Privacy Policy

Last updated: 22 October 2026

Naam Jaap is a free chanting counter for Android and iOS, made by Mangal (mangal.life). It has no ads, we never sell your data, and we use no third-party advertising or analytics SDKs. This page explains exactly what we store and why.

Works without an account

Your counts, streaks and settings are kept on your phone. When the phone is online, the app also saves a backup to our server under an anonymous account, so your progress is not lost if you reinstall the app or change phones. Signing in with Google (or Apple on iPhone) is optional; it links that backup to your email.

What we store

• Your practice: how many chants you did per day, per name, and how (tap, focus mode, auto chant or counts added from a mala); whether you opened the app from the daily reminder or the widget; your sittings (start and end time, duration, how many chants); your streak, totals and the names you added yourself.
• Your settings: language, theme, sound, vibration, daily goal and similar preferences.
• Your sankalps (vows): the name, the number of chants, the dates, and the optional private note you write (for example, for whom). They are saved with your backup so they come back on a new phone. The note is never used for analysis and is shown to no one else.
• Device information: a random app-generated device ID, a one-way hash of the device identifier (to recognise a reinstall on the same phone), phone model, app version and time zone.
• Approximate location: country, state and city, estimated on our own server from your internet connection (no outside service is involved). We keep this as a history of the cities you've used the app from, for up to 400 days, and then delete it; your device record keeps only the most recent one. We do not ask for location permission and do not store your IP address or precise location.
• If you sign in: your Google/Apple account ID, email and name as provided by the sign-in, and your profile picture (Google only; Apple doesn't send one).

Why we use it

• To back up and restore your progress and keep it in sync between your phones.
• To improve the app: for example, which languages and chants are used, which new chants people add (so we can include them), and how features like auto chant are used. We look at this as weekly totals, not at what one person does; new chant names are listed without who added them. Sankalp counts and targets (how many are running, completed or set aside) are part of these statistics; the note you write never is.

Legal basis

• Providing the service you use: backing up, restoring and syncing your progress.
• Legitimate interest: improving the app with aggregated statistics. You can object at any time by emailing us or deleting your data.
• Consent, where the law requires it, for example when you choose to sign in with Google or Apple. You can withdraw it by signing out or deleting your data.

Where your data is stored

On Amazon Web Services (AWS) servers in the Mumbai region, India. AWS runs the servers for us and does not use your data for its own purposes. If you use the app from outside India, your data is sent to and stored in India.

How long we keep it

• Your backup stays for as long as you use the app.
• You can delete it at any time, in the app or by email: see Delete your account.
• Accounts with no activity for 3 years are deleted automatically, with all their data.
• The history of approximate cities is deleted after 400 days.
• Our weekly summary reports contain only totals, with no personal data, so we keep them.

Sharing

We do not sell or rent your data and do not share it with advertisers. Our servers are run by Amazon Web Services (see above). We may disclose information only if required by law.

Google and Apple

• Sign in with Google (optional): Google tells us your Google account ID, email, name and profile picture, so your backup can follow you to a new phone.
• Sign in with Apple (optional, on iPhone): Apple tells us your Apple account ID and, if you allow it, your email (which can be a private relay address) and name.
• Android Block Store and Auto Backup: your phone's own Google backup can keep a copy of the app's data, including an anonymous identifier, so that after a reinstall or on a new phone the app can restore your progress. This backup is part of your Google account (Google's privacy policy applies), and you can turn it off in your phone's backup settings.
• On iPhone, the anonymous identifier is kept in the iPhone's Keychain, so reinstalling the app brings your progress back. It is not synced through iCloud Keychain.
• We do not use Google or Apple analytics or advertising services.

Your rights and choices

• Stay offline: the app works fully offline; nothing is sent until the phone is online.
• Access and export: email us and we'll send you a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction: you can change most of it in the app; for anything else, email us.
• Deletion: in the app (Settings → Delete my data), or by email if you no longer have the app. See Delete your account.
• Withdraw: sign out at any time in Settings (your counts stay on your phone and your backup stays on our server), or delete your data.
• Complain: you can complain to your local data-protection authority. Please write to us first; we would like to put it right.

To use these rights by email, write to hello@vanar.club from the email you signed in with, or include the device ID shown in the app under Settings → About. We reply within 30 days.

Children

Naam Jaap is intended for people aged 13 and over. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you are a parent and think your child has used the app, email us and we will delete their data.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.

Who runs Naam Jaap

For any question or request about your data, email hello@vanar.club.