Muezzin vs Athan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Muezzin
This app helps Muslims stay connected to their faith by providing accurate prayer times, Qibla direction, and access to the Quran. It offers customizable notifications, a Hijri/Gregorian date converter, and adhan playback.
- Accurate prayer times with automatic location updates
- Interactive Qibla direction indicator
- Prayer time notifications
- Quran with translations
- Hijri and Gregorian date converter
- Adhan playback
- Widget support for prayer times
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Muezzin brings prayer times, Qibla direction, and useful Islamic tools together in one clear app. Prayer times are calculated for your location using your chosen calculation method and can be adjusted manually when needed. Features: • Location-based daily prayer times • Configurable prayer notifications, including silent, beep, takbir, and adhan options • Interactive Qibla compass • Countdown to the next prayer, with Duha and Makruh indications • Monthly prayer timetable • Hijri and Gregorian dates, Islamic calendar, and date converter • Quran with translations • Adhan playback, prayer rak'ah guide, Al-Asma ul-Husna, Salawat Tafrijiyah, and Cevsen • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets Prayer times can vary by calculation method and local authority. Please verify the times for your location.
Athan
This app provides accurate prayer times based on your location, with customizable alarms for prayer and eqama. It also includes a Zakat calculator and a monthly calendar of prayer timings. Users can personalize the experience with dark/light modes and choose from various Athan voices.
- Accurate prayer timings
- Customizable Athan alarms
- Eqama time alarms
- Zakat calculator
- Monthly prayer calendar
- Dark/Light mode
- Multiple Athan voices
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Full Athan: - Get the full Athan experience even if the iPhone is locked. - Multiple Athan voices are available to choose from. Home Extension: - Get all the details you want from your home screen. - Easy and simple design. Accurate timings: - Get accurate timings from your location. - Multiple calculation methods. Calendar: - Find all the timings for the current month. Dark/Light Mode: - You can choose from Dark or Light mode. Zakat Calculator: - Calculate your annual zakat payable. - Cash, gold, and animals. Eqama Alarm: - Set an alarm to remind you of the eqama time of any prayer. Before Athan Alarm: - Set an alarm to remind you before any Athan alarm. Support Email: contact@applabps.com Terms of Use: https://athan.applabps.com/resources/terms/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Muezzin at none against Athan's shown. Muezzin also leads on review sentiment (85% vs 65%) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. Muezzin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Athan sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Muezzin against 4.6 for Athan. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2.6K and 2.2K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Muezzin's written reviews are positive against 65% of Athan's.
Muezzin ships an update fortnightly, Athan every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Muezzin | Athan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (2.6K ratings) — better | 4.6 (2.2K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.7% of reviews — better | 65.4% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2.6K — better | 2.2K |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Every 9 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tevfik Yucek | Mohammed Alnabhani |
Customer experience
Muezzin
Athan
Bugs and requests
Muezzin
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Athan
Reported bugs
4 issues- App not working after iOS 18 update
- Athan stops before completion
- Athan playing before set time
- Widget not updating prayer times
Requested features
4 requests- Add Hanafi Asr calculation option
- Provide option to disable Athan text display
- Improve Fajr Athan recitation
- Add 24-hour clock for prayer time visualization
In-app purchases
Muezzin
- Remove Ads$4.99
Athan
- Premium / Month7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Premium / Month for Family7 Days trial$1.991 Month
- Premium / Year7 Days trial$7.991 Year
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- Premium / Year for Family7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Unlock All Features$2.99
- All Features with Support 1$4.99
- All Features with Support 2$9.99
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- Donate $9.99$9.99
- Donate $19.99$19.99
- Donate $49.99$49.99
- Donate $99.99$99.99
