Sahar privacy policy

01. About Sahar

Sahar is a Qiyam and Fajr alarm app by Helmi Aouali (Rimelmi), the maker of Itqan. This policy covers Sahar (com.helm.sahar), its widgets and Apple Watch companion, and its pages on itqanquran.app. For privacy questions, write to support@itqanquran.app.

No Sahar account is required. The app has no advertising, tracking or analytics SDK. We do not sell personal data or receive your prayer history, saved location or alarm settings on a Sahar server.

02. What stays on your devices

Sahar stores your chosen city, coordinates and time zone, prayer calculation settings, alarms, sounds, mission preferences and completed-night records on your devices. These let the app calculate times, schedule alarms and show your history. Remembrance text and alarm audio are bundled with the app. Portable preferences and completed-night records may also sync to your private iCloud when enabled.

Widgets and alarm extensions use storage shared with Sahar on your iPhone. When you use the Apple Watch companion, prayer times, settings and mission progress pass between your paired devices through Apple’s WatchConnectivity. Sahar does not run a server for this transfer.

Your city and coordinates, prayer calculation method and local adjustments, Women mode, barcode fingerprint, Screen Time selections, permissions and unfinished missions remain on the device. Women mode is for menstruation or postpartum bleeding (nifas); it does not predict cycles or use HealthKit.

03. Private iCloud sync

When iCloud sync is enabled, completed Fajr and Qiyam missions, your Nights history, alarm preferences, mission choices and misbaha appearance sync through your private Apple CloudKit database. Entries from your devices are merged so the same prayer is counted once. Sahar does not use a public database or a developer-operated account service for this.

Your city and coordinates, prayer calculation method and local adjustments, Women mode, barcode fingerprint, Screen Time selections, permissions and unfinished missions remain on the device. Women mode is for menstruation or postpartum bleeding (nifas); it does not predict cycles or use HealthKit.

An Apple Account signed in to iCloud and a network connection are needed for syncing. Local prayer times, alarms and saved progress continue to work offline. Turn iCloud sync off in Sahar Settings to stop further transfers. Turning it off does not delete data already in iCloud; manage that data in Apple’s iCloud settings. If you change Apple Accounts, Sahar asks you to turn sync off and on before using the new account.

04. Location and city search

If you allow location access, Sahar requests a location while the app is open to find your city and update it when you travel. It does not continuously track you or request background location access. You can choose a city manually instead and change permission in iOS Settings.

Apple Maps handles city searches and the conversion of coordinates into a city name. Your search text or coordinates are sent to Apple for those requests under Apple’s privacy practices. Prayer times themselves are calculated on your iPhone.

05. Camera and the optional Get up check

If you enable Get up, the camera reads a barcode on an item you keep away from bed. Scanning happens on your iPhone. Camera images are not saved or uploaded, and a scanned link is never opened automatically.

Sahar saves a SHA-256 fingerprint of the barcode, not its original contents, so it can recognize the same item later. Changing the saved barcode replaces this fingerprint; turning Get up off removes it from the current settings. Device backups may retain an earlier copy. Camera permission is optional and can be revoked in iOS Settings.

06. Alarms, reminders and Screen Time

AlarmKit alarms and optional notification reminders are scheduled locally by iOS. Sahar does not use a push-notification server. Alarm and notification permissions are controlled in iOS Settings.

If Fajr first is available and you enable it, Apple’s Screen Time frameworks provide opaque tokens for the apps, categories or websites you select. Sahar uses those tokens to apply the restriction you requested. It does not receive their readable identities or collect an app-usage or browsing history. You can turn this feature off and manage its authorization in Settings.

07. Sahar+ purchases

Apple processes purchases, subscriptions, payment details and refunds. StoreKit gives Sahar purchase and entitlement information so it can unlock Sahar+ and restore access. Sahar does not receive your payment-card details.

We use RevenueCat to validate purchase events and understand Sahar+ sales, offers, renewals and refunds. Apple sends purchase notifications directly to RevenueCat, including transaction identifiers, product, purchase and expiry dates, subscription status and available price, currency and storefront information. RevenueCat associates purchases with an anonymous identifier; we do not supply your name, email, prayer history, location or alarm settings. This information is used for purchase administration and sales analytics, not advertising or cross-app tracking.

Purchase records are retained in RevenueCat to provide subscription reporting and support. For questions or requests concerning those records, contact support@itqanquran.app and provide only the relevant Apple transaction reference, never payment details. RevenueCat processes data under its privacy policy (https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy). Apple may also provide sales reports and diagnostics under its services and your device settings. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account. Deleting Sahar does not cancel a subscription or automatically remove purchase records.

08. Backups, retention and removal

Sahar does not offer a developer-operated cloud account or backup service. Its local data may be included in your iPhone or Apple Watch backups, depending on your Apple settings. These backups are managed separately by Apple or by you.

Local data remains until it is removed through the available controls or you delete Sahar from your devices. Offloading an app can retain its data. Delete the app from both iPhone and Apple Watch to remove their local copies; manage existing backups separately. We cannot retrieve your on-device prayer history or delete a backup for you.

Deleting Sahar removes local app data but does not delete progress already synced to iCloud. Turn sync off before removing synced data through Apple’s iCloud storage settings; otherwise a device that retains local history may upload it again.

09. Website, external links and support

Cloudflare hosts this website and may process technical request information such as IP address, requested page, time and browser information to deliver and protect the service. The public website uses Google Analytics to understand visits and improve the website. Google Analytics uses cookies and processes information about visited pages, referrals, and the browser and device used to access the site. This website measurement does not add analytics to the Sahar iPhone app. The website does not require an account. External services have their own privacy practices; provider privacy links appear below.

If you email us, we receive your email address, message and attachments. We use them to answer your request and investigate the issue, keeping correspondence only as needed for support, related follow-up or applicable legal obligations. Please do not send private prayer records, barcode contents, payment details or passwords. Email providers also process the message.

Links you choose to open, including recording credits and Apple pages, lead to services with their own privacy practices. Apple, Cloudflare and email providers may process information in countries other than yours under their applicable safeguards.

We require service providers processing personal information on our behalf, such as support correspondence, to use it only to provide their services and to protect it at least as described in this policy and required by applicable law. We do not authorize them to use that information for advertising or to sell it. Apple services you use directly remain governed by Apple’s privacy terms.

10. Your choices and rights

You can choose a city without granting location access, decline the camera feature, control notifications and alarms, and manage your purchases and backups through Apple. These choices do not require a Sahar account.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or obtain a copy of personal information we hold, restrict or object to processing, and complain to your local data-protection authority. Contact support@itqanquran.app about information held through support. We cannot access your device-only data. We do not knowingly seek children’s personal information through support; contact us if a child has shared personal information so we can address it.

11. Changes to this policy

We will update this page when Sahar’s privacy practices change and revise the date above. Material changes will be explained in the app or on this page as appropriate. Questions are welcome at support@itqanquran.app.