Privacy Policy
Effective September 19, 2026
The short version: Meah Brachot has no accounts and no sign-in, and never asks for your name. Your location stays on your phone. The app does send us anonymous usage statistics — including how many brachot you count each day — under a random ID that isn't connected to your name, your Apple ID, your contact details or your location. It also sends any feedback you choose to write.
What stays on your device
- Your location — see below.
- The detailed log — the exact time of each bracha you count stays in the app's private storage on your iPhone. Only the daily summary described under "Anonymous usage statistics" is sent.
Deleting the app deletes everything stored on the device.
Location
Zmanim (the halachic times that decide when your day resets and when reminders fire) depend on where you are. With your permission, the app checks your location once — when you set up the app, when you tap "Use my location," or after a change of time zone if you leave automatic travel updates on. The app keeps the coordinates and city name on your device to compute zmanim. It does not track you in the background, and your location is never transmitted to us or to anyone else.
If you prefer not to share location, you can choose a city from a list instead.
Notifications
Reminders are local notifications scheduled on your phone by the app itself. No notification server is involved.
Blessing texts from Sefaria
The app can display the full text of each bracha. Those texts are loaded from the public Sefaria library over the internet and cached on your phone. Like any web request, this lets Sefaria's servers see standard connection information such as your IP address. Nothing about you or your count is included in these requests. Sefaria's own privacy policy governs their servers.
Anonymous usage statistics
To understand how the app is really used and to improve it, the app reports statistics to Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) database for this app. Every report carries a random identifier generated on your phone when you first open the app. It is not your Apple ID, your name, or a device serial number; we have no way to connect it to you, and reinstalling the app creates a new one.
Under that identifier the app sends:
- Your daily count — the total number of brachot counted that day, how many of each kind (for example "Shaḥarit 45, Mezonot 2"), how many times you logged something, whether the daily goal was reached, and the hour of the first and last entry of the day;
- Streaks — whether Streak mode is on, and your current and best streak;
- How the app was used — how many times it was opened that day, which screens were visited, and how many times a blessing's text was opened;
- How the app is set up — language, nusach, whether you count as a man or a woman, the day-reset setting, which reminders are switched on and their timing, and whether iOS notifications are allowed for the app;
- the date and the app version, and one-time events: the app was opened on a given day, setup was completed, the daily goal was reached.
What is never sent: your name, email or any contact detail, your Apple ID, your location or city, and the exact times of individual entries.
A count of blessings is information about religious practice, which is exactly why it travels without any identity attached. We use these statistics only to understand and improve the app. They are not used for advertising, are not sold, and are not shared with any third party.
Feedback you send
If you use the in-app feedback form, we receive the message you write, the contact detail you optionally provide, your app language, and basic context about the app (such as its version and settings) to help us understand your report. Feedback is kept separate from the anonymous statistics: it does not include your random identifier or your counts. It is stored in the app's iCloud database and forwarded to our email through Google's mail service. We use it only to respond to you and improve the app.
What we don't do
- No accounts, passwords, or sign-in of any kind.
- No advertising, no ad networks, no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs.
- No tracking across other apps or websites.
- No selling or sharing of data.
Children
Meah Brachot is suitable for all ages. It collects no names, contact details or locations from anyone, including children; the anonymous statistics above are the same for every user.
Your choices and deletion
- Delete the app to remove your log, settings, and location from your device. Reinstalling starts a new random identifier.
- Deny or revoke location access in iOS Settings at any time; the app will still work with a chosen city.
- Turn reminders off in the app or in iOS Settings.
- To have your feedback messages or anonymous usage records deleted, email us (below). Because the usage records are anonymous, please include the approximate dates you used the app so we can locate them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date.
Contact
Shiron Youseflaleh
shiron.laleh@gmail.com