7 Best Prayer Time Apps for Android
Last updated: October 13, 2026
A prayer time app has one job that matters more than everything else: telling you the right time, every time, without fail. Everything else — the Qibla compass, the Quran reader, the pretty widgets — is a bonus. The problem is that most "best prayer time apps" lists on the internet are thin roundups written for search engines, and some even push the same promoted product with copy-pasted text. This list is different. Every app below was checked live on the Google Play Store, and I have written down the honest weaknesses too — including the popular ones.
How to pick: what actually matters
Before the list, three things worth knowing, because no competitor article explains them properly:
Calculation methods. Prayer times are not one universal number. They come from formulas, and different Muslim bodies publish different ones: Umm al-Qura (Saudi Arabia), University of Islamic Sciences Karachi (common in Pakistan), Islamic Society of North America, and the Muslim World League. If your app's times are a few minutes off from your local mosque, you almost certainly just need to switch the calculation method in settings — the app is not broken.
Asr setting (Hanafi vs Shafi). The Asr prayer time differs between schools of thought. Hanafi Asr is later than Shafi Asr. Most apps let you pick. If your Asr looks wrong, this one setting is usually the reason.
Notification reliability. An app that shows perfect times but whose adhan alert silently fails is useless as a reminder. This is the most common real-world complaint across prayer apps, so test any new app for a week before trusting it — keep your old one running alongside it.
1. Muslim Pro — the giant
Muslim Pro is the most installed Islamic app in the world, with over 100 million downloads. It covers prayer times, the full Quran with translations and audio, Qibla direction, halal restaurant finder, mosque finder, daily verses, and community features. If you want one app that does everything, nothing else comes close in breadth.
The honest part: the free version carries heavy advertising, including video ads that you cannot skip, and the features that matter most sit behind Premium, reported at roughly $12.99 a month or $34.99 a year. There is also a documented history that matters: in 2020, reporting revealed the app's location data had reached data brokers, including buyers connected to US military contractors. The company said it did not sell data directly and ended the arrangement, but for many users the trust never fully recovered. If privacy matters to you, weigh this before installing.
Best for: users who want a single app for prayer times, Quran, and community — and are comfortable with ads or paying for Premium.
Download Muslim Pro on Google Play
2. Athan by IslamicFinder — the reliable all-rounder
Athan comes from IslamicFinder, one of the oldest names in online prayer times, and it shows in the reliability. It covers accurate prayer times with azan alarm notifications, the full Quran with audio, a Qibla finder, a dua and athkar library with audio, a tasbeeh counter, a Hijri calendar, a menstrual mode, and even Hajj and Umrah guides. A home-screen widget shows times at a glance, and daily goals with salah streaks help you stay consistent.
The honest part: the free version contains ads — an ad-free experience needs the Athan Pro subscription, sold monthly and yearly. That subscription is the real price of the app if ads during worship bother you.
Best for: users who want dependable reminders from an established name with a complete feature set.
3. Pillars — the beautiful habit builder
Pillars was built by a small team of Muslims in the UK who wanted a prayer app without ads and without data collection. It is deliberately narrow: instead of trying to be a super app, it tries to be the best prayer app. You get accurate prayer times with your choice of calculation method and madhab, a prayer tracker that logs your salah and builds streaks, a fasting tracker for missed fasts, a clean Qibla compass, home and lock-screen widgets, adhan notifications, and a Hijri calendar. There is even a menstruation mode so a streak is never broken unfairly. No ads, no account required, and a clear privacy-first stance.
The honest part: Pillars intentionally includes no Quran, hadith, or dua library — the makers confirmed this is by design, so you will need a second app for those. If you want a dedicated Quran reader to pair with it, our roundup of the best Quran apps for Android covers the strongest options. Also note that some users on certain Samsung phones report notification glitches, so test the alerts during your first week.
Best for: anyone trying to build prayer consistency — converts, students, or anyone who responds well to streaks. Prayer streaks work like any other habit; our guide to the best habit tracker apps for Android explains the psychology behind them.
Download Pillars on Google Play
4. Salatuk — the people's choice
Salatuk is easy to overlook in English-language roundups because it is Arabic-first, but the numbers are hard to argue with: over 50 million installs, 1.86 million reviews, and a 4.6-star rating. Long-time users report running it for a decade or more, which says a lot about stability. The app detects your location and automatically picks the right calculation method, fiqh school, and adhan for your area — and if it ever gets it wrong, you can change everything manually in settings. Prayer times, Qibla direction, and notifications are the core, and they work.
The honest part: the interface and much of the community content lean Arabic, so English-only users may find some corners less polished. It is also a focused tool rather than a full Islamic library — no Quran reader or dua collections to speak of.
Best for: set-and-forget simplicity. Install it, let it pick your settings, and just pray on time.
Download Salatuk on Google Play
5. Sajda — the polished ad-free all-rounder
Sajda has been around since 2012 and has stayed ad-free the entire time, funding itself through an optional Sajda+ tier instead of advertising. With 10 million-plus installs and a 4.88-star rating, it is one of the most polished options here: accurate prayer times you can adjust by hand, adhan notifications, Quran reading with translation and audio, a dhikr counter, the 99 names of Allah with pronunciation, home-screen widgets, an animated Qibla compass with a map view, and even a live broadcast from Makkah.
The honest part — and it matters: the developer’s own update notes recently acknowledged fixing an issue where some prayer notifications could go missing, so this was a real problem at some point. For a prayer time app, that is the one feature that cannot be unreliable — run it alongside your current app for a week and confirm the alerts actually ring on your phone before you switch. One more contradiction worth knowing: the app pitches itself as “no tracking,” yet its Play Store data-safety section says it may collect financial info, app info and device IDs, and that the collected data cannot be deleted. If privacy matters to you, that is worth weighing.
Best for: users who want a complete, ad-free Islamic companion and are willing to verify the notifications first.
6. Al-Moazin Lite — the lightweight veteran
Al-Moazin Lite by Parfield is one of the oldest prayer apps on the Play Store, with 10 million-plus installs and a 4.4-star rating. Its selling point is simple: it is small, fast, and stays out of your way. You get accurate prayer times with a long list of calculation methods (Umm al-Qura, Karachi, ISNA, Muslim World League, and more), a Hijri calendar you can correct manually, Qibla direction from your phone's compass, a "Follow Me" mode that updates times automatically while traveling, and a simple widget showing the countdown to the next prayer. There is even a Wear OS companion app that shares your phone's settings.
The honest part: the free version contains ads, and some of the deeper notification options (like the Fajr wake-up alarm) are reserved for the paid version. The design also shows its age — functional, not beautiful.
Best for: older or low-storage phones where every megabyte counts, and travelers who want automatic location updates.
Download Al-Moazin Lite on Google Play
7. Mawaqit — the mosque-accurate pick
Mawaqit takes a completely different approach from every other app on this list. Instead of calculating prayer times from formulas, it shows the actual timetable published by your mosque — iqamah times included — because mosques themselves maintain their schedules on the platform. It is open source, non-profit, free, and carries no advertising. Beyond the timetables, you get azan and prayer notifications with many muezzin voices, suhoor and iftar times in Ramadan, Qibla compass, pre-prayer alarms, and downloadable monthly calendars across mosques in more than 35 countries.
The honest part: the whole concept depends on your mosque being signed up. Where your local mosque has joined, nothing beats it — no formula can tell you when the congregation actually stands up. Where it has not, you fall back to estimated times and the advantage disappears. Check whether your mosque is listed before deciding.
Best for: regular mosque-goers whose mosque publishes its timetable on Mawaqit.
Download Mawaqit on Google Play
Quick verdict: which one should you install?
- Want everything in one app? Muslim Pro — if you can live with the ads or the subscription, and the privacy history does not bother you.
- Want the most dependable reminders? Athan — a long track record and a full feature set, if you accept the ads or the Pro subscription.
- Want to build the habit? Pillars — streaks, tracking, no ads, no account.
- Want the simplest thing that works? Salatuk — 50 million installs cannot be wrong.
- Want ad-free and complete? Sajda — but test the notifications for a week first.
- On an old phone? Al-Moazin Lite — tiny, fast, and full of calculation options.
- Pray at the mosque regularly? Mawaqit — real mosque timetables beat formulas.
Final note on accuracy
Whichever app you choose, spend two minutes in its settings on day one: set the calculation method to the one your local mosque follows (in Pakistan, that is usually the University of Islamic Sciences, Karachi method), set Asr to Hanafi or Shafi according to your practice, and compare the times with your mosque's timetable for a day or two. Do that, and any of these seven will serve you well for years.
Frequently asked questions
Are prayer time apps accurate?
Yes, mostly. Prayer times are calculated from your location using published formulas, and the good apps let you pick the calculation method your local mosque uses. If the app's times differ from your mosque by a few minutes, change the calculation method in settings or adjust the minutes manually to match.
Why do two prayer apps show different times?
They are probably using different calculation methods (for example Umm al-Qura vs Karachi vs Muslim World League) or different Asr settings (Hanafi vs Shafi). Set both apps to the same method and the same Asr school and the times will line up.
Do prayer time apps work offline?
Yes. Prayer times are computed on your phone from your coordinates, so the timetable works without internet. Features like live Makkah streams, mosque finders, and location auto-detect need a connection, but the daily schedule does not.
Which prayer time app has no ads?
Sajda, Mawaqit, and Pillars are ad-free. Muslim Pro, Athan, and Al-Moazin Lite show ads on the free version and offer a paid upgrade to remove them. If ads during worship bother you, start with one of the ad-free three.
Can I change the calculation method in these apps?
Yes. All seven apps in this list let you change the calculation method and the Asr setting (Hanafi or Shafi). Look under Settings, then Prayer times or Calculation. In Pakistan, the University of Islamic Sciences Karachi method is the common default.