NowBloom vs Awqati
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NowBloom
This app offers a peaceful space for mindfulness and self-care. It provides daily uplifting quotes, guided breathing exercises, and personalized gentle reminders to help you feel more focused and present.
- Daily uplifting quotes
- Guided breathing sessions
- Personalized gentle reminders
- Save and share quotes
- Calming backgrounds
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Find your calm with NowBloom Life moves fast. NowBloom is here to help you slow down, breathe, and reconnect with the present moment. It’s a gentle space for mindfulness and self-care—designed to help you feel more peaceful and focused through simple daily habits. Here’s what NowBloom offers: Daily Quotes That Uplift You Start your day with a calming quote from mindfulness teachers like Eckhart Tolle. Each quote appears on a beautiful background that changes with the time of day. Easy Breathing Sessions Feeling stressed? Take a minute to follow a guided breathing exercise. It’s quick, easy, and helps you feel calm again. A Personal Touch NowBloom greets you by name and sends kind, gentle reminders—like a friend reminding you to pause and breathe. Save & Share the Calm Love a quote? Save it or share it with someone who needs a little peace too. NowBloom isn’t just another app. It’s a daily reminder to be present, feel grateful, and take care of yourself. Download NowBloom today and let your peace grow.
Awqati
This app provides accurate prayer times and Qibla direction globally. It offers customizable iqama times, countdowns to the next prayer, and notifications. Available across multiple Apple devices with widget support.
- Accurate prayer times
- Qibla direction finder
- Customizable iqama times
- Countdown to next prayer
- Automatic/manual location detection
- Cross-device widget support
- Prayer notifications
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Awqati helps you follow prayer times in Saudi Arabia and around the world. View the five daily prayer times and a countdown to the next prayer with customizable iqama times and Qibla direction Use automatic location detection or choose your city manually and keep prayer times close on your favorite device. Awqati is available on iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, Apple Vision Pro and Mac with Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets and prayer notifications
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Awqati at every 2 weeks against NowBloom's every 6 months. Awqati also leads on device support (6 vs 2). NowBloom's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). 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
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 — 5.0 for NowBloom against 5.0 for Awqati. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
NowBloom ships an update every 6 months, Awqati every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NowBloom | Awqati |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Osama Jassim | Abdullah AlRashoudi |
Customer experience
NowBloom
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In-app purchases
NowBloom
No in-app purchases
Awqati
No in-app purchases
