, poster, and synopsis originates on an independent third-party server, and the works remain the property of their owners under the Copyright Act, 1957.

A free service

Castle is free to use, and the entire directory is open to every guest without registration. The app is sustained by light third-party advertising rather than a subscription, so no paywall stands between a viewer and the regional library. No fee, login, or membership is required to browse, play a title in 1080p, or move between a phone and a television.

Supported devices

Castle is engineered solely for the open Android ecosystem:

  1. Android smartphones, for everyday viewing.
  2. Android TVs, for the shared living-room experience.
  3. Fire TV Stick, which brings the app to any compatible television.

There is no version for iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, or other non-Android hardware, and it is not a native Windows or macOS application. On a desktop, a third-party Android emulator such as BlueStacks or LDPlayer will run the app, outside official support and with the stability factors virtualization introduces.

Eligibility and household responsibility

Because the index is broad and unfiltered, Castle is intended for users aged 18 and above, or for minors only under the active supervision of a parent or guardian. On a shared screen, such as a living-room Android TV or a communal Fire TV Stick, the adult who owns the device takes responsibility for the material accessed through it and for overseeing who may use it.

Acceptable use

The licence granted is personal, revocable, and non-commercial. A viewer may not resell or commercially exploit access, decompile or reverse-engineer the APK, embed the player or its streams in other sites or services, or run automated scrapers and bots against the index. Any attempt to disrupt or overload the service results in immediate blocking and may carry civil liability under applicable Indian cyber law.

Interruptions and jurisdiction

Castle is offered on an “as is” and “as available” basis, with no guarantee of uninterrupted service. Because the links resolve to third-party hosts, stream quality depends on those hosts and on the viewer's internet provider. During marquee events such as IPL matches or World Cup fixtures, upstream hosts may slow or fail, and some ISPs throttle traffic of their own accord; buffering, resolution drops, and mobile data charges then fall outside our liability. Disputes are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the competent courts of India, in New Delhi or Mumbai, and enquiries may be raised through our online support portal.