The latest revision of iQuran added an option to log your reading. However, it said it needed another app called Qamar Deen in order to do this. So I looked for it, and it's actually a pretty awesome app.
Qamar Deen
by Batoul Apps
Price: Free
http://qamardeen.com/
This little app helps you keep track of 4 things:
your prayers, your fasting, your charity, and your Quran readings.
It's very simple and easy to use, and it can be integrated with iQuran by Guidedways.
Prayers:
The Good: When you do a prayer, you open the app, and go to the Prayers tab and tap the appropriate prayer (choose from Fajr, Duha, Duhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, Witr). A little menu will pop up and you can pick from 6 options (or less depending on the prayer):
Jama'a + Sunnah, Jama'a, Alone + sunnah, Alone, late or not set.
The Bad: No complaints here. You can even change your gender so that the image is of a hijabi instead!
Fasting:
The Good: It's the same way, go to the date, tap the screen, choose which applies: Fareedah (An obligatory fast, pretty much only available for Ramadan), Sunnah, Qada (for a missed/broken day of fasting), Kaffarah (for repaying a day of fast that one botched by having intercourse (fun tip: it's apparently supposed to be 60 days of continuous fast or feeding of poor people)), and Nazr (a vowed fast).
The Bad: You cannot adjust the hijri date. Today, it is Ramadan the 26th where I am, as well as being August the 26th. The app however believes it to be Ramadan the 27th.
Quran:
The Good: If you are using iQuran by Guidedways, simply tap and hold on the last ayat you read and select "log". Qamar Deen will open and show you the ayat, chapter and number of ayat read since either the last time you logged, or the beginning of the Quran (if you just started). That's for your daily readings, but it also has an option for you to log extra readings!
The Bad: The extra readings can only add full chapters, as opposed to chapters and ayats. It would have been nice if they had made it go: Extra readings: From X:Y to U:V instead.
Sadaqah:
The Good: The format is the same, pick your day, tap the screen, choose the charity. Now, obviously it cannot include every type of charity, but it does include the main ones: Money, food, clothes, other, but it also includes effort and even a smile! You can also select all that apply.
The Bad: You cant specify how much of something you gave, but that's probably a good thing. Charity is charity.
Settings:
Like I said, you can't change the hijri date which would have been nice, but you can turn on and off the extra prayers (Duha and Witr), pick your gender (affects the little icon), turn on password protection so your right hand doesn't know what your left is doing ;), turn on arabic mode, and even choose your Quran app (choose from Quran Reader, iQuran, or Al Mus'haf). Also, I just found out that if you turn your device sideways, you'll get a chart of your progress and summaries of your deeds (total prayers, total charitable days, total ayahs read, and total days fasted)!
The aim of the app is to help people see what kind of deeds they're doing and to hopefully encourage them to improve the quality and number. It's an excellent little app, and it's free, so I definitely recommend checking it out.
Qamar Deen
by Batoul Apps
Price: Free
http://qamardeen.com/
This little app helps you keep track of 4 things:
your prayers, your fasting, your charity, and your Quran readings.
It's very simple and easy to use, and it can be integrated with iQuran by Guidedways.
Prayers:
The Good: When you do a prayer, you open the app, and go to the Prayers tab and tap the appropriate prayer (choose from Fajr, Duha, Duhr, Asr, Maghrib, Isha, Witr). A little menu will pop up and you can pick from 6 options (or less depending on the prayer):
Jama'a + Sunnah, Jama'a, Alone + sunnah, Alone, late or not set.
The Bad: No complaints here. You can even change your gender so that the image is of a hijabi instead!
Fasting:
The Good: It's the same way, go to the date, tap the screen, choose which applies: Fareedah (An obligatory fast, pretty much only available for Ramadan), Sunnah, Qada (for a missed/broken day of fasting), Kaffarah (for repaying a day of fast that one botched by having intercourse (fun tip: it's apparently supposed to be 60 days of continuous fast or feeding of poor people)), and Nazr (a vowed fast).
The Bad: You cannot adjust the hijri date. Today, it is Ramadan the 26th where I am, as well as being August the 26th. The app however believes it to be Ramadan the 27th.
Quran:
The Good: If you are using iQuran by Guidedways, simply tap and hold on the last ayat you read and select "log". Qamar Deen will open and show you the ayat, chapter and number of ayat read since either the last time you logged, or the beginning of the Quran (if you just started). That's for your daily readings, but it also has an option for you to log extra readings!
The Bad: The extra readings can only add full chapters, as opposed to chapters and ayats. It would have been nice if they had made it go: Extra readings: From X:Y to U:V instead.
Sadaqah:
The Good: The format is the same, pick your day, tap the screen, choose the charity. Now, obviously it cannot include every type of charity, but it does include the main ones: Money, food, clothes, other, but it also includes effort and even a smile! You can also select all that apply.
The Bad: You cant specify how much of something you gave, but that's probably a good thing. Charity is charity.
Settings:
Like I said, you can't change the hijri date which would have been nice, but you can turn on and off the extra prayers (Duha and Witr), pick your gender (affects the little icon), turn on password protection so your right hand doesn't know what your left is doing ;), turn on arabic mode, and even choose your Quran app (choose from Quran Reader, iQuran, or Al Mus'haf). Also, I just found out that if you turn your device sideways, you'll get a chart of your progress and summaries of your deeds (total prayers, total charitable days, total ayahs read, and total days fasted)!
The aim of the app is to help people see what kind of deeds they're doing and to hopefully encourage them to improve the quality and number. It's an excellent little app, and it's free, so I definitely recommend checking it out.
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Prayer Counter is an iPhone application that assists Muslims in counting their prayers. This app is for Muslims across the globe who miss any of their prayers because of some busy schedule or any issue. Prayer Counter is a worthwhile app to help them remember the number of missed prayers.
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