Terms of Service for
DUA — Spiritual Companion

Last Updated: 15 August 2026

App: DUA — Spiritual Companion
Developer: Evolved Gorillas LLC
Contact: [email protected]

1. Acceptance of Terms

By downloading, installing, or using DUA — Spiritual Companion ("the app"), you agree to be bound by these Terms of Service ("Terms"). If you do not agree to these Terms, do not use the app.

2. Description of Service

DUA is a free Islamic companion application, presented in Azerbaijani, that provides:

Daily prayer times calculated from your device's location
Prayer notifications with a choice of bundled azans and tones
A weekly and monthly prayer timetable, exportable as a PDF
A live Qibla compass showing direction and distance to Mecca
The full Quran in Arabic with Azerbaijani translation and audio recitation
An AI assistant for religious questions
An Islamic calendar with Hijri dates and holidays
Personal progress features — XP, daily streaks and knowledge quizzes

The app does NOT:

❌ Require an account or registration
❌ Collect, sell or share personal data
❌ Issue religious rulings or fatwas
❌ Replace a qualified scholar or your local religious authority
❌ Show advertising

3. Religious Content and Accuracy

Important: DUA is a reference and reminder tool. It is not a religious authority, and nothing in it constitutes a fatwa or an authoritative ruling.

We have taken care with the app's religious content, including a QMİ (Qafqaz Müsəlmanları İdarəsi) calculation setting checked against the official Azerbaijani tables. Even so:

Scholarly opinion differs on several matters the app must pick a default for, including the Asr calculation and the treatment of high latitudes.
Where a question matters to you, follow your own madhab and your local religious authority rather than the app's default.
If you believe any content in the app is incorrect, please tell us and we will review it.

4. Prayer Times and Qibla Direction

Do not rely on the app alone for a time-critical religious obligation.

Prayer times are astronomical calculations, not observations. Their accuracy depends on:

The accuracy of the location your device reports
The calculation method and madhab you have selected — 16 methods are available and they do not agree with one another
Your device's clock and time zone being correct
Local conventions, which may differ from any calculated result

The Qibla compass depends on your device's magnetometer. It can be affected by:

Nearby metal, magnets, cases and electronics
A compass that has not been calibrated
Hardware limitations of the device itself

Verify prayer times against your local mosque or religious authority, and confirm the Qibla by an independent means where accuracy matters.

5. The DUA AI Assistant

The assistant is a language model. It can be wrong, and it does not speak for any religious authority.

The assistant generates answers using a third-party model operated by OpenAI, reached through a server we run. By using it you accept that:

Its answers are informational only, and are not fatwas, rulings, or religious, legal, medical or financial advice.
It can produce answers that are incomplete, outdated or simply incorrect.
Important questions should be taken to a qualified scholar, not to the app.
The text of your messages is sent to our server and forwarded to OpenAI in order to generate a reply. See the Privacy Policy for what is and is not retained.
A daily message limit applies per device, and the feature may be paused, limited or withdrawn at any time.

You agree not to use the assistant to generate unlawful, abusive, hateful or deliberately misleading content, and not to present its output as an authoritative religious ruling.

6. Quran Content and Third-Party Sources

Quran text, translation and audio recitation are supplied by alquran.cloud and cdn.islamic.network, and are subject to those services' own terms and availability.
We do not control those services. Content may change, and features that depend on them may be unavailable when they are.
Recitation audio remains the property of its reciter and publisher.
If you find an error in the text or translation, tell us and we will raise it with the source.

7. Price and Availability

DUA is free to download and free to use. There are no in-app purchases and no subscriptions.
No account is required, and none can be created.
Features that depend on the internet — the Quran, the assistant — need a connection. Prayer times, the Qibla and the calendar work offline once your location is known.
We may change, suspend or discontinue any part of the app at any time.

8. Age

The app collects no personal information from anyone, including children, and its content is suitable for all ages. If a child in your care uses the AI assistant, we recommend you supervise that use, as with any conversational service.

9. User Responsibilities

You are responsible for:

Verifying anything in the app that matters to your religious practice
Keeping your device's location, clock and compass working correctly
Using the app in line with the laws that apply to you

You agree NOT to:

Use the app for any unlawful purpose
Present the app or its assistant as a religious authority
Reverse engineer, decompile or copy the app
Redistribute the app's bundled audio, imagery or avatar artwork
Use automated tools against the app or its server, or attempt to bypass the daily assistant limit
Attempt to breach the security of the app or its server

10. Disclaimer of Warranties

THE APP IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND.

We make no warranties, express or implied, including but not limited to:

Accuracy of prayer times or Qibla direction
Accuracy or completeness of Quran text, translation or audio
Accuracy of anything produced by the AI assistant
Fitness for any particular purpose
Uninterrupted or error-free operation
Continued availability of any third-party service the app depends on

11. Limitation of Liability

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW:

We are NOT liable for:

A prayer performed at an incorrect time, or in an incorrect direction
Decisions made on the basis of anything the app or its assistant states
Inaccuracies in third-party data or content
Technical issues, malfunctions, lost data or interrupted service
Any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential damages

12. Intellectual Property

App ownership:

You are granted a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use the app.
Bundled audio, imagery and avatar artwork are not licensed for redistribution or reuse.

You may NOT:

Copy, modify or distribute the app
Extract or redistribute its bundled assets
Remove copyright notices
Use the app's name or logo without permission

13. Changes to These Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time.
Updates will be posted here with a new "Last Updated" date.
Continued use of the app after a change constitutes acceptance of it.

14. Contact Information

For questions about these Terms:

Email: [email protected]
In the app: the in-app feedback form
Support page: evolvedgorillas.com/projects/dua/

Acknowledgment

By using DUA, you acknowledge that:

You have read and understood these Terms
You agree to be bound by these Terms
You understand the app is a reference tool, not a religious authority
You understand prayer times and Qibla direction are calculations that depend on your device
You understand the AI assistant can be wrong and does not issue rulings
You will verify anything that matters with a qualified scholar or your local mosque

Summary

            What DUA IS:
            ✅ A free daily companion for prayer, Qibla and Quran
✅ A reference and reminder tool
✅ Private by design — no accounts, no tracking


            What DUA is NOT:
            ❌ A religious authority
❌ A source of fatwas or rulings
❌ A guaranteed-accurate clock or compass
❌ A replacement for a qualified scholar


            Your Responsibility:
            Verify times and direction where accuracy matters
Follow your own madhab and local authority over any default
Take important questions to a qualified scholar

        

Terms of Service forDUA — Spiritual Companion