Comparison

Akhyar vs Pray Five

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

Head to head
About

Akhyar

This app connects registered volunteers with monthly and year-long fundraising campaigns focused on helping the underprivileged. Volunteers can track individual and team targets, and request special religious services and payments exclusively through the platform.

Highlights
  • Fundraising campaign participation
  • Individual and team target tracking
  • Monthly and year-long campaigns
  • Sponsor orphans program
  • Request religious services
  • Submit payment requests
Features
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The app is used by our registered volunteers who participate in fundraising campaigns and pursue individual & team targets. There is a new campaign every month that focuses on helping the lives of the less privileged. There is also a year long campaign which is dedicated to sponsoring orphans for their basic monthly needs. Exclusively via the app, our volunteers can submit requests for religious services and payments which is termed in the app as "Special Services".

About

Pray Five

This app provides accurate daily prayer times, Qibla direction, and Islamic calendar features. It offers customizable notifications, widgets, and an Apple Watch app for convenient access to religious observances. Enjoy a private, ad-free experience with optional premium features for enhanced functionality.

Highlights
  • Accurate daily prayer times
  • Qibla direction compass
  • Islamic calendar with Hijri dates
  • Customizable prayer notifications and alarms
  • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch app and complications
  • Tasbeeh counter and Quranic reminders
Features
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Pray Five shows your five daily prayer times under a soft sky that changes with each prayer. It is calm, simple and private: no ads, no account, and your prayer times are worked out on your phone. Open it and you see what matters: the prayer now, the time until the next one, and the day's times on one clean panel. The sky follows your day, from dawn at Fajr to the stars after Isha. Prayer times you can trust • Accurate times for where you are, or for any city you choose • 12 calculation methods, with Shafi or Hanafi Asr • The method and Asr time most used in your country, chosen for you and easy to change • Adjust any prayer by a few minutes to match your local mosque • A high-latitude rule for places like the UK, Scandinavia and Canada • Sunrise, and an optional Tahajjud time for the last third of the night Notifications and reminders • A notification as each prayer begins, with the adhan or the Takbeer, for the prayers you choose • An alarm for Fajr, at Fajr or before sunrise, on iOS 26 • A reminder an hour before Jummah on Fridays • An alarm for Suhoor before Fajr on the days you fast, on iOS 26 • An alarm for Tahajjud on the nights you choose, on iOS 26 Widgets and Apple Watch • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, including a countdown to the next prayer • An Apple Watch app with your prayer times, a countdown, Qibla and Tasbeeh • Watch complications for the next prayer Qibla • A compass that points to the Kaaba from wherever you are Islamic calendar and Ramadan • Hijri dates for every day, adjustable by up to two days to match your community • Countdowns to Ramadan, Eid and the holidays you choose • Sunnah fasting days, with Fajr and Iftar times when you fast • A Ramadan timetable for your city, to share as an image Tasbeeh and Quran • A Tasbeeh counter with targets, the tasbeeh after prayer, and your own dhikr • Surah Al-Kahf on Fridays and Surah Al-Mulk at night, with a gentle reminder when each is due Make it yours • Five themes, each a whole sky: Garden, Rose, Amber, Dusk and Midnight • Light and dark mode • English, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian, French and Spanish Private by design • No ads, no account, and we never sell your data • Your location is used on your phone to work out prayer times. We never see it. • Usage data that helps improve the app can be turned off in Settings Pray Five+ Everything you need to pray on time is free, on every screen. Pray Five+ is optional and adds: • Fasting and holiday countdowns on your Home Screen, Lock Screen and watch face: Fajr and Iftar when you fast, and the days until your next holiday in between • A Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdown to the next prayer, and to Fajr and Iftar when you fast. On iOS 26 it can start on its own • Tonight's moon from your city, with the Hijri date and whether the new crescent can be seen, in the app, in widgets and on your watch face • App icons in the colours of each theme Pray Five+ is a monthly or yearly subscription, not offered in every country. The yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial, and one subscription covers your family with Family Sharing. Payment is charged to your Apple Account when you confirm the purchase. The subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and your account is charged for the renewal within the 24 hours before the period ends. You can manage or cancel it in your App Store account settings. Any unused part of a free trial ends when you buy a subscription. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://prayfiveapp.com/privacy Questions or ideas? Tap Send Feedback in Settings, or write to app.prayfive@gmail.com.

Screenshots

Akhyar4 screens
Pray Five4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Akhyar at none against Pray Five's 3. Akhyar also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). Pray Five's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Pray Five sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Akhyar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Akhyar against 5.0 for Pray Five. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pray Five has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Akhyar ships an update every 3 weeks, Pray Five every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Akhyar versus Pray Five: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAkhyarPray Five
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTalverseUmair Ahmad

Customer experience

Akhyar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Pray Five

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Akhyar

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Pray Five

Subscriptions2
  • Pray Five+ Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Pray Five+ Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Ramadan Pack 1447$0.99

Questions

Is Akhyar free?
Akhyar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pray Five free?
Pray Five is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Akhyar or Pray Five?
Akhyar and Pray Five are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do Akhyar or Pray Five have ads?
Neither Akhyar nor Pray Five shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Akhyar or Pray Five?
Akhyar ships an update every 3 weeks, and Pray Five every 2 weeks. Most recently, Akhyar was updated on November 7, 2026 and Pray Five on November 8, 2026.

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