Absher | أبشر vs Ertiqa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Absher | أبشر
Access a wide range of government services for citizens, residents, and visitors. Manage personal data, family member information, and domestic worker details securely. Supports both Arabic and English.
- Access to Ministry of Interior e-services
- Manage personal and family data
- Support for citizens, residents, and visitors
- Bilingual interface (Arabic/English)
- Focus on privacy and security
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Absher App is the official application of the electronic platform for the Ministry of Interior's services, providing individuals services to citizens, residents and visitors. Absher app supports both Arabic and English, allowing you to benefit from a wide range of services available for individuals through the app. The app has been carefully designed and developed with a strong focus on privacy and security standards, ensuring that you can safely view your personal data, as well as the data of your family members and domestic workers. You can also conveniently access various e-services provided by the Ministry of Interior.
Ertiqa
This app streamlines the donation of used computers to educational and social institutions. It organizes the collection, refurbishment, and distribution processes, facilitating a free and transparent donation experience for both donors and beneficiaries.
- Organize donation operations
- Simplify computer donation process
- Collection of used computers
- Refurbishment of electronics
- Distribution to institutes
- Free of charge services
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Ertiqa is a Non-Profit Organization registered with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Development with the certificate number 660 dated 15th of August 2014. Ertiqa is concerned with the Collection, Refurbishment, and Distribution of used computers to educational and social institutes. Our main purpose of this app is to organize our operations and simplify the donation process without any monetary transactions with its beneficiaries or donors, as all these activities (Collection - Refurbishment - Distribution) are completely free of charge.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Absher | أبشر at 33K against Ertiqa's 3. Absher | أبشر also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs monthly). Ertiqa's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 85%) and iOS requirement (12.2 vs 15.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ertiqa holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Absher | أبشر has 33K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Absher | أبشر's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ertiqa's.
Absher | أبشر ships an update every 2 weeks, Ertiqa monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Absher | أبشر | Ertiqa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.2 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 488 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER | THE COMPUTER REHABILITATION CHARITABLE ORGANIZATION ERTIQA |
Customer experience
Absher | أبشر
Ertiqa
Bugs and requests
Absher | أبشر
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatibility with iOS 16
- Inconsistent performance after updates
Requested features
4 requests- Add more government services
- Improve user interface and navigation
- Provide multilingual support
- Enhance security and privacy features
Ertiqa
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Absher | أبشر
No in-app purchases
Ertiqa
No in-app purchases
