Shems - Prayer & Dhikr
Lifestyle
Free · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
HD voice recitation by Saad Al-Ghamdi for Dhikr, Duas & 99 Names. Smart prayer notifications, Faith Tree gamification, Ramadan mode, and much more!
Shems is your daily Islamic companion — a beautifully designed app that brings together everything you need for your daily worship in one place.
PRAYER TIMES
Get accurate prayer times based on your exact GPS location. Shems supports 15 calculation methods including Muslim World League, ISNA, Umm Al-Qura, and UOIF. See the next prayer countdown, Hijri date, and never miss a salat again.
QIBLA COMPASS
Find the exact direction of the Qibla from anywhere in the world using your phone's built-in compass. The app shows your distance to Makkah and indicates when you are perfectly aligned.
DHIKR COUNTER
A beautiful digital tasbeeh with haptic feedback on every tap. Choose from preset dhikr including SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar, Astaghfirullah, and Salawat. Track your daily progress.
99 NAMES OF ALLAH
Browse all 99 beautiful names of Allah with Arabic text, transliteration, and translations in English and French. Save your favorites and search instantly.
HADITH OF THE DAY
Read a curated selection of authentic hadiths from Bukhari, Muslim, and Tirmidhi. Each hadith comes with Arabic text, translation, source, and narrator.
DUA COLLECTION
Access essential daily duas organized by category: morning, food, travel, sleep, and protection. Available in 6 languages.
WHY SHEMS?
- 100% free
- Works offline after first load
- Clean elegant Islamic design
- No personal data collection
- Available in French, English and Arabic
Download Shems today and let it be your daily light.
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- HD voice recitation by Saad Al-Ghamdi for Dhikr, Duas, and 99 Names of Allah
- New beautiful onboarding experience for first launch
- Prayer notifications with customizable reminders (5/10/15/30 min before)
- Wudu reminder before each prayer - a unique feature only in Shems
- Gamified Prayer Tracker with weekly grid and daily streak
- Faith Tree that grows with your daily Islamic practice
- Share beautiful cards of hadiths, duas and 99 Names on social media
- Enhanced Quran verse of the day with audio recitation
- Improved Zakat calculator with currency detection
- Ramadan mode (auto-activates during Ramadan with iftar countdown)
- Performance improvements and bug fixes
The developer, Best Assistance Group LTD, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Used to Track You
The following data may be used to track you across apps and websites owned by other companies:
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Location
- Identifiers
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Best Assistance Group LTD
- Size
- 51.4 MB
- Category
- Lifestyle
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Contains
Advertising
- Copyright
- © 2026 Best Assistance Group Ltd