Comparison

CoreUnit 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

CoreUnit

Features
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CoreUnit is a simple yet powerful utility designed for your daily life. Convert everything from basic units to complex date calculations in one clean, intuitive interface. No more searching for different calculators – CoreUnit has the core essentials you need. Key Features: - Unit Conversion: Easily convert Length, Speed, Weight, Volume, and Area. - Date Converter: Seamlessly switch between Solar and Lunar calendars. - Date Calculator: Calculate D-Days and add/subtract days from any specific date. - Modern Interface: A clean, ad-supported free service with a focus on user experience.

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
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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

CoreUnit4 screens
Makkah Adhan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Makkah Adhan at none against CoreUnit's shown. Makkah Adhan also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

CoreUnit ships an update every 3 weeks, Makkah Adhan weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
CoreUnit versus Makkah Adhan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCoreUnitMakkah Adhan
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.5 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYounghan KimABDULAZIZ ALANAZI

In-app purchases

None

CoreUnit

No in-app purchases

None

Makkah Adhan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CoreUnit free?
CoreUnit is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Makkah Adhan free?
Makkah Adhan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do CoreUnit or Makkah Adhan have ads?
CoreUnit shows ads; Makkah Adhan does not.
Which is updated more often, CoreUnit or Makkah Adhan?
CoreUnit ships an update every 3 weeks, and Makkah Adhan weekly. Most recently, CoreUnit was updated on October 6, 2026 and Makkah Adhan on October 14, 2026.

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