Comparison

MyChetele vs PRAY CIRCLES

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

Head to head
About

MyChetele

This app helps Muslims track and improve their spiritual and personal development through gamified daily practices. Set custom goals for Quran reading, prayer, charity, and more, then compete in leagues to stay motivated.

Highlights
  • Customizable practice tracking
  • Gamified league system
  • Detailed progress analytics
  • Quran reading goals
  • Prayer and dhikr tracking
  • Charity and community service goals
Features
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MyChetele (Cetele) is an iOS app for building consistent Islamic practice habits — daily worship tracking, an offline Qur'an reader with tajweed highlighting, reading-progress tracking, and group Qur'an-completion ("khatm"/Hatm) boards. HABIT & PRACTICE TRACKING - Numeric or binary (yes/no) practices, daily logging, per-practice goals - Weekly/monthly/yearly/all-time statistics and a tabular analytics view - A League/XP system that gamifies monthly consistency - Group tracking QUR'AN MODULE - Full offline Arabic Qur'an text (Uthmani script) with page/juz/surah navigation - Tajweed rule highlighting with an interactive, localized legend - Word-by-word translation and transliteration - Streamed recitation audio with follow-along highlighting - Reading-progress tracking that only counts a page once genuinely read - Personal reading plans and a group Hatm (khatm) board: split a full Qur'an read across participants by juz, track progress together OTHER - Bookmarks, highlights, and per-ayah notes in the Qur'an reader - Local daily reminder notifications - Sign in with Apple (optional) with a full guest mode - Optional CloudKit sync across your own devices - Localized in English, Russian, Turkish, and Spanish The app is fully usable offline and without an account.

About

PRAY CIRCLES

Features
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Pray Circles brings believers together in prayer, no matter where you are or what faith you follow. Share your prayer requests with a warm, global community and receive the support of thousands of believers praying for you — in real time. PRAY FOR OTHERS Browse prayer requests from believers around the world. Tap "I Prayed" to let someone know they are not alone. Every prayer counts. REQUEST PRAYERS Need support? Share what's on your heart. Choose who sees your request — the entire community, friends only, or specific people you trust. Set a duration that feels right. BUILD YOUR CIRCLE Add friends, assign meaningful labels like "Sister" or "Teacher," and build your personal prayer circle. Stay close to the people who matter most. ALL FAITHS WELCOME PrayerCircle is open to believers of all faiths — Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and more. Faith unites us all. YOUR LANGUAGE, YOUR APP Available in English, Arabic, Spanish, French, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian, Russian, and Kazakh — with full right-to-left support. Download PrayerCircle and join a community where no prayer goes unanswered.

Screenshots

MyChetele4 screens
PRAY CIRCLES4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PRAY CIRCLES at 15.1 against MyChetele's 26.0. On price, update cadence, 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MyChetele ships an update every 3 weeks, PRAY CIRCLES every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MyChetele versus PRAY CIRCLES: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMyChetelePRAY CIRCLES
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB47 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperBeibarys YessilulyArnat BALABIYEV

In-app purchases

None

MyChetele

No in-app purchases

None

PRAY CIRCLES

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MyChetele free?
MyChetele is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PRAY CIRCLES free?
PRAY CIRCLES is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MyChetele or PRAY CIRCLES have ads?
Neither MyChetele nor PRAY CIRCLES shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MyChetele or PRAY CIRCLES?
MyChetele ships an update every 3 weeks, and PRAY CIRCLES every 6 weeks. Most recently, MyChetele was updated on November 5, 2026 and PRAY CIRCLES on October 2, 2026.

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