Privacy policy
Sujood (سجود, "the app") is an Android app made by Digcy (DIGCY SARL AU, Casablanca, Morocco; "we", "us"). It locks the apps you choose at prayer times until you've prayed. This policy explains what the app uses on your phone and why. Questions: hello@digcy.com.
In short: Sujood has no account, no sign-in, no server, no analytics, no ads and no tracking SDKs. We don't collect anything, and the app doesn't send your data anywhere. Everything the app knows about you stays on your phone.
What we collect
Nothing. You don't create an account or sign in, and we never ask for your name, email or phone number. We don't run a server for the app. The app contains no analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking SDKs. We never receive your location, the apps you lock, your prayer log or anything else, and we don't sell or share any data, because we have none.
Location
Prayer times depend on where you are. To calculate them, Sujood can ask Android once for your approximate (coarse) location. It is used only on your phone, to calculate prayer times, and it is stored only on your phone. Sujood names the place after the nearest city in the app's built-in city list, also on your phone. It does not send your coordinates to us or to any other service.
You don't have to share your location: you can pick your city from the list instead, and then Sujood doesn't use the location permission at all. You can switch between the two, or turn the permission off, at any time in the app or in Android Settings.
Accessibility service
Sujood includes an accessibility service built on Android's AccessibilityService API. This is the part that makes the lock work, so here is exactly what it does.
Why Sujood uses it
To notice which app was just opened, so that when a prayer lock is on, Sujood can show the prayer screen over the apps you chose to lock. That is its only purpose.
What it can see
- Only the event that a new app window came to the front, and that app's package name (for example
com.instagram.android). - It is set up to listen only for "window opened" events, with reading of window content turned off.
What it never sees
- It does not read screen content: no text, images or video in other apps.
- It does not read what you type, your passwords or your keyboard input.
- It does not read your messages, emails or notifications.
- It does not tap, scroll or act in other apps for you.
What happens to it
The package name is compared, on your phone, with the list of apps you chose to lock. If it's on the list and a lock is on, Sujood opens its prayer screen. The package name is not saved, logged or shared, and nothing leaves your phone.
Your control
Before you turn the service on, Sujood explains on its "Turn on Sujood" screen what it sees and what it never sees. You then turn it on yourself in Android Settings → Accessibility → Sujood. You can turn it off at any time in the same place. With it off, apps are no longer locked; prayer times and tracking keep working.
Your app list
So you can choose which apps to lock, Sujood shows the apps on your phone that have a launcher icon (their names and icons). It doesn't ask for access to all installed packages. The list is read on your phone, and only the apps you pick are saved, on your phone.
Notifications
Sujood only sends local notifications, made on your phone: one when a lock starts (you can turn this off in the app) and, if you start a free trial, one reminder the day before the trial ends. There's no push service and no notification server. You can turn notifications off in Android Settings at any time.
Purchases
Prayer times and tracking are free. Locking apps needs Sujood Pro, a subscription sold through Google Play Billing. Google handles the payment and your Google account; Sujood never sees your card or payment details. The app only asks Google Play whether a Sujood Pro subscription is active on your account. Google processes purchases under the Google privacy policy.
Data on your phone
Sujood stores the following in its private storage on your phone, and nowhere else:
- the apps you chose to lock;
- your prayer log (which prayers you ticked), your streak and the week grid;
- your settings: city or approximate location, calculation method, which prayers lock, when a lock starts and how long it lasts, passes used today, a pause, and whether you want a notification when a lock starts;
- whether Sujood Pro is active, as reported by Google Play.
Uninstalling the app deletes all of it from your phone. You can also clear it without uninstalling: see Your data. If Android backup is turned on for your Google account, Android may include Sujood's settings in your own device backup, which is kept by Google in your account; we can't see it.
Quran text
The ayahs on the lock screen are built into the app (Uthmani text and translations from quran.com). Showing them doesn't use the internet.
Permissions
- Approximate location (optional): to calculate prayer times on the phone.
- Notifications (optional): lock started, trial ending.
- Run at startup: to set the next lock again after your phone restarts or the time zone changes.
- Accessibility service (you turn it on): to notice which app was opened, as described above.
- Google Play Billing: to check and buy Sujood Pro.
Children
Sujood is not directed at children under 13. It doesn't collect personal data from anyone, children included.
Your rights
Because we don't collect or hold any personal data about you, there is nothing on our side to access, correct, export or delete. Your data is on your phone and under your control. If you have a question or request, email us and we'll help.
This website
sujood.digcy.com sets no cookies and uses no analytics. The fonts load from Google Fonts, so Google receives your IP address when you open the site. The site is hosted by Vercel, which keeps standard server logs to run it.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.
Contact
Digcy (DIGCY SARL AU), Casablanca, Morocco · hello@digcy.com