Privacy Policy

Salah — Prayer Times · Effective 10 August 2026

Short version: Salah does not have accounts, does not require sign-up, and does not sell your data. Prayer times, tracker history, tasbeeh counts, and preferences stay on your device. To keep the app free, app screens display anchored banner ads from Google AdMob. Every banner request asks for non-personalized advertising and Restricted Data Processing. AdMob still processes a limited amount of ad-related information (see section 7). Anonymous crash reports and usage analytics also flow to Google Firebase so we can fix bugs and understand how people use the app.

Who we are

Salah — Prayer Times ("the app") is developed and maintained by Qadeer Ikram. For questions about this policy or your data, email qadeerikram2@gmail.com.

Data we handle

1. Location

The app asks for location permission to calculate accurate prayer times, Qibla direction, and Hijri date for your city. Your coordinates:

Are used only on your device to run the astronomical calculations.
Are stored locally so the app remembers your city between launches.
Are never transmitted to us or to any third party. There is no server behind this app that receives your location.

You can decline the location permission and enter a city manually instead. You can change or clear your saved location any time from Settings.

2. Prayer, tasbeeh, and Qaza tracking

Every checkbox, counter, and streak stays in local storage on your phone. Nothing about your prayer habits, tasbeeh sessions, or Qaza record is sent off your device. Uninstalling the app deletes all of it.

3. Downloaded content

Hadith collections and azan audio files are fetched from public content delivery networks (Internet Archive, jsDelivr) when you tap Download. These downloads are anonymous HTTP requests; no account or identifier is attached. The downloaded content is cached in the app's private storage on your device.

4. Notifications

Prayer reminders are scheduled locally on your phone using Android's alarm system. The app has no server that pushes notifications to you. If you disable notification permission, prayer reminders won't fire but the rest of the app works normally.

5. Crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics)

When the app crashes or hits an unexpected error, an anonymous report is sent to Google Firebase Crashlytics containing:

The exception type and stack trace
The app version
Device model and OS version
A random installation ID that lets us count unique users but cannot identify you personally

These reports help us find and fix bugs. They do not contain your name, email, location, prayer history, or any personal content. Google's handling of this data is governed by the Firebase Privacy Policy.

6. Usage analytics (Firebase Analytics)

The app records anonymous usage events so we can understand which features are used and improve the experience. This includes:

App opens and session duration
App version, device type, OS version, country (from IP-level geo, not GPS)
A random installation ID (the same one Crashlytics uses)

We do not log your prayer history, tasbeeh counts, city, coordinates, or any content you view inside the app. Analytics data is processed by Google Firebase under their privacy terms.

7. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The app is free of charge. To keep it that way, we display anchored banner ads from Google AdMob throughout app screens, including onboarding.

To deliver and measure ads and prevent fraud, AdMob may collect:

Your advertising ID (Google Play services ID) — a resettable, non-permanent identifier managed by Android
Approximate IP address and general geographic location (country / city, not GPS coordinates)
Device information (model, OS, screen size)
Interactions with ads shown in the app (impressions, clicks)

Every banner request asks Google for non-personalised advertising and enables Restricted Data Processing. Ads are contextual rather than based on your past behaviour. Google and eligible ad partners may still process limited device, network, measurement, and fraud-prevention information to provide advertising under Google's advertising policies and the Google Privacy Policy.

Content filtering. Ad requests use Google's most conservative G-rated content setting. Publisher-level category controls are managed separately in the AdMob console. If you see an ad you feel does not belong here, please screenshot it and email us so we can investigate.

Your advertising privacy. The app does not request personalised ads. Where European rules require consent for device storage or access, Google's User Messaging Platform displays a consent form before ads are requested. Required users can review or change their choice later from Settings → Ad privacy choices. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads.

What we do NOT do

No user accounts — no email, name, or password is ever collected.
No selling of your data — ad revenue comes from ads being shown, not from selling identifying information about you.
No reading of contacts, calendar, photos, SMS, or call logs.
No background location tracking. Location is read only when the app is open and you're setting your city or opening the Qibla compass.

Children's privacy

The app is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect any information from children. Because the app has no accounts and no user-generated content, there is no mechanism by which a child could share personal information with us.

Your choices

Turn off analytics and crash reporting: currently these can only be disabled by uninstalling the app. A future update will add an opt-out toggle in Settings.
Clear all local data: Android Settings → Apps → Salah → Storage → Clear data. This resets the app to a fresh state and deletes all local tracking history.
Delete the app: uninstalling removes everything stored locally. Firebase retains aggregated analytics for up to 14 months per Google's retention policy.

Permissions the app requests

ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION / ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION — for accurate prayer times and Qibla direction. Optional.
POST_NOTIFICATIONS (Android 13+) — for prayer time reminders. Optional.
SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM — for reminders that fire at exactly the right minute. Optional.
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED — so prayer reminders survive a phone restart.
FOREGROUND_SERVICE — so notifications keep working when the app is closed.
INTERNET — for downloading hadith and azan audio.
READ_MEDIA_AUDIO — only if you choose the "Custom" azan option to pick an MP3 from your device.

Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to how the app handles data, this page will be updated and the "Effective" date at the top will change. Major changes will be announced in the Play Store release notes.

Contact

Questions, deletion requests, or feedback: qadeerikram2@gmail.com

This policy is written in plain language on purpose. If any wording is unclear, please email and I'll happily explain.