Read the whole Quran, your way
Flow through the entire text uninterrupted, or settle into a single surah with juz and hizb navigation. The app remembers where you left off and brings you back there.
Native iOS app · Coming soon
Reflect on the Quran, deeply.
naTadabar is a native iOS companion built around tadabbur — the practice of deep, structured reflection on the text. Translations, scholarly commentary, the classical Lissan al-Arab dictionary, and rich study notes with handwriting and voice memos. All offline. All yours.
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- Offline · No account
- iPhone + iPad + Apple Pencil
- iOS 17+
Surah Al-Fatiḥah · 1:1
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
Text note
The opening itself is a petition — before anything else, mercy.
Dictionary
رَحْمٰن · all-encompassing mercy · root ر ح م
Voice memo · 0:14
The heart of the app
What's a tadabbur document?
Most Quran apps let you read. naTadabar lets you study. Every tadabbur is a living document — a stack of blocks built around one or more verses, in any combination that serves the reflection. Add a thought as text, capture a fleeting one as a voice memo, sketch a diagram by hand, pull in a dictionary entry, cross-reference another verse or another tadabbur you wrote last week. It's your own work, in your own structure.
Text note
Your own reflection, in your own words.
Verse quote
Anchor your thought to the verse itself.
Handwritten
Apple Pencil strokes, right on the page.
Voice memo
Capture a thought you can't type fast enough.
Dictionary
Root meanings, pulled from the classical lexicon.
Cross-reference
Link to another verse, another tadabbur, another book.
Every block is a thought. Every document is a meditation.
What's inside
Everything you need, already packed.
No subscriptions for the basics. No forced accounts. No background trackers. The core experience is complete out of the box — and it all works with your phone in airplane mode.
18 translations, bundled offline
Read alongside translations in English, French, Spanish, Turkish, Urdu, Indonesian, Hindi, and more — all stored on device, no connection required.
Curated scholarly commentary
Four carefully selected tafsir sources sit one tap away from every verse, so you can move between the literal, the contextual, and the reflective as you study.
17+ reciters, with background playback
Listen in the voice you love — the player keeps going while you lock your phone, switch apps, or let your mind rest.
Tap any word for a classical lookup
Instant access to Lissan al-Arab, the definitive classical Arabic dictionary, built right into reading mode. Long-press a word and the meaning comes to you.
iPad and Apple Pencil, first-class
Draw straight onto your study notes with full PencilKit support. Write margin notes, sketch diagrams, trace verses — everything exports cleanly to PDF.
Bookmarks and reading progress
Mark any verse across any surah for later. Your progress follows you between sessions, and a quick tab shows everything you've saved.
Qibla compass and prayer times
Find the direction of the Kaaba with your device compass, and get prayer timings for your location — multiple calculation methods supported.
Classical reference library, built in
Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, the reasons of revelation, and more classical texts — searchable, selectable, ready when you need them.
Sync across your Apple devices
Premium unlocks cloud sync, so a tadabbur you started on iPhone keeps writing itself on iPad. Your notes follow you, encrypted and private.
Private by default
Everything core to the app works offline with no account. No tracking, no ads, no data harvesting — just you and the text.
Pricing
Free, and fair.
The full reading, listening, dictionary, and reference-library experience is free forever. Premium is only for people who want unlimited tadabbur documents and cross-device sync — a small upgrade for heavy study.
Free
Everything you need to read and study.
Free
- Full Quran with 18 translations and scholarly commentary
- 17+ reciters with background playback
- Lissan al-Arab dictionary lookup on any word
- Bookmarks, reading progress, last-read recall
- Qibla compass and prayer times
- Classical reference library (Bukhari, Muslim, and more)
- Up to 5 tadabbur study documents
- Works fully offline, no account required
Premium
For when five documents aren't enough.
Coming soon
- Everything in Free, plus…
- Unlimited tadabbur study documents
- Cloud sync across all your Apple devices
- Full-fidelity sync of handwritten notes, voice memos, and images
- Priority support
Frequently asked
Answers, before you ask.
What does tadabbur mean?
Tadabbur (تدبّر) is the Islamic practice of reflecting deeply on the Quran — moving past reading into meditation, contextual study, and letting the meaning settle. naTadabar is built around that practice.
Is the app free?
Yes. The full reading experience — all translations, scholarly commentary, audio recitation, dictionary lookups, bookmarks, Qibla, prayer times, and the classical reference library — is free. You can create up to five tadabbur study documents on the free plan. Premium lifts that to unlimited and adds cloud sync between your devices.
Will there be an Android version?
Yes. A cross-platform sibling is in active development alongside iOS, and premium cloud sync is already designed to work across both.
Do I need an account?
No — everything core to the app works without signing in. An account is only needed if you upgrade to premium and want your notes to sync across devices.
Which iOS version is supported?
iOS 17 and newer. naTadabar is built natively in SwiftUI and takes full advantage of modern Apple platforms, including iPad and Apple Pencil.
Is my data private?
Yes. The Quran text, translations, commentary, dictionary, and reference library all live on your device — nothing is phoned home to use them. When you opt into premium cloud sync, your notes sync to a private, access-controlled storage layer that only you can read.
Does audio recitation work offline?
Audio streams on demand by default, but you can download any reciter's surah for offline playback whenever you expect to be without a connection.