Effective 8 October 2026.
Generated from the in-app text (PrivacyPolicy.sections in app/src/main/java/com/apeiron/prayercutout/PrivacyPolicyScreen.kt and the English strings), so the two cannot drift apart. Regenerate with tools/privacy_sync.py rather than editing by hand. Google Play needs this text at a public URL (Play Console > App content > Privacy policy). OWNER ACTION: host it and paste the URL into Play Console.
Miqa has no internet access. The app doesn't request Android's internet permission, so it can't send anything anywhere by itself. There are no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking.
Everything Miqa uses stays on your phone. The only way anything leaves it is an email you choose to send yourself, from your own email app.
Your settings: how the ring and text look, their position, animations, reminders, sounds and vibration patterns, and the list of apps you picked for Hide in chosen apps. If you choose a recording for the adhan, Miqa keeps its own copy of that file in its private storage.
Your prayer time settings: calculation method, madhab, minute adjustments, and your location as latitude and longitude, if you set one.
A few small markers, such as whether you finished the introduction and whether you turned the ring on.
If you choose the Miqa wallpaper: a copy of the photo you picked, scaled to your screen. Reset all settings deletes it.
All of this is kept in Miqa's private storage on your phone. It is left out of Android's cloud backups and phone-to-phone transfers. To delete it, use Reset all settings in Settings, clear Miqa's storage in Android's settings, or uninstall Miqa.
Miqa asks only for approximate (city-level) location, never precise GPS location. It reads your location when you allow it and ask Miqa to use it, to calculate prayer times on your phone. Only the latitude and longitude are kept, on your phone, and they are never sent anywhere.
You don't have to allow location at all: you can search for your city or type coordinates in Settings, Location and method, instead.
Display over other apps: draws the ring around your camera. Miqa can't see or capture what is on your screen. It only uses the size and position of your camera cutout, the status bar's height, and whether the status bar is showing, which Android provides.
Notifications and foreground services: a silent status notification that lets Android keep the ring running, and, while a sound or long vibration plays, a notification with a Stop button, with your phone kept awake only until it ends.
Run at startup: puts the ring back and re-arms your reminders after your phone restarts, if the ring was on.
Alarms and reminders: lets reminders and the optional prayer-time sound arrive on the exact minute. Android allows the sound only with this.
Vibration: the optional prayer-time and reminder vibrations, in the pattern you choose, and small ticks while you adjust the ring.
Approximate location: see Location above.
Usage access (optional, off unless you allow it): see Hide in chosen apps below.
Accessibility service (optional, off unless you switch it on in Android's settings): only if you choose to show the ring on the lock screen this way. It draws the ring over the lock screen and nothing else. It does not read what is on your screen or what you type, and it performs no actions.
You can see the real state of each one in Settings, Permissions & access.
Hide during calls: Miqa checks only whether your phone is in call mode. It uses no phone permission and can't see phone numbers, contacts or anything about your calls.
Hide in chosen apps: with Usage access that you allow in Android's settings, Miqa checks which app is in front, about every second and a half while your screen is on, and compares it with the apps you picked. Nothing about the apps you use is recorded, stored or sent. You can withdraw Usage access at any time in Android's settings, and the feature simply stops.
Only when you send an email yourself. Miqa opens your email app with the message filled in, and nothing is sent until you press send there. You can read, change or delete every line first.
Contact support, Report a bug and Report a translation issue: the text you write, plus the app version, Android version, phone model and the app's language.
Contact support and Report a bug also include what Android itself recorded the last few times it stopped Miqa: the reason, how long ago, and whether the ring was running. This is about the app only, and it helps us find out why a ring disappeared.
Positioning report (Ring, Positioning), only after you confirm your ring is centred and agree to send it: your phone's make, brand, model and hardware code name; Android and app version; screen size, density, rotation and status bar height; the camera cutout data Android reports; the ring position Miqa calculated and your own ring position settings; the date (day only); and a random report number. It contains no name, location, account or identifier, and you can see exactly what is in it before sending.
These emails are used only to answer you and to improve automatic positioning for phones like yours. Ask and we will delete them. Your email provider handles the email itself under its own privacy policy.
When you confirm the ring fits your camera, or tap Rate Miqa, Miqa may ask Google Play to show its rating form. Google Play shows and handles that form under Google's privacy policy. Miqa doesn't receive your rating or what you write.
Miqa includes libraries listed in Settings, Licences. They run on your phone as part of Miqa, which has no internet access.
Miqa isn't directed at children, and it doesn't collect personal information from anyone.
If this policy changes, the new version comes with an app update, is noted in What's new, and carries a new effective date.
Questions or deletion requests: miqaapp@gmail.com
Effective 8 October 2026.