Terms of Use

Last updated: 27 September 2026

In short

  • You must be 18 or older, free to marry, and honest about who you are.
  • One account per person and per phone, with Google sign-in.
  • Maktoub is free: no payments and no ads.
  • We have zero tolerance for abusive behaviour, sexual content, scams and fake profiles.
  • You can report or block anyone from the app. We aim to act on reports within 24 hours.
  • You can hide your profile or delete your account at any time.
  1. 1. Who we are
  2. 2. Accepting these Terms
  3. 3. Who can join
  4. 4. Your account
  5. 5. Your profile and photos
  6. 6. Zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users
  7. 7. Staying safe
  8. 8. Reporting, blocking and moderation
  9. 9. Your content
  10. 10. Hiding or deleting your account
  11. 11. Our service and our responsibility
  12. 12. Law and disputes
  13. 13. Changes to these Terms
  14. 14. Contact and languages

1. Who we are

Maktoub is a marriage-focused app for Muslims who are looking to marry. It is run by Prettify (“we”, “us”).

Matching and messaging are free. There are no payments and no ads. If we ever offer paid features, we will announce them first, explain the price clearly, and never charge you without your agreement.

2. Accepting these Terms

When you create your profile, you tick a box to accept these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. We record which version you accepted and when. If you do not agree, do not use Maktoub.

3. Who can join

To use Maktoub, you must:

  • be at least 18 years old. We check your birth date at signup, and it cannot be changed later;
  • be legally able to marry;
  • be honest about your marital status (never married, divorced or widowed);
  • not have been banned from Maktoub before;
  • have only one account.

4. Your account

  • You sign in with your Google account. We do not offer other sign-in methods.
  • Each phone can hold only one Maktoub account. When an account is deleted, the phone it used cannot create a new account for 30 days.
  • Keep your Google account and your phone secure. You are responsible for everything done with your account.
  • Do not share, sell or transfer your account.

5. Your profile and photos

Everything on your profile must be true and about you.

  • Your photos must be of you, recent, and show your face clearly.
  • Your photos must not show other people who can be identified, and must never contain nudity or sexual content.
  • Your birth date and gender cannot be changed after signup, so enter them carefully.
  • Questions about prayer, hijab, beard and skin tone are optional. You choose whether to answer them, and you can remove your answers at any time.

6. Zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users

We have zero tolerance for objectionable content and abusive users. Anyone who breaks these rules may be removed from Maktoub immediately and permanently.

You must not:

  • harass, threaten, bully or insult anyone;
  • post or send hateful or discriminatory content, including about ethnicity, skin color, origin, tribe, sect or school of thought;
  • post or send sexual or explicit content or nudity, or make sexual advances or requests;
  • promote, threaten or glorify violence;
  • ask for or send money, gifts, bank or card details, offer investments or cryptocurrency, or run any kind of scam;
  • pretend to be someone else, create fake profiles, or deceive people about who you are;
  • send spam or advertising, promote other apps, services or groups, or sell anything;
  • share another person’s private information or photos without their consent;
  • record, screenshot or share conversations to shame, threaten or blackmail anyone;
  • involve minors in any way;
  • do anything illegal;
  • use bots, scripts or scraping, or try to get around the one account per phone rule, our security measures or a ban.

7. Staying safe

Getting to know someone takes time. A few simple habits help:

  • Take your time before sharing personal details.
  • Involve your family or wali when you feel ready.
  • Meet for the first time in a public place, and tell someone you trust where you are going.
  • Never send money to someone you met on Maktoub, whatever the reason.
  • Keep your conversations in the app until you trust the person.
  • Report anything that feels wrong.

Maktoub does not run background checks and does not verify members’ identities. You are responsible for your own interactions with other members, online and offline.

8. Reporting, blocking and moderation

You can block or report any profile or conversation from the app.

Our team reviews reports and aims to act within 24 hours.

If you break these Terms, we may, without notice: remove content, hide your profile, suspend your account, or permanently ban your account and the phone you used.

We may report serious threats or illegal content to the authorities.

9. Your content

You keep ownership of the photos, text and messages you post.

To run Maktoub, you give Prettify a limited, non-exclusive, royalty-free licence to host, store, resize and show your content to other members. We use it only to run Maktoub. This licence ends when you delete the content or your account, except for the anonymous reason you may give when deleting your account.

Your content must not infringe anyone else’s rights, such as copyright or privacy.

The Maktoub app, name, design and code belong to Prettify. You may not copy or reuse them without our permission.

10. Hiding or deleting your account

  • You can hide your profile at any time with “Show my profile” in Settings. While it is hidden, your profile is not shown to other members.
  • You can delete your account in Settings. Deletion starts a 30-day grace period: if you sign in during that time, you can restore everything. After 30 days, your account is deleted permanently. See our Privacy Policy and the Delete your account page for details.
  • We may suspend or end your account if you break these Terms.

11. Our service and our responsibility

  • Maktoub is provided “as is” and “as available”. We do not guarantee that you will find a match or get married, or that the service will always be available or free of errors.
  • We may change, add or remove features at any time.
  • To the extent allowed by law, we are not responsible for the behaviour of other members, online or offline, or for indirect losses such as loss of data, opportunity or reputation.
  • Nothing in these Terms limits any rights you have that cannot be limited by law.
  • To the extent allowed by law, you agree to cover any losses we suffer because you broke these Terms.

12. Law and disputes

If you have a problem, please contact us first: most issues can be solved quickly.

These Terms are governed by the laws of Tunisia. Any dispute will be handled by the courts of Tunisia. This does not remove any mandatory consumer protections you have under the law of the country where you live.

13. Changes to these Terms

When we update these Terms, we change the date at the top of this page and tell you in the app. For significant changes, we may ask you to accept the new version before you continue. If you keep using Maktoub after a change, you accept the updated Terms.

14. Contact and languages

Questions about these Terms? Write to support@getmaktoub.app. Please include your Support ID, which you can find and copy in Settings, so we can find your account.

These Terms are available in English, French and Arabic. If the versions differ, the English version prevails.