DeenNotes vs Yaqzah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DeenNotes
This app helps users deepen their spiritual connection through mindful journaling, accurate prayer times, and AI-powered Islamic guidance. It offers features for daily worship, reflection, and Ramadan observance, with a strong emphasis on user privacy.
- Accurate prayer times and Qibla compass
- Guided spiritual journaling with AI insights
- Ramadan Hub with fasting and Quran trackers
- Privacy-first design with local data storage
- Home and lock screen widgets
- Customizable prayer notifications
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DeenNotes is your personal Islamic spiritual companion, designed to deepen your connection with Allah through mindful journaling, accurate prayer times, and AI-powered guidance rooted in Islamic wisdom. PRAYER TIMES & QIBLA - Accurate prayer times using trusted calculation methods (ISNA, Muslim World League, and 20+ more) - Beautiful Qibla compass with haptic feedback when aligned - Customizable prayer notifications with adhaan audio options - Prayer tracking to build consistency in your worship SPIRITUAL JOURNALING - Guided journaling prompts for gratitude, duas, self-reflection, and more - AI-powered Islamic guidance that provides wisdom from Quran and Hadith - Track your spiritual journey with mood insights and streaks - Export your reflections as beautiful PDFs RAMADAN HUB - Suhoor and Iftar countdowns - 30-day fasting tracker - Quran Juz/Page progress tracking - Taraweeh and makeup fasts management - Special Last 10 Nights features PRIVACY-FIRST DESIGN - All your data stays on your device - No cloud sync, no data collection - Your spiritual journey remains private HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS - See prayer times at a glance - Track your journaling streak - Daily inspiration quotes - Prayer completion status Whether you're strengthening your daily prayers, reflecting during Ramadan, or seeking guidance through journaling, DeenNotes is your companion on the path to spiritual growth. Download DeenNotes and begin your journey of reflection today. Terms of Service: https://adamarebi010-lab.github.io/deennotes-legal/terms_of_service.html Privacy Policy: https://adamarebi010-lab.github.io/deennotes-legal/privacy_policy.html
Yaqzah
This app provides daily, unannounced voice note reminders to check your heart's presence. It encourages mindfulness and wakefulness through unpredictable prompts, offering a practice rooted in Islamic tradition. Users can customize check frequency and timing, with all data kept private and offline.
- Unannounced voice note presence checks
- Customizable check frequency (1-2 per day)
- Set allowed hours for checks
- Offline functionality
- Private data storage (no server/analytics)
- Optional Muraqabah Challenge
- Daily Deeds tracker
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Your phone checks on everything. Except your heart. Yaqzah is a presence check. Once or twice a day, unannounced, a voice note arrives from Ousama Alshurafa asking one question: where is your heart right now? You never see it coming. That is the entire point. A reminder you can predict gets absorbed into the day and stops being noticed. One you cannot predict catches you exactly where you actually were. NOT A TREND. AN INHERITANCE. The world discovered "mindfulness" a decade ago. Islam has taught this for fourteen centuries. Muraqabah means to live watchful of the One who is watching you. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, named the summit of the religion in a single sentence: to worship Allah as though you see Him, and though you see Him not, He surely sees you. Every presence check is a rehearsal of that one line. HOW A CHECK WORKS 1. It finds you, unannounced. 2. Three breaths, before a single word. 3. A voice note from Ousama, his words appearing in time with his voice. 4. Come back: astaghfirullah three times, then His name three times, held for as long as your breath carries it. 5. The honest question: was your heart present, drifting, or heedless? No judgment on the answer. The honesty itself is the practice. BETWEEN TWO STATES Ghaflah is heedlessness. Hours pass, tasks close, the day gets done, and He never once crossed your mind. It is not sin. It is sleepwalking, and it is where most of a life quietly disappears. Yaqzah is wakefulness. The moment the sleeper realises he was asleep. Ibn al-Qayyim placed it first on the entire path to Allah, before repentance, before everything. Nothing begins until you wake. YOU ARE IN CONTROL • 1 to 2 checks a day, your choice • Set the hours checks are allowed, so nothing arrives at 3am • Inside that window, the timing is unpredictable. That is the mechanism. • Turn it off any time PRIVATE BY DESIGN Yaqzah has no account, no server, and no analytics. The presence checks work entirely offline, even in airplane mode. Your answers, your streak and your log never leave your phone. Nobody can see them, including Ousama. FREE TO USE The presence checks are free. No subscription. No ads. GO DEEPER (OPTIONAL) One optional, one-time purchase unlocks two further practices: • The Muraqabah Challenge — a guarded watch over the tongue and heart, across three rising stations: 3 clean days, then 10, then 40. • Daily Deeds — a simple tracker for the daily acts that keep the heart awake. Both together. One price, yours to keep. No subscription, ever. Created by Ousama Alshurafa.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Yaqzah at none against DeenNotes's 2. DeenNotes's advantage is ratings volume (5 vs 1). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. DeenNotes sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Yaqzah asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DeenNotes against 5.0 for Yaqzah. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: DeenNotes has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
| Parameter | DeenNotes | Yaqzah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (5 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 1 |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Adam Arebi | Ousama Alshurafa |
In-app purchases
DeenNotes
- DeenNotes Premium Monthly$4.991 Month
- DeenNotes Premium Annually$39.991 Year
Yaqzah
No in-app purchases









