Privacy Policy
Scroll the Quran: Word by Word Effective date: November 9, 2026 Developer: Ibrahim Hafeez ("we", "us") Contact: scrollthequranapp@gmail.com
Scroll the Quran is built to bring you closer to the Qur'an, not to collect information about you. The short version:
- One simple account. You create a profile (with Apple, Google or email) so your progress, saved ayat and friends follow you to any phone.
- No ads, no analytics tools, no tracking. We don't sell or share your data, and we don't track you across other apps or websites. The one thing we count is your answer to "How did you find us?", if you choose to give one. If the app runs into an error, it sends an anonymous error report so we can fix it (section 3).
- We keep a backup of your saved ayat, private notes, progress and settings so they follow you to a new phone, and you can comment, add friends and message them (section 3).
The rest of this policy explains the details.
1. Information stored on your device
The app keeps the following on your device so it can work and remember your preferences:
- settings such as your reciter, translation, daily goal and display options
- where you heard about the app, if you answered that question when you started (you can skip it)
- ayat you save, your private notes, and the ayat you've listened to
- your reading position, streak and daily progress
- your reminder time, if you set one
- how many free tafsir reads you have used today
Without an account we don't receive this information. Deleting the app deletes it.
2. Services the app connects to
To show the Qur'an and its media, the app downloads content from these providers. Like any website or app, they receive standard technical information with each request, such as your IP address, device type and the content requested. We don't send them any personal information about you.
| Provider | What the app loads | Their privacy policy |
|---|---|---|
| Quran Foundation (Quran.com) | Qur'an text, translations, word-by-word data, recitation audio and tafsir | quran.com/privacy |
| Pexels | Background nature videos | pexels.com/privacy-policy |
3. Your account, comments, friends and messages
Before you create your account, the install has an anonymous account ID, created automatically, so the app can work while you set it up.
Creating an account. You can sign in with Apple, with Google, or with an email address and password. Apple and Google give us an identifier for you and, if you allow it, your name and email address (Apple can give a private relay address that hides your real one). With email, we store your email address and a securely hashed password, never the password itself. We use these only to sign you in and, for email accounts, to send password resets. You must be at least 13 to create an account.
What we store with your account:
- Your profile: the name, username, photo and short bio you choose, your progress (current and best streak, how many ayat you've heard in total and this week, times through the whole Qur'an, and Learn XP), and a favourite ayah if you pick one. These are visible to other people who use the app.
- Leaderboards and teams: the country your phone's region is set to (for example Pakistan; never your location) and whether you appear on public leaderboards. If you have a username, your name, photo, country and progress can appear on the worldwide and country leaderboards. You can turn this off at any time in You → Appear on public leaderboards. Teams you start or join, their names and their members are visible only to people in that team.
- What you're reading now: if "Show friends what I'm reading" is on (You → settings), the passage you're on is visible to your friends. Turn it off and it's removed.
- Invites: if you join from someone's invite link, we record who invited you, so it shows in their list of people they invited.
- Your backup: your settings, saved ayat, private notes and progress, so you can sign in on a new phone and pick up where you left off. Only you can access your backup; private notes are never shown to anyone else. The one exception to "only you" is that we count how people answered "How did you find us?" (for example, how many said TikTok) to decide where to share the app. We only look at the totals.
- Comments: comments and replies you post on passages, which passage they're on, when you posted them, and which comments you like. Comments and your profile are visible to everyone who uses the app.
- Friends: who you follow and who follows you. Friends are people who follow each other.
- Messages: messages and passages you send to friends. Messages are visible only to you and the friend you sent them to. If someone reports a message, we keep a copy of it to review the report.
- Reports and blocks: what you report and who you block. These are private.
- Khatm circles: the circles you start or join, their names, who is in them, and which juz each member has taken and finished. These are visible only to the circle's members. Leaving a circle removes you from it; the last person to leave deletes it.
Moderation. Comments, names and bios are checked automatically for offensive language, links and contact details, and comments may be held for review. We review reports, generally within 24 hours, and may remove content or suspend accounts that break the community guidelines. Three reports hide a comment until we review it. Blocking someone stops them following or messaging you and hides their comments from you, and yours from them.
Error reports. If something in the app goes wrong, it sends us a short report: the error message, where in the app's code it happened, the app version and build, and your phone's operating system and version. Reports are anonymous: they don't include your account, any device identifier, or anything you've written, and they're deleted after 90 days. They're used only to find and fix bugs. This happens with or without an account.
Usage statistics. To learn which parts of the app help people (for example, how many finish the introduction or come back a week later), the app records simple events, with the app version and platform, against a random ID created when it's installed. That ID isn't linked to your account, name or email. The events are installing, finishing the introduction, opening the app (once a day), hearing a first ayah, creating an account, sharing, inviting or joining, adding the widget, and seeing or starting Scroll+. Some carry a small detail, such as your "How did you find us?" answer or which Scroll+ plan you chose. Events are kept for 400 days, used only by us, and never sold, shared or used for advertising. This happens with or without an account.
Profile photos. If you choose a profile photo, the app opens your photo library and uploads only the photo you pick. It doesn't access any other photos.
Where it's stored: on our database provider, Supabase (supabase.com/privacy), in encrypted connections and with access rules that let each person reach only what they're allowed to see.
Deleting it. You can delete any comment or unsend any message at any time. You → Delete account permanently deletes your account, profile, photo, comments, likes, follows, messages and backup. Signing out keeps your account but removes it from that phone.
Please don't include personal information, such as phone numbers or addresses, in comments, your bio or messages.
4. Purchases (Scroll+)
If you buy Scroll+, payment is handled entirely by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play). We never see your card or payment details.
We use RevenueCat to manage subscriptions. RevenueCat receives an anonymous app user ID, your purchase and subscription history, and basic device information (such as device type, OS version, app version, country and IP address), so it can confirm your purchase and unlock Scroll+ on your device. See revenuecat.com/privacy.
If you choose "Need complimentary access?", the free week of Scroll+ is recorded only on your device.
5. Notifications
Reminders. The daily reminder, Ramadan night reminders, the Friday reminder for Surah Al-Kahf, and reminders for a juz you've taken in a circle are all scheduled locally on your device. Turn them off at any time in the app or in your phone's settings.
Notifications from friends. If you have an account and allow notifications, we store your phone's push token (an address Apple gives for sending notifications to this app) with your account. We use it to tell you when a friend messages you, follows you, accepts your invite or joins your circle. The notification goes through Expo's push service (expo.dev/privacy) and Apple's. Signing out removes the token from that phone, and deleting your account removes it entirely.
6. Sharing
When you share an ayah card or text, it goes through your phone's own share sheet to the app you choose. We don't see what you share or with whom. Passages you send to a friend inside the app are messages (section 3).
7. Permissions
The app doesn't use your location, contacts, camera or microphone (the country on leaderboards comes from your phone's region setting, not its location). It asks for permission to send notifications when you choose a reminder or first add a friend, send a message or join a circle. It opens your photo library only when you choose a profile photo.
Clipboard. Once, the first time you open the app on iPhone, it checks whether the clipboard holds a Scroll the Quran invite link. Our invite pages copy the link before sending you to the App Store, so your friend's invite still works after you install. The app reads the clipboard only if it holds a web link, iOS asks your permission first, and anything other than our invite link is ignored and never stored or sent.
8. Children
The Qur’an content is suitable for all ages. Accounts, comments, friends and messages are for people aged 13 and over (or the equivalent minimum age in your country), and we don't knowingly collect personal information from younger children. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, email us and we will delete it. In-app purchases are controlled by the parental settings on the device.
9. Your rights
You can see and change your profile in the app, and delete your account and everything in it at any time (You → Delete account). To remove everything stored on your device, delete the app.
For purchase records held by RevenueCat, Apple or Google, you can contact them directly or email us at scrollthequranapp@gmail.com and we will help with your request. Depending on where you live (for example in the EU, UK or California), you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR or CCPA. We will honour them.
10. Security
The app communicates with the services above over encrypted connections (HTTPS). Data stored on your device is protected by your device's own security.
11. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update the effective date above and, for significant changes, let you know in the app. If we ever start collecting new kinds of information, we will say so here first.
12. Contact
Questions or requests: scrollthequranapp@gmail.com