منار Downloads & Revenueمنار | Manar · App Store & Google Play
منار | Manar gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
منار | Manar by MUATH ALGHAMDI is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
📦iOSUpdated to version 2026.11.9🆕iOSIts developer released another app: Hawa: Hayd & Purity Rulings📦iOSUpdated to version 2026.11.4⭐AndroidPassed 1K ratings⭐AndroidPassed 100 ratings📈iOSNew best rank in the overall chart: #57📈iOSNew best rank in the overall chart: #63🆕iOSFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidFirst spotted by AppInsider🆕AndroidReleased on Google Play📦AndroidVersion 1.21.41
Full timeline · 27 events
- 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.11.9iOS• Manar Challenge: play online with friends or players worldwide
• Live Activities keep counting to the next prayer, even with the app closed
• Hijri calendar in worship tracking
• New "Reader" widget to control your recitation from the Home Screen
• Fiqh of Prayer: raising the hands and prostration of forgetfulness
• Encyclopedia of Prophets: Yusha' ibn Nun (peace be upon him)
• Share and save announcements from the Scholars' Platforms
• Two new Tips of the Day
• Assistant: a "Contact us" button when you report a problem
• Fixes: a rare crash when playing recitation, lock screen controls, widget display and text direction in image sharing… more - 🆕منار | Manar: its developer released another app: Hawa: Hayd & Purity RulingsiOS
- 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.11.4iOSFixes (17)
Trending in the Dīwān: now includes posts still in their trial period and shows up to 20 posts.
Surah listening: the surah’s name now appears instead of a number.
The “About the word” window: its colours now follow the page colour.
Screen reader: each ayah in the Mushaf has its own actions, and the prayer alert button is now a clear action.
Audio tafsir of Surah An-Nahl: added the clip for ayahs 75–89.
Deleting a glimpse: it now completes and shows “Deleting…”.
Live Activity: now counts down to sunrise.
Manar Assistant: sending pauses after “I’ll check and get back to you” until the team replies.
Manar Assistant: now knows the content of “What You Must Know” and other topics in the app.
Prayer times card countdown: no longer shakes with every second.
The hadith “Two words, light…”: the text is now complete, with the words “on the tongue”.
Ayah share image: fixed the surah line and the brackets.
Search in the Mushaf: now a full page instead of a small window.
“Reflect and Act” card as an image: ayahs now appear in the Mushaf font.
Additions (20)
New colours for the Manar Assistant button.
Prayer Guide: three new sections on khushu, meanings and established wordings.
Noor ala ad-Darb in Media: lists from Ibn Baz, Ibn Uthaymeen and Al-Fawzan.
Family Contest: questions between several players on one device.
Family Contest: equal questions for everyone and deciding rounds on a tie.
A redesigned radio card.
Reciter’s photo in the media player.
Ayah window: shows the whole ayah, highlights the chosen word and can be swiped.
A bigger “Change reciter” window.
Mushaf settings and index: now two full pages.
Lunar mansions, seasons and weather periods in the calendar.
Saving and resuming your adhkar reading progress.
Custom alert with text you write yourself.
Hijri date in the Worship Tracker.
iPhone widgets support the Clear style.
Adding an appointment to the calendar is faster and looks better.
The “Prayer Times Ribbons” widget for iPhone.
Quran reading statistics in Your profile.
A quick button to start auto-scroll in the Mushaf.… more - ✏️منار | Manar added 1 languageiOS+ AR
- 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.30iOSAdditions
Pinch-to-zoom in the mushaf, like a photo, in one or two pages, without changing the font size
Diwan: a «Saved» page in your profile with every post you saved
Khatmah: a bar showing whether you’re on plan, ahead or behind, and by how much
Challenges: a «Your khatmahs» card with how many you’ve completed and what you’re reading now
Fixes
Mushaf buttons stay readable in every colour combination when the page colour differs from the app theme
Two-page mode on a phone held sideways: margin tafsir now shows in both margins
Two-page mode: page number and clock in Arabic digits and Naskh font
Bottom bar names show in full from the first launch
iPhone: the app name shows in Arabic as «منار», and permission prompts are in Arabic… more - 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.28iOSManar now supports the foldable iPhone Duo
Manar AI assistant: a floating button, ask about any feature or setting in your own dialect
The assistant understands voice (tap the mic and speak) and works with screen readers
Diwan: image editing (crop, text, draw, blur)
Diwan with screen readers: a post reads once, its buttons are actions
Worship tracker: excused days (religious excuse) mode
My Khatmahs: the day shown beside each portion
Screen readers: each prayer in prayer alerts reads as one item
Fix: an uploaded iqamah now rings in full… more - ✏️منار | Manar: app got biggeriOS325 MB → 360 MB (+11%)
- 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.24iOSAdditions (17)
Italian (language 22) and Oromo (language 23).
Quran meanings and Prophets’ stories translated into Italian and Oromo.
My Appointments: an alarm with a sound you choose, plus a reminder before the appointment in days and hours.
Polls in Diwan: a question, options and a duration.
Diwan: share a post in a private message.
Diwan: play a clip’s audio directly. Tap the sound button on the clip in a post and listen without opening it.
My Khatmahs: choose the Mushaf you read from.
Saadi and Muyassar tafsir cards for sharing an ayah.
“Muhabbar” in the Mushaf: bolder letters and darker ink without zooming.
Animated GIF background for the ayah video.
“Teacher available” alert in the Notification Center.
Clean Qiyam Mushaf for reading: one tap shows the bars, another hides them.
My Private Journal: a full reading page for a dua in large type.
Lectures and Varied Recitations: newest first.
Confirmation messages are smaller and appear at the bottom of the screen.
“Manar for Desktop” link in Settings.
Fixes (9)
Morning and evening adhkar: removed a dhikr whose hadith is weak.
The adhan no longer stops your media: other apps fade, then return after the adhan.
Per-prayer adhan advance/delay now stays put and no longer changes on its own.
Witr and Qiyam stay on their night until Fajr in Worship Tracker.
Diwan: your reply appears under the post immediately.
Diwan: a “Drafts” page to finish your saved posts.
Prayer settings work with screen readers.
Screen readers announce “Close” around the shortcuts panel and the messages window.
“Verify a Hadith”: the _x000D_ code no longer shows in the text.… more - 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.16iOSDiwan: your new post shows on your profile instantly
Diwan: refresh without clearing or a loading spinner
Diwan: faster, smoother likes, saves and follows
Diwan: long-press a post to copy its text
Diwan: swipe to close an image
Diwan: new followers grouped in one row
Diwan: the “sent” check is visible in dark mode
Diwan: smoother scrolling
Diwan button in the bottom bar, with Glimpses inside it
Adhkar are marked complete when you tap “Done”
Lock screen widgets no longer stay blank after an update
Salman Al-Otaibi: surahs he hasn’t recorded show “Coming soon”
Quran clips: the verse is always centered
Mushaf: the verse menu no longer crashes the app
No more sudden crashes on weak connections or a stalled hadith download
Old photos with warm tones are no longer wrongly rejected in Glimpses and Diwan
Audio Mukhtasar inside the Mushaf: each verse, then its tafsir
New reciter: Omar Al-Driwez
New “Calendar” widget on the home screen
Official timetable for Nizhny Novgorod, and a new calculation method for Belgium
Memorization by half a page, with a button to show the full page
My Duas notebook: long duas shown in full, and up to 4 photos per dua… more - 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.13iOSDiwan
Diwan: Manar’s new community. Post, reply, follow and message other Manar readers in one place, in a fast X-style design.
Manar’s messages reach you in a pinned chat inside it.
New
«Today’s worship» widget with a new design.
Saudi school calendar in the calendar.
«Read with your voice»: waveform bar, a sound on mistakes, Warsh recitation.
Audio tafsir with text, plus the «Mukhtasar» set.
Choose what the widget counts down to.
Home: simple view, and hide services and cards.
Hadith index by book, and search for a surah in the Mushaf index.
«My highlights» in the book reader.
«My shortcuts» on the right or left.
«Glimpses»: long-press for 2× speed, and a new profile design.
The iqama is heard while the iPhone is on silent.
«Full adhan» is off by default, with its volume level explained.
Moving to the next surah while the app is in the background.
Home no longer bounces at the page edge.
Fixes
«Ahmad Talib bin Humaid» now plays only his own voice.
The weekday name replaces the number in the «Day and times» widget.
Basmala between two surahs in «Read with your voice».
Birmingham prayer times all year.
Accessibility with VoiceOver and TalkBack.
Reading improvements in «Arabic language».… more - 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.7iOSWhat's new (English):
Highlights:
Less heat: much lower battery and processor use, especially in the tasbih, auto-count, Glimpses, the Mushaf and the home screen
iPhone adhan alarm: the adhan now plays once instead of repeating until you tap Stop
iPhone adhan alarm no longer rings outside prayer times
Fixes:
Asr no longer switches to the Hanafi method by accident, and choosing it now asks for confirmation
City picker:
every city with the same name now shows with its country and region
the city you pick is saved exactly
the country appears on the home screen
UK and Ireland now default to the Moonsighting Committee method, used by most of their mosques
Fixed a crash when swiping Mushaf pages
Fixed a launch crash on some iPhones
Fixed audio stopping suddenly when recitation plays in the background
iPhone adhan follows your chosen volume, with a 20–100% slider
Liquid Glass buttons and switches:
no longer show above pop-up windows
no longer change look when you come back from another page
"Elapsed since" in the Live Activity now counts from the adhan
Tafsir and tajweed rules now sit on a soft paper background instead of white
Fixed a typo in Tafsir al-Saadi
"Repeat ayah" works for every ayah, and pausing for breath in "Read aloud" is no longer marked as a mistake
Ayah video:
clearer, bolder tafsir
Madinah 1405 surah frame
smoother transitions between ayat
photo backgrounds show the ayat and surah name on iPhone
Quizzes show the correct answer after a wrong answer or time-out
Unsourced details removed from the biographies, with "Sources" added under each one
Traveler's loading cards are read aloud by screen readers
New:
Adhkar index: jump straight to any dhikr
Glimpses:
"For You" learns what you like to watch and shows more of it, while keeping variety
five new topics: lesson, fatwa, hadith, tafsir, dua
a fresh feed every time, clips you disliked never return, and Home refreshes the feed and starts it from the top
new bottom bar and search at the top
Inbox shows one row per like and follow
follower and following lists on every profile
topics as #tags, plus a feed filter
Traveler: prayer times where you are, qibla, nearby mosques, travel duas, and Ibn Baz's fatwas on shortening and combining prayers
My Debts: a debt ledger with reminders and an archive of paid debts
Voice search: recite part of an ayah in the Mushaf search to find it
Similar Verses (Mutashabihat) with the differing words highlighted
Tafsir in the margin in two-page view
Paper-style page curl for the Mushaf
"My memorization" quiz and recitation-check modes that track your weak spots
Reciter Al-Oyoun Al-Koshi (Warsh)
The built-in Mushaf is the King Fahd Complex 1441 AH print
Duha time at the minute you choose, shown in the prayer list
Choose the pre-adhan reminder sound
Auto-count in the tasbih, with totals and a reset for count and rounds
Virtuous-deed reminder from the Virtues section
Adhkar widget: Jawami' al-Du'a, with the repeat count on its own line
Custom reciter in ayah videos, and long ayat split across screens
Link a guest account to Google or Apple and keep your settings
Manabir: automatic order, nearest dates first and newest courses first
New "Share the app" text describing what Manar offers
Ready for the foldable iPhone… more - 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.4iOSNew: Glimpses
Short clips shared by Manar readers, in the middle of the bottom bar.
- Two tabs, "For You" and "Following". Swipe sideways to switch between them.
- Each clip moves on to the next when it ends, with a progress bar you can drag.
- Like, save, share, and follow the creator. Double-tap to like.
- Download a clip to your Photos, with the Manar logo at the end.
- Your profile: photo, name, bio, plus your posts, saved clips and likes.
- Post your own clips, up to 90 seconds.
Fixes
- "Prayer Mushaf" no longer closes when opened.
- "Prayer Mushaf" now remembers your reading position.
- Prayer times now show without internet.
- Prayer times on Apple Watch without opening Manar.
- Manar widgets now appear in full in the widget gallery.
- Smoother Haramain live broadcast, and audio keeps playing with the screen locked.
- "Midnight" on the Lock Screen widget.
- The Lock Screen widget is clearer and better organized.
- "Full Adhan" now works, and is on from the start.
- Adhan preview now plays in full.
- Manar no longer stays in "Now Playing" when you haven't played anything.
- "Recite Aloud" no longer counts idgham, iqlab and joined words as mistakes.
- "Recite Aloud" stops when you leave the app.
- Arabic numerals are accepted in every number field.
- Manar messages appear at the top of "Manar Community".
- "Read to a Teacher" no longer closes on the teacher screen.
- The Mushaf no longer closes the app during continuous recitation.
- Ayah video now completes the recitation of every ayah.
- The surah name in the video is at the top, in the ayah's color.
- The "recited at night" note now appears above the last verses of Al-Baqarah in the evening adhkar.
- The screen reader now reads "Reminder sound".
- Opening battery and Do Not Disturb settings no longer closes the app.
- Mushaf pages no longer show broken letters.
- The persistent countdown for Asr now ends when the sun turns yellow.
- Manar is lighter on the battery and keeps the phone cooler.
- "Continue Reading" updates instantly, and "Read Al-Kahf" saves your position.
- The word «طغيانا» now displays correctly in the 1405 Mushaf.
- Ayah numbers in the 1405 Mushaf are no longer reversed.
- «سَجْدَةٌ» in the margin is now complete and fully voweled.
- Mushaf margins no longer overlap, and are smaller.
- Playlists now move on from one surah to the next.
- Ayah repeat now repeats each ayah, then moves on to the next.
New
- "Al-Mukhtasar fi al-Tafsir" in the Mushaf.
- A new khatmah type: "By Juz and Hizb".
- "Full Story" in the Prophets Encyclopedia.
- "My Notes": your own notes on any ayah.
- A "Review Plan" for what you've already memorized.
- Reciters' recitation in the "Manar Qiyam Mushaf".
- A completely new Tasbeeh.
- Tasbeeh and Ruqyah now come first on the Adhkar page.
- Reorder your adhkar, and hide the ones you don't want.
- "Time since prayer" with its own setting and duration.
- A "Today & Prayer Times" widget.
- A "My Khatmahs" widget.
- A redesigned medium "Prayer Times" widget.
- The Hijri year on the home date card.
- A clearer "Manar Community" alert.
- "My Appointments" with countdowns, a widget, and a button to add to your calendar.
- Step-by-step "Ruqyah", with full audio playback.
- More accurate Qibla, with new "By the Sun" and "On the Map" modes.
- Weekly prizes for the top three in contests, with a badge for every win.
- "Manar Contests" now run from Friday to Thursday.
- Weather on the next-prayer card.
- Ayah text color in videos now matches the background.
- Use a photo from your phone as an ayah video background.
- A "Listen" button before "Create" in ayah video.
- Name your bookmarks in the Mushaf.
- A "Remove the previous one?" prompt when using a bookmark color that's already in use.
- "Recite Aloud" alerts you to a repeated word.
- "Recite Aloud" stops by itself if it hears no recitation.
- "Fatwa": links to official websites only.
- A short description for every book in the library.… more - 📦منار | Manar: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.10.1iOSFixed the Prayer Mushaf issue
Added temperatures
Added a background that changes with the current time
Prophetic Medicine
General fixes and improvements - 📦منار | Manar updated to version 2026.9.30iOSPrayer Mushaf: Place your phone in front of you and pray. The ayahs appear in very large text, and Manar follows your recitation and scrolls with you.
Make a Quran video and share it! Pick ayahs, choose a reciter or record your own voice, then pick one of our backgrounds or a clip from your phone. You get a clip ready for your statuses and stories. Long-press any ayah ← «Video».
The full adhan on iPhone, even on silent. It rings like an alarm, even in Focus mode. Turn it on from Adhan Volume ← Play Adhan in Silent Mode. Each prayer has its own switch (iOS 26.1+).
New:
Madinah Mushaf 1405 AH (Uthman Taha script) with its own surah frame
Thematic Mushaf: ayahs coloured by topic
Your Adhan: add an adhan from your phone's files
Minbars of Knowledge: courses, live lessons and announcements
My Notebook, now with My Tasks and reminders
20 new reciters
The story of every battle in Seerah Tables
Qiyam al-Muqantirin: a counter up to a thousand ayahs
Manar Contests every Friday
Read to a Teacher: Quran recitation and the students' mutoon
Zakat calculator: livestock, crops and fruits
Neglected Sunnahs
Asr's preferred time and its time of necessity
Prayer Columns on the lock screen, and a large All-in-One widget
Apple Watch: both dates, Qibla, and a mute for the tasbih click
Last Third of the Night in widgets
Tafsir and translation in ayah videos
Al-Mukhtasar Audio, and Quran meanings in English as audio
Mushaf in landscape or portrait; the book reader rotates too
Sleep timer in Media, Radio and Live broadcasts
Search for a surah in a reciter's list
Completed / Not completed on adhkar
A clearer notification centre, and silent reminders
Four surah frame designs from King Fahd Complex mushafs
Update your khatmah by ayah, and restart it once finished
Adhkar in the feminine form
Reasons of revelation, and tajweed colouring
Prayer countdown on CarPlay
Playlists in Special Recitations
Full-screen share cards, and copy any dhikr or dua
Redesigned ayah menu and Downloaded Surahs
Rearrange Our Services as you like
Your Profile and My Stats in Settings
Default reciter: Mahmoud Al-Husary
Rate Manar without leaving the app
One suggestion a week in Manar Community
Fixes:
Tafsirs and translations follow the way of Ahl al-Sunnah wal-Jama'ah
Fewer crashes, and Manar no longer closes on launch on iPhone
Recitation keeps working during a call
Fonts work offline in almost every language
Recitation flows with no pause between ayahs, and resumes where you stopped
The play button no longer jumps to Al-Fatiha
Tafsir text and surah names are readable in dark mode
Mushaf paper in the colour of the Madinah Mushaf
«بَلَىٰٓ» in Al-Ahqaf 33 is drawn in full
Continue Reading: more space, and you can remove a line from it
Bigger text on the Today cards
Full-screen sharing fits a short ayah on one line
Card Maker: a girl named Manar can publish under her own name
Rotating the phone no longer changes the mushaf page
Auto-scroll keeps your place, and your finger takes over
Downloads, tafsirs and translations stay after updating
Special Recitations shows a progress bar instead of LIVE
Prayer times match each country's official tables, city by city
Egypt: Dhuhr on time
The Qibla compass works on iPhone
Apple Watch complications update on their own
Hadith of the Day opens that same hadith
Search inside books no longer stalls
Reasons of revelation: authentic reports only
Quran Teacher: approved requests only, one request per student
Mosque Challenge is hidden for women
Screen reader: home keeps its focus, reminders read their state, no repeated colour names… more - 📈منار | Manar new best rank in the overall chart: #57iOSTop Free · All Apps · SA
- 📈منار | Manar new best rank in the overall chart: #63iOSTop Free · All Apps · SA
- 📈منار | Manar charting in a new countryiOSUnited Arab Emirates
- 🆕منار | Manar first spotted by AppInsideriOS#6 in Top Free · Lifestyle · Saudi Arabia
- 📦منار | Manar version 2026.9.24iOSWhat's new — Manar, 24 September 2026
Fixes
Accessibility: VoiceOver now reads the bottom navigation bar from the moment the app opens
Read to a Teacher: the "Available for tasmee'" switch now works for approved teachers
Personal Library: the add-book and rename dialogs now have proper padding
Corrected the prayer-time calculation method for Libya
Mushaf: resuming after a pause continues from where you stopped
Mushaf: "Ayah with tafsir" mode now highlights the recited ayah and follows it
Qiblah: the "Enable location" button now works on iPhone
Quranic text outside the mushaf is now set in the mushaf's own script
Additions
Improved the Apple Watch complications
Sunrise and Duha prayer now appear in the home-screen countdown
A "prohibited prayer time" line under the countdown during the five such times
An optional 4-digit lock for My Duas Journal
Read to a Teacher: always opens on its main page and shows your name and gender — students can edit both
Manar Library: a clearer layout and easier browsing
Khatmah: every wird names the ayah it begins and ends with
Media player: "When the surah ends" — go to the next, repeat it, or stop
Tapping "Don't forget to remember Allah" opens the Daily Hundred Adhkar… more - 🆕منار | Manar first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidSaudi Arabia
- 🆕منار | Manar released on the App StoreiOS
- 🆕منار | Manar released on Google PlayAndroid
- 📦منار | Manar version 1.21.41AndroidIntroducing Manar 🌙 your complete Islamic companion app:
📖 Full Quran with 35 reciters (16 ayah-by-ayah), tafsir, tajweed, and word-by-word grammar
🕌 Accurate prayer times with 12 calculation methods, qibla direction, and notifications
📿 Morning, evening, and other adhkar collections
🗓️ Hijri calendar with a Ramadan fasting tracker
🤲 Personal dua journal
🌐 Arabic-first interface, available in 21 languages
Try it now and let us know what you think!… more
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
4.8 ★
6.7k ratings, both stores
Measured
Best rank now
#26
App Store · 
Lifestyle Free
Lifestyle FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
693
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before (App Store)
Measured
منار | Manar at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Manar is a bilingual Islamic lifestyle app that provides GPS-based prayer times, Hijri calendar integration, and Ehsan donation shortcuts for Arabic-speaking users. The app has secured the #2 spot in Saudi Arabia's Lifestyle Free category and #57 overall, indicating strong regional traction shortly after its September 2026 release.
Similar apps: Muslim Pro, Athan, Prayer Times
App Store
App details
App ID
6782209753
Publisher
MUATH KAIS SAAD ALGHAMDI
Publisher country
Saudi Arabia
On the store since
Sep 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
2
AR EN
Size
363 MB
Also listed in
Reference
App privacy Measured
منار | Manar’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 5 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
5
Not linked to you
0
Linked to your identity
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
App ID
com.muath.manar
Publisher
NAB ALMAARIF ALIBDAIYA COMPANY COMMERCIAL
Publisher country
Saudi Arabia
Content rating
Everyone
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2026.9.12, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
2
Permissions
31
Trackers
Google CrashLyticsGoogle Firebase Analytics
Full permission listProSee plans
منار | Manar downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 1k+ | 100k+ |
| Google Play | 500+ | 10k+ Measured |
| Total | 1k+ Confidence | 100k+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
App Store: chart positions and rating growth per country, anchored on its own Android downloads; lifetime from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Google Play: the daily change in its exact install count. The total adds every store.
Where منار | Manar's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #26 Lifestyle Free | 1 of 30 countries | – | – |
| Google Play | #68 Lifestyle Free | 1 of 23 countries | – | – |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisApp Store
New ratings a week
582
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Recent ratings
4.7★
vs 4.8★ lifetime
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 98% of Lifestyle apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 579 | 100% | ▼ -20% |
 United Arab Emirates | 2.3 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Google Play
New ratings a week
111
▼ -14% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Recent ratings
4.9★
vs 4.9★ lifetime
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 60% of Lifestyle apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.8 ★ | 5.4k |
| Google Play | 4.9 ★ | 1.3k 24 written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.8 ★ weighted by ratings | 6.7k |
What users say about منار | Manar
From the 22 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app as a comprehensive, free Islamic resource with no ads and an attractive design. The only specific feedback involves minor technical requests regarding audio quality and widget functionality.
Mostly positive (100% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars).
About منار | Manar
Manar (منار) is your elegant Islamic companion, designed to keep your daily worship close at hand.
PRAYER TIMES
• Accurate prayer times based on your GPS location, using the Umm al-Qura calculation method.
• A live countdown to the next prayer, so you always know how much time remains.
• Your full daily schedule: Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and the Islamic midnight.
HIJRI CALENDAR
• See the Hijri and Gregorian dates together at a glance.
BEAUTIFUL & BILINGUAL
• A calm, modern design crafted in both Arabic and English, with full right-to-left support.
• Light and dark themes that adapt to your device.
GIVE WITH EHSAN
• Support charitable causes quickly through the integrated Ehsan donation shortcut.
MORE ON THE WAY
We are building Manar into a complete Islamic companion. Future updates will bring the Holy Quran, Adhkar, a Qibla compass, Tafseer, Hadith, and more — in shaa Allah.
Your privacy matters: your location is used only to calculate prayer times and is never shared.
We would love to hear from you: [email protected]
PRAYER TIMES
• Accurate prayer times based on your GPS location, using the Umm al-Qura calculation method.
• A live countdown to the next prayer, so you always know how much time remains.
• Your full daily schedule: Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and the Islamic midnight.
HIJRI CALENDAR
• See the Hijri and Gregorian dates together at a glance.
BEAUTIFUL & BILINGUAL
• A calm, modern design crafted in both Arabic and English, with full right-to-left support.
• Light and dark themes that adapt to your device.
GIVE WITH EHSAN
• Support charitable causes quickly through the integrated Ehsan donation shortcut.
MORE ON THE WAY
We are building Manar into a complete Islamic companion. Future updates will bring the Holy Quran, Adhkar, a Qibla compass, Tafseer, Hadith, and more — in shaa Allah.
Your privacy matters: your location is used only to calculate prayer times and is never shared.
We would love to hear from you: [email protected]
منار | Manar App Store
منار | Manar gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
منار | Manar is #26 in Lifestyle Free in Saudi Arabia and charting in 1 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperMUATH ALGHAMDI
CategoryLifestyle
PriceFree
Released
Rating★ 4.8 (5.4k)
Version2026.11.9
Age rating4+
First seen by us 25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026Installs (est.)100k+ worldwide
Rating
4.8 ★
5.4k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#26
Lifestyle FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
582
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
منار | Manar at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-09-30. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
Manar is a bilingual Islamic lifestyle app that provides GPS-based prayer times, Hijri calendar integration, and Ehsan donation shortcuts for Arabic-speaking users. The app has secured the #2 spot in Saudi Arabia's Lifestyle Free category and #57 overall, indicating strong regional traction shortly after its September 2026 release.
Similar apps: Muslim Pro, Athan, Prayer Times
منار | Manar on the App Store
App details
App ID
6782209753
Publisher
MUATH KAIS SAAD ALGHAMDI
Publisher country
Saudi Arabia
On the store since
Sep 2026
Under a year
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
iPhone 6s and later
Devices
iPhone · iPad · Watch
Universal purchase
Content rating
4+
Languages
2
AR EN
Size
363 MB
Also listed in
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App privacy Measured
منار | Manar’s App Store privacy label declares 0 data categories used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 5 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
Used to track you
0
Linked to you
5
Not linked to you
0
Linked to your identity
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
منار | Manar downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Apple publishes no download counts. App Store downloads come from chart positions and daily rating growth per country, calibrated on Google Play install counts; lifetime installs from ratings worldwide × installs per rating. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where منار | Manar's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | LifestyleFree | #26 |
Apps near منار | Manar on the chart
Lifestyle Free, around #26.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
4.8 ★
5.4k ratings
Measured
Ratings
5.4k
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
582
▼ -20% vs the 2 weeks before
Recent ratings
4.7★
vs 4.8★ lifetime
Review momentum
80/100
faster than 98% of Lifestyle apps
New ratings by country (2)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | 579 | 100% | ▼ -20% |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.3 | 0% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about منار | Manar
From the 22 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users overwhelmingly praise the app as a comprehensive, free Islamic resource with no ads and an attractive design. The only specific feedback involves minor technical requests regarding audio quality and widget functionality.
Mostly positive (100% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars).
About منار | Manar
Manar (منار) is your elegant Islamic companion, designed to keep your daily worship close at hand.
PRAYER TIMES
• Accurate prayer times based on your GPS location, using the Umm al-Qura calculation method.
• A live countdown to the next prayer, so you always know how much time remains.
• Your full daily schedule: Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and the Islamic midnight.
HIJRI CALENDAR
• See the Hijri and Gregorian dates together at a glance.
BEAUTIFUL & BILINGUAL
• A calm, modern design crafted in both Arabic and English, with full right-to-left support.
• Light and dark themes that adapt to your device.
GIVE WITH EHSAN
• Support charitable causes quickly through the integrated Ehsan donation shortcut.
MORE ON THE WAY
We are building Manar into a complete Islamic companion. Future updates will bring the Holy Quran, Adhkar, a Qibla compass, Tafseer, Hadith, and more — in shaa Allah.
Your privacy matters: your location is used only to calculate prayer times and is never shared.
We would love to hear from you: [email protected]
PRAYER TIMES
• Accurate prayer times based on your GPS location, using the Umm al-Qura calculation method.
• A live countdown to the next prayer, so you always know how much time remains.
• Your full daily schedule: Fajr, Sunrise, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, and the Islamic midnight.
HIJRI CALENDAR
• See the Hijri and Gregorian dates together at a glance.
BEAUTIFUL & BILINGUAL
• A calm, modern design crafted in both Arabic and English, with full right-to-left support.
• Light and dark themes that adapt to your device.
GIVE WITH EHSAN
• Support charitable causes quickly through the integrated Ehsan donation shortcut.
MORE ON THE WAY
We are building Manar into a complete Islamic companion. Future updates will bring the Holy Quran, Adhkar, a Qibla compass, Tafseer, Hadith, and more — in shaa Allah.
Your privacy matters: your location is used only to calculate prayer times and is never shared.
We would love to hear from you: [email protected]
Latest updates
2026.11.9
• Manar Challenge: play online with friends or players worldwide
• Live Activities keep counting to the next prayer, even with the app closed
• Hijri calendar in worship tracking
• New "Reader" widget to control your recitation from the Home Screen
• Fiqh of Prayer: raising the hands and prostration of forgetfulness
• Encyclopedia of Prophets: Yusha' ibn Nun (peace be upon him)
• Share and save announcements from the Scholars' Platforms
• Two new Tips of the Day
• Assistant: a "Contact us" button when you report a problem
• Fixes: a rare crash when playing recitation, lock screen controls, widget display and text direction in image sharing
2026.11.4
Fixes (17)
Trending in the Dīwān: now includes posts still in their trial period and shows up to 20 posts.
Surah listening: the surah’s name now appears instead of a number.
The “About the word” window: its colours now follow the page colour.
Screen reader: each ayah in the Mushaf has its own actions, and the prayer alert button is now a clear action.
Audio tafsir of Surah An-Nahl: added the clip for ayahs 75–89.
Deleting a glimpse: it now completes and shows “Deleting…”.
Live Activity: now counts down to sunrise.
Manar Assistant: sending pauses after “I’ll check and get back to you” until the team replies.
Manar Assistant: now knows the content of “What You Must Know” and other topics in the app.
Prayer times card countdown: no longer shakes with every second.
The hadith “Two words, light…”: the text is now complete, with the words “on the tongue”.
Ayah share image: fixed the surah line and the brackets.
Search in the Mushaf: now a full page instead of a small window.
“Reflect and Act” card as an image: ayahs now appear in the Mushaf font.
Additions (20)
New colours for the Manar Assistant button.
Prayer Guide: three new sections on khushu, meanings and established wordings.
Noor ala ad-Darb in Media: lists from Ibn Baz, Ibn Uthaymeen and Al-Fawzan.
Family Contest: questions between several players on one device.
Family Contest: equal questions for everyone and deciding rounds on a tie.
A redesigned radio card.
Reciter’s photo in the media player.
Ayah window: shows the whole ayah, highlights the chosen word and can be swiped.
A bigger “Change reciter” window.
Mushaf settings and index: now two full pages.
Lunar mansions, seasons and weather periods in the calendar.
Saving and resuming your adhkar reading progress.
Custom alert with text you write yourself.
Hijri date in the Worship Tracker.
iPhone widgets support the Clear style.
Adding an appointment to the calendar is faster and looks better.
The “Prayer Times Ribbons” widget for iPhone.
Quran reading statistics in Your profile.
A quick button to start auto-scroll in the Mushaf.
2026.10.30
Additions
Pinch-to-zoom in the mushaf, like a photo, in one or two pages, without changing the font size
Diwan: a «Saved» page in your profile with every post you saved
Khatmah: a bar showing whether you’re on plan, ahead or behind, and by how much
Challenges: a «Your khatmahs» card with how many you’ve completed and what you’re reading now
Fixes
Mushaf buttons stay readable in every colour combination when the page colour differs from the app theme
Two-page mode on a phone held sideways: margin tafsir now shows in both margins
Two-page mode: page number and clock in Arabic digits and Naskh font
Bottom bar names show in full from the first launch
iPhone: the app name shows in Arabic as «منار», and permission prompts are in Arabic
Store changes
What منار | Manar changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Added 1 language
+ AR
App got bigger
325 MB → 360 MB (+11%)
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Manar Android
Manar gets 1k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Manar is #68 in Lifestyle Free on Google Play in Saudi Arabia and charting in 1 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 11 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
DeveloperNabeaCreative NCK
CategoryLifestyle
PriceFree
Released
Installs10k+
Rating★ 4.9 (1.3k)
Updated–
Content ratingEveryone
Rating
4.9 ★
1.3k ratings
Measured
Best rank now
#68
Lifestyle FreeMeasured
New ratings a week
111
▼ -14% vs the 2 weeks before
Measured
Manar on Google Play
App details
App ID
com.muath.manar
Publisher
NAB ALMAARIF ALIBDAIYA COMPANY COMMERCIAL
Publisher country
Saudi Arabia
Content rating
Everyone
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v2026.9.12, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Trackers
2
Permissions
31
Trackers
Google CrashLyticsGoogle Firebase Analytics
Full permission listProSee plans
Manar downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Google Play shows an exact lifetime install count; downloads per day are its daily change (measured). When Play hasn't refreshed the count, they come from new ratings and Top Free chart positions. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where Manar's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Stickiness (DAU / MAU)
how many monthly users open it on a given day
Retention · share of new users still active
Day 1
Day 7
Day 30
Time spent · per daily user
Average time spent Pro
min a day
Sessions a day Pro
Time per session Pro
min
How this is calculated
Monthly users come from lifetime installs across every store, fitted on monthly active user figures companies publish; daily users = monthly × the typical daily/monthly ratio for the category. Confidence is the chance the real number is within half to double ours.
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Saudi Arabia | LifestyleFree | #68 |
Apps near Manar on the chart
Lifestyle Free, around #68.
Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Rating
4.9 ★
1.3k ratings
Measured
Ratings
1.3k
Measured
Written reviews
24
Measured
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings a week
111
▼ -14% vs the 2 weeks before
Written reviews a week
under 1
Google Play
Recent ratings
4.9★
vs 4.9★ lifetime
Review momentum
60/100
faster than 60% of Lifestyle apps
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Manar
From the 60 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users highly praise the app as a comprehensive, ad-free Islamic resource with excellent design and features like Quran memorization tools. However, several reviews report critical technical issues including crashes on launch, poor performance on specific devices, and missing customization options for notifications and audio.
Mostly positive (90% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
About Manar
Manar is your all-in-one daily Islamic companion.
Manar brings together what a Muslim needs throughout the day in one elegant, Arabic-first app with dark mode — completely free and with no ads.
Prayer times & adhan
Accurate prayer times based on your location, with adhan and customizable alerts for every prayer.
Qibla direction
A precise compass that points you to the Qibla wherever you are.
The Holy Quran
The full mushaf in a clear script, with tafsir, and a "Recite" feature that listens to your recitation and alerts you when you make a mistake.
Adhkar & du'a
Morning and evening remembrances, after-prayer adhkar, supplications, and ruqyah.
Hadith & encyclopedias
Prophetic hadith, the 99 Names of Allah, and varied Islamic content.
Tasbih & wird tracking
A digital tasbih, plus tracking for daily awrad and Quran khatmah.
Live radio & channels
Listen to live Islamic radio and channels.
We ask Allah to make Manar of benefit to you.
Manar brings together what a Muslim needs throughout the day in one elegant, Arabic-first app with dark mode — completely free and with no ads.
Prayer times & adhan
Accurate prayer times based on your location, with adhan and customizable alerts for every prayer.
Qibla direction
A precise compass that points you to the Qibla wherever you are.
The Holy Quran
The full mushaf in a clear script, with tafsir, and a "Recite" feature that listens to your recitation and alerts you when you make a mistake.
Adhkar & du'a
Morning and evening remembrances, after-prayer adhkar, supplications, and ruqyah.
Hadith & encyclopedias
Prophetic hadith, the 99 Names of Allah, and varied Islamic content.
Tasbih & wird tracking
A digital tasbih, plus tracking for daily awrad and Quran khatmah.
Live radio & channels
Listen to live Islamic radio and channels.
We ask Allah to make Manar of benefit to you.