Mosque Radar vs Makkah Adhan
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mosque Radar
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Mosque Radar helps you find mosques and prayer times anywhere in the UK — fast. Whether you're travelling, new to an area, or just want to catch the next jama'ah, Mosque Radar shows the masjids nearest to you, their prayer times, and the direction of the qibla — in a clean, simple app. FIND MOSQUES NEAR YOU • The closest mosques, sorted by distance — as a list or on a live map • 580+ UK mosques and growing — London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Bolton, Glasgow and more • Search any town, city or area by name NEVER MISS JAMA'AH • Begins and jama'ah (iqamah) times for each mosque • A live countdown to the next prayer • Jumu'ah times where available POINT TO THE QIBLA • A built‑in qibla compass with the exact bearing and distance to Makkah PRAYER TIMES AT A GLANCE • Pin your mosque to a home‑screen widget and see the next prayer without opening the app • Save your favourite mosques for quick access HONEST, CLEAR TIMES • Confirmed times come straight from the mosque • Where a mosque hasn't published its times yet, we clearly mark them "Estimated" — so you always know what you're looking at PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Your location is used only to find nearby mosques and the qibla — it never leaves your device • Free to use Spotted a missing mosque or a time that needs updating? You can submit it right from the app. Download Mosque Radar and never miss a jama'ah again.
Makkah Adhan
This app provides accurate prayer times, the complete Quran with audio recitation, Qibla direction, and daily adhkar. It offers customizable notifications and a modern, user-friendly interface designed for iPhone and iPad.
- Accurate prayer times
- Full Quran with audio
- Qibla compass
- Adhkar and Du'as
- Customizable notifications
- Home screen widgets
- Hijri/Gregorian calendar
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Athan Makkah is your complete daily companion — accurate prayer times, the full Qur'an, adhkar, Qibla, and more, crafted with a modern, calm design built specifically for iPhone and iPad. PRAYER TIMES YOU CAN TRUST • Precise times based on your GPS location, or set your city manually. • 13 calculation methods — Umm al-Qura (Makkah), Muslim World League, ISNA, Egyptian Authority, Karachi, Diyanet, and more. • Choose your madhhab for Asr (Hanafi or Shafi'i/Maliki/Hanbali). • High-latitude rules for northern countries, rounding options, and ±minute offsets for each prayer to match your local mosque exactly. • A live clock and a countdown to the next prayer, always on screen. SMART NOTIFICATIONS — YOU CHOOSE • Adhan alert at every prayer time. • Pre-adhan reminder, minutes before, so you're never caught off guard. • Iqamah reminder after the adhan. • Morning and evening adhkar. • After-prayer adhkar. • Forbidden prayer times (awqat an-nahy) — alerts at both the start and the end. • Weekly Friday reminder to read Surah Al-Kahf. THE COMPLETE QUR'AN • The full mushaf in the official King Fahd Complex Uthmani script (Hafs), with the authentic KFGQPC font. • Audio recitation by Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil Al-Husary, with automatic verse-by-verse advance. • Khatmah tracker: set your goal, and the app calculates your daily pages, tracks your streak, shows smart statistics, and celebrates every completion. • Search the entire Qur'an instantly. • Bookmarks that remember exactly where you stopped. • Share any verse as a beautiful image — Dark, Light, or Mushaf themes — with full tashkeel preserved when you copy. • Landscape mode and adjustable font size for comfortable reading. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS • Small, medium, and large widgets with a smart background that shifts with the time of day. • The next prayer and its countdown at a glance. • After each adhan, an orange counter shows how long since the prayer began — for 30 minutes. • A dedicated Adhkar widget. • Widgets follow your chosen app language. EVERYTHING ELSE • Smart Qibla compass — elegant, fast, and responsive. • Digital tasbih with haptic feedback that mimics a real misbaha in your hand, with a stronger pulse at 33, 66, and 99. • Fortress of the Muslim adhkar and du'as, with a guided audio player. • Qur'an Radio for continuous listening. • Nearest mosque finder. • Hijri and Gregorian calendar with a date converter. • "My Journey" — your personal statistics: tasbih counts, Qur'an pages read, and completed khatmahs. • A Surah Al-Kahf shortcut that appears on your home screen every Friday. DESIGNED FOR APPLE • Native iPad layout that truly uses the larger screen — not a stretched phone app. • Full Light and Dark Mode support. • 14 languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Urdu, Persian, Pashto, Hindi, Bengali, Russian, and Swahili. • Arabic-Indic or Western numerals — your choice. No ads. No clutter. Just what you need, every day.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Makkah Adhan at every 8 days against Mosque Radar's monthly. Makkah Adhan also leads on device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mosque Radar ships an update monthly, Makkah Adhan every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mosque Radar | Makkah Adhan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 4.7 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ZERO HORIZON LTD | ABDULAZIZ ALANAZI |
In-app purchases
Mosque Radar
No in-app purchases
Makkah Adhan
No in-app purchases









