Comparison

Rakaati vs Darb

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

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About

Rakaati

Features
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Did you pray all five today? Most prayer apps tell you when to pray. Rakaati remembers whether you did — and shows you honestly what that has looked like over a week, a month, a year. ONE TAP, FROM THE NOTIFICATION A reminder arrives after the adhan and you answer it without opening the app: in the masjid, in jamā'ah, alone, or missed. One tap, because a tracker you have to fight is a tracker you abandon. MORE THAN A CHECKBOX Rakaati records what actually distinguishes one prayer from another — whether you prayed it in the masjid, with people, or alone, and whether you caught it in its time or prayed it late. A missed prayer can carry a reason: asleep, travelling, at work, busy, or simply forgot. Over a month, the reason that is costing you most becomes obvious. AN HONEST SCORE Not a streak that shames you into quitting. A prayer in the masjid scores full marks, jamā'ah elsewhere a little less, praying alone less again, and a late prayer is discounted rather than erased. A prayer you were genuinely excused from is left out of the maths entirely, so illness or travel never reads as failure. Anything you have not recorded stays grey and is ignored — the app will not guess, and it will not count silence against you. Track the morning and evening athkar and a daily Quran portion too, and they count in the day beside the five prayers — your choice, in Settings. YOUR RECORD, IN ONE PLACE Every day's prayers, athkar and reading with its score, or rolled up by week and by month, with your masjid rate and on-time rate broken out, and every perfect day counted. JUMU'AH KNOWS IT IS FRIDAY On Friday, Dhuhr becomes Jumu'ah automatically — its own name, its own icon, and its own expectation of the masjid. THE QURAN, AS THE MUSHAF PRINTS IT The Madinah Mushaf from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex: its text, its 604 pages and its script, turned page by page like the printed copy. Find a surah by name or number. The page you were on is kept for you, so a call or an interruption never loses your place. Long-press any ayah to bookmark it; double-tap for full-screen reading. Every Friday, a reminder to read Surat Al-Kahf comes at the time you choose and opens the surah. A DAILY PORTION OF THE QURAN Set a daily amount — ayat, pages, a quarter, half or whole hizb, or a juz. Each day continues where the last ended, the Mushaf marks where today's portion starts and ends, and one tap marks it read. MORNING AND EVENING ATHKAR The authentic morning and evening remembrances, in Arabic with their meaning in your language and their source. Tap to count each one, or mark the set as completed at once. A reminder after Fajr and after Asr moves with the prayer times, and stays quiet once you have finished. QIBLA COMPASS Turn until the Kaaba lines up under the pointer; the direction is worked out on your device. HOME SCREEN WIDGETS The next prayer and today's five at a glance, plus a weekly and monthly summary widget so your record is in front of you without opening anything. PRAYER TIMES, CALCULATED ON YOUR DEVICE Times come from the open-source Adhan library, with your choice of method, Asr madhab and high-latitude rule. Choose your city by hand if you would rather not share your location — the app works either way. SEVEN LANGUAGES English, Arabic, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, French and Spanish — right-to-left throughout for Arabic and Urdu, widgets and notifications included. The app follows your phone's language, or pick one in Settings. NOTHING LEAVES YOUR PHONE Rakaati has no account, no server, and makes no network requests at all. Your record is written to your device and stays there. No analytics, no advertising, no trackers. Delete the app and the record is gone with it. Free. No subscription, no unlockable features, no ads. Prayer times are a calculation — where your masjid differs, follow your masjid. Privacy Policy: https://3zcs.me/rakaati/privacy/ Support: https://3zcs.me/rakaati/support/

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Darb

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Darb is a calm daily companion for your worship: prayer, Quran and adhkar in one place, with no ads. The Companion — tell it what's on your mind • Describe what you're going through: worry, a family argument, feeling distant in worship… • It listens, then reminds you of an ayah, a hadith or a saying of the scholars that helps, with one practical step you can add to your day • Every quote is matched word for word against its source in classical books, with book, volume and page • You see it work: understanding your question, searching the books, writing, checking each quote • It doesn't give fatwas: rulings are referred to scholars. Your chats stay on your phone and are deleted after 7 days Prayer & adhan • Accurate prayer times for your location and calculation method • Choose the Makkah, Madinah or Al-Aqsa adhan, takbir only, or a silent alert, for each prayer • Pre-adhan reminder, iqama times and a Qibla compass The Quran • The complete Mushaf in Uthmani script (Hafs), page by page like the Madinah Mushaf • Search, bookmarks, and pick up your daily portion where you left off • Listen to every surah from renowned reciters • An ayah of the day on your Home screen Adhkar • Morning, evening and sleep adhkar with a counter for each • A tasbih counter that remembers your count Your day • Today's journey: a few simple daily practices (Quran portion, adhkar, evening reflection) with reminders at the right time • A Hijri calendar with occasions, and a Ramadan mode with suhoor, iftar and the last ten nights Circles • Private circles with family and friends: a shared khatma where each person takes a part, and du'a requests • No chat, no followers, no points: just what helps you do good Your privacy No ads, no tracking, no selling of your data. You can delete your account and all its data from inside the app.

Screenshots

Rakaati4 screens
Darb4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Darb at 16.4 against Rakaati's 18.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

Rakaati ships an update weekly, Darb every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Rakaati versus Darb: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRakaatiDarb
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdulaziz AlawshanMohammad Ghosheh

In-app purchases

None

Rakaati

No in-app purchases

None

Darb

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rakaati free?
Rakaati is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Darb free?
Darb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rakaati or Darb have ads?
Neither Rakaati nor Darb shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rakaati or Darb?
Rakaati ships an update weekly, and Darb every 2 weeks. Most recently, Rakaati was updated on October 29, 2026 and Darb on October 26, 2026.

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