Privacy Policy

Last updated: 9 November 2026

Sabeel (“the app”) is a Qur’an reading and listening app built and published by Aaqil Jamal (the “developer”, “we”) — an independent, one-person project, listed on Google Play as Sabeel (by Aaqil Jamal). This policy explains what the app does and does not do with your data. It is written to be honest and plain; if anything here is unclear, contact us below.

The short version

Sabeel does not collect, store, or share any personal information. There is no account, no sign-in, no analytics, no advertising, and no tracking. Everything you do in the app stays on your device.

What’s stored on your device (only)

The app saves the following locally on your device, never transmitted to us:

• Reading progress & recents — the last verse/surah you were on, so you can continue.
• Settings — e.g. translation / transliteration / word-highlight toggles.
• Downloaded audio — surahs you choose to “save for offline” are stored in the app’s private storage.

You can clear all of this at any time by clearing the app’s storage or uninstalling the app.

Network use

When you stream or download recitation audio, the app requests audio files from a public content-delivery network (Cloudflare R2). Like any request to a web server, the CDN provider may process standard technical information (such as your IP address and request time) to deliver the file. We do not control and do not receive these logs. See Cloudflare’s privacy policy for their practices. The app makes no other network calls (no analytics, ads, or third-party trackers).

Permissions

• Internet — to stream and download recitation audio.
• Notifications — to show the playback controls on your lock screen and the progress of an audio download. These are generated on your device; nothing is sent to us or to any server. You can decline this permission and the rest of the app works normally.

That’s it. The app requests no location, contacts, camera, microphone, or similar permissions.

This website

sabeelapp.com uses no cookies, analytics, or trackers, and serves its own fonts. It is hosted by Cloudflare, which, like any web host, processes standard technical information (such as your IP address) to deliver the pages.

The website keeps only what you choose to give it: if you join the iPhone waitlist, we store the email address you enter and the date you joined, and nothing else, so we can write to you once when Sabeel is available on iPhone. It is stored with Cloudflare, never shared or sold, and deleted once that email has been sent. To be removed sooner, email support@sabeelapp.com.

Children’s privacy

The app is suitable for all ages and does not knowingly collect any information from anyone, including children.

Data sharing & selling

We do not sell, rent, or share any data. The app collects none, and the website keeps only the waitlist addresses described above.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we’ll update the “Last updated” date above and publish the new version at this same URL.

Contact

Questions about privacy: support@sabeelapp.com

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