Comparison

Devoted vs DeenWell

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

Head to head
About

Devoted

This app guides beginners in learning Islamic prayer, focusing on the Twelver Shia tradition. It offers a structured approach to understanding and performing daily prayers.

Highlights
  • Beginner-friendly prayer instruction
  • Focus on Twelver Shia school of thought
  • Step-by-step guidance
  • Learn daily prayers
Features
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Devoted is an Islamic app geared to teach all beginners to learn how to pray with particular emphasis on the Twelver Shia Islamic School of thought.

About

DeenWell

Explore Islamic teachings through illustrated lessons, the full Quran with recitation, and daily hadith. Designed for easy understanding and retention, it offers a calm approach to learning your faith. No ads or account required to start your journey.

Highlights
  • Illustrated Islamic lessons
  • Full Quran with recitation
  • Daily Hadith with citation
  • Offline Quran text
  • Progress tracking and streaks
  • Content sourced from classical texts
Features
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Learn your deen one calm sitting at a time. DeenWell is a journey through Islam: short illustrated lessons, the full Quran with recitation, and a hadith every day. It is built for anyone who wants to read again. Reverts finding their footing, people who grew up in the deen but were never really taught it, and anyone whose attention has been worn down by the scroll. No ads. No account needed. Open it and begin. THE QURAN, ALL OF IT All 114 surahs in Uthmani Arabic with Ali Quli Qara'i's English translation, bundled in the app so the text works with no signal. Tap any ayah for Abdul Basit Abdus Samad's recitation and it carries on through the surah. Set the text size to something you can actually read, keep Arabic only once you can, and the app remembers where you stopped. A HADITH EVERY DAY One narration a day in Arabic with its English translation and its citation, so you can look it up yourself. LESSONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY SHORT The Prophets (as), the Prophet Muhammad (s) and his family, Karbala, and the foundations of belief, told as illustrated chapters you can finish in one sitting. Every lesson ends with a few questions and a reflection, because reading something once is not the same as knowing it. BUILT TO BE RETURNED TO A streak that encourages rather than nags, a journey view of what you have covered, and anything you want to keep saved in one place. WHERE THE CONTENT COMES FROM DeenWell teaches from classical sources in the Twelver Shia tradition and cites them on the page: al-Kafi, Nahj al-Balagha, Bihar al-Anwar, al-Mufid's Kitab al-Irshad, al-Tabari, al-Luhuf. Every lesson is sourced and checked against those texts before it ships, with the citation on the page. Every Muslim is welcome to read it. DeenWell is not a scholarly authority and nothing in it is a ruling. It is a way into those books, not a replacement for them, and not a substitute for asking a scholar. Free, with adab. Sign in only if you want your progress backed up across devices.

Screenshots

Devoted4 screens
DeenWell4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Devoted at 5.0 against DeenWell's 4.0. Devoted also leads on ratings volume (12 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). DeenWell's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 6 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Devoted holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Devoted has 12 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Devoted ships an update every 6 months, DeenWell daily. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Devoted versus DeenWell: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDevotedDeenWell
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (12 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings12 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB86 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMy Muslim VoiceKyan Oberas

In-app purchases

None

Devoted

No in-app purchases

None

DeenWell

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Devoted free?
Devoted is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeenWell free?
DeenWell is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Devoted or DeenWell?
Devoted is rated higher. Devoted averages 5.0 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while DeenWell averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Devoted or DeenWell have ads?
Neither Devoted nor DeenWell shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Devoted or DeenWell?
Devoted ships an update every 6 months, and DeenWell daily. Most recently, Devoted was updated on November 3, 2026 and DeenWell on November 5, 2026.

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