Istiqamah: Prayer Tracker (“the app”) is made by Made by Waleed (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what the app does with your information.
Summary
Istiqamah has no ads, analytics or trackers, and no account with us. Your data stays on your phone. If you turn on the optional Google Drive sync, a copy goes to a hidden folder in your own Google Drive, and only the app can read it. We (the developer) can never see your data.
What is stored on your phone
- The prayers you mark as done each day.
- Make-up (qada) prayer counts that you enter yourself.
- Your settings: calculation method, Asr setting, minute adjustments, chosen city or location, reminder choices, theme and Hijri date adjustment.
This information is stored only in the app’s private storage on your device. It is never sent to us or to anyone else.
Location
If you tap “Use my location”, the app asks Android for permission and reads your approximate location once. It is used only on your phone to calculate prayer times and the Qibla direction. The coordinates are saved on your phone with your settings so times can be calculated again without asking. They are never sent anywhere, and the app does not look up the name of your place online. You can choose a city from a built-in list instead and never grant location permission. The Qibla compass uses your phone’s compass sensors, and only while the Qibla screen is open.
Sync across phones (optional, Google sign-in)
You can sign in with your Google account in Settings → Sync across phones. Sync is off until you sign in.
- What is synced: your prayer log (which prayers you marked on each day, and when you changed them) and your Qada counts. Settings, location and reminders are not synced.
- Where it goes: a single file (istiqamah-sync.json) in the hidden app data folder of your own Google Drive. The app asks only for the drive.appdata permission. That permission covers this hidden folder and nothing else, so the app cannot see your other Drive files.
- What we receive: nothing. The app talks directly to Google. There is no server of ours, and the developer never receives your data or your email address. The app shows your email address only in Settings, so you know which account is signed in.
- Google: Google stores the file and handles sign-in under the Google Privacy Policy. The data is sent over an encrypted connection (HTTPS).
- Stop syncing: tap Sign out in Settings. Your data stays on the phone.
- Delete the synced copy: open Google Drive on the web → Settings (gear) → Manage apps → Istiqamah → Options → Delete hidden app data. Then remove the app’s access at https://myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Notifications and alarms
Prayer reminders are scheduled on your phone by Android. No server is involved. If you allow “Alarms & reminders”, reminders can arrive at the exact time. You can turn reminders off at any time in the app or in Android settings.
Home-screen widget
The optional widget shows the next prayer and today’s times. It reads the same information stored on your phone and shows nothing else.
Backup, restore and export
“Save backup” and “Export as CSV” create a file on your phone and open Android’s share menu. You choose where it goes (for example Google Drive, email or another app). The app itself does not upload anything and we never receive the file. Once you share a file with another app or service, that service’s own privacy policy applies. “Restore” lets you pick a backup file you saved earlier.
Third parties
The app contains no advertising, analytics or tracking services. If you choose to sign in with Google, the app uses Google Sign-In and Google Drive only to store your synced data in your own Drive. Nothing is shared with anyone else.
Children
The app does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.
Deleting your data
Clear the app’s storage in Android settings, or uninstall the app, and everything stored by the app is removed from your phone. Backup files you saved elsewhere stay where you saved them until you delete them.
If you used sync, also delete the hidden app data from Google Drive, as described above.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new date.
Contact
Made by Waleed
Email: support@madebywaleed.com
Website: https://madebywaleed.com