App Profile: Guidance: Islamic Prayer Times

M Hussein

Rating: 5/5

I started using Guidance on my Mac laptop and enjoyed it so much. It automatically detects my location and updates prayer time accordingly. It automatically switches times with DLS start and end. When I found the iPhone version, I didn’t hesitate to buy it. I loved the iPhone version even more. It works with Apple Watch and has complications you can use right on your watch face. Scrolling over future prayer times is very convenient. Showing the quibla direction on the map is much more accurate than using compass. However, my wish is to add the compass option so that you can still find the approximate quibla when you are indoors and cannot tell where you are wrt the map.

Darwiish.82

Rating: 5/5

Masha Allah Jazakalah to those who put their effort to give the best accurate Prayer Alert. And it's worth every penny we paid for. But, but it needs an update according to my iPhone 7 plus. It tells me the maker of this app didn't update so it might slow your phone. So we would appreciate if the brother who made this fine app can do an update. May Allah open all the doors to Janatul Firdowsa

EnzymeEB

Rating: 3/5

On the whole, I appreciate the functionality of this app. It gives me what I need and doesn’t clutter it up with all kinds of unnecessary other stuff. What I’m not happy with is the compass, and the lack of any useful information on how to use or fix it. The little arrow always points north, NOT at the Qibla, as one would both hope and expect. You can click on it, and you get a maps screen with some buttons, but none of them has any explanation about how they work, nor corrects the underlying problem. There is no documentation available (presumably because the developer feels the app “just works”). The “app support“ link in the App Store just goes to a splash page for the app. And the developer does not respond to the one communication channel he provides. So no luck. If you aren’t paying attention or are someplace unfamiliar, and you trust that little arrow to point you in the right direction, you’ll do your prayers facing north instead of the direction of prayer.