Named for the lamp niche
Light, kept close
A mishkah is the niche that shelters a lamp, from the Verse of Light (Quran 24:35). The app holds to that idea in its architecture, not just its copy: there are no accounts, no analytics, no ads, and no server of ours behind it. Your prayer life stays on your device, where it belongs.
Support
Common questions
My prayer times don't match my mosque
Mosques choose a calculation method and sometimes add manual adjustments. In Settings > Prayer Times, pick the method your mosque uses (for example ISNA in North America, or Umm al-Qura in the Gulf) and set your Asr madhhab. Also confirm the city shown at the top of the Now screen is right; tap it to correct it.
The athan doesn't sound
Check three things: notifications are allowed for Mishkah in iOS Settings, the prayer's alert icon on the Now screen is set to athan (tap the icon to cycle silence, vibrate, athan), and your iPhone isn't in a Focus mode that silences it. The athan plays as a notification sound, so the ring/silent switch and volume apply.
I don't want to share my location
That's fine. Decline the location prompt and tap the city name to type any city instead. Times and Qibla are computed on the device either way, and your location is never sent to the developer in any case.
How do I export or delete my data?
Settings > About has both: export shares a single readable JSON file, and delete removes everything the app knows. There is no copy anywhere else, so deletion is genuinely final.
How do I add the widget or use the Watch app?
Long-press your home screen, tap the plus button, and search for Mishkah to add the next-prayer widget. Lock screen widgets and the Dynamic Island countdown appear around each prayer. The Watch app installs from the Watch app on your iPhone and shows the next prayer plus complications.
Which sources does the app use?
Quran text comes verbatim from the Tanzil Project. The athan recording is by Aaqib Azeez (CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons). Prayer times are computed on-device from published astronomical conventions. Full attributions live in Settings > About > Content & sources and in the footer below.
Contact
Found a bug, a wrong time, or have a request? Email and you'll hear back within a couple of days, in shaa Allah.
roysignior@hotmail.com