Mostaqeem

What it does

Prayer times. Calculated on the device for the location you choose, with twelve calculation methods (Muslim World League, ISNA, Egyptian, Umm al-Qura, Karachi, Tehran, Turkey, Kuwait, Qatar, Singapore, Dubai and the Moonsighting Committee), suggested by country at setup along with the madhab. Above the Arctic Circle, Asr comes from the app's own shadow-length solver with an aqrab al-bilad fallback. Times, reminders and widgets follow the chosen location's time zone, not the phone's.

The adhan. The full call by default, or only the opening Allahu akbar. On iPhone a clip of up to 30 seconds plays with the notification, and the full call plays inside the app when it is open at prayer time or when you tap the notification within ten minutes. On Android the full call plays from a foreground service even with the app closed. The ringer switch, Do Not Disturb and a silenced channel all stop it, and the app never asks for critical-alert privileges.

Reminders and Jumuʿah. A follow-up after each prayer you have not marked, a nudge before the window closes, a post-prayer dua, morning and evening adhkar, and Surat al-Kahf on Fridays, with a quiet window that holds back nudges only. Friday's Dhuhr is labelled Jumuʿah everywhere it appears. Every notification is scheduled on the device; there is no push server.

Tracking. Mark each prayer prayed, late or missed, note jamaah, log qada, and keep a streak. A 30-day history can be backfilled, and the notification actions work even when the app has been killed.

The Quran. A reader with Madani-style surah banners and the basmala at the start of every surah, four reciters with page-follow during recitation, four translations, two tafsirs, and downloads that stay out of your backup. Find a surah by number, Arabic name, transliteration in any common spelling, or English meaning.

Widgets and the Live Activity. Five widget sizes on the iPhone home and lock screens and a home-screen tile on Android, each led by the prayer being prayed, with a countdown that keeps ticking while the app is closed. On iPhone a Live Activity follows the prayer window and moves to the next prayer on its own.

Also a qibla compass, a tasbih counter, Hisn al-Muslim adhkar with duʿas for the day's occasions, and a Hijri calendar with fasting days marked.

What it doesn't do

• No account. There is nothing to sign up for.
• No analytics. The app does not report how you use it to anyone.
• No ads.
• No cloud sync. Your log, bookmarks and settings live on your phone and leave with it.
• No critical alerts. The app never asks for the privilege that overrides the silent switch.
• No continuous location. The app asks for permission when you tap "Use my location" (at setup, or when you change your location later), and on the compass. The compass reads the heading, and the position only when no location is saved, to draw the bearing on the device, and stores neither; nothing from it leaves the device. The phone's own geocoding service names the place; the developer never sees your position.

The privacy policy repeats these as promises and lists the three network requests the app makes today; sending feedback from within the app is coming and will be the fourth.

Get it

Coming to the App Store and Google Play.

Requires iOS 16.4 or later, or Android 7.0 or later. Runs on iPhone and iPad. The lock-screen widgets and the Live Activity are iPhone features; Android has the home-screen tile.

Licences

Adhan recordings, Quran text, translations, tafsir, recitations and fonts are used under their own licences. See Credits.