Comparison

Hadith Node vs The Beloved

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

The Beloved

Features
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A library of more than two hundred salawat — the prayers upon the Prophet — and of the great odes written in his honour, from one land to another: one hundred and seventy-four poems, one hundred and thirty-eight of them given in full, nearly five thousand verses translated. EVERY PRAYER IN FULL, AT A SINGLE GLANCE The reading screen is split in two: fully vocalised Arabic above, its translation below. Both stay visible together. A transliteration for those who do not read Arabic. English or French, chosen in the settings. THE GREAT COLLECTIONS The Ibrahimiyya prayer taught by the Prophet, Salat al-Fatih, the Nariyya, the Munjiyya, the Mashishiyya, Jawharat al-Kamal, the 'Azimiyya, the formulas of the Dala'il al-Khayrat, and al-Busiri's Burda in full, its ten chapters and one hundred and sixty-two verses, presented verse by verse. THE POEMS, FROM ONE LAND TO ANOTHER The odes of praise written from Senegal to Yemen, from Morocco to Java, from Bosnia to China, with their history, their authors and the way each country sings them: al-Busiri's Hamziyya, the Persian and Urdu na'ts, the Turkish and Swahili mawlids, the khassaids of Senegal. SHAYKH AHMADOU BAMBA A tab of his own: sixteen khassaids, over twelve hundred verses, arranged by the periods of his life — before the exile, the exile, the return — with, for each, what is complete and what is still missing. THE WORLD A globe on which every text lights the place it comes from, from Touba to Tarim, from Fez to Lahore. Turn it, touch a light: the texts of that place open. LISTEN, AND FOLLOW WITH A FINGER When a public recording exists, it plays in the app and the sung verse lights up as it goes. Tap a verse to return to it. The performer, country and source are always shown. No video, no third-party player: audio, and nothing else. THOSE WHO LOVED More than a hundred masters, and the story of each: al-Busiri and the mantle, Ibn Mashish, Ahmad al-Tijani, al-Jazuli, Ibn 'Arabi, al-Shafi'i — and women, Nana Asma'u of Sokoto, Sultana al-Zubaydiyya of Hadramawt, 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyya of Damascus. RECITE A large recitation counter, under the thumb, that keeps the total. Favourites. A prayer or a poem of the day. WITH HONESTY Every text carries its source and its level of verification. When a text is missing, the entry says so and asks whoever knows more. Nothing replaces a scholar's advice, and the app says so. FREE, NO ADS, NO ACCOUNT No data is collected. All the text works offline.

Screenshots

Hadith Node4 screens
The Beloved4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Beloved at none against Hadith Node's 3. The Beloved also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). Hadith Node's advantage is update cadence (every 6 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads and device support 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. The Beloved asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hadith Node ships an update every 6 days, The Beloved every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Hadith Node versus The Beloved: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHadith NodeThe Beloved
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB170 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdylas TynyshovBacary Bassene

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

The Beloved

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hadith Node free?
Hadith Node is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is The Beloved free?
The Beloved is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hadith Node or The Beloved have ads?
Neither Hadith Node nor The Beloved shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hadith Node or The Beloved?
Hadith Node ships an update every 6 days, and The Beloved every 2 weeks. Most recently, Hadith Node was updated on October 24, 2026 and The Beloved on October 13, 2026.

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