Salah Companion
A complete Islamic companion for the modern Muslim — Quran reading, prayer times, Qibla, a step-by-step Salah guide, word-by-word memorisation and a Hijri calendar, all in one calm, focused Android app.
A complete Islamic toolkit —
quiet enough to use every day.
Most Islamic apps either lean on heavy ornament or scatter every feature on the home screen. The brief I set for myself was simpler: design a workspace a tired parent, a new revert, and a lifelong reciter would all open without thinking — calm typography, one clear next action, every utility one tap away.
Too many apps. Too much noise.
The category is crowded and visually loud. I wanted one app that covered Quran, prayer, Qibla and learning — without the cluttered home screens, ads-first layouts or pixel-art ornament that define most competitors.
One next action, every time.
Every screen leads with the next decision the user actually wants — the next prayer, the next verse, the direction of Makkah. Drilldowns slide in instead of navigating away. Tajweed audio is downloaded for offline use.
A daily-driver app, organically grown.
4.8★ from 38 reviews, 5,000+ downloads on Google Play with no paid marketing. Users describe it as “straightforward,” “clean,” and “the one I kept after deleting the rest.”
Six tools in one app,
each earning its slot.
Nothing on the home screen exists for decoration. Every feature solves a specific daily task — prayer, recitation, direction, memorisation, calendar, charity — and gets out of the way once the user has what they came for.
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Accurate prayer times
Auto-located salah times with customisable notifications and a countdown to the next prayer.
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Live Qibla compass
Magnetometer-driven direction to Makkah with a Kaaba marker, distance and a calm pulse animation.
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Full Quran with word-by-word audio
Tap any word for individual playback. Synchronised highlighting, loop a verse, audio caches offline.
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Step-by-step Salah guide
Illustrated instructions for Wudu, 2/3/4 rakah prayers, with jumps into the relevant Surah or Dua.
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Hijri calendar & fasting tracker
Reminders for Ramadan, Eid, and significant days; logs voluntary fasts with running statistics.
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Hasanat counter & Zakat calculator
Estimates reward letters as you read, and a built-in Zakat tool that handles cash, gold, and assets.
// gold for sacred ornament, dark base for night reads.
object SalahPalette {
val surface = Color(0xFF0A1F1A)
val surfaceAlt = Color(0xFF14302A)
val active = Color(0xFF4EE19A) // salah · qibla
val sacred = Color(0xFFF5E7B8) // quran · dhikr
val textHi = Color(0xFFFFFFFF)
val textLo = Color(0xFFA4D5B9)
}
object SalahType {
val display = FontFamily("Fraunces Italic")
val arabic = FontFamily("Amiri")
val ui = FontFamily("Inter")
}
Reception so far.
All numbers below are from the live Google Play listing. The app launched without a marketing budget; growth is entirely organic word-of-mouth.
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