Your guide to brilliant Islamic apps helping UAE residents observe Ramadan 2024 easier

People in the UAE started observing the holy month of Ramadan on March 11, marking the beginning of a period involving fasting, deep spiritual reflection, offering prayers and engaging in charitable activities, besides several other tasks of great importance.

This year, a fresh wave of technology is helping Emirati Muslims observe Ramadan more easily and conveniently. The free-to-use mobile applications offer a contemporary approach so people’s Islamic duties thrive in this digital age.

1. Pillars

The app helps Muslims keep track of their mandatory and voluntary prayers this Ramadan. It has more than 100,000 downloads on Google Play and a 4.5-star rating. The technology is also available on the App Store, rated at 4.8 stars.

2. Quran Majeed

British-Pakistani resident Uzma Harun, 24, said she used the Quran Majeed app in 2023 for verses from the holy book, reported The National. But this year, she can’t use it because of phone storage and instead relies on a website called Quran.com.

3. Islam360

It is a popular mobile application offering a variety of features, including a prayer tracker, learning the holy Quran and tasbeeh (a rosary) tracker for dikhr (reciting prayers). It has over 10 million downloads on Google Play and a 4.5-star rating. On the App Store, it is 4.8 stars.

4. Muslim Pro

This app has similar features as the aforementioned apps but it includes an AI chatbot, AiDeen, helping users get real-time information on Islam. The technology answers questions based on the Quran, has a guide to Hajj and Umrah, and features a calculator for Zakat.

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