alQibla vs Sharkiah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
alQibla
Accurately find the Qibla direction from anywhere globally and calculate precise prayer times for your city. Receive customizable prayer time notifications with different Adhan options. Includes a Hijri calendar and prayer time tuner for adjustments.
- Precise Qibla direction finding
- Customizable prayer time calculations
- Prayer time notifications with Adhan
- Location-based Qibla on map
- Search Qibla by address or place
- Multiple prayer time calculation methods
- Hijri calendar with events
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alQibla provides you with an easy tool to precisely determine the direction of qibla from any location around the world and calculate the prayer times for your city. Features: 1. Prayer Times based on your calculation method & location. 2. Prayer Times Notifications based for all prayers. 3. Notifications can have different Adhan for each prayer. 4. It uses iPhone's built in location services to determine your location and gives you the direction to Qibla on a Map. 5. Find the Qibla direction from any address using the search feature. 6. It also allows you to find Prayer Times for the following calculation methods: -Ja'fari Ithna Asheri -University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi -Islamic society of North America (ISNA) -Muslim World League (MWL) -Umm al-Qura, Makkah -Egyptian General Authority of Survey -Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran 7. Prayer times tuner to make adjustments and share monthly or yearly prayer timetable with your friends/family/relatives. 8. Includes a graphical compass for iPhone 3Gs + devices with the compass hardware. 9. Hijri Calendar with important events. Search could use the following formats: 1. Full address or Zip code (example: NJ 08544) 2. Cities, states, and continents (examples: France, Tehran) 3. Famous places (example: Masjid Ul Haram) 4. Coordinates (example: +38 34′ 24″, -80 32′ 57″) Requirements: 1. iOS 15.0+ installed with Location Services (Settings > General > Location Services) turned ON. 2. Also requires either a WiFi or a mobile network to load the map tiles. 3. For prayer time adhan notifications iOS15.0+ is required. Please write reviews for the app as it would help us improve and add more features.
Sharkiah
This app allows users to join a premium loyalty program, earn points for purchases, and redeem them for free services. It also helps locate nearby branches, track loyalty points, and provide feedback on services.
- Premium Loyalty Program
- Earn and redeem points
- Track accumulated points
- Find nearest branches
- Rate services
- Receive news and offers
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Sharkiah Beauty Center welcomes you to our new Premium Loyalty Program. With every 1 KD you spend inside any Sharkiah outlet, collect points, redeem and enjoy a variety of free services for Premium Loyalty Program members. Fully optimized for iPhones, this app will provide you with all the latest news and offers. Additional features include: Sharkiah Beauty Center Locator; that will assist you in finding the nearest branch. Barcode Reader; that will register you to the Premium Loyalty Program. Loyalty Program; that will let you keep track of accumulated points on your Premium Loyalty Card upon login/registration. Rate the services feature; that will allow you the chance to give feedback on all our services.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: alQibla at 3.7 against Sharkiah's 1.3. alQibla also leads on ratings volume (179 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). Sharkiah's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
alQibla holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: alQibla has 179 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.
alQibla ships an update every 2 months, Sharkiah every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | alQibla | Sharkiah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (179 ratings) — better | 1.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 69.1% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 179 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | eQibla.com | XTND |
Customer experience
alQibla
Sharkiah
Bugs and requests
alQibla
Reported bugs
3 issues- App crashes when accessing settings
- Incompatible with latest iOS versions
- Qibla direction not accurate
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to adjust Hijri calendar
- Customizable prayer time notifications
- Sunrise/sunset time display
- Widgets for Islamic calendar
- Full Adhan playback
Sharkiah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
alQibla
No in-app purchases
Sharkiah
No in-app purchases
