# Nedaa vs Muslim Pro: a free, ad-free, open-source alternative [ All docs ](/docs) Jul 3, 2026 # Nedaa vs Muslim Pro: a free, ad-free, open-source alternative A sourced, date-stamped comparison of Nedaa and Muslim Pro on ads, pricing, App Store privacy labels, and source transparency — with every claim citable. --- # Nedaa vs Muslim Pro: a free, ad-free, open-source alternative Muslim Pro is the biggest app in this category, and on features it is genuinely extensive — Quran reader, community, media, and more. If that breadth is what you want, it’s a reasonable choice. This page compares the two apps on a narrower set of questions: ads, pricing, what each app’s own App Store privacy label declares, and whether you can audit any of it. Everything below is sourced and date-stamped; the framework behind these dimensions is explained in our [category comparison](/docs/comparison-privacy-ads-openness). ## The short answer | | Muslim Pro | Nedaa | | -------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **Price** | Free tier + Premium subscription (listed up to $12.99/month or $34.99/year, US App Store) | Free. No paywall, no premium tier, none planned | | **Ads** | Free tier is ad-supported; ad removal is a Premium feature | No ads anywhere; no ad SDKs in the app | | **Account** | Optional account, cloud profile | No accounts at all | | **”Data Used to Track You” (own App Store label)** | Location, Identifiers | Nothing | | **”Data Linked to You” (own App Store label)** | Location, contact info, user content, identifiers — purposes include third-party advertising | Nothing | | **Data collected, not linked to identity** | Precise location, usage data, diagnostics | Coarse location | | **Location precision** | Precise and coarse | Coarse only | | **Source code** | Closed | Open — GPL-3.0, [github.com/NedaaDevs/nedaa](https://github.com/NedaaDevs/nedaa) | _App Store labels and prices as declared on apps.apple.com, July 2026\. Labels are self-reported by each developer and can change; check the live listings for the current state._ ## Ads and pricing Muslim Pro’s free tier shows ads; an “Ad-Free Experience” is marketed as a benefit of Muslim Pro Premium, listed at up to $12.99/month or $34.99/year in the US App Store as of July 2026 (plans and regional prices vary). Nedaa is free with no ads and no in-app purchases. There is no “remove ads” upsell because there is nothing to remove, and no premium tier is planned. Why we think ads don’t belong in a worship app at all is an editorial position we lay out in the [category comparison](/docs/comparison-privacy-ads-openness) — you may weigh it differently. ## What each app’s own privacy label says Apple requires every developer to declare what their app collects. These declarations are public on each App Store listing, so you don’t have to take either app’s marketing at face value — including ours. **Muslim Pro’s label** (as declared by its developer, July 2026) lists Location and Identifiers under **“Data Used to Track You”**, and Location, contact info, user content, and identifiers under **“Data Linked to You”**, with stated purposes that include third-party advertising. **Nedaa’s label** declares nothing under “Data Used to Track You” and nothing under “Data Linked to You”. Under “Data Not Linked to You” it declares coarse location — used to compute your prayer times. There is no crash-reporting or analytics SDK in the app: diagnostic logs are written locally on your device, pruned automatically, and reach us only if you choose to share a report. We state this plainly rather than claiming “no data at all”: the difference that matters is that nothing is used for tracking or advertising, and nothing is tied to who you are. There is no account, so there is nothing to tie it to. Because Nedaa is open source, you don’t have to trust the label either — the code that backs it is public. ## The 2020 location-data reporting, fairly stated In November 2020, Vice Motherboard [reported](https://www.vice.com/en/article/muslim-pro-location-data-military-xmode/) that Muslim Pro had been sharing granular user location data with X-Mode, a data broker whose clients included U.S. military contractors. Muslim Pro [denied selling data to the U.S. military](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/18/muslim-pro-app-denies-selling-user-data-to-us-military) and announced it was immediately terminating its relationships with all data partners, including X-Mode. In 2024, the U.S. FTC [banned X-Mode’s successor Outlogic from selling sensitive location data](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-order-prohibits-data-broker-x-mode-social-outlogic-selling-sensitive-location-data) — an action against the broker, not against Muslim Pro. To be clear about what this does and doesn’t show: it is a 2020 event, Muslim Pro says it ended the practice, and there is no public evidence it shares data with brokers today. The reason we include it is structural, not accusatory. When an app’s data pipeline is closed, users find out about arrangements like this only if a journalist does; the app’s current label still declares tracking and third-party advertising purposes, and that is the part you can verify yourself today. An open-source app makes the same question auditable by anyone, at any time. ## What about Pillars? [Pillars](https://www.thepillarsapp.com/) deserves an honest mention: it is another ad-free, privacy-focused prayer app, and its App Store label declares “Data Not Collected” — a cleaner label than ours. Differences to weigh: Pillars is closed source (open-sourcing was once planned but never shipped), it offers in-app purchases, and you should check its listing for recent updates. If Pillars fits you better, use it — more privacy-respecting prayer apps is a good thing. ## Where Nedaa fits Choose Nedaa if you want prayer times, a Fajr alarm that reliably fires, Athkar (Hisn al-Muslim), Qibla, and Hijri date — free, in Arabic and English, with no ads, no account, and a codebase you (or anyone) can read. * **iOS:** [App Store](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6740703900) * **Android:** [Google Play](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=dev.nedaa.android) · [Huawei AppGallery](https://appgallery.huawei.com/app/C114573733) * **Source:** [github.com/NedaaDevs/nedaa](https://github.com/NedaaDevs/nedaa) ## Sources * Vice Motherboard, Nov 2020 — [Muslim Pro location data and X-Mode](https://www.vice.com/en/article/muslim-pro-location-data-military-xmode/) * Al Jazeera, Nov 2020 — [Muslim Pro’s denial and termination of data partners](https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/11/18/muslim-pro-app-denies-selling-user-data-to-us-military) * U.S. FTC, Jan 2024 — [Order against X-Mode Social / Outlogic](https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2024/01/ftc-order-prohibits-data-broker-x-mode-social-outlogic-selling-sensitive-location-data) * Apple App Store — [Muslim Pro listing and privacy label](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/muslim-pro-quran-athan/id388389451) · [Nedaa listing and privacy label](https://apps.apple.com/app/id6740703900) (both as of July 2026) * Pillars — [website](https://www.thepillarsapp.com/) · [App Store listing](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pillars-prayer-times-qibla/id1559086853) --- _Last updated: 2026-07-03_