Comparison

Darb vs PrayMode

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

Head to head
About

Darb

Features
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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.

About

PrayMode

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Darb4 screens
PrayMode4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PrayMode at every 3 days against Darb's every 2 weeks. 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

Darb ships an update every 2 weeks, PrayMode every 3 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Darb versus PrayMode: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDarbPrayMode
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB205 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMohammad GhoshehSARAB GHAYM COMPANY FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

In-app purchases

None

Darb

No in-app purchases

None

PrayMode

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Darb free?
Darb is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PrayMode free?
PrayMode is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Darb or PrayMode have ads?
Neither Darb nor PrayMode shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Darb or PrayMode?
Darb ships an update every 2 weeks, and PrayMode every 3 days. Most recently, Darb was updated on October 31, 2026 and PrayMode on October 31, 2026.

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