Comparison

Tajweed Mushaf vs Kotteb

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tajweed Mushaf

This app provides a colored Quran with Tajweed rules highlighted, based on the old Medina print. It offers multiple Quranic interpretations, word meanings, and verse explanations. Users can customize reading settings, search for verses, and share content.

Highlights
  • Colored Tajweed highlighting
  • Offline Quran access
  • Multiple Tafsir interpretations
  • Verse search functionality
  • Customizable reading backgrounds
  • Share verses and interpretations
Features
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The color-coded Tajweed Mushaf: every tajweed rule is marked in color on every page, so you can read and apply tajweed with ease, with a complete tafsir library and renowned reciters, and it works offline. ■ THE MUSHAF YOU KNOW - Original Mushaf pages in high quality, fully offline - Tajweed colors with a legend that explains each color - Night mode and several page colors - Portrait or landscape, with two pages side by side when you rotate - Auto-scroll at the speed you choose ■ TAFSIR AND MEANINGS - 50+ books of tafsir, qira'at, Quran sciences and translation, all on your device - Word meanings, Al-Mukhtasar, Al-Muyassar, Ibn Kathir, As-Sa'di, Al-Qurtubi, Al-Baghawi and more - Translations of the meanings in English, French, German, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu and more - Tap any verse for its tafsir, or any word for its meaning and grammar ■ TARTIL: RECITATION LIBRARY - 200+ reciters for full-surah listening - Playlists and favorite surahs - Download surahs to listen offline - A mini player that stays with you while you read ■ MEMORIZE AND REVISE - Verse-by-verse recitation that highlights the verse being recited - Repeat a verse or a passage as many times as you like, with pauses and speed control ■ YOUR KHATMAS AND BOOKMARKS - Several khatmas at once, each with its own place, bookmarks, notes and reciter - Search the Quran text with or without diacritics, or by root - Surah, juz and hizb indexes ■ ADHKAR, DUAS AND SHARING - Adhkar with a counter, tasbih beads and audio, plus your own list - Duas from the Quran and Sunnah - Share a verse as a beautiful image or as text with its tafsir ■ IN YOUR LANGUAGE - App interface in 14 languages: Arabic, English, French, German, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, Persian, Uzbek, Pashto, Azerbaijani, Hindi and Bengali - Back up and restore your settings, bookmarks and notes Quran Holder: your daily companion with the Book of Allah.

About

Kotteb

This application provides a comprehensive Quran experience with multiple interpretations, prayer times, and remembrance features. Users can easily navigate verses, listen to recitations, and share content. It also offers detailed page information and search functionalities for surahs and parts.

Highlights
  • Multiple Quran interpretations
  • Prayer time notifications
  • Digital Rosary
  • Verse sharing and copying
  • Audio recitation
  • Page and verse bookmarking
  • Surah and part indexes
Features
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Kotteb: Qalun Quran It contains the following features: - prayer time -Remembrance - Rosary - Tafsir Ibn Kathir - Interpretation of Al-Saadi - Interpretation of Al-Qurtubi - Interpretation of Al-Baghawi - Interpretation of Al-Tabari - Interpretation of Al-Waseet by Tantawi - Easy explanation :Long tap on verse L - Interpreting it - Share the text of the verse via social media - The possibility of copying the text of the verse - Listen to her - Save it - Set a note on it - Display page information: * page number * The name of the surah * Part number * Party and quarter number - Display a cursor to distinguish between the right and left pages - The following indexes include search: * Index of surahs * Index of parts * Index of parties - Mark the location of the current page in the index - The ability to mark a page or verse and go to it or remove it directly from the page Privacy Policy: https://policy.kotteb.com/

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tajweed Mushaf at 114 against Kotteb's 7. Tajweed Mushaf also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). Kotteb's advantage is iOS requirement (14.1 vs 16.4). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Tajweed Mushaf against 4.7 for Kotteb. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tajweed Mushaf has 114 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tajweed Mushaf ships an update every 9 days, Kotteb every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tajweed Mushaf versus Kotteb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTajweed MushafKotteb
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (114 ratings)4.7 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings114 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.414.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size509 MB105 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMuhammad AssarSTE SOFTYLINES DEVELOPMENT

Customer experience

Tajweed Mushaf

All ratings114 ratings
Positive90.4%
Neutral2.6%
Negative7.0%
Written reviews70 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral4.3%
Negative7.1%

Kotteb

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tajweed Mushaf

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Audio playback stops after a few verses
  • App does not open after the latest update on iPhone 6
  • Page is not complete when viewed horizontally
  • Recitation starts from the second verse
  • Tafsir and recitation window covers the reading page
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  • Incorrect Tajweed coloring for certain verses
  • Audio cuts out intermittently
  • The waiting/pause between verses is not as expected when set to 'without waiting'
  • The app is slow to navigate between pages
  • The listening window covers the reading page
  • The app crashes or freezes
  • The audio playback is intermittent

Requested features

15 requests
  • Add Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Akhdar to reciters
  • Add Sheikh Al-Ghamdi to reciters
  • Add Sheikh Al-Doukali Mohamed Al-Alam to reciters
  • Increase text quality and resolution
  • Add option to download reciter audio files
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  • Improve navigation speed and smoothness
  • Add English language option for non-Arabic speakers
  • Add Russian and other language translations
  • Add ability to adjust font size
  • Add a modern interface design
  • Adjust dark mode colors
  • Add a small playback window for recitations
  • Improve page rotation behavior
  • Make the listening window smaller
  • Add option to download without internet

Kotteb

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tajweed Mushaf

No in-app purchases

None

Kotteb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tajweed Mushaf free?
Tajweed Mushaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kotteb free?
Kotteb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tajweed Mushaf or Kotteb?
Kotteb is rated higher. Tajweed Mushaf averages 4.6 out of 5 from 114 ratings, while Kotteb averages 4.7 from 7 ratings.
Do Tajweed Mushaf or Kotteb have ads?
Neither Tajweed Mushaf nor Kotteb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tajweed Mushaf or Kotteb?
Tajweed Mushaf ships an update every 9 days, and Kotteb every 3 weeks. Most recently, Tajweed Mushaf was updated on October 27, 2026 and Kotteb on October 18, 2026.

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