Last updated: 4 November 2026
These Terms of Service ("Terms") apply to Qibla Finder & Prayer Times ("the App"), the Android Qibla compass and prayer times app published on Google Play by Tahir Çelik, an independent developer ("I", "me"). They explain what you may do with the App, how far you can rely on what it shows, how its purchase and advertising work, and what happens to your settings.
By installing or using the App you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.
In short: the App is free. Ads and an optional one-time purchase that removes them pay for it. It calculates the Qibla direction and prayer times on your phone: they are calculations and estimates, not religious rulings, so check them against your local mosque where it matters. Your settings are kept on your device, never by me. Your rights as a consumer are not affected by anything here.
You get the App, and pay for anything in it, through Google Play, so Google Play's Terms of Service also apply. How the App handles your data is explained in its Privacy Policy.
If you are not old enough to agree to these Terms where you live, a parent or guardian must agree to them for you.
I give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to install the App and use it on devices you own or control, for your own non-commercial use.
The App, including its code, design, text and sounds, belongs to me or to the people who licensed their work to me. It is built with open-source software, each part used under its own licence.
Except where the law allows it, you may not:
Everything the App shows is worked out on your device from your location, the date, and the settings you choose. These are careful calculations, but they are calculations, and each one has limits you should know.
The Qibla direction. The App calculates the direction of the Kaaba in Mecca from your position, along the shortest path over the Earth. The needle that shows it depends on your phone's compass sensor. Magnets, metal, phone cases with magnets and other electronics nearby can disturb that sensor, and its accuracy differs from phone to phone. When the App asks you to calibrate the compass, please do. Where it matters, check the direction against another reference, such as the qibla of a nearby mosque.
Prayer times. The times are calculated from the position of the sun at your location, by the calculation method and the madhab you choose in Settings. Different methods give different times, and your local mosque or religious authority may publish times that differ from the App's by a few minutes. Where they differ, follow your local timetable.
Far north and far south. On days when the sun does not rise or set where you are, Fajr and Isha have no exact time. The App then estimates them in the way you choose under Settings → Polar regions, and a note above the times says that they are estimated. Where no time can be worked out at all, the App says so instead of showing one.
The Hijri date. The App shows the Hijri date from Android's Umm al-Qura calendar. In many places the start of a month, including Ramadan and the two Eids, is decided by sighting the moon, so the date where you live can differ from the App's by a day.
Not a religious authority. The App is a tool for calculation and reminders. It does not give religious rulings. The calculation method, the madhab and the iqamah times are your choice; for a question of religious practice, please ask a scholar you trust.
Reminders are off until you turn them on. They are notifications that the App schedules on your device for the next seven days, and tops up each time you open it. If you do not open the App for a week, they stop until you open it again.
Android decides when a notification is delivered. Without the exact alarm permission (Alarms & reminders in Android's settings), a reminder can arrive up to an hour late. Battery-saving settings, Do Not Disturb and your notification settings can also delay or silence one. Android may cut a reminder's sound short, and the App does not play a full-length adhan.
The iqamah alert is set by you, in minutes after the athan, and is not sent for Dhuhr on Fridays. The adhkar and Duha reminders are not sent once their time has passed.
Please do not rely on a reminder as the only way of knowing that the time of a prayer has come.
The purchase is optional. Every feature of the App works without it. The App sells one item:
Google Play shows the price in your currency before you pay. It is charged once and never renews.
The purchase is tied to your Google account, not your device. After reinstalling the App or moving to a new device, it comes back when the App checks with Google Play, or you can use Settings → Restore Purchases.
Earlier subscriptions. The App used to sell monthly and yearly subscriptions that remove ads. They are no longer sold. If you have one, it keeps removing ads while it is active and renews through Google Play until you cancel it. Settings → Manage Subscription opens it in Google Play, where you can cancel it at any time.
Payments are processed by Google Play. I never see your payment details. Google Play's refund policies apply to every purchase; you can also email me about a problem with one (section 12). If a purchase is refunded, or a subscription ends, the ads come back once Google Play reports that you no longer own it. The App checks when it starts and each time you return to it.
The App shows ads from Google AdMob: a banner at the top of the Qibla tab, and one ad at the top of the prayer times. There are no ads in Settings, and no full-screen ads.
Remove Ads Forever, or an active subscription, removes both. Where a consent form applies to you, you can review or change your choice at any time under Settings → Ad Privacy Options; the Privacy Policy, section 10, explains what each choice means.
Ads are chosen and served by Google, not by me. I am not responsible for what advertisers offer, or for websites or apps an ad leads to.
The App has no accounts and I run no servers for it. Your settings, such as your language, madhab, calculation method, reminders and appearance, are stored on your device. If backup is switched on in your device settings, Android may copy them to your own Google account and restore them when you reinstall the App.
Uninstalling the App or clearing its data deletes your settings from the device. I never have a copy, so I cannot recover them. The purchase is not lost: it comes back from Google Play (section 5).
The App needs permission to use your location to show the Qibla direction and the prayer times; without it, it cannot show either. Your location is used on your device and is never sent anywhere (see the Privacy Policy, section 2).
I may update the App to fix problems, change or add features, or keep it in line with Google Play's rules. Updates are offered through Google Play.
I work to keep the App, and the purchase, working as described. I cannot promise that it will always be free of errors, or that it will always be available on Google Play.
If you use the App as a consumer, the law of the country where you live may give you rights that cannot be taken away by an agreement, for example when digital content is faulty or not as described. Nothing in these Terms limits those rights. Where these Terms and those rights conflict, those rights apply.
As far as the law allows, I am not responsible for losses that could not reasonably have been foreseen when you started using the App.
Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits responsibility that cannot be excluded or limited by law, such as for death or personal injury caused by negligence, or for fraud.
I may update these Terms, for example when the App or the law changes. The new version is published on this page with a new date. A change never takes away a purchase you have already made. If you do not agree with a change, you can stop using the App.
These Terms are published in English only.
For a question about these Terms, a purchase, or anything else about the App, email:
Email: [email protected]
My contact details are also shown on the App's Google Play listing.