Comparison

Ketab vs Ruqyah Ayat

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

Head to head
About

Ketab

This platform digitizes and distributes Bangla literature, making a vast collection of Bengali eBooks accessible globally. It aims to preserve rich literary heritage, including little magazines and works by new and established authors, with an integrated reader and dictionary.

Highlights
  • Digitizes Bangla literature
  • Distributes Bangla eBooks
  • Archives literary works
  • Integrated Bangla dictionary
  • EPUB format support
  • Author portfolio pages
Features
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With about 300 million speakers worldwide, Bangla is the seventh most-spoken native language and the sixth most-spoken language by total number of speakers in the world [source: Wikipedia]. The Bangla language has evolved over one thousand and three hundred years and has produced a huge corpus of rich literary works, which essentially have shaped us, our culture, and our identity as Bengalis. However, in this era of digitization, the most unfortunate truth that bothers us is that a very small percentage of those literary works are digitized. Ketab-e, as a Bangla e-reading platform, is an initiative to keep a record of this rich heritage, being a part of it at the same time. This e-book platform publishes new Bangla e-books, distributes them, and even archives important books on various subjects written in Bangla. One of the objectives of this platform is to make Bangla books accessible to the global Bengali diaspora. Another very important goal this platform aims to achieve is to archive the Bangla little magazines, which had always played its role as a budding stage for future mainstream authors or even a challenger to the mainstream itself. Ketab-e is a first-of-its-kind digitization initiative of Bangla little magazines in the EPUB format. The platform is also publishing important works of new authors as well as of already established ones. The slogan which Ketab-e often uses is: ’Here Technology Meets Literature’. At Ketab-e, technology plays an important role in this large-scale digitization venture. Here, readers can purchase books from any device through the Ketab-e web portal, and read them with the ebook reader which is inside the Ketab-e app. The ebook reader has many interesting features to provide a far-reaching reading experience to Bengali readers. For example, there is an embedded Bangla dictionary inside the ebook reader which can come in handy while reading classical literature. Ketab-e also provides a portfolio page to its authors and publishers which helps them to organize and promote their books through the Ketab-e web portal. Altogether, Ketab-e is and will be a unique destination for the global Bengali reading community. With a constant focus on innovation and quality, it will definitely create its own footprint in the digitization initiative of Bangla literature. Terms of use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ruqyah Ayat

This app provides a compilation of Quranic verses and supplications specifically for Ruqyah Shariah, addressing issues like magic, jinn, and the evil eye. It includes translations, audio for pronunciation, and daily prayer notifications to aid users in their spiritual well-being.

Highlights
  • Ruqyah verses for magic, jinn, and evil eye
  • Verses for physical and mental problems
  • Translations with verses and prayers
  • Audio for pronunciation
  • Multiple Bengali and Arabic fonts
  • Daily prayer notifications
Features
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Compilation of verses and supplications for Ruqyah Shariah of magic, jinn, evil eye, and other physical-mental problems. For more details about Ruqyah, see our blog posts - www.ruqyahbd.org/blog This app has - 1. Basic ruqyah verses and supplications 2. Ruqyah verses on the problem of evil eye, jinn, magic 3. Ruqyah verses physical and mental problems 4. Translation with verses and prayers 5. Supplications' audio for learning pure pronunciation 6. Multiple Bengali and Arabic fonts 7. 1 prayer notification per day Stay with us… -------------- Our website: www.ruqyahbd.org To give feedback about the app: ruqyahbd.org/app-feedback

Screenshots

Ketab3 screens
Ruqyah Ayat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ruqyah Ayat at none against Ketab's 6. Ruqyah Ayat also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Ketab's advantage is update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and device support 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. Ketab sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month. Ruqyah Ayat asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ketab ships an update every 3 weeks, Ruqyah Ayat every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and June 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Ketab versus Ruqyah Ayat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKetabRuqyah Ayat
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.112.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB45 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBestread Publications and Digital Services Private LimitedMuhammad Mushfiqur Rahman

Customer experience

Ketab

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Ruqyah Ayat

All ratings4 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

Ketab

Subscriptions3
  • Monthly Auto$1.491 Month
  • Half-yearly Auto$8.006 Months
  • Annual Auto$15.001 Year
One-time3
  • Manual Monthly$1.49
  • Manual Half-Yearly$8.00
  • Manual Annual$15.00
None

Ruqyah Ayat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ketab free?
Ketab is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ruqyah Ayat free?
Ruqyah Ayat is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ketab or Ruqyah Ayat have ads?
Neither Ketab nor Ruqyah Ayat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Ketab or Ruqyah Ayat?
Ketab ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ruqyah Ayat every 9 months. Most recently, Ketab was updated on September 22, 2026 and Ruqyah Ayat on June 8, 2026.

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