Privacy policy
Effective: November 13, 2026
Who we are: Prayerfold is made by Vectrix LLC. Questions: support@prayerfold.app.
The short version
- Your prayers are yours. Nobody at Vectrix reads them. We never sell your data and never use it for ads.
- You choose what you write and who sees it. A prayer stays private unless you share it to a group.
- Prayers aren't end-to-end encrypted. Our server can technically read them, because syncing between your devices, delivering to your groups, the word filter, reports and notifications all need that. We protect them in transit and at rest, and we don't look.
What we collect and why
| What | Why | Who else sees it | How long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your sign-in id from Apple or Google, and your email if you sign in with Google | To sign you in | Supabase, our database provider | Until you delete your account |
| First name, last initial, display names, avatar | Your profile | Members of groups you join | Until you delete your account |
| Your age band (not your birthday) | To set up the app right for your age | Nobody | Until you delete your account |
| For teens: a parent's first name and when they agreed | The consent record | Nobody | Until you delete your account |
| Prayers, praises, updates, comments, chat, reactions, "I prayed" checks | That's the app | Only members of the groups you share to | Until you delete them or your account |
| Group memberships and roles | To run groups | Members of that group | Until you leave, plus the group's admin log |
| When you last used the app | To find accounts nobody has used in a long time | Nobody | Until you delete your account |
| Whether you have Premium | To unlock Premium | RevenueCat, Apple, Google | Until you delete your account |
| Push token, device type, app version, time zone | Notifications and support | Expo, Apple, Google, to deliver notifications | Until you sign out, or 90 days unused |
| Reports and blocks | Safety | Group admins see a report, never who sent it | Reports: as long as we need them for safety, up to 1 year; blocks until deletion |
| Crash reports, with prayer text and names stripped out | Fixing bugs | Our crash service | Up to 90 days |
IP addresses. Our hosting providers (Supabase and Cloudflare) log IP addresses briefly to keep the service secure and running. The parent page also keeps a scrambled copy of the visitor's address for a short time to stop abuse, then deletes it. We don't use IP addresses to track you or to find your location. Our crash service has IP storage turned off.
We don't collect: your birthday, location, contacts, photos, microphone, advertising id, browsing history, or health data from your phone. There is no analytics kit building a profile of you.
About what you write. Prayers often hold health details and matters of faith. In some places those count as sensitive information. You decide what to write and who sees it. We never read, mine or sell it.
Who reads your prayers
Nobody at Vectrix. The only exception is a safety or legal report, and then we look at the reported item only.
Companies that process data for us
Supabase (database and sign-in), RevenueCat (Premium status), Expo (notification delivery and app updates), Apple and Google (sign-in, payments, notifications), Cloudflare (website and email routing), and Sentry (crash reports). They process data only to run the app for us.
Anonymous posts
When you post anonymously to a group, members see "Anonymous". That group's admins can see who posted, so they can keep the group safe. In a very small group, people may still guess.
Teens
Prayerfold is for ages 13 and up. We don't knowingly collect anything from anyone under 13; the app stops at the age question and creates no account. If we learn an account belongs to a child under 13, we delete it promptly. Teens need a parent's agreement before joining groups. A parent can see their teen's group names (never prayers) through a private link and can turn groups off.
Your choices
- Export: Settings, Account, Export gives you a file of your prayers, praises, updates and answers.
- Delete: Settings, Account, Delete account. Or sign in at app.prayerfold.app and delete it there. If you signed in with Google and can't sign in, email support@prayerfold.app from that address. Your content is erased within 30 days, and from our backups within 30 days after that. Comments you left on other people's prayers become "A comment from a former member was removed."
- One exception: if a post is reported as sexual content, we keep a private copy for up to 1 year, because the law may require it in child-safety cases. Nobody in the app can see it.
- Notifications: every type can be turned off in Settings. A privacy switch hides prayer details on your lock screen.
- Store subscriptions continue until you cancel them in the App Store or Google Play.
Security
Encrypted in transit and at rest. Every database table only answers to the people allowed to see it. Prayerfold has no passwords of its own: you sign in with Apple or Google, and that account's own 2-step protection applies. Prayerfold doesn't add its own 2-step sign-in in this version. No system is perfect. If something goes wrong that affects you, we'll tell you as the law requires, and in the app where we can.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date above and tell you in the app.
Contact
support@prayerfold.app. Vectrix LLC, 11175 Cicero Drive, Suite 100, Alpharetta, GA 30022, USA.