Comparison

Hadith Node vs Maktabah

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

Head to head
About

Hadith Node

Access and study major Islamic hadith collections with a focus on readability and reflection. Offers offline access, powerful search, and personalization options for a distraction-free learning experience.

Highlights
  • Access Kutub al-Sittah & Muwatta Malik
  • Offline access to 36,000+ hadiths
  • Powerful search functionality
  • Customizable reading experience (fonts, themes)
  • Bookmarks, notes, and highlights
  • Home screen widgets
  • Siri and Shortcuts integration
Features
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Hadith Node - Your Hadith Study Companion Access the Kutub al-Sittah (the Six Major Hadith Collections) plus Muwatta Malik and Musnad Ahmad in a clean, focused, and deeply readable experience - designed for learning, reflection, and daily use. 37,000+ hadiths across eight books. One seamless experience. Explore Eight Major Hadith Books Study the most respected hadith collections in Islam, carefully organized and easy to navigate: • Sahih al-Bukhari • Sahih Muslim • Jami’ al-Tirmidhi • Sunan Abi Dawud • Sunan al-Nasa’i • Sunan Ibn Majah • Muwatta Malik • Musnad Ahmad A Reading Experience Designed for Focus Built for deep, distraction-free reading: • Instant Navigation - Move seamlessly between hadiths • Powerful Search - Find any hadith in seconds • Offline Access - Read anytime, anywhere • Zero Clutter - Clean interface for uninterrupted focus Personalize Your Reading Tailor the experience to your preference: • 9 Carefully Selected Fonts - Optimized for Islamic texts • Adjustable Text Size - Comfortable for all readers • Line Height & Letter Spacing - Fine-tune readability • 5 Color Modes - Sepia, Light, Dark, Grass, and System • Justified Text Option - For a polished, book-like feel Capture Your Learning Turn reading into active reflection: • Bookmarks - Save important hadiths • Study Notes - Write personal reflections and insights • Highlights - Mark and organize key passages • Reading Progress - Continue where you left off Built for Serious Learning • No Internet Required - Fully offline experience • Fast Performance - Zero loading between hadiths Home Screen Widgets • Random Hadith Widget — Displays a random hadith with its narrator chain in a beautiful nested card layout • Medium & Large Sizes — Choose the widget size that fits your home screen • Choose Your Book — Show hadiths from all books or a specific book • Configurable Refresh — Set how often the hadith changes (30 minutes to 12 hours) • Theme Matched — Widget automatically follows your in-app theme (Sepia, Light, Dark, Grass, System) • Tap to Read — Tap any widget to open the full hadith directly in the app Siri & Shortcuts Open hadiths hands-free with your voice or the Shortcuts app: • "Give me a hadith" — open a random hadith • "Continue reading in Hadith Node" — pick up where you left off • "Search hadiths in Hadith Node" — search by voice • Works with Siri, Spotlight, the Shortcuts app, and the Action Button Upgrade to Hadith Node Premium Enhance your learning with: • Read Aloud — Listen hands-free: ask Siri to "Read me a hadith" or "Continue reading aloud," with lock screen, Control Center, and CarPlay controls plus adjustable narration speed • Unlimited Notes & Bookmarks - No limits on your study • iCloud Sync & Backup - Your progress, always preserved Legal • Terms of Use: https://www.hadithnode.com/terms • Privacy Policy: https://www.hadithnode.com/privacy

About

Maktabah

Access and read thousands of classic Islamic books with a customizable reader. Sync your progress across devices, search within texts, and annotate content with notes and highlights. Explore detailed Hadith narrations and their evaluations.

Highlights
  • Customizable reading experience
  • iCloud sync across devices
  • Full-text search across multiple books
  • Highlighting and note-taking
  • Detailed Hadith narration exploration
  • Annotation grouping and tagging
Features
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Read Without Interruption Navigate thousands of classic books with clean and focused readers. Choose the typography you want, adjust the line height, switch the diacritic, and switch between 5 background colors including Dark Mode. Sync Between iPad & iPhone Your reading progress and history are now automatically synchronised across devices through iCloud. Continue reading anywhere without losing track. Search Throughout Your Library Find any phrase in hundreds of books simultaneously using SQLite FTS5 full text search. Choose between the right phrase, a set of sentences, or any phrase. Annotation and Export Highlight and underline any text, add personal notes, tag annotations, arrange annotations by date, page, or context, and group annotations by book or tag. Explore Hadith Narration Look for the biography of the narrator, the evaluation of Jarh wa Ta'dil, and the transmission chain regulated by tabaqat.

Screenshots

Hadith Node4 screens
Maktabah4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maktabah at none against Hadith Node's 3. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Hadith Node sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Maktabah asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Hadith Node against 5.0 for Maktabah. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hadith Node ships an update every 6 days, Maktabah every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Hadith Node versus Maktabah: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHadith NodeMaktabah
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB12 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperAbdylas TynyshovYayasan Darun Najah

Customer experience

Hadith Node

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

Maktabah

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Hadith Node

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Premium$2.991 Month
  • Annual Premium$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$39.99
None

Maktabah

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hadith Node free?
Hadith Node is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Maktabah free?
Maktabah is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Hadith Node or Maktabah?
Hadith Node and Maktabah are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Hadith Node or Maktabah have ads?
Neither Hadith Node nor Maktabah shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hadith Node or Maktabah?
Hadith Node ships an update every 6 days, and Maktabah every 5 days. Most recently, Hadith Node was updated on September 18, 2026 and Maktabah on September 24, 2026.

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