Comparison

الجليس الصالح vs nabaa

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

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الجليس الصالح

Access the Holy Quran with multiple Tafsirs, an extensive Hadith collection, and detailed Seerah biographies. This app offers a reliable reading, listening, and research experience for Islamic texts, optimized for mobile devices.

Highlights
  • Holy Quran with Tafsir and grammatical analysis
  • Extensive Hadith library with advanced search
  • Seerah biographies from renowned scholars
  • Quran recitation with offline listening
  • Accurate prayer times and Qibla direction
  • iCloud sync and dark mode support
Features
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Al-Jalees Al-Saleh is a comprehensive Islamic app that brings together the Holy Quran, Tafsir, Hadith, and Seerah in one modern and unified experience. It is an expanded and enhanced continuation of the Hadith Encyclopedia and the Seerah Encyclopedia, among the earliest Islamic apps launched on the Apple App Store since 2009. One companion for the Muslim's day: prayer times, the Mushaf with its tafsir, the books of Hadith and Seerah, the adhkar and the tasbih. No ads, no subscriptions, no tracking — and most of it works with no connection at all. Please note: the interface and the entire library are in Arabic. ◆ PRAYER TIMES & QIBLA • Times for your location with seven calculation methods — Umm al-Qura, Qatar Calendar House, Muslim World League, Karachi, Egyptian Authority, ISNA and the European Council — and both Asr opinions • The method follows the country you are in, and the choice stays yours • Per-prayer minute adjustments and iqama times • Alerts before the adhan, ten minutes before the iqama, and at it • A qibla compass, and an augmented-reality prayer mat that turns you towards it • A Home Screen widget, and an Apple Watch app ◆ THE MUSHAF • The whole Quran as printed pages, with every verse tappable • Eleven tafsirs: Ibn Kathir, al-Tabari, al-Qurtubi, al-Baghawi, al-Sa'di, al-Waseet, al-Mukhtasar, al-Muyassar, al-Suddi, Tanweer al-Miqbas, and al-Siraj on the Quran's rare words • An English translation of the meanings, and word-by-word grammatical analysis (i'rab) • Twenty-seven reciters, with surahs you can download and listen to offline • Repeat a range of verses, for memorising • A khatma: choose how long it should take, and it advances as you read • Bookmarks and coloured highlights ◆ HADITH • Twelve collections: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, Sunan Abi Dawud, al-Tirmidhi, al-Nasa'i, Ibn Majah, Musnad Ahmad, Muwatta Malik, Sunan al-Darimi, al-Daraqutni, al-Mustadrak, and Riyad al-Salihin • Close to eighty thousand hadiths in their books and chapters, with bookmarks ◆ SEERAH • Twenty books: Zad al-Ma'ad, Ibn Hisham, Ibn Kathir, 'Uyun al-Athar, al-Raheeq al-Makhtum, al-Shama'il al-Muhammadiyya, and al-Waqidi's Maghazi • A reader whose pages turn like a book's, in a typeface and size you choose ◆ ADHKAR & TASBIH • Morning, evening, after-prayer, sleeping and waking adhkar, each with its count and its source • Add your own, with their counts • A tasbih with targets of 33, 99, 100 or none at all; it keeps your completed rounds, runs on Apple Watch, and stays in step with it ◆ ISLAMIC OCCASIONS • Ramadan, Laylat al-Qadr, both Eids, the Day of Arafah, Ashura, al-Isra wal-Mi'raj and the Hijri new year • A monthly Hijri calendar with the occasion days marked • A widget for the next one ◆ IT FOLLOWS YOU • iCloud sync for your bookmarks, your own adhkar, your settings and where you stopped reading • Search across the Quran, the Hadith and the Seerah • Light and dark, and a choice of Arabic typefaces Note: occasion dates are computed with the Umm al-Qura calendar, and may differ by a day or two with the sighting of the moon in each country.

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اكتشف تجربة مميزة مع القرآن الكريم من خلال تطبيق سهل الاستخدام يجمع بين التلاوة العذبة والتنقل السلس بين الآيات. يتيح لك التطبيق الاستماع إلى القرآن الكريم بأصوات نخبة من القرّاء مع إمكانية تشغيل الآيات بشكل منفصل أو الاستماع إلى السورة كاملة. صُمم التطبيق ليمنحك تجربة روحانية مريحة، سواء كنت ترغب في الاستماع أثناء التنقل أو مراجعة وحفظ الآيات بسهولة. المميزات • الاستماع إلى تلاوات القرآن الكريم بأصوات قرّاء مميزين • تشغيل الآيات آيةً آية أو السورة كاملة • إمكانية تكرار الآيات للمساعدة على الحفظ والتدبر • تحميل التلاوات للاستماع دون اتصال بالإنترنت • واجهة بسيطة وسهلة الاستخدام • تنقل سريع بين السور والآيات نسعى من خلال هذا التطبيق إلى تقديم تجربة تساعدك على الاقتراب من كتاب الله والاستماع إليه في أي وقت ومن أي مكان.

Screenshots

الجليس الصالح4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: الجليس الصالح at 3 against nabaa's —. nabaa's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 26.2). On price and in-app purchases 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.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
الجليس الصالح versus nabaa: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterالجليس الصالحnabaa
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better—
Requires iOS26.213.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size407 MB33 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperModern Information SystemsSAOUD IBRAHIM ALI ELSAYED

Bugs and requests

الجليس الصالح

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes on certain iOS versions
  • Search function not working as expected
  • Display issues on larger screens

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add explanations and commentary for hadiths
  • Improve search functionality and user interface
  • Provide English translations or multilingual support
  • Include more Islamic references and resources

nabaa

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

الجليس الصالح

No in-app purchases

None

nabaa

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is الجليس الصالح free?
الجليس الصالح is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is nabaa free?
nabaa is free to download, with no in-app purchases.

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