Khamenei vs Jami` al
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Khamenei
Access a collection of fatwas and religious rulings based on the opinions of Ayatollah Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei. This app provides answers to religious inquiries directly from his official website. Consult a religious scholar for detailed explanations of specific issues.
- Fatwa collection
- Religious rulings
- Ayatollah Khamenei's opinions
- Official website source
- Religious inquiry answers
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البرنامج عبارة عن مجموعة من أجوبة الاستفتاءات وفق رأي سماحة آية الله الإمام السيد علي الخامنئي "دام ظله" منقولة من الموقع الرسمي لسماحته. يرجى مراجعة عالم دين لإبراء الذمة حيث أن بعض المسائل تحتاج لشرح
Jami` al
Access a vast collection of Shi'a hadith traditions from 199 sources, including translations, commentaries, and isnad information. Offers robust research tools for searching, categorizing, and saving hadiths for offline use.
- Extensive hadith library from 199 Shi'a sources
- Includes translations and commentaries
- Detailed isnad information
- Advanced search and categorization
- Create personal bookshelves
- Offline access to saved content
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In this App, in addition to presenting the traditions contained in 199 books from among Shi'a hadith sources including some 400 thousand hadiths, their translations and commentaries as well as the related hadiths, and the information concerning their isnads have also been presented. Furthermore, various research capabilities including appropriate search, selecting and categorizing the required hadiths, creating book shelf, adding index to hadiths, etc. have been provided, so that even after disconnection from the Network, the users can enjoy the saved information offline in the App.
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Verdict
Khamenei and Jami` al both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 93% of Khamenei's written reviews are positive against 70% of Jami` al's. Jami` al's advantage is ratings volume (291 vs 21). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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.
Khamenei holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jami` al has 291 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of Khamenei's written reviews are positive against 70% of Jami` al's.
Khamenei ships an update every 13 months, Jami` al every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Khamenei | Jami` al |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (21 ratings) — better | 4.6 (291 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.1% of reviews — better | 70.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 291 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 13 months | Every 11 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Baqeyatollah | noorha |
Customer experience
Khamenei
Jami` al
Bugs and requests
Khamenei
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Jami` al
Reported bugs
6 issues- App not working
- Cannot share text (only image sharing works)
- Text copying not working
- Search results are random, not ordered by book antiquity
- Problems with display and loading books
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- Cannot open search results, shows an error message
Requested features
6 requests- Add English language
- Add Farsi language
- Improve search functionality and offline resources
- Display books in full with chapter titles
- Order search results by book antiquity
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- Update to the old edition of Al-Kafi
In-app purchases
Khamenei
No in-app purchases
Jami` al
No in-app purchases
