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1. Open the Focus tab and tap Choose apps and categories. Pick the apps that distract you and tap Done.
2. Turn on Hold apps at each adhan and pick 10, 20 or 30 minutes.
3. Make sure a city is set (Prayer tab). That is it: at each adhan, iOS shows the Sutrah shield over those apps.

On the shield, tap Open Sutrah. Choose Read Quran (the ring fills as you read) or Dhikr (tap to 100). Tap Done and the app opens for the time you set under Focus → "…and it opens for". Free accounts get one unlock a day; Pro is unlimited. Strict-mode sessions cannot be opened early.

Focus tab → pick 15 to 120 minutes → Start. With Strict mode on, there is no early end and no Quran unlock until the timer runs out; use it only when you mean it. Without strict mode, the Today screen shows End session.

Apple's Screen Time (Family Controls) is the only way an app can hold other apps. Sutrah uses it in "individual" mode for your own device. Sutrah never sees your usage; Apple applies the shield. See the privacy policy.

1. Settings → Screen Time → Apps with Screen Time Access: Sutrah must be on.
2. Open Sutrah once after a restart so it can re-apply today's schedule.
3. Check the Prayer tab shows times for your city; without a location there is no prayer window.
4. Locks apply only to the apps you picked. System apps such as Phone and Messages are never held.

Tap Open Sutrah on the shield and complete a Quran or dhikr unlock. If you cannot open Sutrah at all, remove Sutrah's access under Settings → Screen Time → Apps with Screen Time Access; all shields drop immediately.

More → Prayer times & adhan: pick the calculation method your local mosque uses (ISNA, Muslim World League, Umm al-Qura, Egyptian, Karachi, Dubai, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, Diyanet, Moonsighting Committee, Tehran/Jafari), switch Asr to Hanafi if needed, and adjust individual prayers by a few minutes. You can also type coordinates instead of using location.

Settings → Notifications → Sutrah: allow notifications and sounds. Focus modes and Do Not Disturb can silence them; add Sutrah as an allowed app in your Focus settings. Sutrah schedules seven days of notifications at a time; opening the app refreshes them.

Hold the phone flat, away from magnets and cases with magnets, and move it in a figure-eight to calibrate. The compass needs location permission for your city.

More → Quran reading, or tap the AA button in the reader. Eight translations are included with attribution. The whole Quran is stored inside the app; no internet is needed.

Free, forever: one held app, one prayer-time lock, one Quran or dhikr unlock a day, full prayer times, the whole Quran, tasbih, qibla and stats. Pro: unlimited apps and locks, Live Activity countdown, widgets, accountability partner, strict and Ramadan modes, every translation and calculation method.

More → Get Sutrah Pro → Restore. Sign in with the same Apple Account used for the original purchase.

Cancel: iPhone Settings → your name → Subscriptions → Sutrah Pro. Cancelling during the 7-day trial costs nothing. Refunds are handled by Apple at reportaproblem.apple.com; we cannot issue them ourselves.

Delete the app. Everything Sutrah stores is on your phone and goes with it. There is no account to close. Full details in the privacy policy.