Why it costs
The Quran is free. What costs is the audio translation.
We decided two things when building HUSHU: never put a paywall in front of the Quran, and never show a single ad. The only way to do both is for the app to stand on its own feet.
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We did not paywall the Quran.
All 114 surahs — the Arabic text, the Latin transliteration and the translation — and the Arabic recitation of all 6,236 verses are free, on the site and in the app. You never have to pay to read or hear a verse, and you never will.
02
We did not put ads in it.
We did not want to see advertising in a religious app. So that no betting or interest-lending banner ever appears under a verse, we never wired an ad network in. There is not one ad in the app, and there will not be.
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The only paid part: the audio translation.
Behind the paywall there is no Quran. The reflection library, all 99 Names, the 8 feelings and bookmarks are open to everyone too. The only paid part is the audio translation beyond Al-Fatiha and the first 30 verses of Al-Baqarah: the meaning of every verse, in five languages, followed verse by verse.
04
Why we charge at all.
Servers, audio hosting, narration and development are ongoing. Since we take no advertising and do not sell the text, one path remains: support from the people who use it. The subscription is what keeps HUSHU ad-free.
| What | Free | Premium |
|---|---|---|
| Quran text, transliteration, translation | All 114 surahs | — |
| Arabic recitation | 6,236 verses, 4 reciters | — |
| Voiced translation | Al-Fatihah + Al-Baqarah 1-30 | 114 surahs, 5 languages |
| Reflection | Full library | — |
| The 99 Names | All 99 | — |
| Choosing a state of heart | All 8 | — |
| Saving verses | Unlimited | — |
| Prayer times, qibla, dhikr | All of it | — |
| Ads | None | None |