Comparison

Hayya Prayers vs PrayerCal

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

Head to head
About

Hayya Prayers

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A beautiful companion for your five daily prayers. Choose the Time of Day theme and Hayya's home screen becomes a living sky that follows your day β€” a soft sunrise glow at Fajr, warm light at Asr, a calm starlit sky after Isha β€” so a single glance tells you where you are in your day of worship. Never miss a prayer, and never lose the feeling behind it. PRAYER TIMES YOU CAN TRUST - Accurate, location-based times for Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha - Multiple calculation methods to match your local mosque - Hanafi and Standard (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) madhab options for Asr - Fine-tune any prayer with per-prayer manual adjustment - Hijri date and a clear countdown to the next prayer at a glance - Works offline too: Hayya can calculate your times on your device GENTLE REMINDERS + FAJR WAKE-UP - Prayer notifications so the day's rhythm always finds you - A dedicated Fajr wake-up alarm, set from 15 to 60 minutes before Fajr FIND THE QIBLA IN SECONDS - A smooth, precise compass pointing straight to the Kaaba - Live direction and exact distance to Makkah from wherever you stand - Tells you plainly when your compass needs calibrating A MOMENT OF DHIKR - A tactile digital tasbih counter for your daily remembrance - Set goals, celebrate milestones, and keep your count in one tap A VERSE FOR TODAY - One ayah each day on Hayya's home screen β€” a small moment of reflection WIDGETS FOR YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN - See your prayer times without opening the app β€” right on your iOS Home Screen and Lock Screen SEE YOUR CONSISTENCY GROW - Tick off each prayer as you pray it and see today's progress at a glance - A daily streak and running dhikr totals to keep you going - Progress you can feel, without pressure DESIGNED TO FEEL PREMIUM - Apple-inspired design with smooth, fluid animations - Light, dark, and a signature time-of-day theme - Calm, uncluttered, and made to return to every day Private by design β€” your location is used only for prayer times, the Qibla and showing your city's name, and is never stored on our servers. No accounts, no ads, no trackers. Hayya β€” come to prayer, beautifully. Support: hayyaprayers.com

About

PrayerCal

Features
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PrayerCal keeps accurate local prayer times on your iPhone, your Home Screen and your Apple Watch, and reminds you before each prayer. PRAYER TIMES YOU CAN TRUST β€’ Calculated on your device with the same engine as PrayerCal.com and PrayerCal for Mac, verified against thousands of published calendar times. β€’ Moonsighting Committee, Muslim World League, ISNA, Umm al-Qura, Karachi, Egyptian, Diyanet, Qatar, Kuwait and Singapore methods. β€’ Standard or Hanafi Asr, with sensible handling for high latitudes. β€’ Today plus the next seven days, and your location updated with one tap. REMINDERS β€’ One or two reminders per prayer, before, at, or after its start time. β€’ Delivered as Time Sensitive notifications so they reach you during Focus. WIDGETS AND APPLE WATCH β€’ Home Screen widgets for today's prayers, a live prayer countdown and the full daily timeline. β€’ Lock Screen widgets with the next prayer. β€’ An Apple Watch app with the next prayer and watch-face complications. CALENDAR β€’ One tap opens PrayerCal.com with your settings filled in, ready to subscribe in Apple Calendar, Google Calendar or Outlook. HIJRI TOOLS (OPTIONAL) β€’ Today's Hijri date, significant dates, and Hijri birthdays and ages, working offline with the Umm al-Qura calendar. PRIVACY β€’ No account, no tracking. Your location stays on your device; city search uses Apple Maps.

Screenshots

Hayya Prayers4 screens
PrayerCal4 screens

Verdict

The call

Hayya Prayers and PrayerCal are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Hayya Prayers versus PrayerCal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHayya PrayersPrayerCal
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better16.4
Further details β€” not scored
Size64 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSolvesoft Corp.Verge Labs LTD

In-app purchases

None

Hayya Prayers

No in-app purchases

None

PrayerCal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hayya Prayers free?
Hayya Prayers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrayerCal free?
PrayerCal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hayya Prayers or PrayerCal have ads?
Neither Hayya Prayers nor PrayerCal shows ads.

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