Comparison

Al Zilal | الظلال vs HadithLab

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

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Al Zilal | الظلال

Features
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استمتع بقراءة تفسير الظلال في تطبيق أنيق وسهل الاستخدام، يعمل بالكامل بدون اتصال بالإنترنت. ◉ التفسير كاملاً تصفّح تفسير جميع سور القرآن الكريم الـ 114 مقسّمة إلى مقاطع واضحة مرتبطة بالآيات. ◉ بحث متقدم ابحث في نص التفسير، أو بأرقام الآيات (مثلاً: البقرة 255)، أو بنص الآية مباشرة مع تجاهل ذكي للتشكيل. ◉ فهرس موضوعي تصفّح المحتوى حسب الموضوعات الإسلامية الكبرى كالعقيدة والفقه والأخلاق، مع تفرّعات فرعية دقيقة تقودك مباشرة إلى المقاطع ذات الصلة. ◉ ربط مرجعي بين السور اكتشف الروابط الموضوعية بين السور - أي السور التي تشير إلى السورة الحالية، وأي السور التي تشير إليها. ◉ علامات مرجعية وتتبع القراءة احفظ المقاطع المفضلة، وعُد تلقائياً إلى آخر موضع قرأته، وتابع تقدمك في قراءة التفسير سورة بسورة. ◉ تخصيص تجربة القراءة تحكّم في حجم خط التفسير وخط الآيات القرآنية والمسافة بين الأسطر، مع دعم الوضع الفاتح والداكن. ◉ يعمل بدون إنترنت جميع محتويات التفسير محمّلة داخل التطبيق - لا حاجة لاتصال بالإنترنت. ◉ تصميم متجاوب يتكيّف التطبيق مع جميع أحجام الشاشات من الهواتف إلى الأجهزة اللوحية. صُمّم هذا التطبيق بعناية ليحترم قدسية النص القرآني ويقدّم تجربة قراءة مريحة وعصرية تليق بهذا العمل العلمي الرفيع.

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HadithLab

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HadithLab — the Sunnah and its commentary. Nine hadith collections with the Arabic source text, gradings by hadith scholars, full chains of narrators and classical commentary. WHAT'S INSIDE • Over 65,000 hadith from nine collections: both Sahihs, the four Sunans, Musnad Ahmad, Muwatta Malik and Sunan al-Darimi. • Every grading carries the scholar's name and, where known, the book it comes from. A verdict without an author carries no weight in this field and is not shown. • Chains of narrators with a tap-through to each narrator: generation, dates, reliability rank and what the critics said about him. • Commentary: Fath al-Bari and other sharh works, together with the edition's own footnotes. Passages that depart from the creed of Ahl al-Sunnah are marked in the text itself, with the scholars' response beside them. • Takhrij: the same hadith across other collections, with honest counts — "first 40 of 192", not just "40". • Rare-word glossary and the benefits scholars drew from each hadith. SEARCH • By words or exact phrase — across the Arabic text and the translation. • By meaning: ask in your own words and find the hadith even when those words don't appear in it. • Jump by number: type "Bukhari 8". READING • Real Arabic typography: Amiri, Noto Naskh or Scheherazade, with full diacritics and correct direction. • A fully Arabic interface with mirrored layout — not translated labels, but a different reading mode. • Light, sepia and dark themes; text size and diacritics to taste. • Bookmarks, reading history and saving hadith for offline reading. ABOUT THE TRANSLATION The Russian translation is machine-assisted and serves as an aid, not a replacement for the original. The disclaimer sits next to every translation, not once in the settings. No ads, no accounts, no personal data collection.

Screenshots

Al Zilal | الظلال2 screens
HadithLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

Al Zilal | الظلال and HadithLab are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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

Al Zilal | الظلال ships an update daily, HadithLab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Al Zilal | الظلال versus HadithLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAl Zilal | الظلالHadithLab
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmed SamyUmma Projects Corporation

In-app purchases

None

Al Zilal | الظلال

No in-app purchases

None

HadithLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Al Zilal | الظلال free?
Al Zilal | الظلال is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HadithLab free?
HadithLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Al Zilal | الظلال or HadithLab have ads?
Neither Al Zilal | الظلال nor HadithLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Al Zilal | الظلال or HadithLab?
Al Zilal | الظلال ships an update daily, and HadithLab every 2 days. Most recently, Al Zilal | الظلال was updated on October 20, 2026 and HadithLab on October 26, 2026.

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