Comparison

حدث vs Qiyam | قيام

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

Head to head
About

حدث

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Hadath ("On This Day") is a fully Arabic, offline app that surfaces notable events from Islamic and world history for every day of the year. Each event comes with a short paragraph narrated in a warm Arabic voice, with the words highlighted in sync as you listen. All events and their narration ship inside the app, so there are no accounts, no internet, and no ads. • 197 history events spanning all twelve months • Recorded narration with word-synced highlight • Gregorian date with its matching Hijri date • Background playback with lock-screen and notification controls • Browse any date, search, and filter between Islamic and world events • Save favorites, share events, and a daily reminder • Manuscript-style design with Arabic-Indic numerals, light and dark • Fully Arabic right-to-left interface, works completely offline A lightweight, ad-free, distraction-free app that brings history closer, one day at a time.

About

Qiyam | قيام

This app helps users establish a nightly habit of reading the Quran. It offers customizable reading plans, an authentic Mushaf, audio recitations, and progress tracking tools. It also includes prayer times and Qibla direction, with offline functionality.

Highlights
  • Nightly reading plans
  • Authentic Uthmanic Mushaf
  • Ayah-by-ayah audio recitation
  • Inline tafsir for every ayah
  • Progress and streak tracking
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Qiyam: Read the Quran Every Night Qiyam helps you build and keep a nightly habit of standing with the Quran. Set a reading plan, follow it page by page in a beautiful authentic Mushaf, and watch your streak grow, from the first ayah to a complete Khatmah. NIGHTLY READING PLANS • Complete the Quran (Khatmah) in a number of nights you choose • Read a fixed amount each night: 100 ayat, a set number of pages, or a custom pace • Fajr-aware reminders so you never miss your night portion • Reschedule on the fly when life gets busy; the plan adjusts with you AN AUTHENTIC MUSHAF • Faithful to the printed Mushaf, all 604 pages, with surah headers in calligraphy • Optional Tajweed coloring to guide your recitation • Light, dark, and gentle night-reading modes for comfortable late-night reading • Pinch to zoom, smooth page turning, and a distraction-free reading chrome ATHKAR • Morning, evening, after-prayer, sleep, night-waking and travel athkar • Tap counters, with the set that's due now always first • A step-by-step Umrah guide with its duas • Reminders, including one shortly after each iqama DAILY TADABBUR • An ayah of the day with a short reflection from classical tafsir PRAYER TIMES & QIBLA • Accurate prayer times for your location with a live Fajr countdown • Built-in Qibla compass to find the direction of prayer anywhere WIDGETS • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for the next prayer, prayer times, the ayah of the day, tonight's reading, and athkar LISTEN & LEARN • Ayah-by-ayah audio recitation from multiple reciters • Word-by-word display to follow along and understand • Inline tafsir for every ayah, right where you're reading • Browse the Quran by topic and jump to related verses TRACK YOUR PROGRESS • Surah checklist and Khatmah history • Day-streak tracking to keep your momentum • Bookmarks with tags, sorted the way you like, to save and organize meaningful verses WORKS OFFLINE • Download reciters, word-by-word data, and reading packs for offline use • Read and listen anywhere, no connection needed Whether you're beginning your first night of Qiyam or completing your next Khatmah, Qiyam is built to keep you close to the Book of Allah, every single night. We'd love your feedback and du'a. May Allah accept from us and from you.

Screenshots

حدث4 screens
Qiyam | قيام4 screens

Verdict

The call

حدث and Qiyam | قيام 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
حدث versus Qiyam | قيام: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterحدثQiyam | قيام
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequency—Every 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB222 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMoaed YahiaMohamed Abouelmagd

In-app purchases

None

حدث

No in-app purchases

None

Qiyam | قيام

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is حدث free?
حدث is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Qiyam | قيام free?
Qiyam | قيام is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do حدث or Qiyam | قيام have ads?
Neither حدث nor Qiyam | قيام shows ads.

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