Darakht vs Kahkashan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Darakht
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Access over 8,000 free educational resources for Afghanistan in Dari, Pashto, and English with the Darakht-e Danesh Library app. Download files for offline access. Perfect for teachers, students, and anyone seeking knowledge. Explore a wide range of subjects and empower your learning journey today!
Kahkashan
Access a vast Islamic knowledge library with books, articles, Quran, and Hadith. Features include a PDF reader, question bank, Zakat calculator, and offline reading. Supports over 25 languages with customizable themes and text-to-speech.
- Extensive Islamic book collection
- Quran and Hadith study material
- Interactive question bank
- Zakat calculator
- Offline reading capability
- Multilingual support (25+ languages)
- Customizable themes and text size
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Kahkashan-e-Marefat ("Galaxy of Knowledge") is a free Islamic knowledge library for your phone — a growing collection of books, articles, Quran & Hadith study material, and practical tools, built for readers of Dari, Pashto, Arabic, English, and 25+ other languages. A GROWING ISLAMIC LIBRARY • Read full books across tafsir, hadith, fiqh, aqidah, Islamic history, ethics, philosophy and Sufism — with a built-in PDF reader. • Browse in-depth articles on the same topics, written and curated by the Kahkashan-e-Marefat team. • Explore "Miracles of Science in the Quran" — articles connecting Quranic verses to modern discoveries in astronomy, embryology, physiology, geology, botany, and more. • Test and deepen your knowledge with the Question Bank — multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer questions across difficulty levels. • See a new Ayah and Hadith highlighted every day on the home screen. QURAN & HADITH, DONE RIGHT • Quran verses are shown with real, professionally recorded reciter audio — never text-to-speech — with a choice of reciters. • Every Ayah, Hadith, and translated article shows both the original text and its translation side by side. PRACTICAL TOOLS • A full Zakat Calculator covering cash, gold, silver, business assets, livestock, and agricultural produce, with multi-currency support and the Afghan solar-Hijri calendar. READ OFFLINE • Save any book or article to "My Library" for offline reading — no connection needed once downloaded. • The app keeps working and stays fast even on a weak connection. STAY UPDATED • Optional notifications for new books, articles, questions, and the daily Ayah/Hadith. • A built-in notification history so you never miss what was shared. MADE TO FIT YOU • Light and dark mode, color themes, and adjustable text size. • Listen to articles read aloud with text-to-speech. • Share any book or article directly to WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. YOUR LANGUAGE • Available in Dari, Pashto, Arabic, English, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, French, and 20+ more languages, with full right-to-left support. YOUR PRIVACY • No account or sign-in required. • No ads, ever. • Analytics are only used to understand app usage and only with your consent — never for advertising. Kahkashan-e-Marefat is built to make authentic Islamic knowledge easy to reach, read, and understand — anywhere, in your own language, online or off.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kahkashan at none against Darakht's shown. Kahkashan also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Darakht ships an update every 3 months, Kahkashan every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Darakht | Kahkashan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 31 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Right to Learn Afghanistan | Mojeeb Rahman Sedeqi |
In-app purchases
Darakht
No in-app purchases
Kahkashan
No in-app purchases









