Kahkashan vs PermitPass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kahkashan
Access a vast Islamic knowledge library with books, articles, Quran, and Hadith. Features include a PDF reader, question bank, Zakat calculator, and offline reading. Supports over 25 languages with customizable themes and text-to-speech.
- Extensive Islamic book collection
- Quran and Hadith study material
- Interactive question bank
- Zakat calculator
- Offline reading capability
- Multilingual support (25+ languages)
- Customizable themes and text size
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Kahkashan-e-Marefat ("Galaxy of Knowledge") is a free Islamic knowledge library for your phone — a growing collection of books, articles, Quran & Hadith study material, and practical tools, built for readers of Dari, Pashto, Arabic, English, and 25+ other languages. A GROWING ISLAMIC LIBRARY • Read full books across tafsir, hadith, fiqh, aqidah, Islamic history, ethics, philosophy and Sufism — with a built-in PDF reader. • Browse in-depth articles on the same topics, written and curated by the Kahkashan-e-Marefat team. • Explore "Miracles of Science in the Quran" — articles connecting Quranic verses to modern discoveries in astronomy, embryology, physiology, geology, botany, and more. • Test and deepen your knowledge with the Question Bank — multiple-choice, true/false, and short-answer questions across difficulty levels. • See a new Ayah and Hadith highlighted every day on the home screen. QURAN & HADITH, DONE RIGHT • Quran verses are shown with real, professionally recorded reciter audio — never text-to-speech — with a choice of reciters. • Every Ayah, Hadith, and translated article shows both the original text and its translation side by side. PRACTICAL TOOLS • A full Zakat Calculator covering cash, gold, silver, business assets, livestock, and agricultural produce, with multi-currency support and the Afghan solar-Hijri calendar. READ OFFLINE • Save any book or article to "My Library" for offline reading — no connection needed once downloaded. • The app keeps working and stays fast even on a weak connection. STAY UPDATED • Optional notifications for new books, articles, questions, and the daily Ayah/Hadith. • A built-in notification history so you never miss what was shared. MADE TO FIT YOU • Light and dark mode, color themes, and adjustable text size. • Listen to articles read aloud with text-to-speech. • Share any book or article directly to WhatsApp, Telegram, and more. YOUR LANGUAGE • Available in Dari, Pashto, Arabic, English, Urdu, Indonesian, Turkish, French, and 20+ more languages, with full right-to-left support. YOUR PRIVACY • No account or sign-in required. • No ads, ever. • Analytics are only used to understand app usage and only with your consent — never for advertising. Kahkashan-e-Marefat is built to make authentic Islamic knowledge easy to reach, read, and understand — anywhere, in your own language, online or off.
PermitPass
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PermitPass is permit-test practice built on your state's official driver handbook: 10,174 questions and 318 full-length practice tests for all 50 states and Washington, D.C. Every answer comes with an explanation and the handbook section it came from, so you can check it yourself. 10 PRACTICE TESTS FOR THE BIGGEST STATES California, Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Georgia, North Carolina, New Jersey, Virginia, Washington, Arizona and Tennessee each have 10 numbered practice tests, every one a full-length mock exam modeled on that state's test, with no question repeated from one test to the next. Every other state has 3 to 8. EVERY STATE IS HERE — 51 jurisdictions, most populous first, with the number of questions in each: 1. California — 460 questions 2. Texas — 300 questions 3. Florida — 500 questions 4. New York — 200 questions 5. Pennsylvania — 180 questions 6. Illinois — 350 questions 7. Ohio — 333 questions 8. Georgia — 200 questions 9. North Carolina — 250 questions 10. Michigan — 356 questions 11. New Jersey — 500 questions 12. Virginia — 319 questions 13. Washington — 423 questions 14. Arizona — 368 questions 15. Tennessee — 349 questions 16. Massachusetts — 102 questions 17. Indiana — 150 questions 18. Missouri — 150 questions 19. Maryland — 101 questions 20. Colorado — 150 questions 21. Wisconsin — 150 questions 22. Minnesota — 120 questions 23. South Carolina — 98 questions 24. Alabama — 90 questions 25. Louisiana — 120 questions 26. Kentucky — 120 questions 27. Oregon — 105 questions 28. Oklahoma — 150 questions 29. Connecticut — 150 questions 30. Utah — 150 questions 31. Nevada — 150 questions 32. Iowa — 150 questions 33. Arkansas — 150 questions 34. Kansas — 150 questions 35. Mississippi — 150 questions 36. New Mexico — 220 questions 37. Idaho — 150 questions 38. Nebraska — 150 questions 39. West Virginia — 150 questions 40. Hawaii — 150 questions 41. New Hampshire — 150 questions 42. Maine — 150 questions 43. Montana — 150 questions 44. Rhode Island — 150 questions 45. Delaware — 150 questions 46. South Dakota — 150 questions 47. North Dakota — 150 questions 48. Alaska — 150 questions 49. District of Columbia — 110 questions 50. Vermont — 150 questions 51. Wyoming — 150 questions WHAT YOU GET • 10,174 questions, every one checked against that state's current official handbook • Up to 10 numbered, full-length practice tests per state, no repeats between them • An explanation for every answer, with the handbook section behind it • An exam simulator modeled on your state's test length and pass mark • A weak-spot drill built from the questions you missed, grouped by topic • Your state's questions download once, then everything works offline — even in the DMV line • New questions arrive without an app update • 2 free mock exams a day — watch a short ad for more. No account needed. FREE TO STUDY Every question, every explanation and your results are free. Ads never appear on question, exam or result screens. CHECKED, NOT COPIED We verify each answer against the state's handbook and show the date we last checked it. When a state publishes a new handbook, we go through its questions again. Think an answer is wrong? Tell us from Settings. YOUR DATA Your progress stays on your device. An account is optional — sign in with Apple or email, and delete it from inside the app at any time. PermitPass is an independent study app. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any DMV, department of public safety, state driver licensing agency or any other government agency. Questions are written by us from each state's public driver handbook.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Kahkashan at none against PermitPass's shown. On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kahkashan ships an update every 3 days, PermitPass every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kahkashan | PermitPass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 69 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mojeeb Rahman Sedeqi | ali sahin |
In-app purchases
Kahkashan
No in-app purchases
PermitPass
No in-app purchases
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