Al QURAN - القرآن الكريم

Review by eFreeware

Al QURAN - القرآن الكريم is a free Quran app published by 9D Muslim Apps. The core of it is the mushaf: the complete Quran in Arabic, meant to be read page by page on a phone, with recitation, translation and tafsir layered on top. That combination is the main reason to consider it, because it means one install covers reading, listening and quick reference rather than three separate ones.

The numbers behind it are hard to argue with. More than 50 million installs, a 4.7 average from over 1.13 million ratings, and a listing that has been updated as recently as October 2026. For a religious text app, that kind of scale suggests the basics have held up over time.

It has been on Google Play since May 2019 and is free to download. There are no ads, and the developer does offer in-app purchases, which I'll come back to later. The app is rated for Everyone and sits in Books & Reference.

Built for daily readers, learners and listeners

The app is clearly put together for people who want the Quran as part of a routine. If you read a set portion each day, the bookmarking for ayahs and surahs is what makes that workable: you leave off and pick up in the same place instead of hunting for your spot. Night mode and adjustable Arabic font size matter here too, since reading on a phone for any length of time depends on being able to set the text the way your eyes prefer.

It also makes room for people who are still building their Arabic. Word-by-word translation and tafsir summaries are there for anyone who wants to follow the meaning rather than just the sound, and the toggle between Arabic-only and Arabic plus translation lets you move between the two without leaving the page. The developer pitches this as suitable for beginners and advanced readers alike, and the range of options makes that plausible.

Then there is the listening side, which is where I'd expect a lot of people to spend their time. Background play is supported, so recitation can continue while you do something else on the phone. Parents who want their children hearing recitation regularly would find that setup convenient, and so would anyone who prefers to listen while following along in the text.

Reading the mushaf on a phone

The reading experience is built around a page-turning model that mimics a printed mushaf, which is a sensible choice for anyone used to a physical copy. Bookmarks can be set on individual ayahs as well as whole surahs, so you can mark a place in a long surah without losing the wider context. Night mode and font sizing round out the basics you would expect from a reading app of this kind.

Popular surahs are called out for quick access, including Surah Yaseen, Surah Rahman, Surah Mulk, Surah Fatiha, Surah Kahf and Surah Waqiah, along with Ayatul Kursi and the full 30 Juz. Having those surfaced rather than buried in a long index is a small thing that saves time when you return to the same passages often.

Translation coverage runs across English, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, Turkish and Bangla, among others, and tafsir summaries sit alongside the text for readers who want more than a literal rendering. The option to view Arabic alone or with a translation underneath keeps the page from becoming cluttered if you only want one of the two.

Recitation, downloads and playback controls

Audio comes as MP3 recitation from Mishary Rashid Alafasy, Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, Saad Al-Ghamdi and Maher Al-Muaiqly. The developer describes the audio as high quality, and with names this well known the appeal is obvious: listeners tend to have a reciter they return to, and having several in one app avoids switching between sources.

Offline playback is the feature I'd single out. You download a recitation once and it stays available afterward. Background play means the audio keeps going when you move to another screen on the phone.

Repeat and auto-scroll options are included for anyone memorizing or following along. Auto-scroll in particular is the sort of feature that matters more than it sounds: it lets the text keep pace with the recitation instead of requiring a hand on the screen the whole time.

Prayer times, qibla and everyday tools

Beyond the text itself, the app gathers a set of daily utilities. Prayer times use automatic location detection, and a qibla compass points the direction of prayer. Those two are the practical ones most people will open regularly, and having them in the same app as the mushaf reduces the number of things you need installed.

Daily azkar and Islamic duas are included, along with a digital tasbeeh counter for counting dhikr. A Hijri calendar with daily reminders is there as well, which is useful if you track dates by the Islamic calendar rather than the Gregorian one.

Seasonal duas, sehri and iftar all appear in the Ramadan section. That is a focused set for one month of the year, but it is the month when an app like this gets opened most often, so it makes sense for the developer to have addressed it directly.

What it costs and what the purchases are for

The app is free to download, and it carries no ads. That is a meaningful combination for a text people return to several times a day, since nothing interrupts reading or listening. In-app purchases are offered.

The feature set is broad: the complete Quran, multiple reciters, translations, tafsir, prayer times, qibla, azkar, tasbeeh and Ramadan content. If you are weighing whether to install it, the free download and absence of advertising are the two facts that matter most at that stage.

An update in October 2026 suggests ongoing attention rather than a project left to sit.

How it compares with other ways of reading

The obvious alternative is a printed mushaf, and for many readers that will remain the reference point. What a phone app adds is searchability, bookmarks that don't fall out, adjustable text, and recitation in the same place as the text. What it gives up is the physical page and the absence of a battery to think about.

A second option is a dedicated audio service or a general media player stocked with recitation files. That works if listening is all you do, but it separates the audio from the text, the translations and the prayer tools. The value of this app is that those pieces sit together.

A third path is a translation-only reading app or a study-focused tafsir resource. Those can go deeper on commentary, but they tend to treat recitation and daily utilities as secondary. Anyone whose routine mixes reading, listening and prayer times in one sitting is the reader this app seems designed around.

A dependable choice for a daily Quran routine

Al QURAN stands out through breadth and a clean set of fundamentals: the full mushaf, bookmarking, night mode, adjustable text size, four well-known reciters, offline audio, background play, repeat and auto-scroll, translations in several languages, word-by-word rendering, tafsir summaries, prayer times, a qibla compass, azkar, duas, a tasbeeh counter and a Hijri calendar. It is free, it has no ads, and the install and rating figures suggest a large number of people have found it serviceable over several years.

The reservations are modest. In-app purchases exist, so if you prefer to know exactly what a purchase buys before you commit, that is worth checking inside the app. The Ramadan tools and the daily azkar are seasonal or supplementary rather than the reason to install it, and the app's strength is really the reading and listening core.

If you read or listen to the Quran regularly and want one app that covers the text, the recitation and the daily practicalities, this is a reasonable place to start. If your interest is narrow, such as tafsir study alone or a single reciter's complete catalog, a more specialized resource may serve you better. For most people looking for a general Quran companion on Android, the combination here is hard to beat.