- We ask for no account and no sign-in, and we do not know your name unless you write it yourself.
- Your location never leaves your device — prayer times and qibla are computed on it.
- We do not sell your data or share it with advertisers, and there is no ad tracking.
- We collect an anonymous usage statistic (how many minutes you use the app, and how many days you return to it) — and you can turn it off with one tap in Settings → Privacy. Full detail below.
What is stored, and where?
Everything in the table below stays on your device alone and is sent to no server. What is sent — the usage statistic, and nothing else — has its own section after it, so that what stays is never confused with what leaves.
| Item | Where it is stored | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Your chosen city, calculation method and madhab | On your device only | To compute prayer times |
| Per-prayer minute adjustments | On your device only | To match your local mosque |
| Text size, display mode and language | On your device only | Your preferences |
| Reading position and bookmarks | On your device only | To resume where you stopped |
| Dhikr counters and the worship log | On your device only | Your personal tracking |
| Name and photo if you enter them in “My details” | On your device only | Entirely optional |
| Recitation files you download | On your device only | So they play without a network |
When you uninstall the app, all of this is deleted with it.
Usage statistics — the only thing that leaves your device
So the app owner can tell which of its sections serve people and which are abandoned, the app sends a single usage record for your device, which is updated rather than accumulated. This is everything in it, with nothing added:
| Sent | Why |
|---|---|
| A random id generated on your device | So you are recognised as the same device next time. It is not your phone number, not an advertising id, and it links you to no other app. |
| First-run date, and the last time you opened the app | To tell whether it is still in use |
| Total time in the app, session count, and how many days you came back | To measure what helps and what bores |
| Time in each section (Quran, adhkar, children…) | To know which section deserves development |
| The prayer-times city you chose, the interface language, and the app version | To know where the app spreads and in which language |
| Name, phone and email if you wrote them yourself in “My details” | Entirely optional; the app works fully without them |
And what is never sent:
- Any verse you read or surah you opened.
- Any dhikr or supplication you chose, or any count you tallied.
- Any fatwa you searched for or read.
- Your location coordinates — not once.
- Your profile photo if you added one; it stays on your device.
The dividing line is deliberate: knowing that you spent forty minutes in the Quran helps develop the app; knowing which verse you read spies on your relationship with your Lord, and this app does not do that.
Turn it off with one tap: Settings → Privacy → “Share usage statistics”. Once off, nothing leaves your device afterwards.
The data is stored in Google Cloud Firestore, inside a project owned by the app owner alone. Nobody else sees it, and it is neither sold nor shared.
Permissions and why
| Permission | Why | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Location (approximate or precise) | To detect your city automatically, for the qibla bearing, and to show nearby mosques. Coordinates are processed on the device and are never sent to us. | No — you can pick your city from a list instead |
| Notifications | For adhan and adhkar alerts | No |
| Exact alarm | So the adhan arrives exactly on time — an alert minutes late loses its meaning | No |
| Vibration | On completing a tasbih round or aligning the qibla | No |
| Compass (sensor) | On the qibla screen only | No — the bearing shows without a compass |
| Internet | To download recitation and stream radio when you ask, map tiles, nearby mosques, and the published app settings | No — every core function works without a network |
| Boot completed | To reschedule adhan alerts after the device restarts | No |
Third-party services
The app is offline at its core. These are the only points at which it contacts an outside party — and in each of them we send no personal data about you:
| Party | When | What reaches it |
|---|---|---|
| Google Firebase (Firestore and Storage) | To read the published app settings, banner and general announcement. The notification is raised locally on your device; we do not use push messaging (Cloud Messaging) | IP address and an anonymous device token. No name, no email, no location. |
| EveryAyah.com | When you ask to download a surah recitation | IP address and the audio-file request. The download happens from your device directly. |
| MP3Quran.net and the radio streaming servers | When you play a Quran radio station from the station list | IP address and the stream request. Streaming happens from your device directly, and starts only when you tap. |
| OpenStreetMap | When you open the location map or the nearby-mosques screen | IP address and the coordinates of the displayed area, to fetch map tiles and places. |
| Fatwa and source websites | When you explicitly tap a link | The site opens in your device browser, governed by that site’s own policy. |
Google’s privacy policy: policies.google.com/privacy
Children
The app contains a children’s section. We collect no data from children, there is no behaviourally targeted advertising, and there are no in-app purchases — in line with the Google Play Families policy and COPPA.
Religious content
The app transmits, it does not issue rulings: every religious text in it is quoted verbatim from its source, together with the body that issued it, its reference, its grading and a link to the source. If you find an error, report it to the email below.
Ads and administrative alerts
The app may show a banner managed by the app owner himself (an announcement or a reminder). We use no third-party ad networks such as AdMob, we do not track your behaviour to show an ad, and we build no advertising profile about you. You can switch these alerts off entirely in the app settings.
Your rights
- Access and deletion: your data is on your device — erase it from the app settings, or by uninstalling.
- Objection: stop notifications or any permission at any time from the system settings.
- If optional cloud sync is added in future it will be with your explicit consent, which you can withdraw, deleting your data entirely.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes we update this page and change the “last updated” date at the top. Any material change in data collection will be announced inside the app itself before it takes effect.
Contact
For questions, or to report an error in a religious text or in the app: contact@servijo.com