Ummah vs The Masjid App A Masjid App alternative for masajid
Both put a masjid in one app that Muslims already carry. They will also build you an app under your own name. Ummah bundles the rest in one published price: the Ummah Kiosk and TV displays on hardware you already own, vendor booth maps, donations at 0% and a website we build, $75 a month. Here is the honest split, including where they are ahead.
They are strongest in the app stores. We are strongest on the rate card.
The Masjid App has the best-rated consumer app in this category. It lists 120k+ masajid so a user can find their own and get its iqama times and notifications, and it carries a 4.9 rating from 558 people on the App Store and 1,300+ on Google Play. Every masjid gets its own address on their domain, a masjid can buy an app under its own name from $99 a month, and they sell a kiosk, a handheld reader and a prayer clock for the TV. Their donations page even runs its own comparison table against Zeffy, PayPal and Donorbox.
What the site does not have is a price. Apart from that $99 figure there is no rate card, no free plan and no stated platform fee on donations, so a board comparing the two has to book a demo before it can compare anything at all. Ummah publishes every plan and every fee, includes events with ticketing on the free plan, and puts your masjid in front of 30,000+ Muslims who open the app to find something to attend, not only to look up a prayer time. Advanced, $75 a month billed annually, bundles the rest: donations at 0%, the Ummah Kiosk and TV displays on the tablets and TVs you already own, vendor booth maps, staff roles and a website we design and build.
Feature by feature
Their column was read from themasjidapp.org and its App Store and Google Play listings on September 14, 2026.
| Feature | Ummah | The Masjid App |
|---|---|---|
| Published pricing | Free, $19/mo, $75/mo | Branded app "starts at just $99/month with no setup fees". No rate card for the rest |
| Everything in one price | Advanced, $75/mo billed annually: events with tickets and check-in, members and dues, donations at a 0% platform fee, the Ummah Kiosk, TV displays, vendor booth maps, prayer times, the app and a website we build. The full rate card is public | The donation platform, website hosting, kiosk, prayer clock and volunteer pages give no figure; a demo is needed to get the rest |
| Free plan | Yes, with events, directory and the mobile app | Not stated |
| Platform fee on donations | None. Donations run on the Advanced plan, where the platform fee is 0% | "Lowest processing fees in the industry", no figure. Kiosk page: typically 2.5-2.9% + 30 cents |
| One app across every community | Yes, 3,000+ communities, 30,000+ Muslims, Discover Nearby and an events feed | Yes, The Masjid App, 120k+ masajid listed with prayer times and notifications |
| An app under the masjid's own name | Not offered. Every organization gets the shared app | Yes, from $99/mo, "appears as your mosque's official app on the app stores" |
| App store ratings | 4.8 from about 25 ratings on the App Store and 4.9 from 21 reviews on Google Play; 30,000+ Muslims use the app | 4.9 with 558 ratings on the App Store; 4.9 with 1,300+ reviews and 50,000+ downloads on Google Play |
| Public page indexed by search | Yes, per organization, with events, prayer times and the member count | Yes, a subdomain per masjid that lands on themasjidapp.org/en-us/<name>, with prayer times, events and donate buttons |
| Events and ticketing | Every plan: tickets, waitlist, QR check-in, sponsors, vendors, volunteers | Registration, ticket sales, QR tickets by email, check-in from any phone, capacity, recurring classes |
| Donations | Campaigns, recurring, widgets and donor records, at a 0% platform fee on Advanced | Recurring, receipts, zakat tracking, donor CRM |
| Donation kiosk | The Ummah Kiosk on an iPad or Android tablet you already own: tap-to-pay donations, QR check-in, walk-up registration and new-member sign-up. Included in the $75 Advanced plan, no device to buy | Kiosk and handheld reader shipping, sold as products. No price on the site |
| Prayer times and displays | Adhan computed for 1,900+ masajid, iqama schedules, in the app and on the web. TV displays on the TVs you already own: prayer and iqama times with a countdown, Jumu’ah, events, campaign totals and announcements, four layouts. Included in the $75 Advanced plan | Prayer times and iqama alerts in the app, plus a Prayer Clock display for TVs, which they sell with no price on the site |
| Programs and classes | Programs with enrollment, pricing, refund policy, roster and attendance | Class enrollment, semester management, recurring class schedules |
| Claimed customer count | 3,000+ communities, 30,000+ Muslims, 15,000+ events | "Hundreds of mosques". The 120k+ figure is the directory, not customers |
Your masjid in the pocket of someone who has not met you yet.
A branded app under your own name reaches the people who go looking for it, which means the people who already attend. Ummah is one app for every community, with a feed of events and Discover Nearby, so a family that moved in last spring finds your Jumu'ah, your youth night and your Ramadan program without knowing your name first.
- 30,000+ Muslims and 3,000+ communities in one app
- Your events surface to Muslims searching nearby, not only to your followers
- A public community page that search engines can read
- No app download required for someone to RSVP
A number you can put in a budget.
Ummah publishes its rate card. Free to start, $19/mo with a website we build, $75/mo with a 0% platform fee and the kiosk and TV displays included. The Masjid App publishes one figure, $99/mo for the branded app, and nothing for the donation platform, hosting, kiosk or clock, so a board has to book a demo before it can compare.
- Every plan and fee listed publicly
- The Ummah Kiosk and TV displays included on Advanced, on hardware you already own
- 0% platform fee on Advanced, so fundraising totals stay whole
- Events with ticketing and QR check-in on the free plan
- Full export, no lock-in and no export fee