Open Guru Prayer

Open Guru Prayer is a daily companion for Sikh practice. It holds the five morning banis of Nitnem along with Rehras Sahib and Kirtan Sohila as clean, readable text, keeps a simran counter that behaves like a mala in the hand, shares one passage a day with every device, and tracks the Gurpurabs and historical observances ahead. There are no accounts and no sign-in — the app knows your device by an anonymous identifier created on first launch.

NITNEM, TYPESET FOR READING • Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav Prasad Savaiye, Chaupai Sahib, Anand Sahib, Rehras Sahib and Kirtan Sohila, all included • Each line shown in Gurmukhi with transliteration and English translation stacked beneath • Choose which layers appear, five font sizes, three line spacings, and keep the screen awake while reading • Autoscroll at a set reading pace, bookmarks at any verse, and an automatic resume position for every bani • Mark a bani complete to fill the day ring and build your streak

SIMRAN COUNTER • A ring of 108 beads that advances on tap, or on hold for steady counting • Built-in phrases including Waheguru, Satnam Waheguru, Mool Mantar and Dhan Guru Nanak, plus your own • Set an intention for a session, watch elapsed time and repetitions per minute • Haptic feedback at every count or at every mala of 108 • Session history with totals per phrase and all-time counts

PASSAGE OF THE DAY • One shared passage each day, identical on every device, with source and Ang • Write a reflection attached to the passage that prompted it • Optional Face ID lock on your reflections • Share the passage as plain text from the system share sheet

SANGAT • Your saved repetitions fold into a global daily total • A seven-day chart showing the sangat's totals with your own contribution inset • Anonymous Ardas requests you can read and join, with join counts • A weekly list of contributors; hide your name at any time

GURPURAB CALENDAR • Observances by month with categories for Gurpurab, historical days, festivals and martyrdom days • Descriptions and suggested readings that open directly in the reader • Reminders the evening before and on the morning of an observance • Mark observances as attended and keep a yearly record

GURMAT QUIZ • 120 questions on the ten Gurus, the Guru Granth Sahib, Gurmat terms, the banis of Nitnem and major observances • Twelve questions a round with a short explanation after every answer • Best score and round history kept on your device

YOUR RECORD • Streak of days with Nitnem complete • A monthly grid showing which banis were read on which days • Lifetime totals for repetitions, banis completed and days active • Export your whole practice record as a plain text file

WORKS OFFLINE • Every bani text ships inside the app, so nothing needs downloading to read • The calendar, recent daily passages and quiz deck are cached after one online launch • Simran sessions, Nitnem records and Ardas posts queue locally and upload when the connection returns • Cached screens show the time they were last fetched

PRIVACY • No account, no password, no third-party sign-in • No followers, no outside feeds, no advertising • Reflections, sessions and reading positions stay on your device • Delete every record at any time from Settings

Reminders for Amrit Vela, the evening Rehras and the daily passage are local notifications you set yourself.