Comparison

Booktime vs Almathani

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

Head to head
About

Booktime

Explore thousands of beautifully illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children. This app brings stories to life with imaginative audiovisual storytelling, captivating illustrations, and high-resolution photography, offering a completely free reading and listening experience.

Highlights
  • Thousands of illustrated books
  • Fiction and non-fiction content
  • Audiovisual storytelling
  • High-resolution photography
  • Classic titles included
  • Offline reading and listening
Currently charting
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Thousands of beautifully illustrated fiction and non-fiction books for children! Booktime brings fact and fiction to life through imaginative audiovisual storytelling, beautiful illustrations, and high-resolution photography. All completely free! ---------------------------------- With Booktime you get: • Beautiful illustrations • Fiction books including classic bedtime stories • Nonfiction books about animals, vehicles, places, and more • Content for children and young readers • Classic titles such as Little Red Riding Hood and Aladdin • High quality narrations • Offline reading and listening A book for everyone • Relax with a bedtime story or spark your curiosity with astonishing facts about the natural world and human achievements. Exciting illustrations • Each book includes beautiful and unique illustrations or high-resolution photos. A beautiful and immersive experience • Bold visual designs and optional audio narrations make every story easily accessible and highly interactive. ---------------------------------- Download Booktime to access a world of creative and visual storytelling. If you’re enjoying Booktime, please leave a review to help spread the word. We also love feedback! If you have any suggestions or see something we don’t have, feel free to email booktime@booktime.org.

About

Almathani

Features
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Mathani is an Islamic companion app designed to help you stay connected to your deen with clarity and consistency. Read the Quran, continue from your last verse, listen to recitations, save bookmarks, and access tafseer and translations. Stay on top of daily prayers with accurate prayer times, Qibla direction, calculation settings, manual adjustments, and helpful reminders. Explore duas, tasbih, morning and evening adkar, Hisnul Muslim supplications, and Hadith collections in Arabic, English, and French. Build a personal checklist for daily intentions, routines, and reminders. Mathani also supports offline access for key content, themed experiences, daily reflections, and gentle notifications for Quran, prayer, adkar, and personal tasks. A calm, beautiful way to show up for your worship every day.

Screenshots

Booktime4 screens
Almathani4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Almathani at every 2 days against Booktime's fortnightly. Booktime's advantage is chart position (#163 vs unranked). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Booktime ships an update fortnightly, Almathani every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Booktime versus Almathani: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBooktimeAlmathani
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (147 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings147 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#163 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.014.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size80 MB162 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHindawi FoundationOussama Essaoudi

In-app purchases

None

Booktime

No in-app purchases

None

Almathani

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Booktime free?
Booktime is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Almathani free?
Almathani is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Booktime or Almathani have ads?
Neither Booktime nor Almathani shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Booktime or Almathani?
Booktime ships an update fortnightly, and Almathani every 2 days. Most recently, Booktime was updated on October 13, 2026 and Almathani on October 5, 2026.

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