The premise
Most prayer apps are loud. They open into a wall of badges and notifications, push you to streaks, gamify your worship, and bury the actual content under a layer of UI. We wanted Aydeen to be the opposite — calm, beautifully crafted, and built around the idea that an Islamic companion should feel more like an illuminated manuscript than a productivity tracker.
Here's what's in the daily core, what each feature does, and how to use it.
"And establish prayer for My remembrance." — Surah Ta‑Ha · 20:14
Prayer times & qibla
Accurate adhan times for your location, and a sensitive qibla compass that just works.
Aydeen calculates the five daily prayer times for your exact location, with the calculation method (ISNA, MWL, Umm al‑Qura, Karachi, etc.) and madhhab (Shafi/Hanafi for Asr) that you choose during onboarding. Adhan reminders fire as silent banner notifications; you can pick a soft or full‑volume adhan tone, or none at all.
The qibla compass uses your phone's magnetometer to point to the Kaaba in real time. A small gold notch turns from cream to gold as your phone rotates onto the qibla bearing — quiet feedback rather than buzzing or beeping.
Open the app — prayer times are right on the home screen, with the next prayer highlighted. Tap a prayer to mark it as completed (this feeds the prayer tracker). Tap Qibla in the bottom tab bar and slowly rotate your phone until the notch turns gold.
The Holy Qur'an
Uthmani script, eight languages of translation, and recitation audio for every ayah.
The Arabic text in Aydeen is sourced from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex (KFGQPC) and is rendered in the Uthmani script, page‑accurate to the Madinah mushaf. Translations include Sahih International, Pickthall, and Yusuf Ali for English, with reviewed translations in seven additional languages. Recitations are by Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Abdul Basit, and others — pick your reciter in Settings.
You can bookmark verses, copy them with citation, and share to any app. Bookmarks sync to your account if you're signed in.
Tap Qur'an in the bottom tab bar. Pick a surah, or use the search to jump to a verse by surah:ayah notation (e.g. 2:255 for Ayat al‑Kursi). Tap any verse to bookmark, hear the recitation, copy, or share.
Du'as & adhkar
Morning and evening adhkar, du'as for every moment, with transliteration and meaning.
The full set of authentic du'as from Hisn al‑Muslim (Fortress of the Muslim) plus a curated collection of morning and evening adhkar (adhkar al‑sabah wa al‑masa). Each entry shows the Arabic, the transliteration for non‑Arabic readers, an English translation, and the source citation so you can verify it independently.
You can mark du'as as favourites, set a reminder for the morning and evening adhkar (defaults: 7 a.m. and after Asr), and tap a counter on each du'a to track repetitions.
Tap Du'as in the bottom tab bar. Browse by category (morning, evening, sleep, travel, food, distress, etc.) or search by occasion. Tap the counter on a du'a to track each repetition; long‑press to reset.
Tasbeeh
Tap, swipe, or use the volume key to count. Set a target. Watch the streak grow.
The tasbeeh counter has three input methods — tap the screen, swipe down, or press the volume key with the screen off (so you can recite without looking at your phone). Set a target (33, 99, 100, or any custom number) and a soft chime fires when you reach it. Daily streaks are tracked locally — no leaderboards, no shaming for missing a day.
Tap Tasbeeh from the home screen or under Tools. Pick a preset (Subhan'Allah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar) or enter your own dhikr text. Tap the big counter, or press the volume‑down key on your phone with the screen locked. Long‑press to reset.
Prayer tracker
A quiet record of your salah — five small dots a day, a calendar by month.
Tap a prayer on the home screen to mark it as completed (on time, late, or qadha). The tracker is private to your device and never shared — there are no streaks broadcast to anyone, no shame mechanics, no nudges if you miss a day. A monthly calendar view lets you reflect on your own pattern; that's it.
From the home screen, tap a prayer (Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha) to mark it. The dot fills with gold for on‑time, cream for late, hollow for qadha. Tap Tracker in Tools to see the month view.
Eight languages, one illuminated path
Every string in Aydeen — every UI label, every du'a, every translation — is reviewed by a native speaker before release, with religious terminology in Arabic, Urdu, and Bengali double‑checked by qualified scholars.
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Privacy, by default
Aydeen's daily features deliberately put your data on your device first, on our servers second, and on third parties never. Specifically:
- Prayer tracker, bookmarks, tasbeeh streaks, du'a favourites: stored locally on your device, optionally synced to your Aydeen account if you sign in. Never shared with anyone else.
- Qibla: uses the magnetometer; nothing is uploaded.
- Prayer times: calculated from your approximate location; the location itself is never persisted.
- Recitation audio: downloaded once and cached locally so you can listen offline.
- No behavioural advertising. No analytics on your worship. The full retention windows and sub‑processor list are in our privacy policy.
How they fit together
The five daily features above are intentionally simple in isolation. Together, they form a small, repeatable rhythm:
- Open the app — see the next prayer. Make wudu.
- Tap qibla — find the direction. Pray.
- Tap the prayer to mark it complete.
- Read a few ayat from where you left off. The Qur'an tab remembers your position.
- Pull up your morning or evening adhkar. Tap through the counter as you say each.
- Tasbeeh after. Volume‑key counter, screen off.
That's it. No streaks shouting at you, no notifications fishing for re‑opens. Just a quiet companion for a quiet practice.
Get the app
Aydeen is launching soon on iOS and Android. Drop your email on the home page and we'll let you know the day it goes live — one email, then nothing else, promise.
Have a daily practice you'd like to see in Aydeen? Email hello@aydeen.com — we read everything.