NOORPATH

POLICY

Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 31, 2026
App: NoorPath
Publisher: Noorpathi
Contact: privacy@noorpathi.com

NoorPath is built around one principle: your spiritual practice belongs to you. We collect as little data as possible, use first-party services wherever we can, and never sell or rent anything.

This policy explains, in plain language, what happens to information when you use NoorPath.


1. What stays on your device

The following information is stored only on your iPhone, iPad, or Apple Watch and is never transmitted to NoorPath or any third party:

This data is held in Apple's on-device SwiftData store. If you uninstall NoorPath, it is permanently deleted. If you have iCloud backups enabled for your Apple ID, Apple itself encrypts and stores a backup — NoorPath has no access to it.

2. What requires a network request

Some features need to talk to a server. Here is exactly what gets sent, where, and why.

2.1 Prayer times and Qibla direction

Computed locally on your device from your GPS coordinates and a published astronomical algorithm. Your coordinates never leave your device for this purpose.

2.2 Mosque discovery

When you open "Mosques nearby", we ask:

Your coordinates are included in those requests. Neither service receives any persistent identifier from us. Apple's privacy policy applies to the Apple Maps request; OpenStreetMap's privacy policy applies to the Overpass request.

2.3 Quran content and audio

No personal information is sent — only the Surah and Ayah numbers you're reading. Audio files are cached on your device so the same file is only requested once.

2.4 Noor Guide AI (chat feature)

When you send a question to Noor Guide:

  1. Your question text is sent to our backend at noor-guide.noorpathi.com (NoorPath backend proxy, hosted on Vercel; a Vercel deployment alias may be used as a fallback for availability).
  2. The backend forwards the question to a language-model provider (Google Gemini or Groq) and returns the answer to your device.
  3. We attach no user identifier to this request — we genuinely don't know who asked what.
  4. Per the model provider's terms, prompts sent on the free tier may be used by them to improve their models. If this is unacceptable to you, do not use Noor Guide.

Your question text is the only content of the request. We do not retain it server-side beyond a short cache used to make popular questions answer faster.

2.5 Hadith full-text search

When you type a search query in the hadith feature, the query text is sent to our backend (same NoorPath backend proxy as above). The backend searches the public Hadith API dataset by fawazahmed0 and returns matching references. As with Noor Guide, no user identifier is attached.


3. What we do NOT do

This matches the declarations in our Apple Privacy Manifest (PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy) that you can read inside the IPA.


4. Notifications

NoorPath schedules local notifications on your device for adhan reminders, dhikr reminders, and Ramadan suhoor/iftar. These are scheduled by iOS itself — they do not pass through any server. You can disable them at any time in Settings → Notifications or in iOS Settings → NoorPath → Notifications.


5. In-app purchases

NoorPath Pro is sold through Apple's standard in-app purchase system. We use StoreKit 2 with on-device receipt validation. Apple handles the transaction; we receive only the entitlement status. We do not see your Apple ID, email, or payment details.

Subscriptions auto-renew unless cancelled in your Apple ID subscription settings at least 24 hours before the renewal date. A 7-day free trial is offered on the yearly plan for first-time subscribers.


6. Children

NoorPath does not knowingly collect any data from anyone, including children. The app is rated 4+ in the App Store. If a child or family member is using the app, they are subject to the same minimal data flows described above.


7. Your rights (GDPR + similar laws)

Because NoorPath does not maintain a server-side user account or profile, there is no "your data" for us to disclose or delete on request. Specifically:

If you believe a network request has carried more information than this policy claims, please email privacy@noorpathi.com and we will investigate.


8. Data retention


9. Changes

If we change how the app handles information, we will update this document, change the "Last updated" date at the top, and post a notice in the app's "About" section. Material changes will also be announced in the App Store release notes.


10. Contact

For privacy questions, data-rights requests, or to report a concern:

Email: privacy@noorpathi.com
Postal address: Wallstr. 80, 45770 Marl, Germany

This policy is governed by German law. Disputes will be heard by the competent courts at the publisher's registered seat, where legally permitted.