Comparison

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times vs Qibla +

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

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About

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times

This app helps Muslims worldwide find the direction of the Kaaba for prayer. It uses GPS and your iPhone's compass to accurately determine the Qibla direction from anywhere. Avoid manual calculations or searching for landmarks.

Highlights
  • Displays Qibla direction
  • Uses GPS for accurate location
  • Integrates with iPhone compass
  • Works worldwide
  • Avoids manual calculations
Features
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Show Qibla shows you the direction of the Kaaba and your daily prayer times, wherever you are in the world. Open the app and the needle turns to the Qibla straight away, with today's prayer times and a countdown to the next prayer just below it. No sign-up, no account, no clutter. PRAYER TIMES AND ALERTS See Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha for today, and a 45-day timetable for the days ahead. Times are calculated with the official method used in your country, and you can adjust any prayer by a few minutes to match your local mosque. REMINDERS, YOUR WAY Choose the takbir, a soft tone, or nothing at all, for each prayer, on each day of the week. Turn alerts on for every prayer in one tap, or keep Fajr quiet on weeknights and on at the weekend. Choose the takbir once or twice, at standard or louder volume. Reminders follow your phone's ringer and Focus settings. ACCURATE QIBLA, ANYWHERE The direction is calculated using the great-circle bearing to the Kaaba — the same method used in navigation — so it stays accurate whether you are a few kilometres from Mecca or on the other side of the planet. The distance is shown in kilometres and miles. DAILY WISDOM Each day brings a hadith, one of the 99 Names of Allah, a short Qur'anic verse or a supplication — in Arabic, with its source and a translation in your language. A QUIET RECORD OF YOUR PRAYERS After each prayer, one tap. Show Qibla keeps a quiet record of your prayers, between you and Allah: today's five on the compass screen, and the days and weeks behind them in My Prayers, so you can see your prayers kept in their time, day after day. Missed the moment? You can still mark yesterday's prayers. Need a break? Pause counting, and no day is held against you. When a day, a week or a month is complete, you can see it on your screen. In Ramadan, mark the days you fast alongside your prayers. No points, no competition, no guilt. Your prayer record lives on your phone. Nothing reaches your friends or social media unless you choose to share an image. The record is reaching everyone gradually, so if it isn't on your phone yet, it is on its way. BEAUTIFUL BY DESIGN Choose from six hand-crafted compass faces — brass, walnut, silver, lapis, marble and ruby. Pair any of them with twelve backgrounds, from the tawaf at the Kaaba to a moonlit desert, or set a favourite photo of your own. YOUR LOCATION STAYS ON YOUR PHONE The Qibla and your prayer times are worked out entirely on your device. Your coordinates are never uploaded, never stored on a server, and never shared. There is no tracking and no advertising identifier. IN YOUR LANGUAGE Fully translated into English, Arabic, French, Turkish, Urdu, Indonesian, Bengali, Persian, Malay and Hausa, with full right-to-left support. GOOD TO KNOW • Prayer times need Precise Location turned on for Show Qibla, because an approximate location can shift them by a minute or more. • In a few far-northern regions, where the sun barely sets in summer and reliable times cannot be calculated, prayer times are not shown. The Qibla compass works everywhere. • If the needle drifts, move your phone in a figure-8 to recalibrate. Magnets in cases and car mounts can interfere. Show Qibla has served Muslims around the world since 2010, with more than 1 million downloads: the same trusted direction, now with your prayer times and a quiet record of your prayers.

About

Qibla +

Find the accurate direction of the Qibla with this lightweight and ad-free application. It uses true north for precise calculations and supports both English and Arabic languages.

Highlights
  • Accurate Qibla direction
  • Calculated with respect to true north
  • Ad-free experience
  • Lightweight design
  • Supports English and Arabic
Features
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An accurate, lightweight, and ad-free accurate qibla direction finder app. Features: * Directions are calculated with respect to true north * Supports English and Arabic * Ad-free experience * Easy to use * Lightweight Credits & Attributions: https://abdulelahhajjar.github.io/QiblaPlus/credits.html

Screenshots

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times4 screens
Qibla +2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Qibla + at none against Qibla Compass & Prayer Times's shown. Qibla + also leads on ratings volume (177 vs 6) and review sentiment (88% vs 72%). Qibla Compass & Prayer Times's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 4 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Qibla + has 177 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 72% of Qibla Compass & Prayer Times's written reviews are positive against 88% of Qibla +'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times ships an update every 6 weeks, Qibla + every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Qibla Compass & Prayer Times versus Qibla +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQibla Compass & Prayer TimesQibla +
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better4.7 (177 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews87.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings6177 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeks — betterEvery 4 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.010.3 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErol BiciogluAbdulelah Hajjar

Customer experience

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral2.8%
Negative25.0%

Qibla +

All ratings168 ratings
Positive92.3%
Neutral3.6%
Negative4.2%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative12.5%

In-app purchases

None

Qibla Compass & Prayer Times

No in-app purchases

None

Qibla +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Qibla Compass & Prayer Times free?
Qibla Compass & Prayer Times is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Qibla + free?
Qibla + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Qibla Compass & Prayer Times or Qibla +?
Qibla Compass & Prayer Times is rated higher. Qibla Compass & Prayer Times averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Qibla + averages 4.7 from 177 ratings.
Do Qibla Compass & Prayer Times or Qibla + have ads?
Qibla Compass & Prayer Times shows ads; Qibla + does not.
Which is updated more often, Qibla Compass & Prayer Times or Qibla +?
Qibla Compass & Prayer Times ships an update every 6 weeks, and Qibla + every 4 months. Most recently, Qibla Compass & Prayer Times was updated on November 1, 2026 and Qibla + on November 3, 2026.

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