Quran Reader vs alQuran
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Quran Reader
Experience the Quran with an interactive reader and listener. Study with translations and commentary, and track your progress with bookmarks and notes. Enjoy high-resolution pages and multiple reciters for an immersive experience.
- High-resolution Quran pages
- Multiple reciters for audio
- Verse highlighting
- English translation and commentary
- Arabic tafseer
- Full text search
- Bookmarks and notes
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Quran Reader is the perfect Quran for the iPhone - a full featured app giving you an interactive way to read, listen to and study the Quran. Quran Reader offers beautiful graphics and high resolution pages that make you feel like you're holding a real mushaf in your hands. Choose from multiple reciters and follow along as each verse is highlighted or play audio in the background, over Bluetooth, or with AirPlay. Keep track of your reading with bookmarks, notes, or marking an ayah. Study the Quran with the English translation and commentary from Sheikh Mawdudi's "Toward Understanding the Quran" or the Arabic tafseer of "Tafseer Al-Jalalain" Additional Features: • High resolution pages of the Mushaf Al-Madina • Dark mode support • Multiple reciters • Repeat ayahs for memorization • English translation • Arabic tafseer • Full text search of the entire Quran • Save notes, bookmarks, or mark an ayah • Sharing via QuranApp.com
alQuran
Read, search, and listen to the Holy Quran with translations and commentary in multiple languages. Offers verse-by-verse recitation by renowned reciters and includes bookmarking features for easy navigation.
- Searchable Holy Quran
- Over 100 translations
- Verse by verse recitation
- Recitation by famous reciters
- Bookmarking and references
- Easy scrolling and UI
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Introducing a highly optimised, full of features and searchable Holy Quran application. alQuran allows you to read the entire Holy Quran and its translations and commentary in various languages. Listen to verse by verse recitation and recitations of various other famous reciters. Search text and translations of the Holy Quran quickly and easily. Features: * Searchable Holy Quran * Over a 100 translations in more than 30 different languages & adding... * Bookmarking and References to verses * Easy scrolling * Verse by verse Recitation * Recitation of many famous reciters * Easy to use user interface design * And much more...
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: alQuran at none against Quran Reader's 1. Quran Reader's advantage is ratings volume (840 vs 252). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Quran Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. alQuran asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Quran Reader against 4.4 for alQuran. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 840 and 252 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Quran Reader's written reviews are positive against 82% of alQuran's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quran Reader | alQuran |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (840 ratings) — better | 4.4 (252 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews — better | 81.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 840 — better | 252 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Batoul Apps | Sayed Samed |
Customer experience
Quran Reader
alQuran
User reviews
Quran Reader
From 840 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Very good app
- 👍 Excellent features for memorisation
- 🌟 Best Quran app
- 🌟 Perfect app
- 🌟 Brilliant app
Room to improve
- 🐛 Issues with audio playback
- 🐛 Mistakes in translation and commentary
- 🔧 Need for more translation and reciter options
- 🔧 Mushaf style change is unfortunate
- 🔧 Landscape mode no longer available
alQuran
From 252 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Efficient and easy to use
- 👍 Comprehensive features
- 💡 Useful translation and recitation options
- 🔒 No ads or in-app purchases
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- 🔋 Recitation playback stops when app is closed
- 🔍 Search functionality not working as expected
Bugs and requests
Quran Reader
Reported bugs
4 issues- Juz numbering issue
- Search function not working properly
- App not compatible with iOS 11 and newer
- Frequent crashes and freezes
Requested features
8 requests- Add more translation options like Sahih International
- Add more reciter options like Sheikh Salah Bukhatir
- Bring back landscape mode
- Add option to choose Madina Mushaf style
- Add Tajweed coloring
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- Add ability to track Juz and Hizb
- Improve bookmark and note-taking features
- Add iCloud sync option
alQuran
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incorrect Arabic text formatting at certain font sizes
- Bookmarks and notes not syncing properly across devices
- Errors when downloading audio files
Requested features
4 requests- Add verse-by-verse recitation option
- Improve support for larger iPhone screens
- Provide more audio recitation options
- Implement background playback for recitations
In-app purchases
Quran Reader
- Pro$3.99
alQuran
No in-app purchases
