Comparison

Rakaati vs iQibla Prayer

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

Head to head
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/

About

iQibla Prayer

Find the direction of the Kaaba with a precise compass and map. Discover nearby mosques with driving directions and utilize augmented reality features. Works offline and prioritizes user privacy.

Highlights
  • Qibla direction compass
  • Nearby mosque finder with directions
  • Augmented reality Qibla pointer
  • Offline functionality
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Privacy-focused, no tracking
Features
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iQibla shows you the direction of the Kaaba from anywhere in the world, in a clean design that feels right at home on iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch. COMPASS • Turn until the Kaaba slides under the top marker: a golden glow and a gentle vibration confirm you are facing the Qibla. • Live accuracy, level bubble, coordinates, city and altitude. • Vibration guidance: pulses get closer as you approach the Qibla. One pulse: turn right. Two: turn left. MAP • Satellite or standard map that follows you and turns with your device, with the golden line to Mecca. • Mini globe to see the whole route at a glance. • Nearby mosques, sorted from nearest to farthest, with driving directions in Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze. CAMERA • A large arrow points to the Qibla over the camera view and turns into the Kaaba when you are aligned. IPAD AND APPLE WATCH • On iPad, a larger dial that stays accurate in every orientation. • On Apple Watch, the Qibla on your wrist: the dial turns gold and taps your wrist when you face the Qibla. WORKS WITHOUT NETWORK OR GPS • Keeps your last known location. When the signal drops, an approximate location and the nearest city take over, and precise GPS comes back automatically. • True north computed on your device with the World Magnetic Model (WMM2025). • Compass disturbed by metal? The gyroscope keeps the direction for up to 15 minutes. • Built-in list of more than 150 cities. PRECISE BY DESIGN • Shortest path on the Earth's surface (geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid), identical to reference geodesic libraries to within a thousandth of a degree. PRIVATE • No account, no ads, no tracking. No data is collected. Available in 10 languages: English, French, Arabic, Turkish, Urdu, Indonesian, Malay, Bengali, German and Spanish.

Screenshots

Rakaati4 screens
iQibla Prayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: iQibla Prayer at every 3 days against Rakaati's weekly. iQibla Prayer also leads on device support (3 vs 1). Rakaati's advantage is iOS requirement (18.0 vs 26.0). On price, 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, iQibla Prayer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Rakaati versus iQibla Prayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRakaatiiQibla Prayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS18.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAbdulaziz AlawshanHarith Zorgati

In-app purchases

None

Rakaati

No in-app purchases

None

iQibla Prayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Rakaati free?
Rakaati is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iQibla Prayer free?
iQibla Prayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Rakaati or iQibla Prayer have ads?
Neither Rakaati nor iQibla Prayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Rakaati or iQibla Prayer?
Rakaati ships an update weekly, and iQibla Prayer every 3 days. Most recently, Rakaati was updated on October 31, 2026 and iQibla Prayer on November 6, 2026.

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