How It Works — Vaaruna

Your Journey

Six steps to your first reward

Sign up with Google

Download Vaaruna from Google Play and sign in with your Google account. We use your name and profile photo for your public identity — nothing else is required to start.

Your email address is used solely for authentication and important account notifications. We never spam.

Start in Civic Mode

Every account starts here — 10 free votes a day, every category, no strings attached. Build a Civic Score and climb a 6-tier rank ladder that raises your daily vote cap as you go.

Vote on polls

Browse polls across politics, the economy, sports, and more. Each poll is a binary Yes/No question. One vote per poll, per device.

Climb the rank ladder

Every vote builds your permanent Civic Score, which climbs six ranks: Voice, Torch, Pillar, Guardian, Champion, Icon. No pass to earn — each rank raises your daily vote cap (up to 40 a day at Icon) and unlocks real status: a rank badge, your rank shown on comments, pinning your own comments, a verified tick, a gold profile frame.

Reach Icon, claim ₹5,000

Icon is the top rank. Reaching it unlocks a one-time ₹5,000 reward — limited to the first 10 members who ever get there, first claimed first paid, never by chance.

Or race the monthly top-5

Separately, every calendar month the 5 highest Civic Scores split 95% of that month's real platform revenue — 35% / 25% / 18% / 12% / 10%. Scores reset on the 1st, so it's a fresh race every month, decided purely by who votes most consistently.

Important: Both rewards are subject to eligibility verification. Accounts found to have violated integrity rules (multi-accounting, device spoofing, etc.) are not eligible and may be permanently banned.

One Mode, No Catches

Everything, from your first vote

There's no pass to earn and no separate mode to unlock. Every account gets the same thing, immediately.

10 free votes a day to start, growing to 40 a day at the top rank
Builds your permanent Civic Score from vote one
Every category, unlocked from day one
Full voting history, preserved forever
Six-rank ladder — Voice through Icon
Icon rank: one-time ₹5,000 for the first 10 ever
Monthly top-5 civic scorers share real revenue

Payouts

How cash rewards are paid

Two ways to earn — one ladder milestone, one monthly race. Both pay out the same way.

Become eligible

Either reach Icon rank while a slot remains among the first 10 ever, or land in that month's top 5 Civic Scores when the month settles.

Claim in the app

Tap "Claim" and enter your payout details — a UPI ID for either reward, or a bank account and IFSC as an alternative for the Icon reward. This information is stored securely and used solely to transfer your reward.

Verification

Our team verifies your account for integrity compliance — ensuring the rank or standing was achieved fairly, without multi-accounting or other violations.

Paid by UPI

Once verified, the reward is transferred directly to your UPI ID. Your claim is never refused for being late — only ever delayed by the review.

How Vaaruna works