Rateel vs stc hub
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rateel
Identify Quran reciters and surahs simply by listening to audio. Browse and download favorite recitations, and check prayer times with countdowns.
- Identify reciter from audio
- Identify surah from audio
- Browse and download recitations
- New user-friendly design
- View prayer times
- Prayer time countdown
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Rateel is a free app that lets you know the reciter of any Quran audio. By only listening to the audio, Rateel provides you all the information you need, such as the name of the reciter, and what surah (chapter) he is reciting. Download it now - A new design offers you an easier and better experience - It enables you to identify the reciter’s name of any of your favorite Quran recitations - You can browse and download in Library your favorite recitations - Check the prayer times, as well as the exact minutes left for the call of prayer
stc hub
This app offers sustainable solutions and opportunities to enrich lives and experiences through digital products and services. It also focuses on environmental stewardship and provides access to career opportunities, company news, and ethical guidelines.
- Sustainable solutions and opportunities
- Enriching lives and experiences
- Environmental stewardship
- Career opportunities
- Company news and ethics
- Digital products and services
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HUB App is an application that aims to maximize the positive economic, social and environmental impacts for both society and stc. Hub app provides sustainable solutions and opportunities to everyone and in different areas such as enriching lives & experiences through high-quality telecommunications and digital products and services. Also caring for the environment by acting as a steward for the environment and a catalyst for a transition to a sustainable environment for future generations. Nonetheless, as integrity is at the heart of everything we do, in every transaction, with every stakeholder, and everywhere we do business you can take a look at stc code of ethics inside the Hub app. Alongside with other services such as career opportunities, news regarding stc and sustainability, information about stc and more. Moreover we are exited to hear from anyone by submitting the media inquiries form, or if you have offers you can share it via share offers form, and we are happy to take you in a tour in our campus by submitting the visit stc form.
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Verdict
Rateel and stc hub both sit at 3.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of stc hub's written reviews are positive against 51% of Rateel's. Rateel's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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.
stc hub holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 119 and 51 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 51% of Rateel's written reviews are positive against 100% of stc hub's.
Rateel ships an update every 3 weeks, stc hub every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rateel | stc hub |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (119 ratings) | 3.9 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 119 — better | 51 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 128 MB | 322 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | stc lab | STC Group |
Customer experience
Rateel
stc hub
Bugs and requests
Rateel
Reported bugs
10 issues- Reciter recognition not working
- Prayer time inaccuracies
- Weak/fabricated hadiths in interpretations
- App crashes or freezes
- Issues with reading progress saving
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- UI glitches in landscape mode
- Fails to recognize known reciters
- Problems with prayer time changes
- Search by telawa removed
- Red and purple separators not working
Requested features
30 requests- Add a prayer alarm with automatic activation
- Add a reminder for tasbih and salawat on the Prophet
- Add sleep supplications
- Change the 'press after reading' button to be larger and centered
- Add a version for smartwatches
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- Increase font thickness and darkness
- Adjust numbering in morning/evening supplications
- Add a section for Ruqyah
- Add spacing or visual separators for notes under supplications
- Add widgets
- Add a feature to repeat playback automatically
- Add comprehensive supplications
- Increase font size for Quran surahs
- Allow customization of individual prayer notifications
- Add a feature to mark reading progress
- Add support for other recitations (Rewayat)
- Add option to mark listening progress
- Add Mecca/Medina classification for verses/surahs
- Add a version for smart TVs
- Add iPad version
- Add voice recognition feature
- Add search by telawa feature
- Add support for Apple Watch
- Add dark mode
- Add advanced analytics dashboard
- Add more reciters and sheikhs
- Add a countdown timer for the tasbih
- Make the tasbih counter accessible by tapping anywhere
- Improve accessibility for the visually impaired (VoiceOver compatibility)
- Add option to remove full-screen reading mode
stc hub
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Rateel
No in-app purchases
stc hub
No in-app purchases
