# Pillars: Prayer Times & Qibla

> Muslim Salah & Athan App

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1559086853](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1559086853)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1559086853`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** The Pillars Group Ltd
- **Category:** Reference
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (5,502 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.3.8
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-09
- **First published:** 2021-05-01
- **Size:** 157 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-10
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/pillars-prayer-times-qibla/id1559086853)
- **Website:** [https://www.thepillarsapp.com](https://www.thepillarsapp.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://www.thepillarsapp.com/privacy](https://www.thepillarsapp.com/privacy)

## Description

**Pillars** is an ad-free, privacy-focused Muslim prayer app built by Muslims to help you stay connected to Salah. Get customizable prayer times, Athan notifications, multiple calculation methods, Madhab-based Asr settings, and a smart Qibla compass with calibration.

Track prayers and make-up fasts, pause tracking during menstruation, and access current or upcoming prayer times through Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets. Pillars also offers Apple Watch support, additional themes, and premium features designed to support your spiritual routine.

## Rankings

- #24,276 — Overall

## Review summary

Pillars offers accurate, easy-to-read prayer times with an ad-free, privacy-conscious interface and useful free features like widgets and tracking. The main drawbacks are aggressive monetization (premium required for key features and persistent prompts), onboarding frictions (no skip option) and billing/data concerns, plus occasional reliability issues.

### Pros

- Accurate prayer times with a simple, readable interface.
- Ad-free, privacy-friendly design that feels uncluttered.
- Useful free features (widget, prayer tracker with streaks, Ramadan tracker) without paying.
- Consistent reliability and a long-standing, well-regarded app in the Muslim community.

### Cons

- Aggressive monetization: core features (e.g., widgets, reminders) require a premium subscription and there are constant prompts to subscribe, with little ability to skip onboarding.
- Billing and refund issues: unintentional charges, slow or unresponsive support, and concerns about charge transparency.
- Data collection before paying: users feel data is collected before any disclosure of paid model.
- Poor onboarding experience: lengthy, non-skippable onboarding that frustrates users and even excludes some older users.
- Reliability concerns: occasional bugs (e.g., notifications not firing ahead of prayer) and updates that hamper free access.

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