Prayer Pause vs Yaqzah

The moment your salah begins, Prayer Pause locks the distracting apps pulling at you, then unlocks them the second you finish, so you can pray without your phone whispering in the back of your mind. Build a real habit of dhikr, Quran and intentional time between prayers instead of endless scrolling. Most of us spend 5 to 6 hours a day on our phones, and most of that is mindless scrolling, dopamine loops and distraction. Prayer Pause helps you cut that down and gives your deen the space it deserves. Pick the apps to block. Set schedules around your prayer times. When you reach for a blocked app, Prayer Pause steps in with something better: dhikr, Quran, a quick quiz or a moment of reflection. Break the bad phone habits and build better ones. Your digital detox, powered by your deen. WHAT YOU GET - Block distracting apps, categories and websites during salah or any time you choose - 5 unlock methods rooted in your deen: dhikr, Quran, an Islamic quiz, reflection or dua (turn on several for a different one each time) - Salah Focus with two modes: Honor (pull up when you have prayed) or Proof Mode (scan your prayer spot with the camera to unlock) - Focus sessions that lock your apps for a set time or until the next prayer - Sabr, your camel companion, who thrives when you pray on time and tires when you scroll too much - Sabr Score, a daily focus number that tracks your bypasses, resists, prayers completed and time spent in blocked apps - Custom blocking rules with flexible schedules and daily limits - Islamic presets for Jummah, Tahajjud, Taraweeh and the Last 10 Nights - Brick Mode for deep focus with zero distractions - Screen time trends and prayer history insights - Prayer streaks with built-in grace: one missed prayer will not always end your streak - Prayer Calendar to mark past days, fill in a range and see your consistency - Period Pause holds your streak and stops reminders during menses, so no broken streaks and no guilt - Auto-blocks during all 5 daily prayers using Apple's Screen Time API - Travel Mode with auto-detection, Qasr and prayer combining - Real full-screen iOS alarms for every prayer time, the kind that actually wake you up - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets - Live Activities on the Dynamic Island and Lock Screen - Daily Deeds: a Quran reading, dhikr, dua and hadith for each day - Quran Reader with all 114 surahs (Arabic, transliteration, English) - Full hadith collection (Nawawi's 40 plus Sahih al-Bukhari, 97 books) - Dua from Hisnul Muslim for every occasion - Tasbih digital dhikr counter - Accurate prayer times with prayer notifications (14 methods, auto-detect) - Qibla compass with haptic feedback - In English, Arabic and Urdu, with full right-to-left support ALSO ON MAC Prayer Pause for Mac keeps your prayers in the menu bar, and your Premium carries over automatically. PRIVATE & SECURE Prayer Pause uses Apple's Screen Time API. All blocking runs entirely on your device, and the apps you pick stay private, even from us. No ads. Prayer times, Qibla, Quran, hadith, dua, dhikr, prayer streaks and the Prayer Calendar are free for everyone. Some features require a subscription.

Yaqzah — يقظة — Awakening The Fajr alarm for those who are trying to hold onto their prayer, and who cannot bear another morning of missing it. Standard alarms don't work for Fajr. You dismiss them half-asleep and wake at 8 AM with regret. Yaqzah is built differently. WHAT MAKES YAQZAH DIFFERENT - A siren that ignores the silent switch. Yaqzah rings through Focus modes and stays audible while your phone is locked. - Reorganizing three chapters is the only way to stop it. Tap the verses of three short chapters (Al-Fatiha, Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, An-Nas) in the correct order. Three different chapters every wake-up, picked at random. Get one wrong, the alarm keeps going. - Fajr times computed for your exact location, recalculated every night. No manual updates. - A Yaqzah-branded lock screen alarm, not iOS's generic banner. You will know it is your Fajr calling. - The moment you leave the challenge screen without completing it, dense notifications fire every ten seconds for the next ten minutes. Backgrounding the app is not an escape. - Set a recurring alarm once. Yaqzah re-arms itself every night for tomorrow's Fajr until you tell it to stop. - Emergency bypass exists for genuine emergencies. It requires typing a long acknowledgement paragraph to prevent casual snoozing. WHY YAQZAH EXISTS It is easy to say we should pray Fajr. It is harder when you are a student, a night worker, a new parent, or living where Fajr comes at 3 AM in summer. Yaqzah is built for the person who genuinely wants to pray but cannot rely on their body or Apple's Clock to wake them. WHAT YAQZAH IS NOT Not a prayer time app that just displays times. Not a general alarm clock with Islamic branding sprinkled on. Not a shame machine. WHAT YAQZAH IS An alarm that treats waking up for Fajr as the priority — the way you would if you could. COMING SOON - Buddy accountability. You see if your friend prayed. They see if you did. - Voice recitation as an alternative to tapping. - Multiple Adhan sound options. - Community Fajr streak with your mosque group. Sign in with Apple to sync your alarm and streak across devices, or use Yaqzah on-device with no account. If Yaqzah wakes you tomorrow, keep it. If it does not, delete it. "O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient." — Quran 2:153