Comparison

Meanwhile vs Quran Pages

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

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About

Meanwhile

Explore a mad scientist's wonderland and make choices that shape your adventure. This interactive comic offers thousands of branching paths, leading to various outcomes, from doom to success. Experience a unique story with full audio accessibility.

Highlights
  • Branching narrative paths
  • User-driven story choices
  • Thousands of adventure outcomes
  • Infinite scrollable canvas
  • Full audio accessibility (VoiceOver)
Features
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MEANWHILE: an interactive comic by Jason Shiga On the way home from the ice cream store, little Jimmy discovers a mad scientist’s wonderland: an experimental mind-reading helmet, a time machine, and a doomsday device that can annihilate the human race. Which one would you like to test out first? MEANWHILE is not an ordinary comic. YOU make the choices that determine how the story unfolds. MEANWHILE splits off into thousands of different adventures. Most will end in DOOM and DISASTER. Only one path will lead you to happiness and success. - A thrilling adventure of quantum physics, self-discovery, and kids getting into trouble. (We mentioned the doomsday device, right?) - Completely redesigned by the author for an infinite scrollable canvas. - Full audio accessibility with VoiceOver; every panel and choice can be spoken.

About

Quran Pages

This app offers a visually rich Quran reading experience with pages that mirror printed books. It includes features for repeating verses, listening to recitations from various imams, and understanding meanings through translations and tafsir. Additionally, it provides prayer times, qibla direction, and daily duas.

Highlights
  • Traditional page layouts
  • Verse repetition with customizable counts
  • Multiple reciter options
  • 19 translations and 9-language word meanings
  • Daily prayer times and qibla direction
  • Offline recitation playback
  • Apple Pencil annotation
Features
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Read the Quran on pages that match the printed book. The whole app is painted in gold and blue, like old handwritten Qurans. Listen to any ayah and repeat it as many times as you need. Prayer times for your city, the qibla, and duas for every day. "The best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it." (Sahih al-Bukhari 5027) PAINTED IN GOLD AND BLUE • A painting for each surah, and gold that catches the light as you move. • Painted opening pages for Al-Fatihah and Al-Baqarah. • The Quran's words are never changed. The painting is around them. THE PAGES • The Madina mushaf: 15 lines on each page, the same pages as the printed book. Page 562 in the app is page 562 in print. • The 15 line Indopak mushaf used in South Asia. Every page shows the printed book's own calligraphy, traced word by word and checked line by line against it. Painted in the style of the old Qurans of India. • The Classic Madina print (1405H). • Tajweed colours on the Madina print. A list explains what each colour means. • Find any ayah by surah and number, like Baqarah 255, or go to a juz or a page. REPEAT ANY AYAH • Choose one ayah, many ayat, a surah, or a whole juz. • Choose how many times each ayah plays: 1, 2, 3, 5, 10, or with no limit. • Choose how many times the whole group plays. • One by one, then together: 1, 2, then 1 and 2, the way a sabaq is built. • Add a pause after each ayah, so you can say it yourself. • Make the recitation slower or faster. • It keeps playing when your phone is locked. 31 RECITERS • Each ayah is recorded on its own, so every repeat starts and stops cleanly. • Sheikh Husary's teaching recording (Muallim), Mishary Alafasy, Minshawi, Abdul Basit, Sudais, Shuraim, Ghamdi, Muaiqly, and more. • Bismillah plays once before a surah, not before every repeat. • After an ayah plays once it works without internet. You can also save any surah, or all 114, with the reciter you choose: go to Settings, then Saved recitations. UNDERSTAND THE MEANING • 19 translations. • Hold your finger on a word to see what it means, in 9 languages. • A short tafsir for every ayah, in 9 languages. • Press Listen, and the page follows the reciter, ayah by ayah. ON IPHONE DUO AND IPAD • Open iPhone Duo, or turn your iPad on its side, and two pages open together, like a printed Quran. • Write on the page with Apple Pencil or your finger. Choose a pen or a highlighter, and one of five colours. Your writing stays on the page, and one switch hides it. • The surah list and the meaning open beside the page, not over it. • A large prayer clock you can read from across the room. EVERY DAY • See how many days in a row you have read, and how many pages you read today. • On Friday, a reminder to read Surah al-Kahf. PRAYER AND DUA • Prayer times for your city, by your country's usual method, with Ishraq, Duha and the last third of the night. • The whole day on one page, with the path of the sun. • The qibla on an astrolabe, and your distance to Makkah. • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets with the time until the next prayer. • An adhan or an alarm for each prayer, only if you turn it on. • Morning and evening adhkar, duas after salah, durood, and duas for each day. Each one shows where it comes from. SHARE THE APP The Prophet, peace be upon him, said: "Whoever guides to a good deed will get the same reward as the doer of that deed." (Sahih Muslim 1893) If this app helps you, send it to your family, friends or hifz class from Settings. PRIVATE • No account. We do not track you. • Your location is used only if you tap Use my location. Your phone works out the prayer times from it, and asks Apple Maps for your town's name. THANKS The Quran text, page layout and fonts come from the King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex and the Quranic Universal Library. The tafsir comes from QuranEnc.com. The French word meanings are by Dr Usama Nonnenmacher. This app helps you practise every day. It does not replace a teacher.

Screenshots

Meanwhile4 screens
Quran Pages4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Quran Pages at Free against Meanwhile's $4.99. Quran Pages also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 12 months). Meanwhile's advantage is chart position (#85 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases 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

Quran Pages is free to download; Meanwhile costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Quran Pages holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 7 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Meanwhile ships an update every 12 months, Quran Pages every 4 days. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Meanwhile versus Quran Pages: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMeanwhileQuran Pages
Price$4.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (11 ratings)4.9 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings11 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
Best chart rank#85 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.617.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB227 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperZarfhome Software ConsultingMuhammad Hossain

Customer experience

Meanwhile

All ratings11 ratings
Positive72.7%
Neutral9.1%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews24 reviews
Positive79.2%
Neutral12.5%
Negative8.3%

Quran Pages

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Meanwhile

No in-app purchases

None

Quran Pages

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Meanwhile free?
Meanwhile costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Quran Pages free?
Quran Pages is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Meanwhile or Quran Pages?
Quran Pages is rated higher. Meanwhile averages 4.2 out of 5 from 11 ratings, while Quran Pages averages 4.9 from 7 ratings.
Do Meanwhile or Quran Pages have ads?
Neither Meanwhile nor Quran Pages shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Meanwhile or Quran Pages?
Meanwhile ships an update every 12 months, and Quran Pages every 4 days. Most recently, Meanwhile was updated on November 6, 2026 and Quran Pages on November 6, 2026.

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