NearMasjid vs Pillars
Choose Pillars if you want a focused, ad-free prayer times app that can follow your local mosque’s own timetable, with an Apple Watch app on Premium. Choose NearMasjid to find mosques near you or along a drive, with facilities, the London Unified timetable, two full mushafs and Kanzul Iman, free with no subscription.
We make NearMasjid, so we're not neutral. Every fact about Pillars below comes from its App Store listing or official website, linked under Sources. Our sources and methods.
At a glance
| NearMasjid | Pillars | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free; no subscriptions or in-app purchases | Free; Pillars Premium £9.99 a month or £39.99 to £47.99 a year |
| Ads | None | None |
| App Store privacy label | Data Not Collected | Data Not Linked to You (Analytics, Identifiers, Usage Data) |
| Mosque finder map | Yes, in every country, with facilities filters | Not listed |
| Local mosque prayer times | London Unified timetable; calculated times elsewhere, with per-prayer offsets | Prayer times from your local mosque, with notifications |
| Mosques along a route | Yes | Not listed |
| Quran | Madinah and Indo-Pak mushafs, Kanzul Iman translation | Not listed |
| Widgets | My Mosque on Home Screen and Lock Screen | Home Screen and Lock Screen |
| UK App Store rating | New listing | 4.8 from about 6,400 ratings |
Prices, ratings and privacy labels as shown on the App Store in October 2026. Privacy labels are reported by each developer and not verified by Apple. Check the listing before deciding, as they change.
Where Pillars is the better fit
- Your mosque’s own times. Pillars can show prayer times published by your local mosque.
- Apple Watch. Available with Pillars Premium.
- Design focus. It does one job, prayer times, and is highly rated for it.
Where NearMasjid is the better fit
- Finding mosques near you, in any country, with women’s prayer space and wheelchair access.
- Journeys. Plan Route lists every mosque on a drive.
- Quran. Two full mushafs and the Kanzul Iman translation with Khazain-ul-Irfan tafsir.
- No subscription for any feature.
Try NearMasjid free
Find a masjid near you or every mosque along your drive, with facilities, your mosque’s prayer times on your Home Screen, Qibla and Quran. No ads, no account, no in-app purchases.
Download on the App StoreFree for iPhone and iPad. No ads, no account, no in-app purchases.
Frequently asked questions
Does Pillars have ads?
No. Its App Store description says the app includes no ads.
What does Pillars Premium add?
Its description lists more themes, Apple Watch support, supporter birds and a supporter app icon.