Comparison

The Dhikr App vs Dua Diary

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

Head to head
About

The Dhikr App

Features
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Your Digital Dhikr Counter A simple, beautiful app for daily dhikr (Islamic remembrance) counting on iPhone and Apple Watch. FEATURES • Goal-Based Counting — Set daily targets then tap to count • Progress Tracking — Circular progress ring shows your daily completion • Streak Tracking — Build consistency with per-dhikr streak tracking • Stats Dashboard — View lifetime counts, current and longest streaks, and a GitHub-style contribution tracker • Apple Watch App — Count using tap or Digital Crown, with haptic feedback • iCloud Sync — Seamlessly sync progress between iPhone and Apple Watch • Home Screen Widget — See your daily goals, progress, and streaks at a glance • Themes — Choose from 8 accent colors with light, dark, or system appearance • Accessibility — Full VoiceOver support, Dynamic Type, High Contrast, and Reduce Motion • Privacy First — No accounts, no analytics, no ads. Your data stays on your devices.

About

Dua Diary

This app provides a private space to record and organize personal duas, discover duas from the Quran and Hadith, and share duas with family and friends. It offers beautiful typography, multiple languages, and optional iCloud sync for a personalized spiritual journaling experience.

Highlights
  • Personal dua journaling
  • Discover duas from Quran/Hadith
  • Organize duas into collections
  • Share duas with family/friends
  • Arabic typography and RTL support
  • Home screen widgets
  • Optional iCloud sync
Features
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Dua Diary is a quiet place for the duas of your life — the ones you return to every day, and the ones you carry for someone else. YOUR DIARY Write duas in your own words, in Arabic, English, or both. Organize them into collections, set a gentle routine for the times that matter to you, and add a short reflection at the end of the day. DISCOVER 147 duas from the Qur'an and authenticated hadith, with full Arabic, translation, and pronunciation — plus the 99 Names of Allah. Browse by source, by feeling, or by moment: morning and evening, travel, gratitude, hardship, Ramadan, Hajj and Umrah. SHARED DIARIES Gather duas with family and friends. Share one link; everyone with it can add duas — before an Umrah trip, for a relative who is unwell, for a wedding, an exam season, or a new baby. Or collect private dua requests in an inbox only you can see. People can add duas from the web without installing anything. MADE WITH CARE - Beautiful Arabic typography (Uthmani and Naskh) - Hijri dates alongside the calendar you know - Home Screen widgets - Available in 12 languages, including Arabic and Urdu with full right-to-left layouts PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your personal diary lives on your device. No ads, no tracking, no account required. iCloud sync is optional and off by default. An account is only needed for shared diaries, and you can delete it — and everything in it — at any time. DUA DIARY PREMIUM Writing your own duas, saving from Discover, routines, and creating shared diaries need Premium: $1.99/month or $19.99/year, each with a free week to begin. Your first collection, reading, joining shared diaries, and adding duas to them are free. Subscriptions renew automatically until cancelled in Settings; Premium is shareable with your family. Terms: https://duadiary.app/terms Privacy: https://duadiary.app/privacy

Screenshots

The Dhikr App4 screens
Dua Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: The Dhikr App at none against Dua Diary's 2. Dua Diary's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Dua Diary sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. The Dhikr App asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

The Dhikr App ships an update every 3 weeks, Dua Diary every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
The Dhikr App versus Dua Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterThe Dhikr AppDua Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.6 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—9 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB21 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMunaiz AhmedZaheer Mohiuddin

In-app purchases

None

The Dhikr App

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Dua Diary

Subscriptions2
  • Dua Diary Premium (Monthly)7 Days trial$1.991 Month
  • Dua Diary Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is The Dhikr App free?
The Dhikr App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dua Diary free?
Dua Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do The Dhikr App or Dua Diary have ads?
Neither The Dhikr App nor Dua Diary shows ads.
Which is updated more often, The Dhikr App or Dua Diary?
The Dhikr App ships an update every 3 weeks, and Dua Diary every 2 days. Most recently, The Dhikr App was updated on November 5, 2026 and Dua Diary on November 5, 2026.

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