Prayer Bead Counter
Last updated: October 30, 2026
MalaWatch does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data. Your practice stays entirely on your device.
This Privacy Policy describes how MalaWatch ("we", "the app") handles information when you use the MalaWatch iOS and Apple Watch application. The separate web demo is described below.
MalaWatch collects no personal information whatsoever. Specifically, we do not collect:
There are no accounts, no sign-in, and no user profiles.
All app data — your bead count, round progress, selected bead theme, and bead goal — is stored exclusively on your device using Apple's standard UserDefaults storage. This data never leaves your device and is never transmitted anywhere.
MalaWatch works entirely offline. The app never makes network requests. No data is sent to any server at any time.
MalaWatch uses Apple's AVSpeechSynthesizer framework to speak chant syllables aloud in Follow mode. This technology runs entirely on your device — no audio is recorded, stored, or sent anywhere.
MalaWatch offers an optional consumable support purchase using Apple In-App Purchase. Purchases are processed by Apple. The app does not collect payment information, and support purchases do not unlock additional app features.
MalaWatch contains no third-party analytics SDKs, advertising networks, crash reporting services, or any other external frameworks. The app uses only Apple's first-party frameworks.
The web demo saves counts, rounds, chant position, language, device preview, and material preferences in your browser's local storage. The demo offers only Namo Amitabha Buddha and does not accept custom mantra input. We do not send that practice data to our own servers. You can remove it by clearing this site's browser data.
The website has no advertising or third-party analytics scripts. It is hosted on GitHub Pages, whose hosting service may process ordinary request information such as your IP address. See GitHub's Privacy Statement.
Optional chant audio uses your browser's speech synthesis service. Voice availability and whether synthesis uses network services depend on your browser and selected voice. Audio is off until you enable it; we do not request microphone access or record audio.
App Store download links include a campaign identifier to attribute app acquisition through Apple's campaign reporting. Sharing uses your device's share sheet or copies the page link; the demo does not access your contacts.
MalaWatch is rated 4+ and is appropriate for all ages. Because we collect no personal data from anyone, there are no special concerns regarding children's privacy. We do not knowingly collect any information from anyone.
If we ever change our privacy practices, we will update this page with a new "Last updated" date. As a fully offline app with no data collection, significant changes are unlikely.
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us: