Brilio.net/en - The holy month of Ramadan is finally here. Being awaited by all Muslims around the globe, this is not only the fasting month, but its also the precious time of a year when Muslims use their time for reflection, worship, and devotion to God, as well as cultivate positive relationships with their fellow humans.
Needless to say, we probably shouldn't need a smartphone notification to remind us to pray or read one holy verse or two. However, in our fast-paced times, its easy to lose track of even the most important things. But thankfully, many app developers did their homework and created free apps designed especially for Muslims.
So, heres a roundup of our favorite Ramadan apps on the market. The best part is, they are free so you can save the money for charity elsewhere.
1. Muslim Pro Ramadan 2016
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Dubbed the most popular Muslim app, Muslim Pro 2016 is the most complete and comprehensive app that provides you with fasting times, accurate prayer times based on your location, an animated qibla compass to show you the direction to Mecca, and a full audio Holy Quran translated into 15 different languages (can be used only by premium users). The app also comes with a digital tasbih to help you track of your routine dhikr.
Exceeding expectations, it also features maps to halal restaurants and mosques around you (in case youre going abroad), a Muslim calendar to estimate holy dates, and 99 names of Allah and the Prophet Mohammad.
2. Quran Majeed
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Bringing around a thick copy of Quran can be a little troublesome. Plus, it adds quite the extra weight to your stuffy office bag. But reciting Quran verses during the Month of Ramadan will bring you virtue and eminence, and thus, you need to have a copy of Quran with you, everywhere you go.
Thankfully, Quran Majeed essentially serves as the premiere e-Quran, allowing you to read and search the entire text from your smartphone. It even includes commentary and translations in 45 languages, as well as a verse-by-verse recitation feature that lets you listen to the famous Quran reciter read through the holy verses.
3. Adzkar
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This simple yet comprehensive morning and evening dhikr app will surely be useful during Ramadan. During this holy month, Muslims are expected to intensify their daily dhikr to gain more rewards from God. The app also features after prayer dhikr and remembrance, as well as dhikr reminder customizable to anytime you want.
Adzkars simple user interface provides Arabic dhikr text with English and Indonesian translation. You will find this small app very useful.
4. Lose it!
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A calorie counter app may not seem like a relevant choice for Ramadan. However, with the long hours of fasting and odd meal times that occur during Ramadan, its easy to gain or lose weight without knowing it. Fortunately, this useful app will help you track your daily caloric intake and avoid unwanted gains or losses. With a huge database of food items and nutritional information to choose from, you can closely log all foods from your banana kolak to your opor ayam dishes.
5. Ramadan 2016 & Prayer Times
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Another full and comprehensive compilation with multiple features like Muslim Prayer Times with Azan feature, qibla compass (with 15 choices of compass dials) to show you direction to Mecca as well as nearby mosque finder to do your prayers at.
This beautifully designed app covers 11 features at one place. Prayer times shows Islamic prayer times as per your location. You can set alarm and notification for each prayer time. You can also find a digital copy of Holy Quran with translation in Urdu, German, French, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, and Turkish.
This app will also show the Imask, Suhoor and Iftar Times for 2016. There is a complete timetable for the whole month of Ramadan. The other features are Digital Tasbeeh Counter, Qibla Compass with Distance, Islamic Calendar, Hijri Date Converter, 5 Pillars of Islam, Daily Duas and 99 Names of Allah. Everything in one simple app.
6. Ramadan Legacy
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Created by tech startups Ramadan Legacy is a very useful app for Ramadan. With a very clean design, this app works by asking you what your own objectives are for the month and urges you to accomplish them by giving you reminders.
You also have the option to share your Ramadan photos and Goals with other users.
The Founder Shahbaz Mirza commented that The Ramadan Legacy App gets Muslims excited about their faith, every year individuals look forward to using the app as it truly helps them to achieve their aspirations in Ramadan and continue their spirituality for the rest of the year.
7. Ramadan Tracker
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This app is dedicated to teaching and reminding new Muslims or struggling Muslims about what they have to do during Ramadan. Just like your daily to-do list, this app lets you make your own daily Ramadan to do list to fulfill your targets and goals for this holy month (remember, youre expected to intensify prayer and dhikr during this month).
For example, reciting the five daily Islamic prayers, additional prayers, fasting, daily recitation, reading the Quran, doing charity work and social activities, and more. Every time you do one of the aforementioned activities, you get points. You can collect points as much as possible, marking your great accomplishment in this years Ramadan. Unfortunately, its available only in iOS.
8. Ramadan Kareem
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With some positive reviews, this nicely-formatted app features useful tools such as mosque locations, a qibla finder, radio and TV streaming, a Quran calculator, and a gallery. There is also a cooking recipes section which allows you to cook your own Iftar and Sahur meals, which makes Ramadan Kareem different from any other Ramadan apps.
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