Privacy Policy — Dawn: Prayer Times & Qibla
Last updated: 27 October 2026
Dawn is built to be private by design. This policy describes exactly what the app does with data.
What we collect
Nothing. Dawn has no accounts, no sign-ups, and no analytics of our own. We (the developer) do not collect, receive, store, or sell any personal data.
What stays on your device or in your iCloud
- Location: if you grant location access, your coordinates are used on your device to compute prayer times and the qibla direction. Your location is never transmitted to us or to any server by the app. You can decline location access entirely and pick a city manually instead.
- Prayer tracking and tasbih counts: stored on your device and, if you’re signed into iCloud, synced through your private iCloud database (Apple CloudKit) so your iPhone and Apple Watch stay in step. This data is accessible only to your Apple account — not to us.
- Hifz progress (your memorization plan, what you know, and your place in Recite): stored on your device and, if you’re signed into iCloud, synced through your private iCloud storage so your devices stay in step. Not accessible to us.
- Settings (calendar preference, notification choices, chosen city): stored on your device.
- Reminders: prayer notifications are scheduled locally on your device.
Microphone and speech recognition (optional)
The Hifz recitation check and Recite mode can listen while you recite from memory and show which words they heard. They use the microphone and Apple’s speech recognition, only while you have started listening, and only if you allow microphone and speech recognition access.
- Where recognition happens: iOS does not recognize Arabic on the device by default. Unless you turn on the on-device option in Hifz settings, what you recite is sent to Apple to be turned into text, and Dawn asks you before the first time. Apple handles it under Apple’s privacy policy. The on-device option, when your iPhone supports it, keeps the audio on your device.
- What we do with it: nothing. Dawn does not record or keep your audio or the recognized text, and we never receive either. They are used only to mark the words you recited, on your screen.
- You can decline microphone and speech access and use Recite with taps instead, or leave the check turned off.
Optional tips
Dawn shows no ads and contains no advertising or analytics SDKs whatsoever.
There is one optional “Support Development” tip jar offering a few small one-off amounts. Purchases run entirely through Apple’s In-App Purchase system: Apple takes the payment and we never see your name, your payment details, or your Apple account. Tipping unlocks nothing — every feature is free either way.
So the app can say thank you, it asks Apple for your own purchase history for these tips, on your device, to tell whether you’ve tipped recently. That check happens locally and is not reported to us or anyone else.
Children
Dawn is not directed at children. It contains no ads, no third-party tracking, and no user-generated content.
Data deletion
Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to delete. You can remove all app data by deleting the app; iCloud-synced tracking data can be removed via Settings → Apple ID → iCloud → Manage Storage.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new date.
Questions about privacy? Open an issue on our support page.