Samaa privacy policy

Last updated: 20 October 2026 · Applies to the Samaa apps for Android and iPhone and the Samaa web app at samaa.sssolve.com

What stays on your device

Your audio files, series, listening progress, notes, bookmarks, listening statistics, settings and the name you may type for the greeting are saved only on your device (in the browser, for the web app). We never receive them. If you uninstall the app, or clear the site data of the web app, they are deleted.

What we collect

Nothing. We run no servers that receive your data, and the app contains no analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking software.

Network requests the app makes

Samaa connects to the internet only to do what you ask. Those requests go straight from your device to the service concerned, and we are not involved:

• Links you add: podcast and RSS feeds, archive.org items, lecture or masjid websites, Apple Podcasts, Spreaker, SoundCloud, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive and direct audio links. The site you pasted sees your request, as with any browser.
• Podcast search: the words you search for are sent to Apple's iTunes Search service and to Spreaker (api.spreaker.com) to find matching series. Nothing else is sent.
• Websites without a podcast feed: Samaa reads that website's own pages to find the audio. SoundCloud players embedded in a page are looked up in the account's public feed.
• New lessons: series you follow are re-checked while the app is open, at most every six hours, using the same links. Nothing runs in the background when the app is closed.

These services have their own privacy policies. Samaa adds no identifier, account or advertising ID to these requests.

Permissions the app asks for

• Audio and files (Android): to play audio you choose from your phone. Folders and files are opened through the system picker; Samaa does not scan your storage or ask for all-files access.
• Notifications: to show the playback controls on the lock screen and in the notification shade.
• Foreground service and wake lock (Android) / background audio (iPhone): to keep a lesson playing with the screen off.
• Motion sensors: used on the device for “shake to extend” and “face-down to pause”. Readings are never stored or sent.
• Internet: for the requests listed above.

Samaa does not use your camera, microphone, contacts, location or advertising identifier.

Sharing

When you share a clip, a note, a backup or an export, you choose where it goes through your phone's own share sheet. Samaa does not post anywhere itself and has no connection to WhatsApp, Instagram, Telegram, TikTok or other apps beyond handing them the file or link you picked.

A clip link carries the series address, start and end times and your note inside the part of the link after the “#”. Web browsers never send that part to a website, so the Samaa site does not receive it. Anyone you send the link to can read what is in it.

Backups

A backup is a file you save yourself. It stays wherever you put it; we never see it.

Children

Samaa collects no personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.

Contact

Questions about privacy: support@sssolve.com