Best Prayer Times and Quran Apps for Muslims in 2026

See how Muslim Pro, Quran Majeed, Quran.com, Athan, Pillars, and Tarteel compare on features, privacy, offline access, and pricing before you pick one.

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Hassaan Bhattii

9/10/20267 min read

Prayer times shift by a few minutes every single day, and they shift again the moment you cross a city or a time zone. A phone that gets this wrong isn't just annoying — it can throw off a Fajr alarm or a Maghrib iftar time by margins that actually matter.

That's the first thing worth checking in any prayer app, before the design or the star rating. This roundup compares six apps that are still actively maintained, each built around a different priority: an all-in-one lifestyle app, a homegrown Pakistani option, a fully ad-free non-profit choice, a prayer-time specialist, a privacy-first pick, and an AI memorization tool. Each one earns its place here for a specific reason rather than just filling out a list.

What to Look For in a Prayer Times and Quran App

A few things separate a genuinely useful app from one that just looks polished in its screenshots.

Calculation method options. Prayer times depend on a chosen method for working out the Fajr and Isha angles, and on whether Asr is calculated using the Hanafi (later) or Shafi'i (earlier) approach. In Pakistan, most mosques follow the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method with the Hanafi Asr setting. If an app defaults to Muslim World League or ISNA instead, the difference can run to several minutes, so it's worth changing this in settings rather than assuming the default matches your local mosque.

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How much of the app works for free. Every app here has a free tier, but "free" ranges from fully complete with nothing locked, to free-with-ads-and-upsells.

Offline access. Mobile data isn't always reliable, so being able to download Quran audio and translations in advance matters more than it sounds.

What data the app actually asks for. A prayer app only strictly needs your location to calculate prayer times. A request for anything beyond that is worth a second look, especially given what happened with one of the most popular apps in this category, covered further down.

Muslim Pro: The Most Complete All-in-One Option

Muslim Pro has been around since 2010 and has been downloaded well over 100 million times, which makes it close to a default choice for many users. It bundles location-based prayer alerts, a full Quran with audio recitation and translations in more than 20 languages, a Qibla compass, an Islamic calendar, and, in its newer updates, a journaling tool, community sharing, and Qalbox, its own Muslim-content streaming add-on.

The trade-off is scale. The free version carries ads, and Premium currently lists at $12.99 a month or $34.99 a year on the US App Store, with pricing shown separately for other countries. It's also the app behind the most widely reported privacy controversy in this space, covered in more detail below.

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Good for: readers who want one app that does everything and don't mind ads, or a subscription for the ad-free version.

Quran Majeed by PDMS: Built and Trusted in Pakistan

Quran Majeed is developed by Pakistan Data Management Services (PDMS), a Karachi-based software company. According to the developer's own company history, the project predates smartphones entirely — it started as a CD-ROM release in 1998, moved onto the web in 2000, then launched as one of the earliest dedicated Quran apps on the App Store in 2010, followed by an Android version in 2014.

The app itself is Quran-first: Uthmani script text, audio from well-known reciters, English tafsir reviewed by a scholar, plus worldwide prayer times, azan alerts, Qibla direction, and Ramadan Sehri and Iftar timings. The developer says it's used by more than 65 million Muslims worldwide, and it carries a strong rating across hundreds of thousands of App Store reviews.

The free version is ad-supported. Unlocking extra reciters, translations, or an ad-free experience runs through in-app purchases, from small monthly add-ons up to a one-time "Full Upgrade" listed around $49.99 on the US store.

Good for: readers who want a Quran-first app with a long track record and a Pakistani developer behind it.

Quran.com Apps: Completely Free, Ad-Free, and Non-Profit

Quran.com is run as a waqf, an Islamic charitable endowment, by Quran.Foundation, a registered US non-profit. Its companion apps, Quran for iOS and Quran for Android, mirror the website: full Quran text, multiple translations and tafsir, audio recitation, memorization tools, and offline downloads, with no ads and no in-app purchases at all.

Because there's no ad or subscription model behind it, there's nothing to unlock and no obvious incentive to collect extra data. The trade-off is that it's Quran-first rather than an everything-app — it doesn't include prayer-time alerts or a Qibla compass the way the others on this list do.

Good for: readers who want a clean, ad-free Quran reader and don't mind a separate app for prayer times.

Athan by IslamicFinder: A Dedicated Prayer Times Specialist

Athan comes from IslamicFinder, one of the longest-running Islamic reference platforms on the web, and it leans harder into prayer-time features than most apps here. Alongside worldwide azan alerts and a Qibla finder, it includes a "Prayerbook" for logging daily prayers, a mosque finder, a Hajj and Umrah guide, dua and azkar collections, and a Ramadan Sehri and Iftar timetable. A full Quran reader with translations in more than 45 languages is included too.

It sits in the high 4-star range across tens of thousands of reviews on both stores. Like Muslim Pro, the free version is ad-supported, and IslamicFinder doesn't publish one consistent global price for its ad-free tier — the figure shown in your own app store listing is the one to trust.

Good for: readers who want a prayer-time-first app with strong habit tracking, without Muslim Pro's broader lifestyle features.

Pillars: Prayer Times Without the Ads or the Data Collection

Pillars launched in 2020, reportedly partly in response to the Muslim Pro story below, and privacy is its core selling point rather than an afterthought. Prayer times are calculated on the device itself instead of being sent to a server, there are no ads at any tier, and the developers say they don't collect analytics or personal data by default.

Features include a Qibla compass with smart calibration, a choice of Asr calculation for different madhabs, multiple calculation methods, a prayer tracker, a fasting tracker, and a home-screen widget. It doesn't include a full Quran reader with tafsir the way Muslim Pro or Quran Majeed do — it's a focused prayer companion, not an everything-app. An optional Supporter subscription unlocks extra themes and cosmetic extras; check the current price in your own app store listing before subscribing.

Good for: readers who specifically want to avoid the ad- and data-sharing model that some older apps use.

Tarteel: An AI Companion for Quran Memorization

Tarteel does something none of the other five apps are built around: it listens while you recite from memory and flags, in real time, whether you've skipped or misread a word. It's built for hifz students and anyone working on recitation accuracy, using speech recognition rather than just playing back audio.

The free tier already covers listening, follow-along, and voice search — reciting a phrase to find the matching verse. Premium adds live mistake detection, goal planning, and historical analytics, and is priced well above the other apps here: the App Store currently lists it at $19.99 a month or $239.99 a year, though promotional trials are often available, so it's worth checking the current offer before committing. The voice features need an active internet connection and microphone access to work.

Good for: hifz students and anyone actively working on memorization or recitation accuracy, rather than just reading along.

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Privacy and Data: What Every User Should Know

In November 2020, an investigation by Vice's Motherboard found that Muslim Pro had been sharing user location data with X-Mode, a location-data broker whose downstream clients reportedly included US military contractors. Muslim Pro denied directly "selling" data to the military but confirmed it had shared anonymized data with X-Mode, and announced within days that it was terminating relationships with all of its data partners, including X-Mode. There's no widely reported evidence the practice resumed since then, but the episode is the reason several newer apps in this space, Pillars especially, now market privacy as a design decision rather than a feature.

The practical takeaway for any prayer or Quran app: a location permission is normal and necessary for accurate prayer times, but a request for contacts, background tracking, or unrelated permissions is worth questioning. Reading the permission prompt the first time an app asks, instead of tapping allow automatically, covers most of the risk.

Which App Should You Actually Install?

There isn't one correct answer here — it depends on what you're actually trying to solve.

  • Want one app for everything: Muslim Pro covers prayer times, Quran, and community features in a single place.

  • Want a Pakistani-built, long-standing Quran app: Quran Majeed by PDMS is the most established regional option.

  • Ads and data-sharing are dealbreakers: pair Pillars for prayer times with the Quran.com app for reading — both are free and ad-free by design.

  • Working on hifz or want recitation feedback: Tarteel is built specifically for that, and its free tier is enough to start.

  • Want prayer times without extra lifestyle features: Athan focuses more tightly on prayer tracking and adhan alerts than Muslim Pro does.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which prayer-time calculation method should I use in Pakistan?

Most apps let you choose a calculation method separately from your location settings. In Pakistan, the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method with the Hanafi (later) Asr setting is what most local mosques follow — check your app's settings if it defaults to something else, like Muslim World League or ISNA.

Is Muslim Pro safe to use now?

Muslim Pro says it ended its data-sharing relationships, including with the broker involved in the 2020 report, within days of the story breaking, and there's no widely reported evidence the practice has resumed since. If avoiding third-party data sharing is a priority regardless, Pillars and the Quran.com apps collect noticeably less data by design.

Do these apps work without an internet connection?

Mostly yes, once set up. Prayer alerts and downloaded Quran audio typically work offline after the initial setup, but features that need a live connection, like Tarteel's voice recognition or Qalbox streaming in Muslim Pro, won't work without data.

Are these apps free to download in Pakistan?

Yes, all six can be downloaded for free from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store in Pakistan. Any optional in-app purchases or subscriptions are billed in PKR at the rate shown in your own app store listing, since none of these developers publish a separate Pakistan price list.

Which app is best for someone just starting to learn Quran recitation?

Tarteel's free tier — listening, follow-along, and voice search — pairs well with a Quran-first app like Quran Majeed or Quran.com's app for reading practice. Add Muslim Pro or Athan later if you also want prayer-time alerts in the same place.

Quick Comparison: Prayer Times and Quran Apps at a Glance