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Privacy Policy

Effective Date: 12 June 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to the Prayer Times: Quran & Qibla mobile application (“App”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). It explains what information the App accesses, stores, uses, or shares to provide prayer times, Qibla direction, prayer reminders, location selection, Adhkar progress, and app preferences.

1. Information We Access or Store

Prayer Times: Quran & Qibla does not sell your personal data.

The App may access or store the following information:

a. Location Data

If you choose automatic location detection, the App may access your approximate or precise device location. This is used to:

Your selected location, including latitude, longitude, city name, country name, and last updated time, may be stored locally on your device.

b. Manual Location Search

If you choose manual location selection, the city or place search runs against a city list bundled inside the App on your device. Your search text is not sent to a remote search service.

c. App Preferences

The App stores preferences locally on your device, including:

d. Prayer and Adhkar Progress

The App may store prayer reminder preferences and Adhkar progress locally on your device so your progress and settings remain available.

e. Feedback Data

If you submit feedback from within the App, your rating, selected feedback categories, written feedback, app version, device model, and Android version may be sent through your selected email app to our support email address.

This information is used only to review feedback, fix issues, and improve the App.

f. Firebase Analytics, Crash Reporting, Performance, and Messaging Data

The App uses Firebase services provided by Google, including Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, Firebase Performance Monitoring, and Firebase Cloud Messaging.

These services may automatically collect limited technical and diagnostic information such as app version, app-instance identifiers, Firebase installation identifiers, crash logs, stack traces, relevant app state at the time of a crash, device model, operating system version, performance metrics, app start time, network request latency, CPU/memory usage, masked IP address or country-level location derived from IP address, notification interaction events, and Firebase messaging related identifiers.

This information is used to understand app stability, diagnose crashes, monitor performance, improve user experience, and support notification or messaging functionality. We do not use this information to sell personal data.

g. IP-Based Location (Skip/Offline Fallback)

If you choose not to grant GPS location permissions or click “Skip for now” during setup, the App may use your device’s IP address to estimate your approximate location (city and country). This approximate location is used solely to compute local Prayer Times and Qibla direction without requiring precise GPS coordinates.

2. How We Use Information

We use information only to provide and improve App functionality, including:

3. Third-Party Services

The App may rely on third-party services for platform and location-related functionality, including:

These services may process limited information such as location requests, device/service identifiers, diagnostics, or network information as needed to provide their functionality.

You can review Google’s privacy and service documentation here:

4. Permissions Used by the App

The App requests the following Android permissions:

a. Internet and Network Access

android.permission.INTERNET
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Used to check internet availability and support location lookup, optional content downloads, and audio recitation streaming.

b. Location Access

android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION

Used only when you choose location-based features such as automatic location detection or Qibla direction.

c. Notifications

android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS

Used to show prayer reminders, Adhan notifications, and related alerts.

d. Exact Alarm Scheduling

android.permission.SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM

Used to schedule prayer reminders at accurate prayer times.

e. Boot Completed Access

android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED

Used to reschedule prayer reminders after the device restarts.

f. Wake Lock and Vibration

android.permission.WAKE_LOCK
android.permission.VIBRATE

Used to help deliver prayer reminders reliably and provide vibration alerts when selected by the user.

g. Foreground Service (Media Playback)

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK

Used to play the Adhan or reminder sound reliably at the scheduled prayer time. When an alarm fires, the App starts a short-lived foreground service that shows a notification while the sound is playing, so the system does not stop playback part-way through. The service stops itself once the sound finishes or you dismiss the alarm. No audio is recorded and no media is uploaded.

h. Full Screen Notifications

android.permission.USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT

Used to show the full-screen Adhan alarm over the lock screen at prayer time, so the alert is visible when your device is locked. On Android 14 and later this requires your explicit approval, and the App will fall back to a normal notification if it is not granted.

i. Ignore Battery Optimizations (optional)

android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS

Used only if you choose to exempt the App from battery optimization, which helps prevent the system from delaying or suppressing prayer alarms. This is optional, is always your choice, and can be changed at any time in your device settings.

5. Local Storage and Data Deletion

Most App data is stored locally on your device. This includes selected location, prayer settings, alarm preferences, sound settings, Adhkar progress, bookmarks, and any Hadith or Tafsir content you chose to download.

You can delete locally stored App data by:

If you send feedback by email, that email is handled by your email provider and received by us for support purposes. You may contact us to request deletion of feedback emails you previously sent.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data.

Data may be processed by third-party services only when required for App functionality, such as location detection, platform services, content downloads, audio streaming, or user-initiated feedback email.

The App may also allow you to share Islamic content or feedback using Android’s share/email features. Sharing through those features is user-initiated and controlled by the app or service you choose.

7. Security

We take reasonable steps to protect user data and use secure communication where applicable. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Children’s Privacy

Prayer Times: Quran & Qibla is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If we become aware that a child has provided personal data, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this public privacy policy page. Continued use of the App after updates means you accept the revised policy.

10. Data Deletion

We do not create user accounts or store personal user profiles on our own servers. Location and preference data used by the app is stored locally on the user’s device and can be deleted by clearing the app data or uninstalling the app. Firebase data such as analytics, crash logs, performance data, and installation identifiers is handled according to Google Firebase retention and deletion practices.

11. Contact Us

If you have questions, concerns, or data deletion requests, contact us at:

askedthedev@gmail.com