Your study. Your choices.

This covers Shalawam on the web, iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV. Updated November 8, 2026.

On Apple TV

The Apple TV app has no account and makes no network connections. Its scripture and prayers are part of the app. It remembers only where you stopped reading, and keeps that on the TV.

Without an account

You can read and keep notes without signing in. Notes, notebooks, saved passages, preferences and practice stay on your device: in the app’s own files on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and in this browser’s storage on the web. Clearing the browser’s site data removes what the web app kept there.

With a free account

An account is optional. When you create one, your email address is sent to Supabase to create and verify the account, and the sign-in email is delivered through Cloudflare. Your account identifier, notes, notebooks and saved passages are sent through Shalawam’s Cloudflare service and stored with Supabase in its US West region so your devices can sync. Reading preferences and practice stay on each device.

Notes you kept before signing in stay separate. They are copied to your account only if you choose to copy them.

Prayer reminders

Sunrise and sunset reminders are optional on each device. The iPhone, iPad and Mac apps schedule reminders on your device. If you enable them in a browser, Shalawam stores your browser’s push subscription, approximate location, time zone, reminder choices and Name setting on Cloudflare to deliver the selected scripture. Your browser’s push service carries the encrypted notification. Turning off both web reminders removes the schedule for that browser.

A reminder can show the scripture reference and verse on your lock screen. Your device’s notification settings control previews.

Who can see your notes

Other readers cannot see your synced notes. Connections use HTTPS, and the apps keep sign-in tokens in the device’s Keychain. Synced content is not end-to-end encrypted: authorized Shalawam administrators and our service providers can access server-side data to operate the service. Notes can contain personal or religious beliefs; you choose what to write and whether to sync it.

No ads, no tracking

Shalawam shows no ads and does not track your activity for advertising or analytics. Cloudflare and Supabase process network requests to provide sign-in, delivery, security and storage.

Keeping and deleting your work

Backup and restore exports the study on your device. Account and sync offers an export of your account’s notes.

To delete your account, open Account and sync, choose Delete account and confirm with your email. This removes the account and its synced notes, notebooks and saved passages, and the app’s copy for that account on that device. Notes kept only on a device are not affected. Other signed-in devices may still hold local copies, and our providers’ backups are kept on their own schedules.

Questions

Write to support@shalawam.app. Shalawam is made by DEME Studio, LLC.