Simple Umrah Guide vs Athar
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Simple Umrah Guide
This app offers a comprehensive, step-by-step guide to performing Umrah, complete with actions and duas. It works offline and provides insights from Hadith and Quran, along with preparation tips and historical site recommendations.
- Step-by-step Umrah instructions
- Learn actions and duas
- Understand reasoning from Quran and Hadith
- Significance and history of Umrah stages
- Preparation tips
- Makkah and Madinah historical site recommendations
- Record personal duas
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Simple Umrah Guide provides step by step instructions on how to perform Umrah, with an easy to use interface. It works completely offline with no internet connection required. This app will help you: - Learn exactly how to perform Umrah with clear and concise step-by-step instructions - Learn how to perform each action, and the duas to recite at each stage - Understand from the sources of Hadith and Quran the reasoning of certain actions - Find out more about the significance and history of each stage of Umrah - Get top tips on how best to prepare yourself before departing - Get recommendations for historical places to visit in Makkah and Madinah - Record your own personal duas within the app beforehand to remember during your Umrah pilgrimage
Athar
Navigate Mecca and Medina with an interactive guide to holy sites, historical events, and detailed ritual instructions. Enhance your spiritual journey with curated trails, duas, and personal journaling features.
- Interactive maps of holy cities
- Detailed site history and significance
- Curated ziyarah trails
- Step-by-step ritual guides
- Duas with translations
- Accurate prayer times
- Personal journal with photos
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Athar is your companion on your visit to the holy sites of Mecca and Medina. It is an interactive guide that brings the places from the Prophet SAW's life to your fingertips. EXPLORE THE HOLY CITIES • Interactive maps of Mecca and Medina with the significant sites of Islamic history, from Masjid al-Haram and Masjid an-Nabawi to the lesser-known places many visitors never find • Rich detail pages for every site: its history, significance, and the events that took place there • Curated ziyarah trails that guide you from site to site WORSHIP WITH CONFIDENCE • Step-by-step ritual guides that walk you through each phase • Duas for every occasion and place, with Arabic text and translations • Accurate prayer times and Hijri calendar WALK THROUGH HISTORY • A timeline of the Prophet's SAW life connecting events to the places where they happened • Stories of the Companions and the early Muslim community MAKE IT YOURS • Keep a personal journal of your journey with reflections and photos. Photos never leave your device. • Bookmark the sites you want to visit • Get notified when you're near a significant site Whether you're preparing for Umrah, performing ziyarah, or deepening your knowledge from home, Athar helps you experience these blessed places with understanding and presence.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Simple Umrah Guide at 313 against Athar's 2. Athar's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 89%) and device support (3 vs 1). 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Simple Umrah Guide against 5.0 for Athar. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Simple Umrah Guide has 313 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Simple Umrah Guide's written reviews are positive against 100% of Athar's.
Simple Umrah Guide ships an update every 2 weeks, Athar fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Simple Umrah Guide | Athar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (313 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 313 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yusri Hamidi | RAYYAAN AHMAD USMANI |
Customer experience
Simple Umrah Guide
Athar
Bugs and requests
Simple Umrah Guide
Requested features
3 requests- Add audio for duas
- Include Safar ki dua
- Increase font size for accessibility
Athar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Simple Umrah Guide
No in-app purchases
Athar
No in-app purchases
