Comparison

AlAthan vs Makkah Adhan

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

Head to head
About

AlAthan

This app provides accurate prayer times, Qibla direction, and Islamic calendar information. It offers customizable notifications, live countdowns, and widgets for easy access. An AI chatbot assists with Islamic queries, and Quran recitation is available.

Highlights
  • Accurate prayer times with multiple calculation methods
  • Offline Qibla compass with degree readout
  • Customizable Athan notifications and reminders
  • Live Activity and Dynamic Island countdowns
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • AI Chatbot for Islamic questions
  • Quran Radio for continuous recitation
Features
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Features and functionality Prayer times are based on your current location or a city you choose, with multiple calculation methods including Umm Al-Qura, Muslim World League, ISNA, Egyptian Authority, Karachi, and more, plus Hijri date and moon phase on the main screen. Qibla compass provides real-time direction to the Kaaba using your device compass with degree readout and works offline. Athan on Globe gives you a global view of where Athan is currently active around the world. Notifications and reminders include Athan with multiple sounds such as Makkah and Madinah, pre-prayer reminders from 5 to 30 minutes before prayer, iqama reminders with adjustable delay after Athan, per-prayer controls, and an option to turn off all notifications. Live Activity and Dynamic Island show a live countdown to iqama on the Lock Screen and in Dynamic Island on supported iPhone models, with clear progress from Athan to iqama. Widgets are available for Home Screen and Lock Screen in multiple sizes, including next prayer, countdown, and progress, with Apple Watch support. AI Chatbot helps you ask about prayer times, calendar dates, moon information, and quick prayer-related questions in natural language. Save Spots lets you save personal prayer spots and Qibla locations for your own reference. Hijri Gregorian calendar conversion makes it easy to convert dates in both directions and browse dates clearly. Favorite Places lets you pin and quickly switch between frequently used cities and locations. Different views give you flexible ways to see your day, including timeline style and visual prayer progress views. Quran Radio offers continuous Quran recitation with a choice of reciters and stations from third-party sources. More features include support for 25+ languages, CarPlay for prayer times and Quran Radio, dark and light appearance, and a privacy-focused design where prayer times and location stay on device and are not used for marketing. AlAthan is designed to be simple, accurate, and respectful of your privacy, your daily companion for prayer times and Qibla. الميزات والوظائف تعتمد أوقات الصلاة على موقعك الحالي أو على مدينة تختارها، مع طرق حساب متعددة تشمل Umm Al-Qura وMuslim World League وISNA وEgyptian Authority وKarachi وغيرها، بالإضافة إلى التاريخ الهجري وطور القمر على الشاشة الرئيسية. توفر بوصلة القبلة اتجاهًا مباشرًا نحو الكعبة باستخدام بوصلة جهازك مع عرض الدرجات، وتعمل دون اتصال بالإنترنت. Athan on Globe يمنحك عرضًا عالميًا يوضح أين يكون الأذان نشطًا حاليًا حول العالم. تشمل الإشعارات والتذكيرات الأذان بعدة أصوات مثل Makkah وMadinah، وتذكيرات قبل الصلاة من 5 إلى 30 دقيقة، وتذكيرات الإقامة مع تأخير قابل للتعديل بعد الأذان، وعناصر تحكم لكل صلاة، وخيار إيقاف جميع الإشعارات. تعرض Live Activity وDynamic Island عدًا تنازليًا مباشرًا للإقامة على شاشة القفل وفي Dynamic Island على طرازات iPhone المدعومة، مع تقدم واضح من الأذان إلى الإقامة. تتوفر Widgets للشاشة الرئيسية وشاشة القفل بأحجام متعددة، بما في ذلك الصلاة القادمة والعد التنازلي والتقدم، مع دعم Apple Watch. يساعدك AI Chatbot على السؤال عن أوقات الصلاة، وتواريخ التقويم، ومعلومات القمر، والأسئلة السريعة المتعلقة بالصلاة بلغة طبيعية. يتيح لك Save Spots حفظ أماكن الصلاة الشخصية ومواقع القبلة للرجوع إليها. يسهّل تحويل التقويم الهجري والميلادي تحويل التواريخ في الاتجاهين وتصفح التواريخ بوضوح. يتيح لك Favorite Places تثبيت المدن والمواقع الأكثر استخدامًا والتبديل بينها بسرعة. توفر طرق العرض المختلفة أساليب مرنة لرؤية يومك، بما في ذلك نمط المخطط الزمني وعروض تقدم الصلاة المرئية. يقدم Quran Radio تلاوة مستمرة للقرآن مع اختيار القراء والمحطات من مصادر خارجية. وتشمل مزايا إضافية دعم أكثر من 25 لغة، وCarPlay لأوقات الصلاة وQuran Radio، والمظهرين الداكن والفاتح، وتصميمًا يركز على الخصوصية حيث تبقى أوقات الصلاة والموقع على الجهاز ولا تُستخدم للتسويق. تم تصميم AlAthan ليكون بسيطًا ودقيقًا ومحترمًا لخصوصيتك، رفيقك اليومي لأوقات الصلاة والقبلة.

About

Makkah Adhan

This app provides accurate prayer times, the complete Quran with audio recitation, Qibla direction, and daily adhkar. It offers customizable notifications and a modern, user-friendly interface designed for iPhone and iPad.

Highlights
  • Accurate prayer times
  • Full Quran with audio
  • Qibla compass
  • Adhkar and Du'as
  • Customizable notifications
  • Home screen widgets
  • Hijri/Gregorian calendar
Features
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Athan Makkah is your complete daily companion — accurate prayer times, the full Qur'an, adhkar, Qibla, and more, crafted with a modern, calm design built specifically for iPhone and iPad. PRAYER TIMES YOU CAN TRUST • Precise times based on your GPS location, or set your city manually. • 13 calculation methods — Umm al-Qura (Makkah), Muslim World League, ISNA, Egyptian Authority, Karachi, Diyanet, and more. • Choose your madhhab for Asr (Hanafi or Shafi'i/Maliki/Hanbali). • High-latitude rules for northern countries, rounding options, and ±minute offsets for each prayer to match your local mosque exactly. • A live clock and a countdown to the next prayer, always on screen. SMART NOTIFICATIONS — YOU CHOOSE • Adhan alert at every prayer time. • Pre-adhan reminder, minutes before, so you're never caught off guard. • Iqamah reminder after the adhan. • Morning and evening adhkar. • After-prayer adhkar. • Forbidden prayer times (awqat an-nahy) — alerts at both the start and the end. • Weekly Friday reminder to read Surah Al-Kahf. THE COMPLETE QUR'AN • The full mushaf in the official King Fahd Complex Uthmani script (Hafs), with the authentic KFGQPC font. • Audio recitation by Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary, with automatic verse-by-verse advance. • Khatmah tracker: set your goal, and the app calculates your daily pages, tracks your streak, shows smart statistics, and celebrates every completion. • Search the entire Qur'an instantly. • Bookmarks that remember exactly where you stopped. • Share any verse as a beautiful image — Dark, Light, or Mushaf themes — with full tashkeel preserved when you copy. • Landscape mode and adjustable font size for comfortable reading. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium, and large widgets with a smart background that shifts with the time of day. • The next prayer and its countdown at a glance. • After each adhan, an orange counter shows how long since the prayer began — for 30 minutes. • A dedicated Adhkar widget. • Widgets follow your chosen app language. EVERYTHING ELSE • Smart Qibla compass — elegant, fast, and responsive. • Digital tasbih with haptic feedback that mimics a real misbaha in your hand, with a stronger pulse at 33, 66, and 99. • Fortress of the Muslim adhkar and du'as, with a guided audio player. • Qur'an Radio for continuous listening. • Nearest mosque finder. • Hijri and Gregorian calendar with a date converter. • "My Journey" — your personal statistics: tasbih counts, Qur'an pages read, and completed khatmahs. • A Surah Al-Kahf shortcut that appears on your home screen every Friday. DESIGNED FOR APPLE • Native iPad layout that truly uses the larger screen — not a stretched phone app. • Full Light and Dark Mode support. • 14 languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, Persian, Pashto, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, and Swahili. • Arabic-Indic or Western numerals — your choice. No ads. No clutter. Just what you need, every day.

Screenshots

AlAthan4 screens
Makkah Adhan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AlAthan at 5.0 against Makkah Adhan's 4.5. Makkah Adhan's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AlAthan holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AlAthan ships an update every 3 weeks, Makkah Adhan every 8 days. Both last shipped on October 28, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AlAthan versus Makkah Adhan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlAthanMakkah Adhan
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size51 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmed AlsehibanyABDULAZIZ ALANAZI

Customer experience

AlAthan

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Makkah Adhan

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

AlAthan

No in-app purchases

None

Makkah Adhan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AlAthan free?
AlAthan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Makkah Adhan free?
Makkah Adhan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, AlAthan or Makkah Adhan?
AlAthan is rated higher. AlAthan averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Makkah Adhan averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do AlAthan or Makkah Adhan have ads?
Neither AlAthan nor Makkah Adhan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AlAthan or Makkah Adhan?
AlAthan ships an update every 3 weeks, and Makkah Adhan every 8 days. Most recently, AlAthan was updated on October 28, 2026 and Makkah Adhan on October 28, 2026.

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