Prayer Blocker vs Athkar Builder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prayer Blocker
This app helps you stay focused on prayer and remembrance by pausing other apps during prayer times. It offers guided remembrance sessions, a dhikr counter, and reflective prompts to encourage intention and mindfulness throughout your day.
- Prayer time app pausing
- Guided remembrance sessions
- Dhikr counter widgets
- Reflective prompts
- Custom focus schedules
- Home screen widgets
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Five times a day, your phone gently steps aside. The apps you choose stay paused during each prayer window, not as punishment, but as protection. When you're done, tap "I prayed" and everything unlocks until the next salah. No accounts. No cloud. Nothing leaves your phone. Yaqeen (يقين) means certainty, the quiet conviction that turns intention into action. PRAYER SANCTUARY Powered by Apple's Screen Time, Yaqeen shields your chosen apps during each prayer window using accurate, locally calculated prayer times. No network calls ever. A soft banner appears in the app when a prayer window opens. Tap "I prayed" to lift the shield and carry on with intention. AZKAR: MORNING, EVENING & POST-PRAYER, PROPHETS DUAAS Guided remembrance sessions for morning and evening adhkar, plus a contextual post-prayer session that updates after every salah. Tap through each dhikr at your own pace. Optional daily notifications keep the rhythm without pressure. DHIKR COUNTER A tap-to-count counter on your Home Screen and Lock Screen. Watch the ring fill to 100. Daily total and lifetime count, always in view, a simple way to stay in remembrance throughout the day. REFLECTION SHIELD After a set amount of screen time, a gentle prompt appears with a Quranic verse, an Islamic intentionality quote, or a reflective question. A pause before the next scroll. Set your own cadence: every 15 minutes to every 2 hours. FOCUS SCHEDULES Set custom focus windows for study, work, or family time. Yaqeen shields your chosen apps during those windows, on your terms, not anyone else's. DAILY REFLECTION CARD A rotating card of Quranic verses and intentionality quotes on your Home Screen, a quiet anchor you return to throughout the day. 6 HOME SCREEN & LOCK SCREEN WIDGETS - Daily Prayer Guard: full five-prayer grid with the active prayer highlighted - Upcoming Prayer: next prayer name, time, and live countdown - Daily Reflection: rotating quote or ayah (configurable) - Today's Pauses: reflections completed today - Hijri Date: Islamic and Gregorian date - Dhikr Counter: tap-to-count ring, right from your lock screen Prayer times are calculated locally using your location. Widgets make no network calls. BUILT FOR TRUST No accounts. No tracking. We only use third-party in-app analytics to improve the app and catch possible bugs. All data, your reflections, schedules, and prayer settings stay on your iPhone. Yaqeen uses Apple's Screen Time APIs only during the windows you configure. It reads nothing and reports nothing. Pause before you scroll. Pray on time. Stay in remembrance.
Athkar Builder
This app helps you maintain your daily Islamic prayers and recitations. It rewards your consistency by virtually building a home for you in Jannah, progressing through seven tiers of luxury with each completed prayer streak.
- Daily athkar checklist after each prayer
- Virtual home building in Jannah
- Streak system with 7 tiers
- Daily streak counter and calendar
- Prayer-specific streaks
- Authentic hadith-based recitations
- Offline functionality
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Athkar Builder helps you stay consistent with your athkar after every salah - and rewards you by building your home in Jannah. WHAT IT DOES After each of the 5 daily prayers, open the app and complete your full athkar checklist: - Astaghfirullah x3 - Allahumma Antas-Salam - La Ilaha Illallah Wahdahu - Subhan Allah x33 - Alhamdulillah x33 - Allahu Akbar x33 - Ayat Al-Kursi - Surah Al-Ikhlas, Al-Falaq, and An-Nas BUILD YOUR HOME IN JANNAH Every day you complete all 5 prayers' athkar, your streak grows - and your property in Jannah gets upgraded through 7 tiers: Humble Abode, Garden Home, Townhouse, Villa, Mansion, Palace, Paradise Estate STREAK SYSTEM - Daily streak counter - don't break the chain - 7-day calendar showing your consistency - Individual streak for each prayer (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha) - Streak badges from Spark (Day 1) to Legend (Day 180) - Miss a day? Your house pauses - not destroyed. Complete 3 days to restore it NOTIFICATIONS Get reminded after each prayer with 5 daily notifications so you never miss your athkar BASED ON AUTHENTIC HADITH "Whoever recites Ayat Al-Kursi after every obligatory prayer, nothing prevents him from entering Paradise except death." - An-Nasa'i All athkar are from authentic narrations. The full Arabic text and English translation are shown for every dhikr. Works completely offline. No account required. No data collected.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Athkar Builder at 15.1 against Prayer Blocker's 17.0. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Prayer Blocker against 5.0 for Athkar Builder. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Blocker | Athkar Builder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 33 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mahdi Esawi | Sohaila Abdrabboh |
Customer experience
Prayer Blocker
Athkar Builder
In-app purchases
Prayer Blocker
No in-app purchases
Athkar Builder
No in-app purchases
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