Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 June 2026

The short version: Awwab has no servers and no user accounts. Everything you create in the app — prayers, settings, journal entries, progress — lives in your own private iCloud, synced by Apple across your devices. We don’t collect, see, sell, or store your data, because we never receive it. The Awwab apps (iPhone, Apple Watch, and Android) contain no ads and no tracking. This website, awwab.app, does show Google ads on its browser-based Knowledge & Trivia games — see section 6.

This policy explains what information the Awwab app (“Awwab”, “the app”, “we”, “us”) handles, where it lives, and the choices you have. By using Awwab you agree to this policy.

1. We don’t run servers or accounts

Awwab does not have a backend of its own. You don’t create an account, and you don’t give us an email or password. The app works against your device and your personal Apple iCloud — that’s it. Because we operate no servers that receive your content, we have no database of users to breach, sell, or hand over.

2. What the app stores, and where

Prayer logs, streaks, statistics, app settings, journal/Heal content, and your spiritual journey. Stored on your device and synced through your private iCloud database (Apple CloudKit) so your data follows you to your other devices, including Apple Watch. This is your iCloud — only you can access it, under your Apple ID.
Location. Awwab uses your location on your device to calculate accurate prayer times and the direction of the Qibla. Your coordinates may be saved locally and in your own iCloud so the app keeps working offline and on your Watch. Your location is never transmitted to us or to any third party.
App-blocking selections (the Shield). When you choose apps to limit until you’ve prayed, this uses Apple’s Screen Time / Family Controls framework. Your selection is represented by opaque tokens managed by Apple and stays on your device — Awwab (and therefore we) cannot see which apps you picked.
Notifications. Prayer reminders and check-ins are scheduled locally on your device. No push server is involved and we send nothing to you.
Cycle / period tracking (if you use it). Stored locally and in your own iCloud only. It is not written to Apple Health and is never shared.

3. On Android, everything stays on your device

The Android version of Awwab does not use iCloud or any cloud account. Your prayers, settings, journal, progress, and all other content are stored only on your device — the app works fully offline, and nothing is transmitted to us or to any third party. Your data leaves the phone only if you choose to back it up yourself (for example through your own device backup). The principles below apply on both platforms.

4. Reaching an accountability partner

In the Heal feature you can save a trusted person’s phone number to reach them quickly. That number is stored only on your device and is used solely to open your own Phone, Messages, or WhatsApp app when you tap to contact them. We never receive or transmit it. If you choose to message them, that conversation happens entirely inside those apps under their own privacy terms.

5. What the app does not collect

No analytics or usage tracking SDKs.
No advertising or ad identifiers in the app.
No third-party trackers or data brokers.
No email, password, name, or account profile.
No selling or sharing of personal data — there is nothing to sell.

6. Third-party services

In the app: Awwab relies only on Apple’s on-device frameworks and services — iCloud / CloudKit (sync & sharing), Screen Time / Family Controls (the Shield), Core Location (prayer times & Qibla), and local Notifications — all governed by Apple’s Privacy Policy. Prayer times are calculated using an open-source library (adhan) that runs entirely on your device and makes no network connections. If you choose to contact a partner, your phone, Messages, or WhatsApp app may be opened — those are governed by their own policies.

On this website (awwab.app): the pages here, including the browser-based Knowledge & Trivia games, use Google AdSense to display ads. Google and its advertising partners may set cookies and process device and usage data to serve and measure those ads, as described in Google’s advertising & cookies notice. You can review and limit ad personalisation at Google My Ad Center. Where required (for example in the EEA, UK, and Switzerland), you will be asked to consent before non-essential advertising cookies are set. This applies to the website only — the Awwab apps remain free of ads and tracking.

Qur’an content — the Quran Foundation APIs. Awwab uses the Quran Foundation APIs — the developer platform behind Quran.com and QuranReflect — to show Qur’an verse text and translations in the browser-based Knowledge & Trivia games. When you choose to open a verse after a question (by tapping “Listen & read the ayah”), the Arabic text and translation for the referenced ayah(s) are fetched live, over an encrypted HTTPS/TLS connection, only at the moment you tap. This Qur’an content is shown unmodified and in its original context; it is not stored beyond your current browsing session, and we do not bundle or redistribute it. The recitation audio (from your chosen reciter) is streamed from an open Qur’an audio CDN (everyayah). To deliver the verse your device’s IP address is shared with those services, exactly as with any media you open — but we send them nothing about you, build no advertising profile from this content, and never use it to train AI. No personal data about you is sent to the Quran Foundation APIs. Questions about Qur’an content can be sent to support@awwab.app, and we respond to security incidents within 24 hours.

Newsletter & contact forms. The website has two optional forms. If you join our launch list, we store the email address you submit — only with your explicit consent — solely to send you one notification when Awwab launches. If you use the contact form, we store your message, your email, and any name you provide, solely to reply to you. These submissions are sent over an encrypted connection to our own private database (Supabase), are protected so they cannot be read publicly, and are never sold, shared, or used for advertising. You can ask us to delete your email or message at any time at support@awwab.app. Aside from these opt-in forms and Google’s ad serving, the website does not ask you to sign in or collect personal data about you.

7. Children

Awwab is a general-audience app intended for a broad audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children — in fact, we do not knowingly collect information from anyone.

8. Keeping and deleting your data

Because your data lives in your own iCloud and on your device, you are in control of it:

Delete content within the app to remove it.
Delete the app to remove its on-device data.
Remove Awwab’s iCloud data via Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage on your Apple device.

We hold no copy of your data, so there is nothing for us to delete on our side.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or delete personal data a company holds about you. Awwab holds none — your information stays with you and Apple. If you have any question about your privacy, contact us and we’ll help however we can.

10. Changes to this policy

If we change how the app handles information, we’ll update this page and the “last updated” date above. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect.

11. Contact

Questions about privacy? Email support@awwab.app.