HuzurBul Privacy Policy

Who we are and what this policy covers

HuzurBul is developed by Hakan Özmen and published under TadaApp. This policy describes HuzurBul 0.9.1 (14) for iOS. Its interface and bundled guidance are currently in Turkish. The TadaApp website and support form have a separate website privacy policy, linked below.

The short version

HuzurBul has no account system, advertising, analytics SDK, subscription or in-app purchase in this release. Your personal records are stored on your device and are not automatically uploaded to a HuzurBul server. Prayer times are calculated on your device rather than requested from a remote prayer-time API. Optional worldwide place searches and nearby-mosque searches use Apple services and internet access. Information can also leave the app when you explicitly share, export, open an external destination or contact support, and through device backups managed by your operating system.

Personal records stored on your device

Local records include verse notes, journal entries, bookmarks, the last reading position, reading and lesson progress, dua favorites, your dhikr counter and appearance preferences. The app also stores first-launch choices and your saved prayer location, time zone, calculation preferences, notification preferences and alarm preferences. Notes and journal entries can reveal sensitive information, including religious beliefs, if you choose to write it. HuzurBul does not send that writing or your reading history to TadaApp automatically. Published Quran text, translations, duas, lessons and included calendar dates are bundled with the app.

Saved prayer location and optional foreground location

You can select an offline Turkish city or manually enter a place name, coordinates and IANA time zone without granting GPS access. A prayer point you explicitly save is kept as an on-device preference for calculation. If you choose Konumumu kullan (Use my location) in qibla or nearby mosques, the app requests location access while you use that feature. Qibla bearing and compass correction are calculated on the device. GPS fixes obtained for these tools are not kept as a persistent HuzurBul history. HuzurBul does not track location in the background. You can change permission in system settings and remove a saved prayer point in the app’s location screen.

Worldwide place search

When you submit an optional worldwide place search, the place name you entered is sent to Apple Maps. Selecting a result may send its coordinates to Apple’s location service to resolve the time zone. If you then explicitly save it as your prayer point, its name, coordinates, time zone and calculation preferences are stored on your device. Other search results and search history are not retained in a persistent HuzurBul database. The offline Turkish list and manual coordinate and time-zone entry do not use this online search service.

Nearby mosques, maps and directions

Opening Nearby mosques alone does not request location permission or start a search. When you choose to search, the selected city or prayer point, or the foreground GPS fix used for that search, and the search area are sent to Apple’s MapKit service. Displaying the map loads Apple map data. Apple may process the service’s technical request information under its own policies. HuzurBul does not send these searches to a TadaApp location server. Search locations and mosque results are held in the open screen’s memory; they are not added to the personal backup, widget file or a persistent HuzurBul location history. Search choices do not change your saved prayer point. Choosing directions sends the selected mosque’s name and coordinates to Apple Maps, where that app manages routing, permissions and any location use.

Home Screen widget

The app and its own widget extension share a local prayer-time cache through an on-device App Group. The cache contains your selected location’s display name, a technical fingerprint of the location preference, time zone, calculation-method information, up to 400 days of calculated prayer times, religious-day names and refresh information. Exact coordinates, GPS fixes, personal notes, journal entries, reading history, favorites and dhikr records are not included. The widget is a visible Home Screen feature, so its displayed place and prayer information may be seen by someone who can view your screen. Adding a widget does not upload your personal records to TadaApp.

Optional local notifications

Prayer notifications and religious-day reminders are off by default. If you enable them, the app asks for system notification permission and schedules upcoming reminders locally. No remote push account or HuzurBul notification server is used. The operating system receives the scheduled time and notification content needed to present the alert; that content may include a prayer or religious-day title and the selected place. You control Lock Screen presentation in system settings. Turn reminders off in Bildirimler ve alarmlar or change permission in system settings. Ordinary notifications use a finite schedule that is renewed when you reopen the app.

Optional system prayer alarms and the test alarm

On compatible iPhones with iOS 26 or later, you can choose system prayer alarms instead of ordinary prayer notifications. Alarm permission is separate from notification permission and is requested only after you explicitly choose the alarm mode or start a test alarm. The exact times, prayer titles, location name and alarm identifiers needed for the plan are stored on the device and managed locally through iOS AlarmKit. They are not uploaded to a HuzurBul server or included in your personal JSON backup. Alarmı dene schedules one separate test alarm 60 seconds ahead without changing your prayer point or regular reminder preferences. Use Denemeyi iptal et to cancel the test, or the system Stop control when it alerts. Alarms may be visible or audible to people near the device, including while Silent mode or Focus is enabled. Manage alarms in the app and alarm permission in system settings. Revoking permission does not silently enable ordinary notifications.

Manual JSON backups and restore

A personal backup is created only when you request it. It is an unencrypted, readable JSON file that can include private notes, journal entries, bookmarks, reading and lesson progress, dua favorites, dhikr records, reading and appearance preferences, and first-launch completion. You choose the destination through the system file interface; a selected file or cloud provider can store or synchronize its copy under its own policies. A checksum helps detect file damage but does not encrypt the file or prove who created it. Bundled Quran and translation text, prayer-location preferences and reminder or alarm plans are not included in this personal backup. Restore first validates the file and shows a preview; after confirmation it replaces supported personal records and included preferences on the device. There is no automatic HuzurBul cross-device sync. Keep backups in a private place and review the preview before restoring.

Sharing verses and images

Sharing published verse text or a generated verse image opens the system share sheet so you can choose a recipient, app or save destination. HuzurBul does not automatically post or upload the result to its own server. Generated images include source credits and are written to the app’s private temporary cache for sharing. They are kept there for at least 24 hours so a chosen destination can finish reading them; older generated files are eligible for cleanup on a later share or system cache cleanup. The app does not use your camera or read your existing photo library for these actions. A system share destination may offer Save Image, request its own permission or synchronize a saved image through its account settings. Manage any exported, shared or saved copy at that destination.

Technical reports, external links and support

The app itself contains no analytics SDK or custom automatic diagnostic-reporting service, and does not upload your private writing to TadaApp. Apple may separately process system diagnostics according to your device settings and its own policies. If you report a problem, you choose the device details, app version, issue description and other information to include. External source, legal, support and map links open only after you select them; the destination may receive ordinary technical request information under its own privacy policy. The support form is a website service: submitting it sends the name, email address, selected product, subject and message you enter so we can handle your request. You do not need to include a private journal, backup file or precise GPS coordinates.

Retention, reset and deletion

Personal records remain locally until you edit or delete them, reset supported records, remove the app’s data or uninstall the app. Ayarlar → Kişisel kayıtları sıfırla clears notes, journal, bookmarks, reading and lesson progress, dua favorites and the dhikr counter. Appearance, first-launch completion, prayer location and reminder preferences are separate. Remove a saved location in its own screen and manage reminders or alarms in Bildirimler ve alarmlar. The operating system may include local app data in device or iCloud backups according to your settings. Uninstalling the app does not delete files, images, shared copies or system backups already stored elsewhere. Manage those copies with the relevant app or provider. TadaApp cannot recover private records from a HuzurBul server because it does not receive a copy automatically.

Children’s privacy and changes to this policy

The app does not automatically send personal reading or worship records to TadaApp, including records entered by children. Avoid sending unnecessary information about a child or another person in a support request. Contact us if you have a privacy concern about information you submitted. We will update this page’s effective date when the policy changes and describe material changes where appropriate.

Service policies and contact

Apple services are subject to Apple’s Privacy Policy; see also Apple Maps and Privacy for maps and search. Website hosting and support requests are described in the TadaApp website privacy policy.

For an app privacy question or a request about information you sent to us, contact Hakan Özmen through the HuzurBul support form. English and Turkish messages are welcome.