Comparison

Bidāya vs DeenDrops

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

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Bidāya

Features
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The right minimum, clearly, first. Islamic content isn't scarce - it's overwhelming. Bidāya does the opposite. It gathers what every Muslim actually needs to know into a set of calm, sourced cards you can genuinely finish. EVERY CARD HAS TWO LEVELS Open a topic and you get the essentials at a glance. Tap once and the full detailed layer unfolds - context, stories, pivotal verses, and what to carry away. Nothing is buried, and nothing is forced on you. START HERE, IF YOU ARE NEW A guided path for new Muslims in three stages. First steps: the Shahāda, wudua, and the prayer. Growing your practice: reading the Quran, daily adhkār, and good character. Staying steady: halal and harām basics, and staying consistent. ALL 114 SURAHS One card per surah - the meaning of its name and why it is named so, Meccan or Medinan, verse count, its theme, how it unfolds, its stories explained, its pivotal verses, and its established virtues. TEN TRACKS, 200 CARDS The Qur'an - Start Here - The Prophet - Faith - Worship - Halal & Harām - Prophetic Hadith - Dhikr - Family & Society - The Hereafter. EVERY FACT CARRIES ITS SOURCE Virtues and rulings appear with their reference and their grade - authentic, good, or weak - so you always know exactly what you are reading. KNOWLEDGE YOU CAN FINISH Progress rings and bars across every track, so the essentials get completed instead of endlessly accumulating. Two Home Screen widgets keep it in view: Continue Learning, and Card of the Day. ARABIC AND ENGLISH, DONE PROPERLY Switch language instantly - no restart. Full right-to-left layout in Arabic, with English and transliteration hidden so the Arabic reads clean. Light, dark, and system themes. FREE, OFFLINE, PRIVATE No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No ads. No account. Everything lives on your device and works with no internet at all - nothing ever leaves your phone. Designed for both iPhone and iPad, with a sidebar layout on iPad. Sources: the Noble Qur'an and the authentic Sunnah. The content is educational and curated on a clear method; it does not replace qualified scholars.

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DeenDrops

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Swap the scroll for your deen. Qur'an, hadith and tafsir in one feed, and a prayer lock that keeps distracting apps shut until you've prayed. EVERY QUOTE NAMES ITS SOURCE Not a sentence and a name. The full passage it was clipped from, the exact reference, and commentary written from Al-Mukhtasar and Ibn Kathir. Nothing here is generated, and nothing is quoted from memory. LOCK YOUR APPS UNTIL YOU PRAY Choose the apps that pull you away. DeenDrops locks them during the hours you set, and the optional prayer check-in keeps them locked at each prayer time until you've prayed, with a du'a in their place. It is built on Apple's Screen Time APIs, runs on your own device, and the rest of the app works fully without it. THE WHOLE QUR'AN, READ AND HEARD Read every ayah in the original Arabic, and tap once for its meaning in English or Spanish. Tafsir on every ayah, recitation from a choice of reciters at the speed you want, verse repetition for memorizing, and a hifz tracker that measures by text rather than verse count. A VERSE WHEREVER YOU LOOK Daily reminders at the times you choose, and widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen. ANSWERS, WITH THEIR EVIDENCE Plain answers to common questions about the deen, with the position of each school and the source it rests on. Qur'an translations are Saheeh International in English and Isa García in Spanish. Hadith come from the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, narrator and grading included. The Arabic is the original: every translation reads from it, never the other way round. In English, Español and العربية. Themes that recolour the whole app, collections for what you save, and no ads. SUBSCRIPTION DeenDrops Pro is an auto-renewing subscription, offered Yearly or Monthly. Both plans begin with a free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. Your subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and it can be managed or cancelled any time in Apple Account settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://deendrops.app/privacy

Screenshots

Bidāya4 screens
DeenDrops4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: DeenDrops at weekly against Bidāya's fortnightly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

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

Bidāya ships an update fortnightly, DeenDrops weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Bidāya versus DeenDrops: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBidāyaDeenDrops
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAhmad EltokhySalah Karim Abdelbaki

In-app purchases

None

Bidāya

No in-app purchases

None

DeenDrops

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Bidāya free?
Bidāya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeenDrops free?
DeenDrops is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Bidāya or DeenDrops have ads?
Neither Bidāya nor DeenDrops shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bidāya or DeenDrops?
Bidāya ships an update fortnightly, and DeenDrops weekly. Most recently, Bidāya was updated on October 14, 2026 and DeenDrops on October 29, 2026.

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