Privacy Policy
Show Qibla for iPhone, iPad and Android · Last updated 1 November 2026
This policy explains what the Show Qibla app does with your information, on iPhone, iPad and Android. In short: there are no accounts, we ask for no personal details, and your exact location never leaves your device.
Your location
Your exact location is never transmitted, stored on a server, or shared. It is used only on your phone, to calculate the direction and distance to the Kaaba in Mecca and your daily prayer times. These calculations happen entirely on the device.
To send messages in the right region, the app may work out on the device which country you are in and join a notification group for that country. Only the country is used; your coordinates are not sent.
You can withdraw location access at any time in your phone's settings (on iPhone: Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services; on Android: Settings → Location → App location permissions).
Information we do not collect
The app does not ask for or collect your name, email address, phone number or contacts. There is no sign-up and no login. A photo you choose as a compass background stays on your device.
The app does not use an advertising identifier: not Apple's Advertising Identifier (IDFA) and not Google's Android Advertising ID. It never shows a tracking prompt, because it does not track you across other apps or websites.
Your prayer record
If you mark prayers or fasts as done, that record is kept only on your device. It is not uploaded, not backed up to our servers, and not visible to anyone else. Nothing is shared unless you choose to share an image yourself. You can delete the record at any time from within the app.
Analytics and crash reports
The app uses Google Firebase Analytics to understand how it is used in aggregate, for example how often it is opened, which features are used, and whether the compass finds a location. This includes usage data and identifiers that belong to an installation, not to a person: a Firebase app-instance ID and, on iPhone, the Apple Vendor Identifier (IDFV). They are never combined with your location.
If the app crashes, Google Firebase Crashlytics sends a crash report (the state of the app and the device model and system version) so that the problem can be fixed.
The app also uses Firebase Remote Config to receive settings, such as how often ads may appear, without an app update.
Notifications
Prayer time reminders are scheduled on your device and do not require any information to leave it.
If you allow notifications, Apple or Google issues a device token that is used, through Google Firebase Cloud Messaging, to deliver the daily hadith and occasional announcements. Your device joins broad groups such as all users, a group for your device's language, and a group for your country, so that messages can be sent in a language you read. You can turn these messages off in the app without turning off prayer reminders.
Older versions of this app for iPhone also registered the device token, device model, iOS version and time zone with our own server, solely in order to send these notifications. That information is never sold and is not used to build a profile of you.
Feedback
If you send feedback from within the app, the text you write is sent to our server together with technical details that help us understand the problem: the app version, the phone model and system version, the language, the country, the prayer time method in use, and which prayer reminders and adhan sounds are on. It is used only to answer you and improve the app. We do not store your location, your IP address or any identifier with it. Please do not include personal details you do not want us to see.
Advertising
The app is free and is supported by advertising provided by Google AdMob. Ads are served on a non-personalized basis. In the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, a consent message is shown before advertising begins, your choice is respected, and you can change it later from the app's settings.
Service providers
The app relies on Google services (Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config, Cloud Messaging and AdMob), which process data under their own privacy terms. Apple operates the App Store and Apple's push notification service; Google operates Google Play.
Children
The app is a general-audience utility. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Your choices
- Turn off location access in your phone's settings at any time.
- Turn off notifications in your phone's settings, or only the daily hadith and announcements in the app.
- Delete your prayer record from within the app.
- Delete the app, which removes all data held on the device.
To have notification-related information or feedback you sent deleted, write to the address below.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will appear on this page with a new date.
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