AlBayan vs Niskaram
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AlBayan
This app provides a complete Quranic text with Malayalam translation and word-by-word meaning. It allows users to update content online and adjust font sizes for a personalized reading experience.
- Full Quran Arabic Text
- Malayalam Translation
- Word-by-word translation
- Quick online content update
- Font resize feature
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AlBayan is a Quran Translation App. It comes with Full Quran Arabic Text and malayalam translation. There is also a word by word translation option. v1.4 features a number of bug fixes, corrections and new features - Corrected Malayalam meaning in surah an'aam and ankabooth - Added feature for Quick online content update - Added font resize feature - change font size from the settings screen
Niskaram
This app provides a guide to Islamic prayers, including their meanings in Malayalam. It's designed to help users learn and perform their prayers correctly.
- Islamic prayer guide
- Malayalam prayer meanings
- Learn prayer recitation
- Educational tool
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Niskaram app is an Islamic Prayer guide with meanings of prayers in malayalam
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: AlBayan at every 5 weeks against Niskaram's every 78 months. AlBayan also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 67%) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for AlBayan against 5.0 for Niskaram. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of AlBayan's written reviews are positive against 67% of Niskaram's.
AlBayan ships an update every 5 weeks, Niskaram every 78 months. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AlBayan | Niskaram |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 78 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sajeer Kalathil | Codenex Solutions LLP |
Customer experience
AlBayan
Niskaram
In-app purchases
AlBayan
No in-app purchases
Niskaram
No in-app purchases
