ElaSalaty: PrayerTimes & Qibla

This is my second review. I had this app many years ago and it was great then. But other apps came along that functioned better and had more user options. I recently came across this app again and must say that it has come a long way and is excellent. It has so many functions but it is not overbearing. It has a great selection of alerts and the watch app is the best as it also has a Qibla finder. This app has everything you need in a prayer times app. I also just found out by accident, that if you long press on the notification, it expands and shows you the direction of the Qibla!!

This app is by far my most favorite and I have been using it for about 2 years. It’s beautifully designed and offers lots of great features. The widget is one of my favorite things about it. This week I switched my phone and installed the app and allowed it to detect my location. It detected it accurately but gave me prayer times that were way off by up to an entire hour! I tried to manually adjust prayer times but I have only up to 30 mins more or 30 less. I tried turning on and off daylight savings and tried all the calculation methods and even modified the time zone, unfortunately nothing gave me the correct times. I wanted to write to the developer but did not find contact info, so I’m writing a review and I hope it’s seen.

Update: Back to 5 stars. The latest update brought back the advanced widget. I still don't understand why it was removed in the first place and why it took so long to bring it back! Update: 3+ weeks later and still no response! Before the last update, there was a widget that combined the prayer times for all five prayers (like what is now called practical widget) and the time left for the next prayer (advanced widget). Can you bring back this widget?