The Top 5 Prayer Tracking Apps for Muslims in 2026

Salah Home is the #1 prayer tracking app for Muslims in 2026. Our ranked top 5, with Just Pray, Pillars, Deeny and Muslim Pro, and who should pick which.

Published: October 21, 2026
Reviewed by: Salah Home Operations Team
Last reviewed: October 22, 2026
Reading time: 5 min read

Short answer

Salah Home is the #1 prayer tracking app for Muslims in 2026: you log each of the five prayers with one tap, build a streak, and earn Dates to build your own peaceful virtual home, in a gentle design that keeps you coming back. The rest of the top 5 are Just Pray for lessons and reminders, Pillars for ad-free prayer times, Deeny for locking distracting apps, and Muslim Pro for an all-in-one Muslim app.

There are dozens of prayer apps on the App Store, but you only need one that you will actually open five times a day. So instead of a long list, this is a short, ranked top 5, with a clear verdict on each and a guide to which one fits you.

All competitor features come from each app's official App Store listing, checked on October 21, 2026.

What are the top 5 prayer tracking apps for Muslims?

The top 5 are Salah Home, Just Pray, Pillars, Deeny and Muslim Pro, in that order. Salah Home ranks first because tracking is the whole point of a prayer tracker, and it makes tracking rewarding instead of a chore.

Rank	App	Verdict
1	Salah Home	Best overall: the most motivating way to log all five prayers
2	Just Pray	Best for learning to pray plus reminders
3	Pillars	Best for ad-free prayer times with a tracker
4	Deeny	Best if your phone keeps pulling you away
5	Muslim Pro	Best all-in-one Muslim app

Why is Salah Home ranked #1?

Salah Home is ranked #1 because the whole app is built around one job: making prayer tracking motivating. It is free to download on iPhone, with an optional Premium upgrade and no ads. You tap to log Fajr, Dhuhr, Asr, Maghrib and Isha, keep a daily streak, and see your prayer history and statistics at a glance. Every prayer earns Dates, which you spend to unlock furniture, fountains and gardens and place them in your own Salah Home, so your consistency becomes something you can see and enjoy. Its tone is gentle rather than guilt-based: the listing describes "a calm, encouraging design built to help your habit stick." It does not do prayer times or reminders, so if you need those, keep a prayer times app alongside it.

Why is Just Pray ranked #2?

Just Pray is the most feature-rich option, especially for beginners. Its listing includes illustrated step-by-step guides to the five prayers, wudu and ghusl with transliteration and recitation audio, on-time or late prayer logging, streaks, a journal and calendar, statistics, up to three reminders per prayer, a Fajr alarm you turn off by scanning an object in your room, the option to pause distracting apps until you have prayed, an AI prayer coach, a "Garden of Deeds," prayer circles with friends, and home and lock screen widgets. Full features require a subscription. It ranks below Salah Home for tracking alone because it does many things at once, which suits some people and overwhelms others.

Why is Pillars ranked #3?

Pillars is the strongest prayer times app that also tracks prayers. Its listing promises no ads and a privacy focus, and includes multiple calculation methods, early or late Asr depending on your madhab, a smart Qibla, prayer notifications, home and lock screen widgets, a prayer tracker, a fasting tracker for missed fasts, and a menstruation pause button so you keep your streak. Apple Watch support is part of Pillars Premium. Tracking is one feature among many rather than the core of the app.

Why is Deeny ranked #4?

Deeny is the best pick if scrolling, not forgetting, is why you miss prayers. At each adhan it locks the apps you choose using Screen Time, and opens them again once you tell it you have prayed. It also lists a Fajr alarm with no snooze, prayer times with 20+ calculation methods, reminders, a Qibla compass, "Today's Surahs," a prayer tracker with a tree that grows, and widgets. The app locks, the Fajr alarm and the tracker after your first two days are part of Deeny Pro.

Why is Muslim Pro ranked #5?

Muslim Pro is the best-known all-in-one Muslim app, with tracking as one part of it. Its listing includes athan notifications based on your location, the full Quran with audio and translations, a Qibla finder, a Hijri calendar, a prayer and fasting tracker with streaks and reminders, duas and dhikr with a tasbih counter, and gamified quests. Its App Store page notes that it contains advertising, with an ad-free experience in Premium.

Who should pick which app?

Most people should pick Salah Home; pick one of the others only if you have a narrower, specific need.

You want to pray all five prayers consistently: Salah Home. This is the most common goal, and it is what Salah Home is built for.
You do not know how to pray yet: Just Pray for its lessons, then use Salah Home to keep the habit going.
You only want prayer times and notifications: Pillars.
You only want an app blocker: Deeny.
You want Quran, duas and prayer times in one app: Muslim Pro.

If you are not sure where to start, read how to track your prayers, and for a longer comparison that includes more apps, see the best prayer tracker apps.

What did we compare?

We compared how each app helps you log prayers and stay consistent, using only what each official App Store listing states. We looked at how logging works, streaks and history, reminders and extras, and how the app motivates you. We limited the list to five so the choice stays simple, and we did not compare prices, which change and vary by country.

Frequently asked questions

What is the best prayer tracking app for Muslims?

Salah Home is our #1 pick: it lets you log each prayer with a tap, build a streak and earn Dates to build your own virtual home, in a gentle, encouraging design.

Is Salah Home free?

Salah Home is free to download on iPhone, with an optional Premium upgrade, and it has no ads.

Which prayer tracker has reminders?

Just Pray lists up to three reminders per prayer, and Pillars, Deeny and Muslim Pro also list prayer notifications or reminders. Salah Home focuses on tracking and motivation.

Which prayer app blocks other apps?

Deeny locks the apps you choose at each adhan until you confirm you have prayed, and Just Pray lets you pause distracting apps until you have prayed.

Can I use two prayer apps together?

Yes. A common setup is a prayer times app such as Pillars for notifications and Salah Home for logging prayers and staying motivated.