Comparison

Athan Sync vs Athan Pulse

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

Head to head
About

Athan Sync

This Islamic app provides accurate prayer times, Quran reading, Qibla direction, and prayer tracking. It offers dhikr, duas, Islamic stories, and the 99 Names of Allah in a clean, ad-free interface. Available in 18 languages, it's designed for daily worship and learning.

Highlights
  • Accurate prayer times and Athan reminders
  • Quran reading with offline access
  • Qibla direction finder
  • Prayer tracking and habit building
  • Dhikr counter and Duas
  • Islamic stories and 99 Names of Allah
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
Features
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Athan Sync is a clean, ad-free Islamic app for daily worship - prayer times, prayer tracking, Quran, dhikr, and learning, all in one place. Stay connected to your deen with accurate prayer times, Athan reminders, prayer tracking, missed prayer (qada) tracking, Sunnah reminders, Quran reading, Qibla direction, duas, adhkar, tasbih, Islamic stories, and the 99 Names of Allah - all in one simple Muslim app. PRIVACY FIRST - No ads, ever - No data collected - Location is used only to calculate prayer times, on your device PRAYER TIMES & ATHAN - Accurate daily prayer times for Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha - Athan, Adhan, and Azan reminders you won't miss - Multiple calculation methods - Follow your local masjid's prayer schedule - Hijri date at a glance - Clear daily salah and namaz schedule WIDGETS - Prayer times on your Home Screen and Lock Screen - Always see the next prayer at a glance PRAYER TRACKING - Track the prayers you complete each day - Build consistent daily salah habits - Follow your progress over time MISSED PRAYERS (QADA) - Keep count of the prayers and Ramadan fasts you owe - Tick them off as you make them up and see your progress - Stays on your phone, never synced SUNNAH REMINDERS - Surah Al-Kahf on Friday, fasting Mondays and Thursdays, the white days, Arafah and Ashura - Duha, Witr, Tahajjud and the last ten nights, each with its hadith or ayah - Adjust the Hijri date for your local moon sighting WOMEN'S HEALTH - Log your period and the athan stays silent - Prayer times stay on screen and your prayer streak is kept RAKAT COUNTER - Counts rakats and sujood as you pray, with no sound - Ticks the prayer off in your tracker when you finish QURAN - Read the Quran in a clean, distraction-free layout - Easy surah navigation - Read the Qur'an anytime, even offline - Search verses in Arabic, in your language, or by reference (2:255) - Cards, a plain Arabic list or mushaf pages QIBLA FINDER - Find the Qibla direction wherever you are - Simple, accurate compass for prayer DUAS & ADHKAR - Morning and evening adhkar - After-prayer adhkar - Duas for everyday life TASBIH COUNTER - Digital dhikr counter - Simple tasbih for daily remembrance 99 NAMES OF ALLAH - Browse the beautiful Names of Allah - Learn and reflect with a simple layout ISLAMIC STORIES - Meaningful Islamic stories for learning and reflection - Available in multiple languages AVAILABLE IN 18 LANGUAGES - Use the full app in English, Arabic, Bengali, Persian (Farsi), Kurdish (Sorani & Kurmanji), Turkish, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Malay, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish MADE YOURS - Multiple beautiful themes, not just light and dark - A calm, clean experience focused on worship Athan Sync is built for Muslims who want one simple app for salah, namaz, prayer tracking, Quran, Qibla, dhikr, duas, stories, and daily Islamic reminders. Download Athan Sync today - free forever, private forever.

About

Athan Pulse

Features
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Prayer times, the Quran and the qibla. Free forever - no ads, no accounts, no tracking. Athan Pulse works out prayer times on your device from your location, so the timetable is right wherever you are and keeps working with no signal at all. Choose the calculation method your mosque follows, set your madhab, and nudge any prayer by a few minutes to match your local jamaah exactly. REMINDERS, AND NOTHING ELSE One notification at the prayer time, and an optional quiet nudge before it. No streak nags, no "come back!" pings. You choose which prayers notify you, which adhan plays, and how many minutes of warning you want. Prayer-time reminders are marked time-sensitive, so they still reach you through a Focus mode. THE QURAN, OFFLINE The full mushaf is bundled in the app rather than fetched, so it opens with no connection. Read page by page or verse by verse, add the translation you prefer, size the Arabic and the translation independently, and pick up where you stopped. HADITH, ALSO OFFLINE The six major collections, bundled and browsable by collection and chapter, with a hadith of the day on the home screen. ALSO INSIDE • Qibla compass • Live Widgets • Prayer tracker with a month calendar • The 99 Names of Allah, each with its meaning • Light and dark themes, including one that turns dark at Maghrib • Arabic or Latin numerals throughout • Set your place by GPS, by city, by coordinates, or by dropping a pin PRIVACY There is no account, no analytics and no server of our own. Your coordinates are used on your device to calculate prayer times and are never sent to us. Bookmarks, tracker history and preferences stay in the app's own storage and leave your phone only if you export them. Free forever. Not a trial, not a subscription, no advertising.

Screenshots

Athan Sync4 screens
Athan Pulse4 screens

Verdict

The call

Athan Sync and Athan Pulse 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

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Athan Sync versus Athan Pulse: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAthan SyncAthan Pulse
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size309 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKovan AbdullaYahya Elfard

In-app purchases

None

Athan Sync

No in-app purchases

None

Athan Pulse

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Athan Sync free?
Athan Sync is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Athan Pulse free?
Athan Pulse is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Athan Sync or Athan Pulse have ads?
Neither Athan Sync nor Athan Pulse shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Athan Sync or Athan Pulse?
Athan Sync ships an update every 5 days, and Athan Pulse every 5 days. Most recently, Athan Sync was updated on October 24, 2026 and Athan Pulse on October 6, 2026.

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