Privacy policy

Mihwar (محور) · Last updated: 18 August 2026

Mihwar stores app data in SQLite on your device by default. Optional iCloud sync can store supported app content, including journals and habits, in your private CloudKit database. Mihwar has no servers and does not receive or read your private CloudKit records.

The short version

What Mihwar stores

By default, intentions, reflections, habits, prayer logs, plans and journal entries are stored locally in SQLite on your device. Mihwar has no backend server that receives or stores this content.

If you enable iCloud sync, which is optional, supported app content, including journals and habits, can be stored in your private CloudKit database. The supported set is fixed by the app rather than chosen category by category. No Mihwar server is in this path, and the developer does not receive or read those private CloudKit records.

The AI companion

When you first set up the companion, Mihwar downloads the model file from Hugging Face over an encrypted connection. The app may re-download it after you delete the model or when an updated model is required. During a download, Hugging Face may receive normal connection and device metadata, including an IP address, service-use location and device or browser details, under its Privacy Policy. AI inference runs on your device. Prompts and journal content are not sent to Hugging Face. The companion is a wellness aid, not a religious authority. It does not issue religious rulings or quote scripture.

Location and prayer times

Mihwar calculates prayer times on your device with Adhan JS. The calculation itself makes no HTTP request to a prayer service.

When you choose Current location, your coordinates are sent to Apple's geocoder so iOS can return a city and country. When you manually confirm a city and country, that typed place is sent to Apple's geocoder so iOS can resolve its coordinates. The calculation method and madhab are used on your device and are not sent to Apple's geocoder. Supported settings may sync through your private CloudKit database if you enable iCloud.

Raw coordinates are stored only on the device and do not sync to iCloud. City and country may sync if you enable iCloud. On a second device, you must confirm location again before Mihwar can calculate prayer times there.

Calendar

Calendar access is optional and off until you grant it. When it is on, Mihwar reads the events in your calendars for today so the day planner can schedule around them, and it does not read birthday or subscribed calendars. Event details are used on your device to build your plan and are not stored by Mihwar beyond that day's plan.

If you turn on "Add plan to Calendar", Mihwar creates a calendar named Mihwar on your device and writes your plan blocks into it. That calendar is created only on a local, on-device source, never on iCloud, Exchange or Google, so plan titles do not leave your phone through your calendar account. If no local source exists, Mihwar tells you calendar write-back is unavailable and everything else keeps working. You can revoke calendar access at any time in iOS Settings.

Optional iCloud sync

Under standard data protection, Apple says iCloud data is encrypted in transit and at rest, with recovery keys secured in Apple data centres. Standard protection allows Apple to use those keys for account and data recovery.

Mihwar stores synced content in CloudKit encrypted fields. Advanced Data Protection is optional; when you enable it, Apple says trusted devices retain sole access to CloudKit service keys, and encrypted CloudKit fields and assets receive end-to-end protection. Some CloudKit metadata can remain under standard protection.

You can turn iCloud sync off at any time. Turning it off deletes Mihwar's private CloudKit zone, and with it the synced copy of your content. Your data on the device is not touched. If Mihwar cannot reach iCloud at that moment, for example because you are offline or signed out, sync is still switched off on the device and the zone is left in place; turning sync on and off again once you are connected removes it, as does deleting Mihwar's data from your iCloud account settings.

Purchases

Mihwar Pro purchases use StoreKit. Purchases, payments and subscription management are handled by Apple. Mihwar does not receive your payment details. Purchase status is verified on your device.

Analytics, advertising, and tracking

Mihwar contains no app analytics SDK, advertising SDK, crash-reporting service or third-party tracker. The developer does not build an activity profile from your app use. A Hugging Face model download can expose the connection and device metadata described above.

Your control over your data

Children

Mihwar is not directed at children under 13. The developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update the date above and post the revised version at this URL.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email mihwarlive@outlook.com.

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