Athan Screen vs PrayLock
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Athan Screen
This app displays daily prayer times on your iPhone lock screen, updated for your location. It offers customizable reminders, wallpaper options, and a Qibla compass. Mark prayers as complete directly from the wallpaper or notifications.
- Daily prayer times on lock screen
- Customizable reminders and notifications
- Mark prayers from wallpaper/notifications
- Hands-free wallpaper automation
- Multiple wallpaper styles and customization
- Built-in Qibla compass
- Daily Islamic quotes
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Never miss a prayer. Lock Screen Prayer puts today's salah times — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha — right on your iPhone lock screen, calculated for your exact location and updated every day. Every glance becomes a quiet reminder. WHAT'S INSIDE • Daily prayer times in your preferred calculation method (ISNA, MWL, Umm al-Qura, Karachi, Egyptian, and more) and madhab (Hanafi or Shafi'i Asr). • Tap a prayer to mark it complete — from the wallpaper itself or right from a notification. No more "did I pray yet?" • Hands-free wallpaper automation via Shortcuts. Set it once and your lock screen updates itself every morning — today's date, today's times, no manual taps. After marking a prayer, the wallpaper can refresh instantly so the change is reflected on your lock screen the moment you put your phone down. • Smart notifications before each prayer time — 5, 10, 15, or 30 minutes ahead. • Nag Mode: persistent, gentle reminders every 15 minutes after each prayer time until you mark it prayed. The nudge that helps when life gets busy. • Six wallpaper styles — Minimal, Card, Divided, Bold, Stacked, Pills — find the look that fits you. • Customize fonts, colors, layouts, position, and dim/blur to keep prayer text crisp on any background. • Hand-picked Islamic photography across Mosques, Mecca, Scripture & Calligraphy, Patterns, and Ramadan. Or upload your own photo for something truly personal. • Built-in Qibla compass — find the direction of prayer from anywhere. • A daily Islamic quote woven into the lock screen — a different reminder each day. FREE & PRO The core experience is free forever: daily prayer times on your lock screen, notifications, and a starter library of backgrounds. Pro unlocks all wallpaper styles, custom fonts and colors, your own photos as backgrounds, the full curated library, Nag Mode, daily quotes, and auto-refresh-on-prayer. PRIVACY Your location and prayer log live only on your device. No accounts, no tracking, no ads. Built with care for the ummah. Made by a fellow Muslim.
PrayLock
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PrayLock helps you learn how to pray, never miss prayer times, and grow closer to your deen — all in one calm, ad-free app made for Muslims at every stage of practice. Whether you're new to Islam, returning to prayer, or simply want a clean, focused companion, PrayLock meets you where you are. No guilt. No ads. No tracking. WHAT'S INSIDE · Accurate prayer times for your location — Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha, calculated using trusted methods (Muslim World League, ISNA, Egyptian, Karachi, and more) · Step-by-step prayer guide — learn every raka'ah of Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, and Isha with clear instructions, Arabic, transliteration, and English meaning · Full Quran reader — read every surah in beautiful Arabic with Sahih International translation, offline · Verse of the Day — a daily ayah on your home screen to soften the heart · Qibla compass — find the direction of the Kaaba from anywhere · Streak tracking — build consistency at your own pace · Prayer notifications — gentle reminders at every salah time · Choose your madhab — Hanafi or Shafi'i timing for Asr HOME & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS - Next prayer + countdown right on your Home Screen or Lock Screen. Glance, breathe, move on. PRAYLOCK PRO - App Blocking — gently pause distracting apps during prayer windows using Apple's Screen Time. Apps return automatically when the window ends. - Custom Themes — Emerald, Midnight, Sand & Rose palettes. Match your mood. - Heads-up Reminders — get notified 5–30 minutes before each prayer so you can wrap up what you're doing. Everything else stays free, forever. No ads. No tracking. PRIVACY FIRST · No accounts. No sign-up. No email required. · Your location stays on your device — it's never transmitted to us. · No analytics, no ads, no third-party tracking. · The full app works offline once installed. Built with love for the ummah. Suggestions and feedback welcome at islomjon.swe@gmail.com.
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Verdict
Athan Screen and PrayLock are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Athan Screen sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PrayLock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | Athan Screen | PrayLock |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 3 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ShabzCo, LLC | Islomjon Mirzakbarov |
In-app purchases
Athan Screen
- Athan Screen Pro$0.99
PrayLock
- Monthly Pro$3.991 Month
- Yearly Pro$19.991 Year
- Lifetime Pro$49.99









