An honest comparison for 2027 of the apps Muslims use for prayer times, adhan, Quran, duas and qibla, with ratings, ads and prices checked in October 2026.
If you search "best Islamic app" you will find long lists ranked by download count. That is not very useful. What matters is which app handles your daily practice well: prayer times you trust, an adhan that wakes you, a qibla you do not have to argue with, a Quran you can actually read, and duas without three popups asking you to upgrade.
This article is from the team that builds Niyat, and we use the other apps to understand what works. It is a deliberately short list of five apps, each one a real category of tool. We say where other apps do something better than us.
How we checked: every rating, price and ad label below comes from the US App Store and Google Play listings on 11 October 2026. Prices change often and differ by country.
Best for: Muslims who want one calm app for daily practice, from prayer times and the Quran to answers they can check.
Niyat covers the daily basics: location-based prayer times with every major calculation method, adhan reminders, a Fajr alarm, a qibla compass and a curated dua library with Arabic, transliteration and meaning. The Quran reader has translation and transliteration, and recitation from well-known reciters with each word highlighted as it is recited. You can set a khatm goal, or finish a khatm with family and friends.
Two features are rare in other apps. Salah Lock keeps the apps you choose locked until you pray (or asks for an ayah first), and qada tracking helps you count and make up missed prayers. You can also ask Islamic questions and get answers that cite the Quran, Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim and classical fiqh, so you can check the source yourself. It is not a replacement for a scholar.
Price: free to download with a free trial. Niyat Pro unlocks everything: $5.99 a month or $34.99 a year on the US App Store (a $49.99 yearly option is also listed). No ads.
Ratings: 4.9 stars on the App Store (2,400+ ratings).
Where it falls short: younger and smaller than the giants, with fewer reciters, translations and tafsir than Quran.com, and no halal-restaurant directory. After the trial, most features need Niyat Pro.
Best for: someone who wants as many features as possible in one app and is fine with ads or a subscription.
Muslim Pro is the most-downloaded Islamic app. It has prayer times and adhan alerts, qibla, the Quran with many reciters and translations, a prayer and fasting tracker, duas and dhikr, a Hijri calendar, and a halal restaurant and prayer space finder. The interface is dense, but it works.
The free version shows ads (both stores label it "Contains ads"). On the US App Store, Premium is listed at $3.99 a month or $29.99 a year, and a Muslim Pro Plus tier costs more. In 2020 the app was reported to have shared location data with data brokers; the company says it has changed its practices since.
Ratings: 4.7 on the App Store (about 600,000 ratings), 4.1 on Google Play (about 1.9 million reviews).
Deciding between these two? See Niyat vs Muslim Pro and our list of Muslim Pro alternatives.
Best for: minimalists who want prayer times and a prayer tracker with very clean design.
Pillars is a focused prayer app: prayer times with a choice of calculation method and Asr time, prayer notifications, a qibla with calibration, a prayer tracker, a missed-fast tracker and a home-screen widget. It has no ads and is built with privacy in mind. It has no Quran reader or dua library.
Price: free, with an optional Pillars Premium plan ($11.99 a month or $49.99 a year on the US App Store; a family plan is also listed).
Ratings: 4.8 on the App Store (about 5,600 ratings), 4.4 on Google Play.
Best for: someone who mainly wants adhan playback and detailed prayer notifications.
Athan Pro has been around for over a decade. It offers many calculation methods, a choice of adhan voices with full adhan playback, an AR qibla, widgets, Apple Watch support, a basic Quran and azkar.
Price: the free version shows ads. In-app purchases on the US App Store range from a $3.99 weekly plan to $99.99.
Ratings: 4.6 on the App Store (about 81,000 ratings), 4.6 on Google Play.
Best for: deep Quran reading and study.
Quran.com is a non-profit project of the Quran Foundation. The website has many translations, reciters, tafsir and word-by-word study, and the apps (Quran for iOS and Quran for Android) are clean mushaf readers. It is free, with no ads and no in-app purchases. It is also only a Quran tool: no prayer times, qibla or duas.
Ratings: 4.9 on the App Store (about 34,000 ratings); Quran for Android is rated 4.7 on Google Play.
If adhan playback is all you need, Athan Pro is the most dedicated choice here, but its free version has ads. If you want adhan alerts together with a Fajr alarm, qibla, the Quran and duas in one ad-free app, Niyat is the better fit.
Whichever app you choose, check its calculation method and Asr setting against your local mosque. Correct alerts start with correct prayer times; our guide to prayer-time calculation methods explains what to check, and you can compare times for your city on our prayer times by city pages.
If you like Muslim Pro's range but not its ads, Niyat is the closest all-in-one alternative: prayer times, adhan, qibla, Quran and duas, plus Salah Lock, qada tracking and sourced answers. If you only need prayer times and a tracker, Pillars is ad-free and simple. If you mainly read the Quran, use Quran.com.
| App | Prayer times & adhan | Qibla | Quran | Duas | Sourced answers | Ads | Price (US) | App Store rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Niyat | Yes | Yes | Yes, word-by-word audio | Yes | Yes | None | Free trial, then $5.99/mo or $34.99/yr | 4.9 |
| Muslim Pro | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | In free version | Free; Premium $3.99/mo or $29.99/yr | 4.7 |
| Pillars | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | None | Free; Premium $11.99/mo or $49.99/yr | 4.8 |
| Athan Pro | Yes, full adhan | Yes | Basic | Azkar | No | In free version | Free; in-app purchases $3.99 to $99.99 | 4.6 |
| Quran.com | No | No | Yes, the deepest | No | No | None | Free (non-profit) | 4.9 |
A common pairing: Quran.com for deep Quran study and Niyat for prayer times and daily practice. No rule says one app has to do everything.
For most Muslims who want one app for daily practice, Niyat is our pick for 2027: prayer times with adhan alerts, a Quran with word-by-word audio, Salah Lock, qada tracking and answers that cite their sources, with no ads. It is rated 4.9 stars on the App Store. If you only read the Quran, Quran.com is the best free reader, and if you only want a minimal prayer tracker, Pillars is a strong choice.
Athan Pro is the most dedicated adhan app, with many adhan voices and detailed alert settings, but its free version shows ads. Niyat gives adhan alerts and reminders before each prayer, a Fajr alarm, qibla and the Quran in one app with no ads. Whichever you choose, check that its calculation method and Asr setting match your local mosque.
Niyat is the closest ad-free alternative to Muslim Pro: it covers prayer times, adhan, qibla, the Quran and duas, and adds Salah Lock, qada tracking and sourced answers. Pillars is a good alternative if you only need prayer times and a prayer tracker, and Quran.com if you mainly read the Quran.
Yes. Quran.com is free with no ads and no in-app purchases. Pillars has no ads and a free version, with an optional Premium plan. Niyat has no ads and starts with a free trial, then Niyat Pro unlocks everything.
Quran.com is the deepest free Quran tool, made by the non-profit Quran Foundation. If you want the Quran together with prayer times, adhan and duas, Niyat has word-by-word audio that highlights each word as it is recited.
Prayer times and adhan, a Quran with word-by-word audio, Salah Lock, qada tracking and sourced answers, in one ad-free app.
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