Privacy Policy
1. Who we are
“Rafiq” is a free Islamic app for prayer times, Adhan, the Holy Quran, Azkar, duas and an Islamic library, available on Google Play under the package name com.rafiq.islamic.app. You can reach us anytime via the Support page.
2. Data we do NOT collect
- We do not collect your name, email, phone number, or any personal identifier.
- We do not require account creation or sign-in.
- We do not collect or retain location data on any servers.
- We use no tracking, analytics, or advertising tools (no ad or analytics SDKs whatsoever).
- We share no data with any third party for marketing or advertising purposes.
3. Location (processed on-device only)
The app requests location permission for a single purpose: computing accurate prayer times for your location.
- Your coordinates are used momentarily in on-device computation, and a copy is saved locally in the app's private storage on your device.
- Your location is never sent to our servers — we do not operate any user-data servers at all.
- You may deny the location permission and pick your city manually from Settings; you can also revoke the permission anytime in system settings.
- Background location (if you grant it) is used only to refresh prayer times automatically when you move between cities, entirely on-device.
4. Notifications & exact alarms
- The app requests notification permission (to show Adhan and Azkar alerts with their images and sounds) and exact-alarm permission so reminders fire precisely at prayer times.
- These alerts are enabled with your consent and can be customized or fully disabled from the Reminders screen in the app or from system settings.
- Notification content is generated locally on the device and includes no data from the internet about you.
5. Local storage on your device
The app stores the following locally, in its private space on your device only:
- Your selected city/location and calculation-method settings.
- Reminder settings (Adhan, voice reminders, their schedules, quiet periods).
- Bookmarks and favorites in the Quran, and reading progress.
- General preferences (dark/light mode, chosen muezzin, and others).
This data never leaves your device and is permanently deleted when you uninstall the app or use the “delete my data” option described below.
6. Internet connections
The app connects to the internet for a single purpose: fetching tafsir (exegesis) from the public Quran.com service via its official API (api.quran.com) when you request a verse's tafsir.
- The request is limited to the surah and verse numbers only (e.g.,
2:255) and contains no identifier about you or your device. - We send no user data to that server, and the app receives no personal data from it.
- Quran.com's own privacy policy may apply to your use of that feature; you can use the entire app without this feature and without any internet connection.
7. Children
The app is intended for the general public and collects no data from any user — including children under 13 — because it performs no data collection at all.
8. Permissions requested and why
- Location (fine/coarse): to compute prayer times for your location automatically.
- Notifications: for visual and audio Adhan and Azkar alerts.
- Exact alarms: for precise timing of religious reminders (Adhan and dhikr).
- Background execution / wake lock: so Adhan and reminders keep playing on time even with the screen off.
- Run at startup: to reschedule reminders after a reboot so you never miss a prayer time.
9. Deleting your data
- All your data is local. You can delete everything via: device Settings → Apps → Rafiq → “Clear data”, or simply by uninstalling the app.
- We also provide a dedicated page explaining data deletion: Delete My Data.
- There is no data about you on any server for us to delete or transfer — because we hold no data about you at all.
10. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update the date above and publish the revised version on this page — keeping the app, as always, free of any data collection.
11. Contact
For any privacy questions, reach us via the Support & Contact page.