Sahifa vs Nohay Write
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sahifa
Access a comprehensive collection of Islamic supplications, daily deeds, and Quranic content. Features include Arabic text with English transliteration and translation, audio playback, and a tasbeeh counter for enhanced spiritual practice.
- Arabic text, transliteration, and translation
- Holy Qur’an section
- Du’as & Supplications
- Audio playback
- Tasbeeh counter
- Customized viewing modes
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Sahifa is a growing collection of du’as, a’maal, and more. Each piece of content seamlessly combines Arabic text, English transliteration, and translation to increase accessibility and cater to users of all ages. The app includes the following sections: Asma Ul Husna, the Holy Qur’an, A’maal, Du’as & Supplications, Ziyarats, Salaat, and Burial Acts & Prayers. Additional features include bookmark capability, in-app audio, tasbeeh counter, and customized viewing modes.
Nohay Write
Access a vast collection of Shia religious poetry, including Nohay, Salaam, Marsiya, and Manqabat. This redesigned app offers over 3,000 lyrics, editing capabilities, audio, and video links for an enhanced user experience.
- Over 3,000 religious lyrics
- Lyric editing and submission
- Audio accessibility
- YouTube video links
- Redesigned interface
- Landscape mode
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The Nohay Write-Ups Team has been providing Nohay, Salaam, Marsiya, and Manqabat lyrics to the Shia community around the world since the initial launch in 2018. Our goal is to make this the most user friendly and effective app for our users. Therefore, we implement new features to the app throughout the year. This new Nohay Write-Ups app has been completely rebuilt and redesigned. You get all the same great content from our original database, including access to over 3,000 lyrics, Salaam, Marsiya, Nohay, Reciter, and Manqabat pages. With the new app, additional features include: 1. New Redesigned Interface 2. Lyric Editing and New Lyric Submission Capabilities 3. Landscape Mode 4. Increased Performance 5. Access to Manqabat Page 6. Corresponding Audio Accessibility 7. Hyperlink to Corresponding YouTube Video
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Sahifa at every 4 weeks against Nohay Write's every 3 months. Nohay Write's advantage is review sentiment (96% vs 81%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sahifa against 4.8 for Nohay Write. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 55 and 36 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Sahifa's written reviews are positive against 96% of Nohay Write's.
Sahifa ships an update every 4 weeks, Nohay Write every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Sahifa | Nohay Write |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (55 ratings) — better | 4.8 (36 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 96.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 55 — better | 36 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 79 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Murtaza Ladha | Syed Rizvi |
Customer experience
Sahifa
Nohay Write
In-app purchases
Sahifa
No in-app purchases
Nohay Write
No in-app purchases
