Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how Istiqamah ("we", "us", or "our") handles information when you use Istiqamah (the "App"). Istiqamah helps users build Islamic habits, prayer routines, Qur'an reading, reminders, family journeys, and related spiritual-growth routines.
Information You Provide
You may provide onboarding and app-use information such as your name, display name, goals, practice level, time commitment, habit completions, check-ins, reflections, reading progress, reminder settings, and family or child profile details if you choose to use family features.
Current app code stores this spiritual progress and settings data locally on your device. It is not uploaded to an Istiqamah backend in the current build.
Account and Sign-In Information
The App uses Clerk for authentication. If you sign in with Apple or Google, Clerk and the identity provider may process account information such as your email address, name or profile information made available by the provider, authentication identifiers, session information, and a Clerk user ID.
Apple and Google handle their sign-in flows under their own privacy policies.
Subscription and Purchase Information
Istiqamah uses Apple App Store payments and RevenueCat for subscriptions. Apple and RevenueCat may process the subscription product selected, purchase, renewal, trial, cancellation, refund, restore, entitlement status, App Store receipt, transaction information, and RevenueCat customer identifier. We use this information to load subscription products, complete purchases, Restore Purchases, and unlock Premium features.
Location Information
If you choose to enable location, Istiqamah requests foreground location access to calculate accurate prayer times and support Salah-related reminders and widgets. The app may store latitude, longitude, a readable location name, prayer calculation settings, and reminder preferences locally on your device.
The app does not declare background location access in the current build.
Camera and Photos
If you enable Salah Shield photo check, Istiqamah may request camera access so you can photograph your prayer mat as a confirmation step. Current app code checks whether a photo was taken or cancelled. It does not upload, retain, or process the photo after that flow completes.
Notifications
Istiqamah may request notification permission to send local reminders, such as prayer, adhkar, reflection, Qur'an, Sunnah, family, journey, or Focus Shield reminders. Notification schedules and preferences are stored locally on your device.
Local Storage and Widgets
Istiqamah stores app state locally on your device using local storage and shared app-group storage for widgets. This may include onboarding profile data, habit and worship-progress records, check-ins, reflections, family feature data, reminder preferences, Qur'an bookmarks, reading progress, Salah settings, and widget display data.
Qur'an Content API
The app fetches Qur'an text, translations, and transliteration content from the public alquran.cloud API. Requests to that service may include the requested surah, ayah, edition, and normal network information such as IP address handled by the service provider.
Data Sharing
We share information only as needed to provide app functionality:
- Clerk for authentication.
- Apple and Google for sign-in flows.
- Apple App Store and RevenueCat for subscriptions and entitlement management.
- Apple system services for location, notifications, camera, and StoreKit.
- alquran.cloud for public Qur'an content requests.
We do not sell personal information.
Data Retention
Local app data remains on your device until you clear it, reset the app, sign out using cleanup flows, or delete the app. Authentication and subscription records may be retained by Clerk, Apple, Google, and RevenueCat according to their policies and legal/accounting requirements.
Account Deletion and Data Requests
In the app, Settings > Delete Account offers permanent account deletion when supported by the sign-in provider, explains that App Store subscriptions are managed separately in Apple subscription settings, and offers local device data cleanup.
To request deletion or access for account-related data processed through Istiqamah, contact [email protected].
Children's Privacy
Istiqamah includes family and child-profile features intended to be used by a parent or guardian. Child profile details entered in the app are stored locally in the current build.
Security
We use platform and third-party services designed to protect authentication, subscription, and app data. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted at the Privacy Policy URL used by the App and App Store listing.
Contact
Istiqamah
Postal correspondence available on request via support email.
Contact: [email protected]