The short version
Pray Along exists to get you praying for real people, not to collect your data. We never sell your information or your prayers to anyone, for any reason. We collect only what the app needs to work: your account, the prayer requests and testimonies you choose to share, and basic usage so the Screen Time lock and the live prayer counter work correctly.
Information we collect
- Account information: email address, display name, and optional profile photo. If you sign in with Apple, we only receive what Apple shares (your email or a private relay address, and your name if you choose to share it).
- Prayer activity: prayer requests you submit, the category you choose (health, work, family, marriage, finances, faith, grief, other), testimonies you write, and a record that you prayed for a specific request (so we can show an accurate, live count — never a list of exactly who prayed, to anyone other than you).
- Approximate location: city and country, derived from information you provide or your device's locale, used only to show the live globe of people praying together. We do not collect precise GPS location.
- Circles: the name and logo of any circle (group) you create or join, and your membership in it.
- Screen Time usage: which apps you choose to lock, and when the app is locked or unlocked, processed on-device through Apple's Screen Time API (Family Controls, Managed Settings, Device Activity). Apple does not give us — and we never ask for — the content of what you do inside other apps.
- Purchases: subscription status (Free or Premium) and purchase history, handled by Apple and our payments provider, RevenueCat. We do not receive or store your card details.
- Device and diagnostic information: basic crash and performance data, so we can fix bugs.
How we use it
- To show you real prayer requests from real people, and to show them that you prayed.
- To run the live prayer counter and the globe of where people are praying from.
- To enforce who can see a request or testimony: Everyone, or — for Premium members only — Only my circle.
- To lock and unlock the apps you choose, using Apple's Screen Time tools.
- To moderate content before and after it's posted (see "Moderation and safety" below), and to respond to reports and abuse.
- To process your subscription and send you receipts.
- To send you notifications you've asked for, like "Tap to pray for 3 people" or an update on a request you posted.
Moderation and safety
Every prayer request is reviewed before it's shown to anyone outside your circle. We don't allow links, phone numbers or requests for money inside a prayer request or testimony. You can report or block anyone. Reports are reviewed by our team and are not visible to other users.
Who we share it with
We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with the service providers that make the app work, under contracts that limit what they can do with it:
- Supabase — our database, authentication and real-time infrastructure.
- RevenueCat — subscription management.
- Apple — App Store purchases, Sign in with Apple, push notifications and the Screen Time API.
We may disclose information if required by law, or to protect the safety of our users — for example, if a request clearly indicates an immediate risk of harm.
Your choices
- You can edit or delete any prayer request or testimony you posted.
- You can set "Who can see it?" to Only my circle on anything you post, if you're a Premium member.
- You can leave any circle at any time.
- You can delete your account from the Me tab, which deletes your profile, requests, testimonies and prayer history. Some records may be retained briefly for fraud prevention or legal compliance.
- You can turn off notifications in iOS Settings at any time.
Children
Pray Along is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Data retention and security
We keep your information for as long as your account is active, and delete it when you delete your account, except where we need to retain it for legal or safety reasons. We use encryption in transit and at rest, and access controls (Row Level Security) so that your private circle content is only readable by people who belong to that circle.
International users
Pray Along is used around the world. Your information may be processed in the United States and other countries where our service providers operate.
Changes to this policy
If we make material changes, we'll update the date at the top of this page and notify you in the app.
Contact us
Questions about this policy? Reach us through the Support page.
This policy describes the app as designed. It will be reviewed by counsel before the app is submitted to the App Store, and this page will be updated if anything changes.