Learning and careers decision
Tariq
A minimal, useful Tariq replacement (local reader + prayer times + Qibla + subscription) is realistic for one capable developer to build and maintain; no durable moats in the supplied pages prevent self-hosting.
View on the App Store↗Not priced
No pricing page we fetched carried a figure, so there is nothing to compare against. The build side is still real.
$100one-off36 h to build
$0/mo3 h/mo upkeep
No published price to break even against.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All Tariq alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Open app → read verse with translation/tafsir → save/bookmark verse → view prayer times and Qibla → resume reading
What it still won’t have
- Polish, accessibility and multi-language editorial quality in the shipped UX
- App Store presence history, ratings, and any proprietary content curation
- Any cloud-based sync or cross-device account features (if present)
- Ongoing marketing, analytics configuration, and frequent feature cadence
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
No published price
Tariq does not publish a price we could read, so there is nothing to compare against. What building costs is below.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a native iOS Quran companion app (Swift + SwiftUI) with a local SQLite store for Quran text, translations and tafsir, StoreKit subscription support, geolocation-based prayer time calculations and Qibla direction using CoreLocation and CoreMotion. In scope: import JSON/SQLite Quran corpus, verse-by-verse reader UI (RTL support), search, bookmarks/favorites, local notifications for prayer reminders, Qibla compass screen, subscription gating for premium content, settings (language, theme), error handling, unit tests for core logic (prayer calc, StoreKit entitlements) and end-to-end UI tests. Out of scope: cloud sync, social sharing, server-side components. Include offline-first behavior, graceful sensor permission handling, analytics opt-out, and CI to run tests.
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Build verdict base78
- An open-source build was found+5
- 4 cited sources+3
- Evidence score86
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 4
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productTariq: Quran Verses App - App Store
- official pricingAuraChad: Face Rating AI - App Store (pricing page used)
- open sourcemirfatif/NoorUlHuda
- open sourcejomtek/AbcQuran
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.