Comparison

Quran Explorer vs Quran Bee

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

Head to head
About

Quran Explorer

Explore the Quran with a complete, ad-free digital text featuring diacritical marks and English translations. Listen to recitations, bookmark verses, and customize your reading experience with adjustable fonts and modes. Unlock more features with a one-time purchase.

Highlights
  • Complete Quran with diacritical marks
  • Side-by-side English translation
  • Audio recitation by famous Qari
  • Bookmarking
  • Scalable font sizes
  • Portrait and landscape mode
  • Ayah highlighting
Features
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Our Quran Explorer app is the perfect tool for anyone seeking a comprehensive and user-friendly way to explore the Quran. Available on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, this essential app is completely ad-free in both the basic and premium versions. Features include: - Complete, scalable Quran with all diacritical marks - Side-by-side English translation by Mufti Taqi Usmani with audio - Beautiful Uthmanic and IndoPak script (fonts) - Complete audio recitation by famous Qari Sheikh Mishari Rashid and more - Bookmarking up to 3 and more - Bulk download (for last ten suras only) - Portrait and landscape mode - Scalable font sizes - Sura and Juz index - High-quality audio recitation with ayah highlighting - Pinch/zoom feature for changing the font size - Fast audio playback through robust download method with progress icon - Colored ayah marking to show downloaded audio - Contextual toolbar on double tap - Option to update existing content (for fixing errors in Quran text, translation or audio) - Goto aya feature - Our complete Arabic text and translation have been proofread by a Muslim scholar ('alim), ensuring accuracy and authenticity. For those seeking even more features, our paid version (available for only USD $4.99) offers additional translations, reciters, English and Urdu translation audio, unlimited bookmarks, background audio, disable standby feature, bulk download, and much more. Explore the Quran like never before with our Quran Explorer app.

About

Quran Bee

This app uses gamified challenges to help users learn, memorize, and explore Quranic words and verses in an engaging way. It offers a unique approach to studying the Quran, doubling as a stress reliever and providing psychological, religious, and cultural benefits.

Highlights
  • Gamified Quran word study
  • Memorization challenges
  • Verse exploration
  • Stress relief
  • Interactive word puzzles
  • Contemplate Quranic relationships
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A distinct application that uses gamification to help stimulate your mind to learn, memorize, remember, explore and contemplate many of the words and verses of the Qur’an in a fun and entertaining way. Do you want to challenge and refresh your memory of Quran words? Do you want to strengthen your memorization of many verses of the Qur’an? Do you want to discover Quranic words from a different perspective? Do you want to read the Quran with different eyes? Do you want to explore the relationship between different words of the Quran? This application is unique in applying the gaming platform in studying and contemplating the words of the Quran Moreover, this application, just like many other word games, doubles as a stress reliever. Thus, the more time you spend using it, the more you will benefit, psychologically, religiously and culturally. The way it works The Quran verses appear in the upper section of the screen, and a dotted line appears in places of missing words. You have to guess the missing Arabic words from the randomly arranged hex-cell letter block in the middle of the screen. When you want to choose a word, press the first letter, anc keep pressing while you choose the next letter by moving your finger to the next letter in any possible direction without lifting your finger. You can choose all the letters of the word this way. When you choose the correct word, it will appear in the top section in the right plsce in the Aya. Privacy Policy: https://www.quranbee.net/?page_id=679 Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Quran Explorer4 screens
Quran Bee4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Quran Bee at fortnightly against Quran Explorer's every 6 months. Quran Explorer's advantage is ratings volume (55K vs 9) and review sentiment (94% vs 82%). On price, rating, ads 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. Quran Explorer sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and Quran Bee sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Quran Explorer against 4.7 for Quran Bee. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Quran Explorer has 55K ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of Quran Explorer's written reviews are positive against 82% of Quran Bee's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quran Explorer ships an update every 6 months, Quran Bee fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Quran Explorer versus Quran Bee: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuran ExplorerQuran Bee
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (55K ratings) — better4.7 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews93.9% of reviews — better81.8% of reviews
Number of ratings55K — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB92 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNoble Education Foundation, Inc.Technologie dEducation Alifbee Ltee

Customer experience

Quran Explorer

All ratings54,059 ratings
Positive95.6%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews1,482 reviews
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.1%

Quran Bee

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative18.2%

Bugs and requests

Quran Explorer

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Network error when playing some reciters

Requested features

12 requests
  • Audio translation switch off option
  • Customizable marking for listening from random words
  • Customizable listening feature like a MP3 player
  • Juz/Sapara search and listen option
  • Tajweed version for reading
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  • Playlists of surahs for studying the Quran
  • More reciters like Sheikh Noreen
  • More English translations
  • Word lookup with pronunciation
  • Dark theme
  • English search functionality
  • Verse export with Sura:verse number format

Quran Bee

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Quran Explorer

One-time2
  • Mishari-Rashid-HQFree
  • Quran Explorer Full Upgrade$4.99
10 purchases

Quran Bee

Subscriptions2
  • 1 Month - QuranBee Pro$0.991 Month
  • 1 Year - QuranBee Pro$9.991 Year
One-time8
  • Water and ginger$0.99
  • Level 2 Upgrade$4.99
  • Level 3 Upgrade$6.99
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  • Level 4 Upgrade$8.99
  • Level 5 Upgrade$9.99
  • Lifetime Plan$29.99
  • fruit basket X4$79.99
  • fruit basket X5$99.99

Questions

Is Quran Explorer free?
Quran Explorer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quran Bee free?
Quran Bee is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quran Explorer or Quran Bee?
Quran Explorer is rated higher. Quran Explorer averages 4.8 out of 5 from 55K ratings, while Quran Bee averages 4.7 from 9 ratings.
Do Quran Explorer or Quran Bee have ads?
Neither Quran Explorer nor Quran Bee shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Quran Explorer or Quran Bee?
Quran Explorer ships an update every 6 months, and Quran Bee fortnightly. Most recently, Quran Explorer was updated on November 8, 2026 and Quran Bee on November 5, 2026.

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