iQuran vs Quran Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iQuran
Access the complete Quran with detailed translations, pronunciation guides, and recitations. Enhance your study with features like search, bookmarks, and customizable notes. An optional upgrade offers expanded features for a richer experience.
- Complete Quran text
- 35+ Translations
- Color-coded Tajweed
- Word-by-word translation
- Verse-by-verse recitation
- Full-text search
- Bookmarks, notes, and tags
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NO adverts. NO subscriptions. iQuran is absolutely free to use. iQuran offers you the complete Quran with color coded Tajweed (Pronunciation), verse by verse and word by word translation, recitation, bookmarks, notes, tags, filters, search, awesome navigation and more. You can optionally upgrade one-off any time to Pro in order to enhance your experience by gaining unlimited bookmarks & notes, additional last-read sessions & audio sessions, additional secondary translations and more. * Full Quran with more than 35 Translations * Advanced full-text search engine. Supports "sounds-like" matching to find similar sounding words, such as all occurances of "Muhammad", "Mohammad", "Mohamed" across translations without requiring you to remember exact spellings. * Word by Word english translation for every word of the Quran. Learn and understand the meaning of each word like never before. * Color coded Tajweed (Pronunciation): Ghunna, Ikhfa, Idgham, Iqlab and Qalqalah. The first app in the world to offer color coded Tajweed using our very own state of the art Dynamic Rendering Engine. * Bookmarks, Notes and Tags along with iCloud sync for all your devices. Create custom tags to tag verses and later filter on these verses. * Automatic Last Reading Sessions. One-tap access to all of the verses and surahs you've been reading, directly from the home screen. * Automatic Audio Sessions. Resume from where you last left without extra effort. * Surah Info viewer. Tap on the name within the Surah screen to pull up a "In this Surah" picker. Displays all your bookmarks, hizbs, juzz stops or verses with sajdas. * Multiple Font Sizes for both Arabic Script and Translations * Secondary Translations to quickly view and compare multiple translations for the same verse on a long-press. * 39 Translations plus Al-Muyassar and Jalal-ad-din Arabic Tafsir: English (Saheeh International, M. Khan, Y. Ali, Pickthal, Shakir, Mhd. Asad, Transliteration), French, German, Indonesian, Melayu, Spanish, Turkish, Russian, Bosnian, Urdu, Farsi, Italian, Dutch, Albanian, Romanian, Japanese, Bangla, Azerbaijani, Chinese, Bulgarian, Hindi, Korean, Czech, Swedish, Thai, Polish, Portuguese, Uzbek and Norwegian * Split index screen with scrollable Surahs and Sections (Hezb, Juzz / Para) * Tap and hold Verse Options Sheet: Bookmark, Note, Share, Copy or use it to view translation from a translator other than the currently selected one * Quick verse switching using a unique and easy to use Fast Scroll display * Gapless (continuous) verse by verse recitation by: Mahmoud Al Husary, Abdul Basit Abdul Samad, Saood & Shuraim, Sa'ad Al Ghamdi, Abu Bakr Ash-Shatree, Mahir Al-Muayqali, Mishary Al-Afasy and Muhammad Siddiq Al Minshawi * Complete Audio controls using our redesigned Mini Player * Recitation Speed Control * Advanced audio repeat options to help with memorization: repeat a single verse multiple times, repeat on reaching the end of a surah or select a range of verses to loop over * AirPlay support * Background audio playback with complete support for iPod remote control (i.e. multi-tasking bar) * Siri Shortcuts. Add a siri voice shortcut to the Surah(s) you frequently read. * Quranic Supplications, covering various topics such as: Faith, Submission, Praise, Patience, Forgiveness, Family, Provisions, Knowledge, Thanks and Protection * Surah Al-Kahf reminders on Fridays * Easy access Stop Signs screen from any surah, explaining the meaning of the different Stop Symbols used in the Quran * Siri Shortcuts * Much, much more ---- Already an "iQuran Pro" user? Simply ensure you have the latest version of iQuran Pro installed in order to transfer your Pro status to this app.
Quran Explorer
Explore the Quran with a complete, ad-free digital text featuring diacritical marks and English translations. Listen to recitations, bookmark verses, and customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and modes. Unlock more features with a one-time purchase.
- Complete Quran with diacritical marks
- Side-by-side English translation
- Audio recitation by famous Qari
- Bookmarking
- Scalable font sizes
- Portrait and landscape mode
- Ayah highlighting
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Our Quran Explorer app is the perfect tool for anyone seeking a comprehensive and user-friendly way to explore the Quran. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, this essential app is completely ad-free in both the basic and premium versions. Features include: - Complete, scalable Quran with all diacritical marks - Side-by-side English translation by Mufti Taqi Usmani with audio - Beautiful Uthmanic and IndoPak script (fonts) - Complete audio recitation by famous Qari Sheikh Mishari Rashid and more - Bookmarking up to 3 and more - Bulk download (for last ten suras only) - Portrait and landscape mode - Scalable font sizes - Sura and Juz index - High-quality audio recitation with ayah highlighting - Pinch/zoom feature for changing the font size - Fast audio playback through robust download method with progress icon - Colored ayah marking to show downloaded audio - Contextual toolbar on double tap - Option to update existing content (for fixing errors in Quran text, translation or audio) - Goto aya feature - Our complete Arabic text and translation have been proofread by a Muslim scholar ('alim), ensuring accuracy and authenticity. For those seeking even more features, our paid version (available for only USD $4.99) offers additional translations, reciters, English and Urdu translation audio, unlimited bookmarks, background audio, disable standby feature, bulk download, and much more. Explore the Quran like never before with our Quran Explorer app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: iQuran at every 9 days against Quran Explorer's every 6 months. Quran Explorer's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. iQuran sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Quran Explorer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for iQuran against 4.8 for Quran Explorer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31K and 55K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 90% of iQuran's written reviews are positive against 93% of Quran Explorer's.
iQuran ships an update every 9 days, Quran Explorer every 6 months. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | iQuran | Quran Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (31K ratings) — better | 4.8 (55K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.5% of reviews | 92.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 31K | 55K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 264 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beehive Innovations Services | Noble Education Foundation, Inc. |
Customer experience
iQuran
Quran Explorer
User reviews
iQuran
From 31K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful features
- 🔒 Secure
- 🎨 Beautiful design
- 💎 Excellent Quran app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔍 Search issues
- 🔢 Lack of English Surah names
- 🔀 Navigation challenges
- 🔒 Difficulty restoring purchases
Quran Explorer
From 55K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Best app
- 🚀 Excellent app
- 🚀 Amazing app
- 👍 Good app
- 👍 Wonderful app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Charging for the entire Quran?
- 🐛 Speaker not free!
- 🐛 Useless without purchase!
- 🐛 Problem with reciter
- 🐛 Internet Connectivity Issue
Bugs and requests
iQuran
Reported bugs
4 issues- Recitation audio issues
- Verse highlighting not working correctly
- Bookmarks and notes disappearing
- Crashes and compatibility problems
Requested features
5 requests- Download entire Quran by reciter
- Bookmark and note-taking improvements
- Tafsir integration
- Verse-by-verse audio controls
- iPad-optimized version
Quran Explorer
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
- Network error when playing some reciters
Requested features
12 requests- Audio translation switch off option
- Customizable marking for listening from random words
- Customizable listening feature like a MP3 player
- Juz/Sapara search and listen option
- Tajweed version for reading
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- Playlists of surahs for studying the Quran
- More reciters like Sheikh Noreen
- More English translations
- Word lookup with pronunciation
- Dark theme
- English search functionality
- Verse export with Sura:verse number format
In-app purchases
iQuran
- Free upgrade (from iQuran Pro)Free
- Pro Upgrade$4.99
Quran Explorer
- Mishari-Rashid-HQFree
- Quran Explorer Full Upgrade$4.99
Questions
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