Ramadan is a holiday that requires Muslims to fulfill a wide range of religious obligations.
From fasting to praying at certain times, it can be far too easy to quickly get bogged down and lose track of when certain obligations need to be carried out. To make things easier, many app developers out there have created some useful and convenient tools to keep Muslims focused during the holy month.
Here are some of our top picks for apps that should be extremely helpful for the remainder of Ramadan to meet a variety of religious needs.
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Muslim Pro
As one of the most downloaded Islamic apps on the App Store, Muslim Pro provides a variety of essential services for all Muslims. From all five prayer times which adapt depending on your destination for accuracy to Quran translations in over 40 languages, Muslim Pro is the perfect allrounder for Muslims all over the world.
Muslim Pro also offers a premium subscription service that provides some extra features for £9.99 a month.
Athan Pro/Quran Pro
Similar to Muslim Pro, Athan Pro offers a wide range of services including accurate prayer times and a built in compass to show you which direction to pray towards. Athan Pro also has an accompanied Apple Watch app to provide prayer times in a convenient way.
We have included Quran Pro in the same section because it is made by the same developers and offers Quran recitations in a wide range of languages with plenty of reciters.
It's important to note that if you purchase a premium subscription to Athan Pro, you will still have to purchase a separate one for Quran Pro. Both the premium services on each app can be purchased for £5.99 a month.
Essential Duas & Surahs
This free app provides all the short prayers and Quran surahs needed for a wide range of situations ranging from general blessings, before eating, when suffering from an illness and much more.
The app also features a progress bar to help you recite prayers daily, an absolute necessity during Ramadan.
Halal Check E-Numbers
Halal Check E-Numbers is essentially a catalogue of all the most common food additives used in food. It aims to help Muslims eat responsibly and avoid products which are not halal while also providing a breakdown of the ingredients and the reasons why they are not halal such as E354 which is made from wine.
Namaz: learning for beginners
If this is your first Ramadan or your getting reacquainted with Islam, you may need help in learning how to do the daily prayers. Learning how to pray can be quite a daunting task at first as it involves memorising different movements and prayers in Arabic.
Namaz: learning for beginners provides an audio player to help beginners memorise the Arabic prayers and help with pronouncing them properly.
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