Your japa, kept on your device

Last updated: October 20, 2026

1. Who we are

Padma Mala: Japa Counter is offered by Blissed and Balanced LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“we”, “us”). This Privacy Policy explains what information the Padma Mala app (the “App”) handles, where it is kept, and your choices. Please also read our Terms of Use.

2. Information stored on your device

The App stores the following only on your device, in the App’s private storage:

• Practice history: your japa sessions (mantra, count, beads per mala, start and end times, and any note you add), streaks and totals.
• Goals and vows: goal and vow titles, mantras, targets, daily amounts and dates, and, for a vow made from a chart plan, the chart code it came from.
• Custom mantras you create.
• Settings: beads per mala, counting mode, theme, haptics, chime, text size, and the reminder time you choose for a vow.

This information is not sent to us or to any third party, and we cannot see it. We do not ask for your name, email, phone number, contacts, photos, location, or payment card details. The App does not use the microphone or camera.

3. Features that use your device or Apple’s services

• iCloud backup (Pro). When you tap “Back up now”, the App writes one backup file (your sessions, goals, vows, custom mantras and settings) to the App’s private folder in your own iCloud account. Storage and syncing are handled by Apple under your iCloud account and Apple’s privacy policy. No server of ours is involved and we cannot access the file. The App reads it back only when you tap “Restore”.
• Backup file (free). “Export backup file” creates the same backup as a file and opens the iPhone share sheet. Where it goes next (for example Files, AirDrop or a message) is your choice; the App does not upload it anywhere.
• Reminders (Pro). Vow reminders are local notifications scheduled on your iPhone. The App asks for notification permission only when you turn a reminder on. There are no push notifications, no push token and no server. The notification text includes your vow title and may appear on your Lock Screen.
• Widgets (Pro). To show today’s japa, your streak and your vow on the Home Screen and Lock Screen, the App writes a small summary (the current mantra’s name, today’s count and malas, your streak, and your active vow’s title and progress) to storage on your iPhone that is shared only with the App’s own widget. Widgets on the Lock Screen can be seen by anyone who can see your iPhone.
• Chart plan from Padma Astro (Pro). Our separate Padma Astro app can open Padma Mala with a short chart code (for example PM1.4.2.Ju.Sa), or you can paste the code yourself. The code contains only your birth nakshatra, Moon sign and current dasha (life-period) lords. It contains no birth date, birth time, birth place, name or account information. Padma Mala reads the code on your device to suggest a mantra plan, and keeps it with any vow you make from it. It is not sent to us or anyone else. Padma Astro’s own Privacy Policy describes what Padma Astro handles.
• Mantra Recitations (Pro) and sounds. Recitation audio and the mala chime are bundled with the App and play offline. Nothing is streamed or recorded.

4. Purchases (Padma Mala Pro)

If you buy Pro, the purchase is processed entirely by Apple through the App Store; we never see your name, Apple ID, email or payment details. To confirm your subscription status, the App uses RevenueCat (RevenueCat, Inc.), which acts as our service provider. When the App checks or restores a purchase, RevenueCat receives a random, anonymous app user ID generated on your device, your App Store purchase receipt and transaction details (such as product, price, currency, and purchase and expiration dates), and basic technical information needed to make the request (such as your device’s IP address, App version, operating system version, country or storefront, and language). RevenueCat processes this information under its agreement with us and its own privacy policy. We use it only to provide Pro, prevent fraud, and understand purchases in aggregate (for example, how many subscriptions are active). We do not link it to your name, email or any other identity, and the anonymous ID is not linked to your japa data.

While Pro is in its test phase, it is not for sale, and the App does not contact RevenueCat or any other server.

5. What the App does not do

• No advertising, ever.
• No analytics, crash reporting or tracking tools.
• No account or login.
• No cross-app or cross-site tracking. The App does not use the advertising identifier and does not ask for tracking permission, because we do not track.
• Apart from the purchase checks described in section 4, the App makes no network connections. Fonts, artwork, mantra texts and audio are all bundled with the App.

6. We do not sell your data

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not “share” it for cross-context behavioral advertising (as those terms are defined under California law). We disclose information only to the service providers above to operate the App, when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or as part of a merger or sale of the business (with notice where required).

7. Retention

• On your device: your data stays until you delete it (Settings › Erase all data, or deleting the App).
• In your iCloud: your backup file stays in your iCloud account until you delete it (see section 8). Each new backup replaces the previous one.
• Purchase records: Apple keeps records of your App Store purchases under its own policies. RevenueCat keeps purchase records for as long as needed to provide Pro and as required by law or its agreement with us.

8. Deleting your data

• On this iPhone: open Settings in Padma Mala and tap Erase all data. This removes your sessions, goals, vows, custom mantras and settings from the App’s storage and cancels any reminders. Deleting the App also removes this data. We cannot recover it, because we never had it.
• iCloud backup: Erase all data and deleting the App do not delete your iCloud backup. To delete it, open the iPhone Settings app › your name › iCloud › Manage Account Storage (or Manage Storage) › Padma Mala, and choose to delete its data.
• Exported backup files: delete them wherever you saved them.
• Purchase records: you can contact us at info@blissedandbalanced.com to request deletion of purchase records held by RevenueCat; because the ID is anonymous, we may need details of your purchase to find them. Records held by Apple are governed by Apple’s privacy policy.

9. Children

The App is a devotional tool suitable for all ages, and it does not collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. Children’s practice data stays on their device like everyone else’s. Purchases by minors require a parent or guardian’s approval (for example through Apple’s Family Sharing and Ask to Buy). If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, contact us and we will delete it.

10. Your privacy rights (CCPA/CPRA, GDPR and others)

Because your practice data is stored on your device and in your own iCloud, you can view, correct, export and delete it yourself in the App at any time. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to:

• Know and access the personal information we hold about you and how we use it;
• Correct inaccurate information;
• Delete your information (use Erase all data, or contact us);
• Data portability, to receive your information in a usable format (you can also export a backup file in the App);
• Opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information (we don’t sell or share it) and of targeted advertising or profiling (we don’t do these);
• Limit the use of sensitive personal information (we don’t collect it);
• Object to or restrict processing, and withdraw consent at any time (EU/UK);
• Not be discriminated against for exercising your rights; and
• Complain to your local data-protection authority (EU/UK).

California residents: in the past 12 months, the only personal information we have received through the App is the purchase information described in section 4 (identifiers such as an anonymous app user ID and IP address, and commercial information such as purchase records), and only if you bought Pro. It was collected from your device and Apple, for the purposes in section 4, and disclosed only to our service provider RevenueCat. We have not sold or shared personal information.

EU/UK users: we process purchase information to perform our contract with you (providing Pro) and on the basis of our legitimate interests (preventing fraud and understanding purchases in aggregate). Your practice data is processed on your device and, if you choose, in your iCloud account, and is not processed by us. Purchase information is processed in the United States; where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international transfers. The controller of your information is Blissed and Balanced LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, which you can reach at info@blissedandbalanced.com. Where your information is transferred outside the EU or UK, we rely on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK Addendum) or another lawful transfer mechanism. If the law requires us to appoint a representative in the EU or UK, we will name that representative here. You have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

To exercise a right, contact us at info@blissedandbalanced.com. We may need to verify your request, and you may use an authorized agent where the law allows. We will respond within the time required by law.

11. Security

We use reasonable measures to protect information, including encrypted connections (HTTPS) for purchase checks. Your iCloud backup is protected by Apple’s iCloud security. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. Because your data is stored on your device, anyone with access to your unlocked device may be able to see it, and widgets and reminders may show some of it on your Lock Screen.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will post the updated version with a new “Last updated” date and, for material changes, give notice in the app or by other reasonable means.

13. Contact

Blissed and Balanced LLC, Florida · info@blissedandbalanced.com