Barakah Scroll

Help & Support

Barakah Scroll is a Quran feed for iPhone: the whole Quran ayah by ayah, a Screen Time guard that puts a few ayahs between you and the apps you choose, prayer times and Qibla for where you are, and widgets for your Home and Lock Screen.

The Screen Time guard

How do I set it up?

1. Open the Focus tab and tap Allow Screen Time access.
2. Under Apps to guard, choose the apps.
3. Turn the guard on.

When you open a guarded app, a pause screen appears instead. Tap the button to read, then tap the notification that follows. After you've read your ayahs, the apps unlock for the time you chose.

Nothing happens after I tap the button on the pause screen

iOS doesn't let a pause screen open another app, so Barakah Scroll sends a notification to tap. If you turned notifications off for Barakah Scroll, open the app yourself and your ayahs will be waiting.

Can it see which apps I use?

No. Apple keeps your choices private from the app. See the privacy policy.

I don't want to give Screen Time access

The Focus tab also explains a Shortcuts automation that opens Barakah Scroll whenever you open an app you choose. It needs no Screen Time access.

Prayer times and Qibla

The times differ from my mosque by a few minutes

Mosques follow different methods and often add a few minutes as a precaution. In the Prayer tab, open the settings to change the Method, or use Match your mosque to move each prayer by up to 30 minutes.

The compass points the wrong way

Move away from metal and magnets, including phone cases with magnets, and move the iPhone in a figure of eight. The map view shows the direction without the compass.

Can I use it without sharing my location?

Yes. Choose your city by hand in the Prayer tab.

Reading and listening

The recitation doesn't play

Recitations stream from EveryAyah.com, so they need an internet connection. Reading, translations and tafsir work offline.

How do I change the translation or the language?

The translation: Library, then Settings, then Translation. The app's own language follows your iPhone, and you can change it for Barakah Scroll alone from the same Settings screen under App language.

Widgets

Touch and hold your Home Screen, tap Edit, then Add Widget, and search for Barakah Scroll. Choose the scene, topic and how often the ayah changes in the app under Library, Settings, Widgets. A widget only shows ayahs that fit it whole, so an ayah is never cut short.

Barakah Scroll Premium

What's free?

The Quran, every reciter, translations, tafsir, search, saving, reflections, the Ayah widget, prayer times, Qibla, and a guard for one app. Premium adds a guard for any number of apps with your own rules, the prayer tracker and earlier reminders, prayer widgets, Ramadan mode, and more scenes and typefaces.

How do I cancel or change my plan?

On your iPhone, open Settings, tap your name, then Subscriptions. Or in Barakah Scroll: Library, Settings, Manage subscription. Cancel at least a day before the renewal date. Apple handles all payments and refunds, at reportaproblem.apple.com.

I paid, but Premium isn't active

In Barakah Scroll, open Library, Settings, and tap Restore purchases. Make sure you're signed in with the Apple Account you bought it with.

Where the text comes from

The Quran text is the Madinah Mushaf as published by the King Fahd Glorious Quran Printing Complex, shipped unchanged and checked each time the app opens. The app lists every source under Library, Settings, Sources & verification.