Choosing an Islamic app
What the best Muslim app should give you
Millions of Muslims carry their deen in their pocket. Before you trust an app with your prayer times, your Quran reading, and your salah history, it is worth asking what that app owes you. Here is the bar we believe any Islamic app should clear, and how Barakah approaches it.
Every claim sourced
If an app tells you a dua, a ruling, or a virtue, it should tell you where it comes from. Unsourced religious content is a risk you should not accept.
Every dua, hadith, and ruling on Barakah cites the Quran by surah and ayah, or the hadith by collection, number, and grade. If we cannot source it, we do not publish it.
Your worship is not a product
Many of the big apps monetise attention: ads between prayers, trackers in the background, data sold onward. Your prayer log and location deserve better.
No ads anywhere. No tracking SDKs. Your salah history and location stay yours. Premium exists so the app answers to its users, not to advertisers.
Adab in every screen
Notification copy, reminders, and interface text sit next to the words of Allah and His Messenger ﷺ. They should read with the respect that placement demands.
Every notification and every line of worship copy is written to sit beside the adhan without embarrassment. Quiet, reverent, never casual.
Madhab-neutral, ummah-first
An app that quietly defaults to one school, or invents positions, will mislead people who trust it. Mainstream positions should be presented with respect for all four schools.
Quran and Sunnah first, with the four schools presented respectfully where they differ. Calculation methods, Asr conventions, and fiqh notes are all configurable.
Where Barakah goes further
Most apps stop at prayer times and a Quran text. These are the pieces you will rarely find together in one place.
Halal scanner
Scan a barcode in any supermarket and see whether the product is halal, doubtful, or haram, with the ingredient that decides it.
How the scanner worksLearning built in
A 30-day path for new Muslims, step-by-step prayer guides for all twelve prayer types, and a hadith library with seven major collections.
See the 30-day pathEarn Ajr, together
Streaks, gentle accountability with family, and a tracker that treats a missed prayer with mercy instead of guilt.
All featuresTry the standard yourself
You do not have to take our word for any of this. Open any dua on the duas library and look for the source line. Open any narration in the hadith library and check the collection, number, and grade. Open your city on prayer times and read exactly which calculation method produced the numbers. An app that shows its work respects you. That is the whole philosophy.
Common questions
What is the best Muslim app?
The honest answer is the one that meets three standards: it sources every religious claim to the Quran or graded hadith, it does not monetise your worship with ads or tracking, and its content treats worship with reverence. Barakah was built to meet all three, and you can verify each one before trusting it: the sourcing is visible on every dua and hadith page.
Is Barakah really free?
Yes. Prayer times, qibla, the full Quran reader, the hadith library, duas, the halal scanner, and the new Muslim path are free, with no ads. Premium adds extras like family features and supports the project, but nothing essential to worship sits behind it.
How accurate are Barakah's prayer times?
Times are calculated from your exact coordinates using the calculation method mainstream in your country, and you can fine-tune minutes to match your local mosque. Small differences between apps come from method conventions, which Barakah explains openly on every city page.
Does Barakah sell my data or show ads?
No. There are no ads, no third-party tracking SDKs, and your data is not sold. The project is funded by optional Premium subscriptions, so users are the customer, not the product.
Who builds Barakah?
Barakah is built by Sumit Sharma, a revert to Islam based in Dubai, with a small remote team under Irash LLC-FZ. The story is on the who-built-this page, and every content decision follows one rule: source it or do not ship it.