Comparison

Abjad vs سالم

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

Head to head
About

Abjad

This app offers a playful and engaging way for children aged 3-7 to learn Arabic. It features a guided learning path covering the alphabet, vowel marks, syllables, and words, with interactive activities, games, and stories. Parents can track progress and manage child profiles with built-in controls.

Highlights
  • Guided learning path for Arabic alphabet and words
  • Interactive tracing, spelling, and listening activities
  • Four themed learning worlds
  • Stories and songs with interactive elements
  • Arcade games for practice
  • Parental controls and child profiles
  • Progress tracking and rewards system
Features
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Abjad makes learning Arabic joyful for young children. Follow one guided learning path through the whole alphabet, then on to vowel marks, syllables and words, collecting stickers and coins along the way, through play, not pressure. WHY PARENTS LOVE ABJAD • One guided path: letters, vowel marks (harakat), syllables, then whole words • Covers all 28 Arabic letters, with real recordings for every letter, syllable and word • Built for ages 3-7: simple, intuitive, distraction-free • Audio, visuals and hands-on play for deeper learning • All 28 letters and all 4 core worlds are free to learn, a few steps a day • A short placement check lets a child who already knows letters start further along • A daily goal with a treasure chest keeps practice short and rewarding • Child profiles with parental controls: choose which letters and games each child sees • Streaks, milestones and progress tracking keep kids motivated • No reading required to begin: fully icon and audio-driven THE LEARNING PATH • Four magical worlds (the desert, the oasis, the sea and the mountains), seven letters each: meet the letter, trace it, then prove you know it • Then Vowel Marks, Syllable Blend and Words, so letters turn into real reading • After that, Explorer practice never runs out, mixing a variety of activities on what your child has learned • Earn stickers, coins and a daily chest, spin the reward wheel, and dress up your explorer 41 INTERACTIVE ACTIVITIES IN THE EXERCISES MENU Short guided activities for everything your child is learning: • Arabic letters: tracing, spelling, listening, memory games, letter forms and harakat • Reading: vowel marks, syllables, building and reading whole words • Colors World: matching, mixing, sorting and coloring • Numbers World: counting, patterns and tracing, in Arabic or Arabic-Indic numerals • Countries: a quiz and a spin-the-wheel, unlocked as your child meets countries • Careers World: Doctor, Chef, Builder, Farmer, Pilot, Teacher and Police Plus word packs: themed words with pictures and sounds, starting with a free farm pack THE ARCADE • Whack-a-Mole, Sliding Puzzle, Match 3, Memory Match and Catch the Fruit • Play with tokens exchanged from the coins you have earned • Leaderboards in every game STORIES AND SONGS • Illustrated stories read aloud, in two fully vowelled reading levels • Branching endings, a hidden sticker on every page and a short quiz at the end • Folk-tale favorites like Juha beside original animal stories, with new ones every month • Songs for the alphabet and for every world ABJAD PREMIUM One simple annual subscription, with a 3-day free trial: • No daily limit, and bigger prizes from the daily chest and reward wheel • Explorer practice tailored to what your child finds tricky • Every premium game and every word pack • New stories first, for fewer coins, plus Premium-only stories • Multiple child profiles, parental controls and a detailed progress board BONUS WORLDS Premium subscribers can unlock themed bonus worlds (Arab Countries, Colors, Numbers and Careers) with coins earned in the app. See how it works, screen by screen: https://nativemelon.com/abjad Questions or feedback? Email admin@nativemelon.com - we respond promptly. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://nativemelon.com/abjad-privacy-policy/

About

سالم

This app uses AI-powered speech recognition to teach children Arabic letters, words, and Surat Al-Fatihah through an engaging story. It offers graduated levels, fun games, and animations to make learning interactive and effective.

Highlights
  • AI speech recognition for pronunciation correction
  • Interactive story-based learning
  • Graduated difficulty levels
  • Fun educational games
  • Animated lessons
  • Recitation of Surat Al-Fatihah
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Introduction to the application It is an application that aims to teach children how to pronounce Arabic letters and words until how to recite Surat Al-Fatihah .. within an interesting story for children, using of the state of the art Artificial Intelligence techniques of Speech Recognition with automatic correction for the child when reading the letters and words or when reciting Surat Al-Fatehah The main idea of the application The application is in the form of a story that revolves around a hero named (Salem), a sports hero who enjoys high energy, intelligence and good manners. Through the application, he seeks to recover the boxes of light that were stolen by a group of evil creatures and flew those creatures to the forest. The hero accompanies his friend ( a funny bird ) on a journey full of excitement to recover the boxes. During the Hero's journey, he learns Arabic letters and words, plays various games, and then at the end of his journey he learns to recite the Al-Fatehah Application contents * Levels of graduated difficulty * Interesting educational lessons * Fun and useful animations * Lots of of games * and more

Screenshots

Abjad4 screens
سالم4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: سالم at none against Abjad's 1. Abjad's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (96% vs 77%). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Abjad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per year. سالم asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.2 for Abjad against 4.3 for سالم. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 64 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 96% of Abjad's written reviews are positive against 77% of سالم's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abjad ships an update every 9 days, سالم every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Abjad versus سالم: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbjadسالم
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (64 ratings)4.3 (33 ratings) — better
Positive reviews96.3% of reviews — better76.9% of reviews
Number of ratings64 — better33
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size118 MB133 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNative Melon Consulting LLCAL BORHAN CHARITY FOR SUNNAH & QURAN SERVICES

Customer experience

Abjad

All ratings64 ratings
Positive79.7%
Neutral4.7%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive96.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.7%

سالم

All ratings33 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral3.0%
Negative15.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral15.4%
Negative7.7%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Abjad

Subscriptions1
  • أبجد المميز سنوي3 Days trial$4.991 Year
None

سالم

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abjad free?
Abjad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is سالم free?
سالم is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Abjad or سالم?
سالم is rated higher. Abjad averages 4.2 out of 5 from 64 ratings, while سالم averages 4.3 from 33 ratings.
Do Abjad or سالم have ads?
Neither Abjad nor سالم shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abjad or سالم?
Abjad ships an update every 9 days, and سالم every 3 months. Most recently, Abjad was updated on November 6, 2026 and سالم on November 3, 2026.

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