Athan: Prayer Times & Al Quran Reviews

by Giefu

I can’t. I wanted to love Athan. Functionally, it is perfect. But the ads have ruined it completely. I don’t write reviews. Even if it’s bad I don’t ride reviews. It’s a hassle. But people need to know. I got 3 ads in under a minute. And this is me trying to listen to the Quran recitation. Like how can you have an app with the Quran and have a ad pop-up every 15-20 seconds while the recitation is going on? Do they have an ad quota that they need to fill each day? Gah. It’s so horrible. So I tried to use Athan after putting my phone on airplane mode (after downloading the surah I was trying to listen to), but Athan just crashed and wouldn’t let me listen. And as soon as I turned on my network data, I immediately got an ad. Athan is infuriating. I now believe the main purpose of Athan is to make money. I wouldn’t mind paying money. Sure. But at what expense? That they’ve made it so you’re completely infuriated? I’m deleting Athan . I just needed to write this so other people aren’t misled with the high rating and reviews like I was. (I recommend Pillars if all you’re looking for is prayer time)

by SunnyMoose

Athan is great and it’s an invaluable tool to have. My problem is the random notifications for events going on in parts of the country that are hundreds or thousands of miles away from me. Why do I need this information and why can’t I turn these notifications off?

Adding to this review. I’ve emailed after I left a review here and I still haven’t been told why I keep getting random notifications for Islamic events from around the nation. It happens almost daily. If I turn off notifications I won’t be able to get this app times. My location is not set to any where near these events so I don’t understand why Athan deems it necessary to inform me of these events regularly. Please help me to find a solution. JAK.

My third addition to this review. Months have passed and the problem still hasn’t been solved and definitely won’t be. Despite emailing more than once and leaving this review, the developers don’t seem to care. That’s fine. There are other apps. I’m sure they’re more concerned with which ads can bombard the users.

by Huda, The Servant

Dec 5, 2018 : How many times I have to pay to update for add free application ? I have paid several times and most recently I have paid for update again but Athan is asking me to update again by making more payment.
For Allah’s sake , please stop doing shady business in the name of Islam.

Previous:
Advertisement with annoying loud sound interrupts prayers. If user checks the prayer time in a rush and forgets to close Athan and stands on the prayer, Athan automatically displays commercials with a high volume. By that time user is already started prayer and can’t go back to Athan and close it. Not only that , user is not even allowed to close or stop the commercial and it forces user to continue to watch and listen the loud annoying commercials. This is extremely inconvenient and unacceptable. Nobody wants to compromise and interrupt their prayers for unwanted commercials . This must be stopped. As an user of Athan for long long time , I don’t appreciate this pain while I have paid the highest price for Athan to be commercial free. I while I do understand the necessity of your revenue, I don’t believe that it has to compromise the dignity of prayer itself. Please pay attention, as a Muslim.

by Muslimeh

I have had Athan for many years and the ads have become too much to handle. I just opened Athan in order to check the this app time, and a very inappropriate ad was imbedded on the main page of Athan . I am very disappointed to see this kind of stuff being displayed on an app that is supposed to shield us from the haram and is supposed to be a safe space. Especially when people of all ages use Athan. I was about to purchase Athan in order to remove the ads, only to read reviews saying that you must restore your purchase every once in a while. This is supposed to be an app people can use to turn to Allah (swt). I am very disappointed in this exploitation of our religion and ummah. I understand that ads are needed to make money, however the least you could do is give people some peace of mind after purchasing Athan . Unless these issues (which many people have complained about) are fixed, then i will not be using Athan anymore.

by Kbizzle23

It's takes all of my patience not to delete Athan. (Which I probably will do, given newer apps now provide widgets). It does what it's supposed to do perfectly.
Reminds you of salah at proper times and along with good motivational messages.
As long as you constantly keep opening Athan like every other day. I truly hope this is not to increase their ad revenue.
It also does more than you want/expect; like loudly and annoyingly giving you other notifications (daily). For the most part you can turn those off but it took me a while to realize how. It would be better if you gave users the option to Opt-in instead of them trying to opt-out. And with new updates you never know what new notifications will come with it, scaring you half to death when it starts beeping loudly at 10 PM.
Oh don't get me started on the ads... All the ads do is convince you to close Athan and regret it every time you return.

by Ghuuddfgv

In the name of Allah. I think this is a great app, and I have used it for years. But, I can’t give it a higher rating because of those ridiculous pop up ads that you can’t get rid of without fighting for ten minutes to clear the stupid things. They want money to clear the ads, which in my opinion shouldn’t even be on an app that people use for religious purposes. I don’t have money, I have no job, no income, no bank account. So why do dirt poor people like me have to suffer with this annoying garbage when the rich get to enjoy peace, and we are all doing our religious duties as slaves of Allah? At the very least, they need to go back to the banner ads that run along the bottom of the screen and don’t blow up in your face and take forever to clear. That’s what they used to do on the old version of Athan . Otherwise, quit trying to cater to the rich and make money and get rid of ads altogether. It would make things much easier and much more pleasant to use Athan.

by Bluesteel_SS

I've been using Athan for many years now and for most part Athan has been very stable. But since last couple of years the developer has been slipping on the quality control and poor support.

I had discovered a bug where the prayer logs fail to sync with your account. The way you would produce the bug is when you try to sign out of the account you would get a message to sync the data, when you confirm, Athan crashes and all the prayers log would fail to update your account. I had reported the bug to support, they have not even acknowledged the bug, which is reflection of poor support. I have reported the bug couple of times, with no response. The only way I has found a way to restore the log data sync is by deleting Athan and reinstalling, but you will always have a log data gap due to data lose.

Hence rating it with 3 stars, overall it has all very nice features, adding Hadith would make it complete.

by Rokisaamaka

Aoa my father loves to use Athan, and so do I to remind me to pray.
I have just turned 13 years old in February. The problem is that there are some inappropriate ads on Athan. This is supposed to be an app that helps us get “closer” to Allah (swt). I know you are trying to make money but this is wrong.

Secondly, I see all these reviews that say that they paid for no more ads, but the ads are only gone temporarily. Personally I have not checked this out, but I am pretty sure that it doesn’t state that it is temporary. Because of this it is false information, so this probably in the eyes of Allah (swt) may be stealing (just saying I am not sure). Just saying I understand that you need to make money, but speak the truth and honor your deal just like our beloved prophet Muhammad s

by Fareehasadiq

Salam! Athan is overall amazing. I love the features. Features such as the prayer tracker, gallery, Quran, community and qibla. These are so helpful and useful and are just spectacular. But there are a few issues with the prayer tracker. It works amazing and it pleasing to the eye but there are some problems and inconveniences. For starters, the punctuality badges do not work. When you go to the prayer tracker for the day and scroll down, you can see it always deletes the data from 5 days before. So it never shows a full week, even if you had been praying, because the last 2-3 days are always being deleted. The punctuality badges aren’t unlocked because of this. Once you fix this, there is still a major problem for the sisters. As you know, we are excused from praying for a week every a month. That means most of us never pray more than 3 weeks in a row. We can never get to or past the one month badge. There should be a way we can mark that we are excused. Or maybe a way for a period tracking app, such as Flo or Clue, to be connected to Athan. The badges are just badges and are not that important but they are still helpful and motivational. Please consider these fixes. Thank you so much for making Athan which has assisted many people, including myself, onto the right path. JazakAllah Khair, may Allah SWT bless us all.

by Deanoguap

The this app app is probably one of the best, if not THE best Muslim app. It contains the Quran with English translation and pronunciation. Also, it has the prayer times with this app and Duas with labels. (At what times and why you say it.) The duas have translations, and pronunciation. They even have benefits of saying the dua. It has so much more like how much days until
Ramathan, a community full of great Muslims, an Islamic gallery, and an amazing add-on that tracks how much times you’ve prayed. There are badges for how much times you prayed. (5, 10, 20, etc.) I would say, if your a Muslim, it’s a must-get app. There is a downside, the ads. While I’m reading Quran, there are unexpected pop ups. I hope they fix this really quick. I know they are making money by putting up ads but they should not make them pop up on certain tabs. I may be over exaggerating because you can X out of them immediately. Besides ads, this is my favorite app. I totally recommend getting it.

by Eveningstar**

This is the only app I have been using for years. I use it for prayer, duas, and as a reminder. Very useful during Ramadan as well. They have made changes to Athan throughout the years to make it more useful. Along with the changes also came more ads. Only thing that is a bit annoying about Athan is the number of ads that pops up when you have Athan open for more than a few seconds. You have to constantly wait for the ad to go away so you go back to reading or using the information in Athan . If it wasn't for the ads I would use Athan a lot more. Now I just open it for a few seconds to lookup what I need and I close it.

by Kareem (:

I love Athan ! It has truly motivated me to pray more. I love the feeling of being able to like, click off or tap off (whatever you want to call it) that I’ve done a prayer. It keeps motivating me and also keeps me excited to do my other prayers because who doesn’t like to check it off? 🤷🏽‍♂️ There is one thing I wish for: I wish there was an Apple Watch feature where I can just tap on it through the Watch and not have to go to Athan . It would be nice to also get those prayer notifications on the Watch, too! I hope y’all can implement it some time soon! Maybe in the next update! I would love to see it on the Apple Watch! Other than that, great application!

by ElAnime

Awesome app, I like the idea of being able to see what the Muslim community have and what events are available! And Athan totally came a long way, I remember years ago. It used to crash and there wasn’t much to do with Athan . I hope they improve it and fix all bugs and I truly wish for Athan to be friendlier when it comes to the ads because they pop up none stop and sometimes I can’t even close them! I’m giving it 5 stars, at the same time hope to see more Athans especially more updates to have more options for prayer alerts and Athan would be the way to connect with our brothers and sisters!

Keep up the good work!

by Thebrownkiddd

I love Athan soo much. This is simply the best Muslim prayer app. I had Muslim pro before didnt like it as much i love this app. There are social groups u can also join in Athan and you can ask away any inquires you have in those groups. Simply the best. Allahumdulliah i came across Athan. 5 stars from me personally.

One thing i hate about Athan / needs improvement is that when im listening to the this app if someone calls you cannot continue to hear the this app. It totally goes away i hate when i get calls when im listening the this app and i cannot listen to it anymore. If u can fix this issue it would mean the world to me. Please let us know.

by Mahaelbahr

I really like the adaan. It’s really useful like when u need to know the prayer times and how to read the Quran and things like that. I don’t really know how to read the Quran but there is also Quran in English. Also the dusts to keep yourself safe and stuff can be in English too! When it is time to pray you can make it say the Adan, beep, vibrate, or nothing at all. I think this is really helpful. One thing I don’t like is all the adds. It’s too much for a single phone or iPad. I feel like I get lost or something like that... also that when I put my phone on Adan speaker so the guy can say the Adan but he only says half than a quarter of it!! Help!

by Yusif Esa

this app is an awesome and very helpful app to help Muslims keep track of their prayers, Athan will give you consistent and accurate notifications of Prayer times which if your Muslim you would know the times of prayers are constantly changing. This is one thing Athan is really good at doing keeping track of changing prayer times. Not only does Athan help you with your prayers but it will also help you become a better Muslim as Athan has daily dua’s but it gives also gives you access to the full Quran with English and Arabic. Lastly it had an Islamic gallery with many inspiring quotes which will make anyone’s day much better.

by Seriously Eat Rite

The ads on this iPhone app used to be annoying but meh. I paid the few dollars to clear them but that was more out of appreciation for the homies at if who made this. One gripe is that they didn't clear for a few weeks, some glitch I guess. It's ok now.
Thanks to now also having qibla and even a decent Quran repository this now is the only Islamic app I need at all.
I once stood at a window and watched the sun drop below the horizon visually just to see how accurate it is and Mashallah. it buzzed maghrib in within a second of the last sliver vanishing. I think even non Muslims should download this just so they know when dark and light are!
In short, Bravo alakm to you guys.

by Waseemalsayed

I’ve been using this application for the last seven years, and as a Muslim living in the United States it’s most definitely a life saver! The only thing that’d make this the most perfect Muslim phone companion application is to add the option for a widget, considering the vast support for them on this new iOS 14 version. Imagine how awesome it’d be to be able to see all five prayers times, which Aya you’re on, the daily dua, or a Qibla compass (not sure the specifics if that’s programmable or not using the sensors on the Home Screen.)The possibilities of such a small addition would be endless, and would definitely give this this app app a much better advantage than the other ones out there. Thank you so much for all that you do!

by Deenahs

Athan has so many helpful features. the amount of dhikr, dua and Quran Athan has gotten me to read is excellent!!! ⭐️ Everything is translated into English and also includes transliteration which helps with pronunciation. the duas include their listed benefits too, which is great. I grew up with a lot of Arabic phrases not knowing what they meant and Athan has helped me understand them and tap back into my deen much more consciously. Seamless and eye pleasing design, too. Love love love Athan! Just one thing I’d mention is that the reminder texts are great but when I click them and am directed to Athan they disappear and I’m unable to read them in entirety, which I would love to do. Please make them readable when we click Athan from the reminders!

by Aisha417

Salaams,

I truly enjoy Athan and have used it for a few years. All of my children use it (4 daughters & 1 son). With that being said, I suggest adding consideration that not all females can pray a full month. If you do not tick off the prayers your stats drop and reflect that you have “missed” prayers. While that may be the case, we are not accidentally missing the prayers. One of my daughters even got a notification that said ‘I guess since you’re not actively using Athan we will stop sending you notifications as they don’t seem helpful’. This is a consistent issues with every prayer app we have tried. Please make this consideration that females use your app. May Allah continue to bless us all.

by Neecairo

I downloaded Athan about 8 months ago and paid the fee to have the ads-free version. Then about 6 weeks ago, Athan began to show an insane number of ads while open. Even more upsetting is that ads interrupt the this app while it’s in the middle! So you would get an alter that it’s time for salat, you’d hear the first part of the this app (because I have an iPhone it only plays the first 30 seconds of the this app while app of closed. Have to open Athan to hear that full this app), the. An ad with a music and talking would start. You can’t exit out of the ad until it’s finished. Then when you exit out of it and go back to the this app, it starts all over from the beginning again. Only to be interrupted by ads only 10 seconds into it.
I wrote Athan support about this and didn’t get any response. I wouldn’t waste my time or money on Athan until this fix this issue. This is completely unacceptable!

by Dritedelikate

Salaam alaykum,

Praise be to Allah (swt), the most Gracious, most Merciful. May the peace and blessings of Allah (swt) be upon Prophet Muhammad (saw), and may Allah(swt) have mercy on us Muslims and give us good in this world and the Hereafter.
Thank you for creating Athan. It has been very helpful with keeping steadfast with prayer, and resourceful with the Du’as, the compass, and the Islamic calendar, Alhamdulillah. I would give it five stars, only I am disappointed that there is no option for Muslimahs for when they cannot pray. The reminders to “log prayers” don’t help. It would be helpful to have the option to choose an amount of days in every month where we cannot pray, instead of making it appear that we are missing prayers carelessly. In the end, Allah (swt) knows our intention and that is what matters more than anything. But having this option would help lots of Muslimahs out there. Please consider adding a feature like this in the future, InshAllah. Thank you again for your hard work on Athan, and may Allah (swt) make your further work successful. And Allah (swt) knows best.

JazakAllahu Khair.

by Akab85

Athan has many amazing features to keep you interactive while you perform acts of worship. It rewards you with badges if you pray your 5 daily prayers and during Ramadan it keeps you active in doing extra deeds. We all want to brag on our social media about the things we do in our daily life, why not post your hard work that you do as a Muslim so that it may encourage others to do it. Please control frequency of the adds, we know it’s a free version but adds pop up too many times while you are trying to log your progress and it gets in the way. I will give 5 stars when I see some progress from the developers side. Thank you for the great app.

by UpsetParemt

I was shocked to open the this app App to
look at a prayer time and an ad asking for money to support Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign popped up! If this continues, I will have to spread the word and encourage everyone I can contact to not use your app! I don’t think a Muslim Prayer Times App should support Ads for groups that clearly base their beliefs or even campaigns on ideas against Islam. Even if some were to believe these campaign supporters don’t necessarily demote Islam, It is a fact they are negative towards Muslims and spread islamophobia. The group and their campaign philosophies are against Islamic thinking as well. They discourage supporting or helping the poor, the elderly and many other citizens whom Islam demands we take care for.

by Badoodi

Salam!!

Once you get the premium upgrade, it’s a wonderful app. I love being able to check off each prayer I complete, and the little words of encouragement that you’re doing good and to keep going.
Being able to EASILY change the way I’m notified for each, individual prayer is a huge bonus as well. I know my schedule so I know when it’s appropriate for the this app to go off and I know when I need just a vibration reminder. If I’m out late a certain day, then it’s super easy for me to change my isha prayer from “this app” to “vibration”.
Having a Qibla be easily accessible is convenient too. It vibrates when you hit the exact spot, very nice.

All in all, I love Athan. It’s helped me pray more and it makes me wait on the edge of my seat for the next prayer....because I want to check it off haha.

I’m sure you’ve paid for an app or a game here or there...this is worth the premium purchas, I promise. Not to mention, you’re supporting a Muslim company out there, trying to make prayer more accessible to Muslims all over the world.

Salamualaikum!

by Leenasamy

i like this application so much and i really want to thank the developer for it but there is a problem maybe it is because of my phone but i’m not sure, i’m using iphone 5s, i cant update this application to the latest version, and the application doesn't alert or give me notifications of the this app, and my timer seems to be stuck to Fajr tho i tried many times to adjust the timer and the location and also i reseted the application and even deleting it and reinstalled it, i hope this problem to be fixed because i really want to enjoy it, thank you

by Cutie21999

Athan is amazing! You can track your prayer! It will push me to get down all my prayers! And it even shows close mosques! Mashallah! Such a positive use if technology! The one thin I should point out is the compass is a bit off, but if you have an iPhone just see when the mosque is use your iPhone compass ^.^ Secondly, whenever advertising pops up on the bottom you can't see the home bar anymore, but it goes away after a bit:) Other then that, Athan is something every Muslim with a phone should have :D Thank you so much for creating this an inshallah you get a lot of edjar!<3