HCA vs Prayer Times with Widgets
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HCA
Control your home's lighting, thermostat, and automation devices remotely. Monitor sensors, trigger programs, and manage keypads. Uses geofencing for automated actions when entering or leaving areas.
- Remote device control
- Sensor status monitoring
- Program execution
- Keypad control
- Geofencing automation
- Log viewing and filtering
- Custom icon synchronization
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HCA is a companion app for the Home Control Assistant Server desktop application. It is a client that connects to your HCA Server home automation system over WiFi or Cell network. I have no affiliation with the makers of HCA Server - I'm just a user providing this app for free to people who already own HCA Server. With this app, you can: - Control your home lighting, thermostat and other automation devices remotely. - Check on the status of motion and door/window sensors and your alarm system. - Trigger the execution of HCA programs to expand your remote automation capability. - Control the keypads throughout your home. - Use GeoFences to cause an HCA program to execute when entering/leaving an area. - View the HCA log and filters - Synchronize your custom icons from the HCA server to the app. - View your custom HTML pages generated by the HCA Server - Much, Much more! NOTE: For geofences, the users location is NEVER transmitted to the server or anywhere else outside of the app. It is used only by iOS to track the geofence. The app only sends the user-supplied name of the geofence to the server. For a video showing how to setup and use the app, see here: Part 1: https://youtu.be/IRWOgmouC_c Part 2: https://youtu.be/-On3jNJHW6M Please provide feedback on what features you would like to see implemented next! *** Please give us a rating in the app store ***
Prayer Times with Widgets
Easily access prayer times on your watch, home screen widget, or iOS device. This app provides a simple way to view upcoming prayer times at a glance.
- Watch app integration
- Home screen widget
- iOS app support
- Easy access to prayer times
- Glanceable schedule
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It is a simple app to make prayer times easily reachable on every device you have. You can see the oncoming prayer time easily; - on your watch app. - on the widget in your home screen. (You can add a widget on your home screen by plus button at top left after long pressing on your home screen) - on the iOS app.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: HCA at none against Prayer Times with Widgets's 1. HCA also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.6). Prayer Times with Widgets's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 80%). On price, ratings volume, ads 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. Prayer Times with Widgets sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. HCA asks for nothing beyond the download.
HCA holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of HCA's written reviews are positive against 100% of Prayer Times with Widgets's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
HCA ships an update every 4 months, Prayer Times with Widgets every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HCA | Prayer Times with Widgets |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better | 4.5 (11 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 11 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Advanced Quonset Technology, Inc | Omer Ulusal |
Customer experience
HCA
Prayer Times with Widgets
In-app purchases
HCA
No in-app purchases
Prayer Times with Widgets
- Monthly Support$1.991 Month
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