Rak'ah vs PrayMode
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rak'ah
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Rak'ah keeps your prayers in order: when to pray, which way to face, and how many rak'ahs you've prayed. PRAYER TIMES • Accurate times for wherever you are, or for a city you choose • The calculation method used in your country, with Hanafi and Shafi'i Asr • A monthly timetable and the Hijri date • A reminder at each prayer, and another twenty minutes before its time runs out ON YOUR APPLE WATCH • Counts your rak'ahs from the movement of your wrist while you pray • A tap on your wrist when each prayer comes in, with one tap to start counting • The qibla on your wrist, and a complication for your watch face DHIKR • Tap anywhere on the card to count, with no button to aim for • Swipe between adhkar, each keeping its own count ALWAYS IN VIEW • The next prayer counts down on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island • Widgets for your Home Screen and Lock Screen QIBLA • A compass pointing towards the Kaaba from wherever you are PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Prayer times and the qibla are worked out on your device. Your location never leaves it. • No ads, no tracking, no analytics. • Your prayer history is kept under an anonymous account so it follows you to a new phone, and you can delete it from Settings at any time. In English and Arabic.
PrayMode
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PrayMode is a calm audio player that respects prayer times. Play audio you have the right to use; when prayer time begins, playback pauses automatically — even with the screen locked. • Prayer times computed on-device, offline (Umm al-Qura, MWL and more) with per-prayer minute adjustments. • Per-prayer settings: enable, adhan-then-pause or silent pause, pause length. • A prayer screen shows why audio paused and when it ends; extend or end it manually. • Respects your manual pause: never resumes what you stopped, never starts what wasn't playing. • 50 built-in background tracks for cafés, shops and flower stores, a built-in adhan for each prayer, plus your own library and queue. • Sleep timer, lock-screen and headphone controls, saved listening position. • Dock mode: a black screen with a slowly moving clock that protects the display and ignores stray touches. • Widgets and Live Activities for the next prayer on your Lock Screen. • Arabic and English, light and dark. No account; your location and listening never leave the device. Note: PrayMode only controls audio it plays itself; it cannot pause other apps.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: PrayMode at every 3 days against Rak'ah's every 9 days. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Rak'ah ships an update every 9 days, PrayMode every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.
| Parameter | Rak'ah | PrayMode |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, Apple Watch — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 46 MB | 205 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | THRIVE LLC | SARAB GHAYM COMPANY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY |
In-app purchases
Rak'ah
No in-app purchases
PrayMode
No in-app purchases









