Comparison

Pray Watch vs Conveying Islamic Message

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

Head to head
About

Pray Watch

This app provides Islamic prayer times with a modern, privacy-focused interface. It features a unique prayer ring timer, customizable notifications, and a Qibla compass. Designed for ease of use, it offers widgets and Apple Watch integration.

Highlights
  • Automatic prayer times for any city
  • Prayer ring timer
  • Customizable prayer notifications
  • Qibla compass
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • Apple Watch integration
  • Masjid locator
Features
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Pray Watch is a simple, privacy-focused app that displays the Islamic prayer times in an elegant, modern interface. Known for its unique green “prayer ring” and other design elements; inspired by Apple’s own native apps. 100% Privacy. Always free. And no ads…ever. We understand the value of a great user experience, so we’ve thoughtfully designed Pray Watch to be quick, easy, and convenient to use…because we use it ourselves! == Features == - Prayer times automatically configured for any city in the world - One-of-a-kind “prayer ring” timer to easily visualize remaining time for prayer - Prayer notifications with option to snooze and remind you later - Set your masjid iqama times to be reminded to join congregational prayers - Set a reminder to pray duha / ishraq prayer - Choose from over 20 calculation methods, or add custom method - Large selection of beautiful adhans from around the world - Wide range of reminder sounds for more discreet notifications - Pre-adhan reminder (to catch current prayer or prepare the for next one) - Variety of Widgets for your Home and Lock Screen - Seamlessly connect to your Apple Watch using iCloud sync - Dynamic Apple Watch face complications - Simple Qibla compass with haptic feedback - on iPhone and Watch - Hijri date displayed on main screens, widgets, and complications - Masjid Locator finds the nearest masjid in your area - Long-press notifications for rich content like qibla compass and timer, without opening the app - Prayer times list includes “Midnight” and “Last Third” to help you plan for tahajjud and qiyam - Monthly Calendar with prayer times table - Islamic Holidays displayed in app, widgets, and watch - Arabic and Turkish language translations - Built-in travel mode to update notifications and calculation method while traveling - without needing to open the app - Optimized for lower data and battery consumption using the latest iOS standards - Optional 24-hour time format - Optional light/dark mode to match your iOS settings - Beautiful colour themes to personalize the app, widgets, and complications - Accessibility support - iPad support

About

Conveying Islamic Message

Explore Islam and Muslim culture through a rich collection of books, videos, audio, and articles. Discover information on various aspects of the faith and find local Islamic centers worldwide.

Highlights
  • Informative books on Islam
  • Educational videos
  • Audio recordings
  • Articles about Islam
  • List of Islamic centers
Features
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This application is for people of any faith who seek to understand Islam and Muslims. It contains many informative books, videos, audio recordings, and articles about different aspects of Islam. We also provide a list of some of the Islamic centers around the world.

Screenshots

Pray Watch4 screens
Conveying Islamic Message4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Pray Watch at 9.3K against Conveying Islamic Message's 5. Conveying Islamic Message's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 weeks) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Conveying Islamic Message holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pray Watch has 9.3K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Pray Watch's written reviews are positive against 100% of Conveying Islamic Message's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pray Watch ships an update every 6 weeks, Conveying Islamic Message fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Pray Watch versus Conveying Islamic Message: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPray WatchConveying Islamic Message
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (9.3K ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews89.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9.3K — better5
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple WatchiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS17.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB50 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIslamiCityAbdelrahman Askar

Customer experience

Pray Watch

All ratings9,311 ratings
Positive95.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative2.7%
Written reviews845 reviews
Positive89.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative5.4%

Conveying Islamic Message

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Pray Watch

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Fajr time is wrong
  • Qibla direction is wrong
  • Widget prayer times don't match app
  • Countdown and timer not working properly
  • Notifications and adhan not working

Requested features

16 requests
  • Show prayer times in Apple Calendar as time changes through the year automatically
  • Prayer tracker
  • Ability to ignore asr and isha in the tables and widgets
  • Add farsi language
  • Cut the time off when the forbidden time for prayer is
Show 11 more
  • Add more pray calculation added to the app
  • Hijri calendar complication
  • Compass on Apple Watch
  • Full adhan
  • More mu'azzin choices
  • Map data for qiblah direction
  • Automatic post-prayer notifications
  • Countdown to prayer working properly on watch complication
  • Complications updating in always on display
  • Ability to add custom sound for alerts
  • Upcoming Islamic Events tab

Conveying Islamic Message

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Pray Watch

No in-app purchases

None

Conveying Islamic Message

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pray Watch free?
Pray Watch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Conveying Islamic Message free?
Conveying Islamic Message is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pray Watch or Conveying Islamic Message?
Conveying Islamic Message is rated higher. Pray Watch averages 4.8 out of 5 from 9.3K ratings, while Conveying Islamic Message averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Pray Watch or Conveying Islamic Message have ads?
Neither Pray Watch nor Conveying Islamic Message shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pray Watch or Conveying Islamic Message?
Pray Watch ships an update every 6 weeks, and Conveying Islamic Message fortnightly. Most recently, Pray Watch was updated on November 10, 2026 and Conveying Islamic Message on November 4, 2026.

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