Comparison

Hadith Library vs HadithLab

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

Head to head
About

Hadith Library

Access authentic Islamic narrations with a clean, distraction-free interface. Read Hadith in Urdu, English, and Arabic, with easy navigation through major collections and chapters for focused study.

Highlights
  • Read Hadith in Urdu, English, and Arabic
  • Browse major Hadith books and chapter lists
  • Clean and distraction-free reading interface
  • Quick navigation between chapters
  • Smooth experience for daily study
Features
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Hadith helps you read authentic narrations in a simple and focused way. Explore trusted collections, open chapters quickly, and read with clean typography designed for long reading sessions. Key features: - Read Hadith in Urdu, English, and Arabic - Browse major Hadith books and chapter lists - Clean and distraction-free reading interface - Quick navigation between chapters and narrations - Smooth experience built for daily study Whether you are studying regularly or reading occasionally, Hadith keeps the content accessible, organized, and easy to follow.

About

HadithLab

Features
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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

Hadith Library4 screens
HadithLab4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HadithLab at every 2 days against Hadith Library's fortnightly. HadithLab also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.4). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Hadith Library ships an update fortnightly, HadithLab every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Hadith Library versus HadithLab: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHadith LibraryHadithLab
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGohar AshrafUmma Projects Corporation

In-app purchases

None

Hadith Library

No in-app purchases

None

HadithLab

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Hadith Library free?
Hadith Library is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HadithLab free?
HadithLab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Hadith Library or HadithLab have ads?
Neither Hadith Library nor HadithLab shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Hadith Library or HadithLab?
Hadith Library ships an update fortnightly, and HadithLab every 2 days. Most recently, Hadith Library was updated on October 16, 2026 and HadithLab on October 26, 2026.

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