Awwal Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 13, 2026

Awwal is a prayer-times, worship-planning, and mindful screen-time app. This policy explains what information Awwal uses, where it is stored, and the limited circumstances in which it leaves your device.

Summary

• Awwal does not require an account, sign-in, name, email address, or phone number.

• Awwal does not use advertising, analytics SDKs, tracking, or remote telemetry.

• Your worship plan, completions, streaks, settings, covenant, selected-app shielding configuration, and reminders are stored on your device.

• To obtain prayer times, Awwal sends coordinates and calculation settings to AlAdhan. It does not send an account, device identifier, name, email address, or your worship history with that request.

Information Awwal uses

Information stored on your device

Awwal stores the following information locally in its app storage and App Group storage so the app and its Screen Time extensions can work together:

• worship tasks, schedules, completions, streaks, and preferences;

• prayer-time calculation settings, manual location entries, the most recently available device coordinate, and cached prayer-time results;

• your selected app or category shielding configuration, handled through Apple's Family Controls and Screen Time frameworks;

• local reminder and notification preferences; and

• optional content you choose to create in the app, such as a founding covenant or signature.

This information is not uploaded to an Awwal server because Awwal does not operate one for the app.

Location and prayer-time requests

If you allow location access, Awwal requests your location while you use the app to calculate relevant prayer times. You can instead enter a location manually.

When Awwal needs prayer-time data that is not already cached, it sends your latitude, longitude, selected calculation method, and selected Asr school to AlAdhan at api.aladhan.com. The request does not include an account, name, email address, advertising identifier, device identifier, worship tasks, completions, or streaks. Prayer-time results are cached locally to reduce repeat requests.

AlAdhan is an independent service. Its handling of request data is governed by its own terms and privacy practices.

Notifications

If you enable notifications, Awwal schedules local notifications on your device for prayer times, worship windows, reminders, or streak alerts. Awwal does not use a remote push-notification server.

Screen Time and Family Controls

With your permission, Awwal uses Apple's Family Controls, Managed Settings, and Device Activity frameworks to apply the app and category selections you make. These Apple-provided frameworks enable the screen-time features; Awwal does not sell, transmit, or use that information for advertising or tracking.

Camera

Some builds may include an optional camera-based worship-verification capability. If it is available and you choose to use it, Awwal requests camera access only for that feature. Photos are stored locally and are not uploaded by Awwal. The current MVP does not present this feature.

How Awwal uses information

Awwal uses local information to provide the app's core features: displaying prayer times, organizing worship tasks, calculating streaks, showing reminders, and applying the Screen Time controls you configure. Location is used to request prayer times. Awwal does not use information for behavioral advertising, cross-app tracking, profiling, or sale of personal data.

Sharing

Awwal shares only the prayer-time request described above with AlAdhan when a cache refresh is needed. Awwal does not otherwise share personal information with advertisers, analytics providers, data brokers, or social networks.

We may disclose information if required by applicable law or a valid legal process. Because Awwal generally has no server-side copy of your app data, there is ordinarily no account data for us to disclose.

Retention and deletion

Most Awwal data remains on your device until you change it, reset it through an available in-app control, or remove the app and its data through iOS. Cached prayer-time data is retained locally so the app can work with limited connectivity.

You can deny or revoke Location, Camera, Notifications, or Screen Time permissions at any time in iOS Settings. Revoking Screen Time permission may prevent Awwal's shielding features from working.

Children's privacy

Awwal is not directed to children under the age at which parental consent is required in their jurisdiction. Awwal does not knowingly collect account information from children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes materially, Awwal will update the effective date and publish the updated policy with the app's support materials.

Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact the developer using the support contact listed on Awwal's App Store product page.