Absher | أبشر vs Maqare | مقارئ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Absher | أبشر
Access government services from the Ministry of Interior 24/7. Manage personal data, family members, and domestic workers securely. Available in Arabic and English for citizens, residents, and visitors.
- Access government services
- Manage personal data
- View family member data
- View domestic worker data
- Supports Arabic and English
- Secure and private
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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.
Maqare | مقارئ
This platform connects Quranic teachers with students and institutions globally. It facilitates communication and aims to serve the Holy Quran through a self-sufficient, Muslim-developed technology.
- Connects Quranic teachers and students
- Serves educational institutions
- Facilitates global communication
- Self-sufficient platform
- Developed by Muslim hands
- Focus on Quranic education
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Platform to serve the Noble Qur’an that aims to: - Serving and assisting teachers of the Holy Quran. - Institutions and charitable interested in teaching and educating the Holy Quran. - Facilitating communication between teachers of the Holy Qur’an and all Muslims around the world https://maqare.com Maqare is the first self-sufficient platform in the Arab and Islamic world, built entirely by 100% Muslim hands to serve the Holy Quran and its people, without relying on any foreign technologies or services. We believe that relying entirely on our technologies provides security and confidence in the Quran learning environment.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Absher | أبشر at 33K against Maqare | مقارئ's 2. Maqare | مقارئ's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, update cadence, 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.
Maqare | مقارئ 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 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Absher | أبشر ships an update every 2 weeks, Maqare | مقارئ every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Absher | أبشر | Maqare | مقارئ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (33K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 33K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 456 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NATIONAL INFORMATION CENTER | Kortobaa Integrated Solutions LLC |
Customer experience
Absher | أبشر
Maqare | مقارئ
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
Maqare | مقارئ
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Absher | أبشر
No in-app purchases
Maqare | مقارئ
No in-app purchases
Questions
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