The short version: critica does not collect, transmit, or store any personal data. The app runs entirely on your device. There is no account, no sign-in, no tracking, no analytics, and no advertising.
None. critica does not collect any personal information, usage data, identifiers, location data, contacts, or device information.
critica does not make network requests during normal use. All Quranic, hadith, sira, fiqh, and tafsir content and scholarly annotations ship inside the app and are read from the device. The app does not phone home, check for content updates over the network, sync to a cloud, or contact any external server.
critica stores a single piece of information on your device: a flag indicating whether you have completed the onboarding flow, used to avoid showing the introduction every time the app opens. This flag is local-only, contains no personal information, and is removed when you delete the app.
Full Access is an optional one-time in-app purchase processed by the Apple App Store. critica receives only the entitlement status (purchased / not purchased) from StoreKit on your device. No payment information, name, email, or other personal data passes through critica or its developer — Apple handles the entire transaction. See Apple's Privacy Policy for how Apple processes that purchase information.
critica does not integrate any third-party SDKs, analytics frameworks, advertising networks, crash reporting services, or social-media frameworks. No third party receives any information from your use of critica.
critica contains content describing violence, sexual content, slavery, and other mature themes drawn directly from primary Islamic sources and from academic scholarship. The app is rated 17+ on the App Store and is not directed at children. critica does not knowingly collect any data from any user, regardless of age.
If you obtained critica through the Apple App Store, Apple may collect information related to your download, purchase, or device that is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy. critica does not receive that information.
If critica's data practices ever change — for example, if a future version adds an optional sync feature — this policy will be updated and the change will be summarized in the app's release notes. Any features that involve data collection will be opt-in.
Questions about this policy or about critica's data practices: omar.critica@gmail.com