# Pillars: Prayer Times & Qibla — user reviews > 942 indexed App Store user reviews of Pillars by The Pillars Group Ltd, rated 4.80/5 from 5,494 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pillars-prayer-times-and-qibla/id1559086853/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pillars-prayer-times-and-qibla/id1559086853.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 5,074 · 4★ 191 · 3★ 57 · 2★ 42 · 1★ 130 ## What do users think of Pillars? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple, thoughtful, and beautifully designed interface - 🔒 No ads - 🚀 Has every tracker and function you need with nothing you don't - 💡 Tracks missed fasts - 👍 Accurate location and prayer times - 👍 Clean, easy to use, and straight to the point - 👍 Minimalist design style - 👍 Smooth and seamless functionality - 👍 Intuitive and user-friendly - 👍 Visually pleasing and calming - 🚀 Lightweight and fast - 🔒 No data tracking or privacy concerns - 👍 Excellent widget feature **Cons** - 🐛 Qibla compass sometimes glitches or shows inaccurate direction - 🐛 Notifications for prayer times not always accurate - 🔋 High battery consumption reported by some users - 🐛 Widget not always updating properly **Commonly reported bugs** - Isha prayer tracking blocked by UI elements - Incorrect prayer times displayed in some locations - Fasting tracker not always working as expected **Most requested features** - Add pre-prayer notifications (e.g. 15 minutes before prayer) - Implement Shia prayer calculation methods - Add Quran and Dhikr features - Integrate with Apple Watch - Expand prayer tracker to include Sunnah and Nafl prayers - Add monthly view for prayer tracking - Implement customizable snooze option for notifications ## Newest reviews (10 of 942) ### 3/5 — Leider Gebetszeiten falsch *2026-08-30* Die App ist super, würde auch gerne premium abonnieren allerdings sind die Gebetszeiten falsch .. ich hoffe das wird behoben ### 2/5 — Premium *2026-08-28, version 3.3.6* Thought would be free but have to forced to pay ### 3/5 — “I’m Committed” *2026-07-26, version 3.3.1* This has been my favorite Salah app for years now. I’ve even recommended it to friends and family. However, the new “I’m Committed” pop-up is really frustrating & wastes time, making my experience on the app less pleasant. ### 3/5 — Hamza Edris *2026-07-22, version 3.2.9* I love the app ### 5/5 — Must have *2026-07-18, version 3.2.8* allows me to clearly see my prayers and got me into the habit of 5 day prayer ### 3/5 — No Option for Shia Prayer Times *2026-07-11* I really loved the interface and even signed up for the subscription. However, ensuring accurate prayer times was nearly impossible. I understand there are many different calculation methods, but I was surprised to find that there wasn’t a single option for Shia prayer time calculations. I had assumed that including the Iraqi gentleman during the app setup meant the app would support Shia prayer times, but unfortunately, that wasn’t the case. Historically, I’ve had to use multiple apps, one for accurate prayer times and another for prayer tracking and other features. I was hoping this app would finally replace that setup, and I would have gladly paid double the subscription price if it included reliable Shia prayer time calculations. Unfortunately, I’ll have to go back to using multiple apps. ### 3/5 — Not accurate *2026-07-10* This app advertises “add free” but that’s only because you have to subscribe to use it. Not very direct ### 5/5 — soo motivating !! *2026-07-07* This app has helped motivate me to pray everyday, Alhamdulillah. NO ADS. Saves your streaks. Prayer times have been accurate so far & optional notifications pop up to remind you. Very useful during Ramadan and recording missed fasts and prayers due to menses while keeping your streak. Love the consideration as it’s rarely seen in typical prayer apps I’ve heard of. ‼️I just wish that they would somehow allow my prayers to be transferred and synced to my other devices. This would really help Would highly recommend ! **Developer response:** Salaam 👋 Barakallahu feeki, this genuinely made our day. Alhamdulillah that Pillars is helping you pray every day, that's *exactly* what we prayed it could do. The consideration you mentioned around menses, and keeping your streak while recording missed fasts and prayers, is something we thought really hard about, because those details matter and are so often overlooked. On syncing across your devices, you're not alone in asking, we've noted it alongside other requests and inshaAllah it's something we can bring, so stay tuned! If you know someone who'd benefit, we'd love for you to share Pillars with them. Please keep us in your duas! 🤲 The Pillars Team 💙 ### 2/5 — Please stop *2026-07-01, version 3.2.1* Please stop making me go through a 20 minute ride just to get into the app. I've been using the app since beginning but it's becoming very frustrating recommending the app to someone or installing in a new device when you're presented with a 20 minute unskippable menu surfer. ### 1/5 — Can’t open *2026-06-25, version 3.2.1* Can’t open the apps for iPhone myanmar location can’t use Please fix ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Stop asking me so many questions *2026-08-25* I just wanted a simple apps, stop asking me so many question. For God sake ### 1/5 — Disgusting onboarding process *2026-08-14, version 3.3.3* Please stop making me go through a 20 minute ride just to get into the app. I've been using the app since beginning but it's becoming very frustrating recommending the app to someone or installing in a new device when you're presented with a 20 minute unskippable menu surfer. Edit: just uninstalled. It's no longer worth the hassle. ### 1/5 — Pay-walled widget for quick hand prayer times *2026-08-12* I used to love this app for being so minimalistic and seamless. arguably the most useful feature of the app, was being able to add a widget to your phone’s home page with the current prayer time and time remaining until the next one. With this feature, I was able to automatically get a reminder for prayer at a glance of my phone, which was the most useful feature which compelled me to stay true and complete all of my prayers since it’s a constant reminder. Now, this feature which was once free, is now locked behind a paywall forcing me to buy premium if I want to continue to use the most useful feature. For many of us, the problem with keeping our prayers is the constant reminder, the nudge in the right direction that we can’t blatantly ignore. If I was already so pious and dutiful in my prayers, I wouldn’t need an app, that I’d need to physically open, I’d already be aware of the timings intuitively. Now, you are assuming that most of your consumers just need to know the exact timing, which is far from the purpose of an app such as this, which is designed to help people become more disciplined, keep track of the prayers, and be held accountable gently. Now, as the app is, the onus is on me to voluntarily search for the app and open it 5 times a day. If I had such an intuitive affinity towards never missing a prayer in the first place, what’s the point of this app? ### 1/5 — Annoying onboarding *2026-08-09, version 3.3.2* Onboarding takes 5 years when I just want the prayer times absolutely ridiculous deleted the app ### 1/5 — Tired of the intrusions *2026-08-09, version 3.3.2* Used to be a simple app. It now insists on asking you a 100 questions before it starts. Unskippable as well. ### 1/5 — No support from devs *2026-08-04, version 3.3.2* I had the membership that promised even more priority customer service and was never helped once, this app was completely AI generated and the devs do not support or care about any bugs or issues just getting their monthly subscription from you. ### 1/5 — Meh, Money grab! *2026-07-31* Why do I need to pay for a specific widget? It’s not even some out of the world feature. Hard pass! ### 1/5 — Way too many questions *2026-07-25* This took forever with so many questions, followed by a barrage of paywalls. When you finally reach the app, it’s very basic—just prayer times and a few small features. I thought there would be tutorials on how to pray and more content available since it says 'free.' Honestly, there are much better apps out there that don't interrogate you before you can even see the main menu. ### 1/5 — Failed me *2026-07-10, version 3.2.6* Seems to talk the talk but doesn’t deliver the simple Adan. Changed the settings few times and still doesn’t call Out the Adan out loud. ### 1/5 — Premium *2026-07-02, version 3.2.1* It won’t let me do the thingie because it’s making me do premium but I am broke so I have no money to contribute but I would like to just do it for free pls ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Pillars *2026-09-03* Very helpful and accurate. ### 5/5 — Best App for Salah *2026-08-31, version 3.3.6* By far the best app for Salah I have ever used. I tried to pray and commit for years and it never worked. The feature where it locks your whole phone until you pray is making me not miss any prayer. I hope to keep the momentum. Thank you for creating this app!! ### 5/5 — Very useful app *2026-08-28* I like that this app can be set up in a way that it encourages you to pray. When it’s time for prayer, you cannot use your phone till you pray. Unlike before I found it hard to pray, now I find it hard to miss my salah. Alhamdulillah ### 5/5 — Beautiful App, Easy User Interface *2026-08-24* This app has been so incredible in helping me become more consistent in my prayer. The app is designed to encourage people to reach their prayer goals and has a lovely tracker feature that allows you to log prayers completed on time, late prayers, and missed prayers. There’s also a streak feature that encourages people to meet their prayer goals and pray on time! I stress ‘on time’ because your streak will break if you don’t pray on time, which is a really great motivator to wake up early for Fajr and complete other prayers on time. The app interface is also beautiful, I love the design it’s simple and gorgeous. Not to mention, there are no ads! No ads whatsoever unlike MANY other prayer time apps. I’m so glad I discovered this gem and I thank the developers for taking the time to make this app. ### 5/5 — So good *2026-08-23, version 3.3.5* Lovely ### 5/5 — Perfection *2026-08-20* The turn off app feature really helps break you out of your bad habit and prioritize your prayer ### 5/5 — BEST APP EVER MASHALLAH *2026-08-16, version 3.3.3* I used to never pray and yes, I did make lies saying “oh I didn’t know time for it.” And I get it and it was pretty back back then but now I’ve been praying for 4 days in a row! Amazing right? Allah has been so happy with me and I’m definitely saved from hellfire. Anyways, please download this app. ### 5/5 — Keeps you on track *2026-08-06, version 3.3.2* An amazing app that keeps you accountable to your prayers. ### 5/5 — Best Prayer App *2026-08-03, version 3.3.2* This is the best app for prayer times for sure ### 5/5 — Alhamdulillah its great *2026-07-24, version 3.3.1* Its a really good guide and encouraging and beautiful UI and its free there is the free choice and payed version to support the creators to update the app --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-05.*