NoorPrivacy Policy
Noor is built to respect you. It has no accounts, shows no ads, and contains no analytics or advertising trackers of any kind. We — the makers of Noor — do not collect, store, sell, or share your personal information. This policy explains exactly how the app handles data, in plain language.
The short version: Everything you do in Noor stays on your device. We have no servers that receive your data, because we don't want it. A few optional features fetch content from trusted third-party sources over the internet, and those are clearly described below.
1. Information we collect
None. Noor does not require an account and does not ask for your name, email, phone number, or any identifier. We operate no analytics and no user-tracking of any kind. We cannot see how you use the app.
Anything you enter — such as your name for a personal greeting, your prayer or fasting tracker, and your settings — is stored only on your device and is never transmitted to us.
2. Location
With your permission, Noor uses your device's location to calculate accurate prayer times and the Qibla direction for where you are. This happens entirely on your device. Your location is not sent to us and is not stored on any server we control.
The only time your approximate location leaves the device is if you choose to use the optional “Nearby masjids” feature — see the next section. You can deny or revoke location access at any time in your device Settings; the app still works with a manually chosen city.
3. Optional features that use the internet
Noor's core — prayer times, Qibla, Tasbih, Du'ās and reading the Qur'an — works fully offline. A small number of opt-in features request data from third parties only when you actively use them. When your device makes any internet request, the receiving service necessarily sees your device's IP address, as with any website. Noor does not attach your identity to these requests.
- Qur'an recitation audio — when you play a recitation, the audio is streamed from QuranicAudio (and, for individual verses, EveryAyah). Your device requests the audio files directly from them.
- Nearby masjids — your device first fetches small map areas ("tiles") of our own mosque directory, hosted on noor.amrani.tech. These requests carry no account or identifier; the tile requested implies only a broad area (roughly a 40–80 km map square), and we keep no logs tying it to you. If our directory can't answer, your approximate coordinates are sent to the OpenStreetMap Overpass service instead — used only to answer your request, only when you ask. You can also download an offline masjid pack for your region; after that, searches run entirely on your device with no request at all.
- Tafsir & translations — if you download an additional tafsir or translation, it is fetched on demand from QuranEnc or AlQuran.cloud and then stored on your device for offline use.
- Maps — when a map is shown (Qibla, masjid finder), map imagery loads from Apple Maps on iOS or OpenStreetMap on Android. Like any map, the tiles requested imply the area being viewed.
- City search — typing a city or postcode uses your platform's built-in geocoding service (Apple on iOS, Google on Android) to turn it into coordinates.
These third parties have their own privacy practices, which we don't control. If you never use these features, your device makes no such requests.
3b. iCloud sync (iOS, optional — off by default)
On iPhone you can turn on iCloud sync to keep your worship data (prayer tracker, bookmarks, favourites and similar) in step across your own devices. This uses Apple's iCloud key-value storage attached to your Apple ID: the data goes from your device to your personal iCloud and back. It never passes through, and is never visible to, any server of ours. Turning the toggle off stops syncing; your data remains on your devices. The Apple Watch and Wear OS companion apps likewise receive their data directly from your phone, not from the internet.
4. Notifications
Prayer-time reminders and the adhan are delivered as local notifications scheduled on your device. They are not sent through any external push service and involve no data leaving your phone.
5. Your data & backups
Your tracker history, name and preferences are held in local storage on your device. Noor lets you export a backup file and restore from one. That file is created and shared only when you choose to, to a destination you pick (for example, Files or another app). We never receive it. You can also erase your personal data at any time from within the app (“Forget me”).
6. Children's privacy
Noor is suitable for all ages and collects no personal information from anyone, including children.
7. Data security
Because your information stays on your device, its security is protected by your device's own safeguards (passcode, Face ID / Touch ID, and encryption). We hold no copy of your data to lose.
8. Changes to this policy
If we ever change how the app handles data, we'll update this page and revise the date above. Material changes will be reflected in an app update.
9. Contact
Questions about your privacy or this policy? Email us at [email protected] and we'll be glad to help.