markaz
Markaz
Your daily deen companion, helping to guide you on the right path
About
🕌 Precise Prayer Times
- All five daily prayers plus Sunrise, Duha, Qiyam al-Layl and Tahajjud
- Live countdown to the next prayer so you’re always prepared
- More than 20 internationally recognised calculation methods (Muslim World League, Umm Al-Qura, ISNA, Egyptian, and more)
- Hanafi and Shafi’i juristic schools support
- Browse past and future dates with a built-in date picker
- Hijri (Islamic) calendar date display
- 12-hour or 24-hour time format support
📖 The Holy Quran & Audio
- Read the entire Quran with beautiful typography and translations
- High-quality audio recitations integrated seamlessly with your iOS Control Centre
- Resume reading or listening exactly where you left off
💡 Daily Inspiration
- Start your day with a brand new “Ayah of the Day”
- Beautiful “Daily Dawah” (Authentic Hadiths and Islamic quotes) dynamically updated every day
🧭 Qibla Compass
- Built-in compass shows the precise direction to the Kaaba from your location
- Real-time bearing readout in degrees
📍 Flexible Location
- Automatic GPS detection
- Search for any city worldwide
- Enter coordinates manually for maximum precision and privacy
🍎 Deep Apple Ecosystem Integrations
- Dynamic Island & Live Activities: Watch the prayer countdown tick down live, right from your Lock Screen or Dynamic Island!
- Home & Lock Screen Widgets: Glance at upcoming prayer times without ever needing to open the app
- Apple CarPlay: Safely browse Surahs and listen to high-quality Quran recitations from your car’s dashboard
- macOS Menu Bar: Keep Markaz running quietly in your Mac’s menu bar for instant access while working
- Apple Watch: Beautifully optimized watchOS companion app to check times and the Qibla directly from your wrist
🔔 Powerful Notifications & Android Integrations
- Home Screen Widgets: View your daily prayer times at a glance right from your home screen using native Android widgets
- Android Auto: Safely browse Surahs and listen to Quran recitations directly from your car’s dashboard
- Smart Alarms: Beautiful adhan sounds (Makkah, Madinah, Al-Aqsa) that can be configured to gently bypass “Do Not Disturb” mode
- Live Notifications: Keep a live, persistent countdown in your notification tray
- Wear OS: Check prayer times seamlessly straight from your wrist
🪟 Native Windows Experience
- System Tray Integration: Keep Markaz running quietly in the background via the Windows System Tray for instant access without cluttering your taskbar
- Seamless Media Controls: Control Quran audio playback natively using your keyboard’s media keys or the Windows volume overlay
- Launch at Startup: Configure Markaz to automatically start when you turn on your PC so you never miss a prayer while working
- Beautiful Desktop UI: A fully responsive, beautifully crafted desktop interface that adapts perfectly to your monitor size and supports native Windows dark mode
🐧 Native Linux Experience
- Universal Distribution: Available natively on the Snap Store and Flathub, or download the universal AppImage to run seamlessly across all major distributions
- System Tray Integration: Keep Markaz running quietly in the background via your desktop’s System Tray (AppIndicator support) for instant access without cluttering your dock
- Seamless Media Controls: Control Quran audio playback natively using your keyboard’s media keys or your desktop environment’s sound menu via MPRIS integration
- Beautiful Desktop UI: A fully responsive, beautifully crafted desktop interface that adapts perfectly to your monitor size and supports native GTK/Linux dark modes
🎨 Beautiful & Adaptive Design
- Dynamic animated weather backgrounds that reflect real conditions
- Dark, Light, or System-matched theme
- Fully supports multiple languages, including Right-to-Left language support
- Cloud sync your preferences seamlessly across devices
- Choose which prayers to show or hide on your dashboard
Download
We publish both on platform stores but also provide binaries on our GitHub releases page if users prefer to download directly.
| Platform | Source | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Web | Browser | markaz.haztech.services |
| Android | Google Play Store | Download |
| iOS / macOS | Apple App Store | Download |
| Windows | Microsoft Store | Download |
| Linux | Snap Store | Download |
| All Platforms | GitHub Releases | Latest release |
Support
If you enjoy Markaz and want to support its development, consider buying me a coffee:
Contributing
Found a bug or have a feature idea? Feel free to open an issue. Contributions and feedback are always welcome.