Mamen vs Prayerly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mamen
Design your ideal mobile plan with flexible data, SMS, and voice options. Convert unused allowances back into credits or share them with friends. Track your usage and enjoy discounts on lifestyle offers.
- Build custom mobile plans
- Convert unused data/SMS/minutes
- Send/request balance points
- Track usage
- Access lifestyle discounts
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Mamen app takes the concept of “customer knows best” to a completely new level. Simply use the build feature to slide and create your mobile plan or use the Take Back feature to convert any unused data, SMS or voice minutes credited back to you. Keep a track of your usage while enjoying full flexibility. You are in control. You can even send or request balance points to your friends and grab discount offers from our lifestyle offers. How to get started: 1. Get a new Mamen SIM card, download app 2. If you’re an already existing customer, download the app and send a request to change mobile plan 3. Sign up and you’re ready to go
Prayerly
This app assists users in performing their daily prayers punctually. It is designed to help you pray your Salah early and on time, ensuring you never miss a prayer.
- Pray Salah early
- Pray Salah on time
- Prayer reminder assistance
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Prayerly was built to help you pray your Salah early and on time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Prayerly at 68% against Mamen's 10%. Prayerly also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.3). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
Prayerly holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 151 and 56 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 10% of Mamen's written reviews are positive against 68% of Prayerly's.
Mamen ships an update every 3 weeks, Prayerly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mamen | Prayerly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.3 (151 ratings) | 4.5 (56 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 9.8% of reviews | 68.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 151 — better | 56 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dhiraagu PLC | Quranly Ltd |
Customer experience
Mamen
Prayerly
User reviews
Mamen
From 151 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Mamen package customization
- 👍 Transfer and take back functions
Room to improve
- 🐌 Extremely slow performance
- 📉 Frequent crashes
- 🚫 Unusable app
- 💸 Money draining issues
- ❌ Registration errors
Prayerly
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Clean, aesthetic, and user-friendly interface design
- 📱 Ad-free application with no monetization
- 🎯 Effective prayer tracking and statistics system
- ⏰ Accurate prayer time calculations and notifications
- 🏆 Motivates users to pray on time with gamification
Room to improve
- 🐛 Widgets frequently malfunction or disappear
- 🔄 Lack of cross-device synchronization
- 📱 Poor iPad and desktop optimization
- 🔊 Adhan/notification sounds not playing reliably
- ⚠️ App freezes or gets stuck on setup screens
Bugs and requests
Mamen
Reported bugs
27 issues- App is laggy and unstable on iOS
- App crashes when purchasing data/voice
- Generic error when registering
- App eats up money and minutes
- Transaction failed when trying to add minutes/data/texts
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- Cannot login or sign in
- Sliding function is slow and annoying
- Sliders do not work
- Cannot login to the application
- App crashes when trying to slide
- Login and sign up buttons do not respond
- Package activation fails
- App crashes during every use
- App glitches, cannot slide
- App crashes every time I try to slide
- App crashes on iOS 10.3.1, iPhone 6s
- App is crashing
- App doesn't work or load half the time
- Cannot slide to add minutes, data or SMS
- Cannot use 1 RB for anything
- App is not stable
- App doesn't work like it has to work
- App doesn't work sometimes
- Minutes purchased only works for local calls
- RB system issue, cannot use 1 RB
- App freezes at the mamen logo
- App requires update even after updating
Requested features
7 requests- Fix the app and issue an update
- Optimize for iOS
- Make add-ons cheaper
- Lower mobile service prices
- Improve app stability
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- Fix the RB system
- Make app more user-friendly
Prayerly
Reported bugs
18 issues- Widgets disappeared or stopped working after recent updates
- Widgets display blank or show no information
- Cross-device sync not working (iPad/phone)
- App stuck on 'Please wait' screen
- Location detection failure and stuck location setup
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- Adhan sounds not playing despite settings enabled
- Notifications not sending consistently
- Prayer time interface showing blank/grey screen
- Widget showing inaccurate time remaining (e.g., 25 hours)
- Qibla compass not functioning correctly
- App crashes or becomes unusable after updates
- Asr prayer time showing 1 hour early
- Isha prayer time calculation incorrect (last 1/3 vs midnight)
- Takbir Oula and first row icons disappeared
- London Central Mosque calculation method not working
- Menstruation option not accessible despite being mentioned
- Prayer notifications stopping after some time
- Adhan option exists but never plays sound
Requested features
18 requests- Restore and fix widget functionality for home and lock screens
- Cross-device synchronization for prayer tracking
- iPad and desktop app support
- Smaller widget options with time-only display
- Custom notification sound selection
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- Sunnah prayer tracking section
- Daily Adhkars reminders and section
- Ramadan-specific features (Taraweeh tracker)
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Accountability feature similar to Quranly
- Zawal time notifications
- Fajr upcoming prayer notifications
- Missed prayer logging option
- Menstruation option toggle/disable feature
- Gradient color tracking for prayer timing precision
- Prayer notes/diary tracker section
- Quranic verses and Hadith educational content
- Upcoming prayer time notifications for Fajr
In-app purchases
Mamen
No in-app purchases
Prayerly
No in-app purchases
