Quran Reader vs القارئ سعود الشريم
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
القارئ سعود الشريم
Access the complete Holy Quran with high-quality audio recitations by Sheikh Saud Al Shuraim. This application allows you to listen to the Quran offline, without requiring an internet connection.
- Complete Holy Quran
- Offline access
- High-quality audio
- Recitation by Sheikh Saud Al Shuraim
- No internet required
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القران الكريم كاملا بدون انترنت بجودة عالية بصوت إمام الحرم الشيخ سعود الشريم
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: القارئ سعود الشريم at none against Quran Reader's 1. القارئ سعود الشريم also leads on review sentiment (94% vs 83%) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). Quran Reader's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (840 vs 104). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Quran Reader sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. القارئ سعود الشريم asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Quran Reader against 4.6 for القارئ سعود الشريم. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quran Reader has 840 ratings behind it against 104, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of Quran Reader's written reviews are positive against 94% of القارئ سعود الشريم's.
Quran Reader ships an update every 2 months, القارئ سعود الشريم every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Quran Reader | القارئ سعود الشريم |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (840 ratings) | 4.6 (104 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.1% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 840 — better | 104 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 98 MB | 263 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Batoul Apps | Abdulrahman Alsaab |
Customer experience
Quran Reader
القارئ سعود الشريم
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
القارئ سعود الشريم
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Quran Reader
- Pro$3.99
القارئ سعود الشريم
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Quran Reader free?
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