Best Islamic Apps for Kids (2026), by Age and Need

Updated October 2026. Prices and features checked on each app's own website and store listing on 26 September 2026; ratings and Kahf Kids' plans rechecked on 3 October 2026.

You want something you can hand your child that is actually Islamic, actually good, and does not lead to an autoplay you would never have chosen. Here is the short answer, then the full comparison of eleven Islamic and Muslim apps for kids.

The best Islamic app for kids depends on your child's age and the job you want it to do. For a big library of cartoons, pick a streaming app. If you want to control the whole tablet, pick a parental-control app with Islamic videos built in. For calm stories and audiobooks at 4 to 9, pick a story app. For Quran and Arabic, pick an app that does only that.

One thing to say plainly before we start: we make one of these apps, Miraj Stories. It is in the list, argued like the others, with its weaknesses named, and the table is in alphabetical order. Everything we say about the other apps comes from their own pages, linked, so you can check it. If you want to see what is inside ours first, the whole library of Islamic stories, games, audiobooks and videos is open to browse without an account.

What is the best Islamic app for kids?

There is no single best app, but there is a best app for each job. Here is our short list, by what you want it for:

• A large library of Islamic cartoons: Muslim Kids TV (over 15,000 videos, games and ebooks, ages 2 to 12) or Durioo+ (25,000+ videos, home of Omar & Hana).
• Control of the whole tablet, with Islamic videos inside: Kahf Kids (40,000+ videos, blocks TikTok and other apps, free to download).
• Stories and audiobooks, ages 4 to 9: Miraj Stories (no ads, stories of the Prophets (peace be upon them) reviewed by scholars, music can be switched off).
• Music-free video: One4Kids TV, whose content is designed to be music-free.
• Quran recitation and tajweed: Thurayya, from Alphazed.
• Reading Arabic: Amal, from Alphazed, or AlifBee Kids for under-fives.
• Learning about Islam, for older children: Deenee (ages 7 to 14, with a free basic level).
• Free: DeenBloom (free to download), Kahf Kids' free learning features and Deenee basic.

The rest of this guide shows how they compare, what each one is best for, and where each one falls short.

How did we compare these apps?

We compared every app on the things parents actually ask about, not on feature lists. In the ten Reddit threads we found in Google's results for this guide, the same words come up again and again when a parent approves of an app: "no ads", "no algorithm", "no music", "calm", "bedtime stories". So those became our columns.

For each app we checked, on 26 September 2026:

• Ages, as the app states them.
• What it does: stories, videos, games, Quran or Arabic.
• Ads, on the app's own site and on its App Store or Google Play listing. Where the two disagree, we say so.
• Music: whether there is a music-free or vocal-only option.
• Scholar review: whether the app says its content is reviewed or approved by scholars.
• Price per year in pounds from the UK store or the app's own UK page, with US dollars where only a dollar price is published.
• A free option: a free tier, a free level or a trial.

We did not rank apps by star ratings alone. Several apps in this field have only a handful of ratings, which tells you very little, so we give each rating with its count, in the table and in each entry.

One more thing matters more than any feature: whether the app decides what your child sees next. The main worry with YouTube is not a single video but the algorithm and autoplay that follow it, which we explain in Is YouTube haram for kids?. Every app in this list is built around a library its own team chose, so your child sees only what that team put there.

How do these Muslim apps for kids compare?

The table, in alphabetical order, gives each app's ages, ads, music, scholar review, rating and price, as each app stated them on 26 September 2026 (ratings on 3 October 2026). Prices change, and stores show different offers in different countries, so check the price in your own store before you subscribe.

"Not stated" means we could not find it on the app's own site or store listing when we checked. It does not mean the answer is no. Ratings are from the US App Store unless marked Google Play.

Which Islamic apps are best for videos and cartoons?

If your child mainly watches, the three largest video libraries in this guide are Muslim Kids TV, Durioo+ and Kahf Kids, with One4Kids TV for families who want music-free cartoons. They all replace YouTube's open feed with a library their own team chose.

Muslim Kids TV

Best for: families who want one large library of Islamic videos, games and ebooks for children of different ages, on a phone, tablet or television.

Muslim Kids TV, from Milo Productions, offers "over 15,000 resources including the largest collection of Islamic videos, games and eBooks", and you can watch on the web, on iOS and Android, or on smart TVs through Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire, LG, Samsung and Android TV (Muslim Kids TV, 26 September 2026). Its App Store description calls it "the perfect choice for kids aged 2 - 12 years", and it is rated 4.5 from 1,293 ratings in the US (App Store US, 3 October 2026). It describes its content as "safe, ad-free" and made "working closely with scholars, educators, and child development experts" (Muslim Kids TV, About, 26 September 2026).

Price: £7.99 a month or £79.99 a year, with a 14-day free trial (Muslim Kids TV, UK prices, 26 September 2026).

Where it falls short: its library includes nasheeds, and we could not find a music-free setting on its site. With ages 2 to 12 in one app, a parent of a 5 year old will want to choose shows rather than browse.

Durioo+

Best for: younger children who love Omar & Hana and cartoons with songs, in families who may prefer vocal-only nasheeds.

Durioo+ is the streaming app from the makers of Omar & Hana, with "25,000+ ad-free videos" for "children aged 0–8+", and "vocal-only nasheeds and shows for families who prefer no music, including all of Omar & Hana's beloved catalogue" (Durioo+, 26 September 2026). It says every show was "reviewed by Islamic scholars", and one subscription covers up to five profiles.

Price: in the UK, £5.49 a month billed annually as £65.88 after a 14-day free trial, or £14.99 month by month; in the US, US$71.88 a year or US$17.99 a month (Durioo+, 26 September 2026).

Where it falls short: its site says "Zero Ads. Ever.", but its App Store listing is marked "Contains Advertising" (App Store US, 26 September 2026). Ask before you subscribe if that matters to you. It is rated 3.6 from 71 ratings in the US App Store, the lowest App Store rating in this guide. The month-by-month price is high.

Kahf Kids

Best for: parents who want to lock down the whole tablet, not just choose one app.

Kahf Kids is a parental-control app with Islamic videos built in. It can "Block TikTok, Snapchat, games or any app in seconds", and its premium plans block "apps, games, sites, channels & Shorts". It has "40,000+ videos, every one mufti-approved", "No ads, no harmful recommendations", and a "No-music option for stricter homes" (Kahf Kids, 3 October 2026). Kahf says it is built for children aged 4 to 12 (Kahf Kids vs Durioo+, 26 September 2026).

Price: free to download, with free learning features; premium is US$4.99 a month or US$29.99 a year, with a 7-day free trial and no card needed. The UK App Store lists £4.99 and £29.99, and a half-yearly pack at £14.99 that comes with six months free (Kahf Kids, App Store US, App Store UK, 3 October 2026).

Where it falls short: it is a control app first. Its App Store rating is 9+ and it sits under Utilities, so it is a tool for you to set up, not a place for a 5 year old to explore on their own. Its ratings are few: 4.3 from 49 in the US App Store on 3 October 2026.

One4Kids TV

Best for: families who want cartoons with no musical instruments at all.

One4Kids TV says its content is "carefully designed to be music-free", "using vocals, nasheeds, and engaging storytelling without instruments" (App Store US, 26 September 2026). The App Store marks it "Made for Ages 6–8", and it is rated 4.7 from 445 ratings in the US and 4.6 from 246 in the UK App Store.

Price: £7.99 a month or £79.99 a year in the UK App Store (US$7.99 and US$79.99 in the US).

Where it falls short: it is aimed at 6 to 8 year olds, so younger children may find it too old, and its listing does not mention a free trial.

A note on Ali Huda, which still appears in several older lists: when we checked on 26 September 2026, its App Store and Google Play pages no longer existed and its streaming site said "This site is no longer available here". We have left it out.

Which Islamic apps are best for stories and audiobooks?

For a child of 4 to 9 who loves stories, a story app does more than a video app: your child reads along, taps, answers and listens, rather than just watching. It is also the easiest kind of screen time to turn into no screen at all, because an audiobook works with the tablet face down.

Miraj Stories

Best for: children aged 4 to 9 who love stories, and parents who want calm, ad-free Islamic content they can also listen to at bedtime.

Miraj Stories is an ad-free Islamic app for children aged 4 to 9, with interactive storybooks, learning games, audiobooks and videos (Miraj library, 3 October 2026). There is nothing to buy beyond the subscription, and it works on up to four devices (Miraj Stories pricing, 3 October 2026).

Three things set it apart. First, the stories of the Prophets "are reviewed by Islamic scholars and are primarily based on the Qur'an and authentic Hadith", and they are told without any image of a Prophet (Miraj Stories, 26 September 2026). Second, all of Miraj's own content "comes with or without music", with a switch in Settings, and there is a shelf of music-free Islamic stories for families who prefer it. The Islamic audiobooks for kids are there for bedtime and long drives.

Third, children learn Arabic too: the learning games practise Arabic letters, Quran words and counting, and every letter is voiced by Eman Al Hamwi, a native Arabic speaker and Quran and Arabic teacher based in the UK (how to teach the Arabic alphabet).

It is rated 4.6 from 735 ratings on the US App Store and 4.6 from 544 on the UK App Store (App Store US, App Store UK, 3 October 2026).

Price: £69.99 a year, which works out at £5.83 a month, or £6.99 month by month. The annual plan starts with a 7-day free trial; the monthly plan has no trial (Miraj Stories pricing, 26 September 2026).

Where it falls short: it is not a big video library. If your child mainly wants cartoons, Muslim Kids TV and Durioo+ have far more. And there is no free tier.

Noor Kids (books, not an app)

Best for: families who want Islamic stories with no screen at all.

If what you really want is stories without a tablet, Noor Kids is a book club rather than an app: "A new book every month", in a programme "primarily designed for children ages 4 to 9". The yearly subscription is billed at US$89, "averaging $7.42 per month for 12 new books" (Noor Kids, 26 September 2026).

Where it falls short: it is priced in US dollars, and a book a month is a slower pace than an app library.

Which apps are best for Quran and Arabic?

For Quran, choose Thurayya; for reading Arabic, Amal, or AlifBee Kids for under-fives. A dedicated learning app does more than an all-in-one app here: Thurayya, for example, listens to your child and corrects their pronunciation, which helps most when a parent does not read Arabic. All three below say they are ad-free. If you are teaching the letters yourself, our guide on how to teach the Arabic alphabet at home pairs well with any of them.

Thurayya (Quran)

Best for: children learning to recite the Quran with tajweed.

Thurayya, from Alphazed, is for ages 3 to 15, with "Real-time AI feedback to correct pronunciation instantly" and a "Safe and ad-free experience, built for kids" (App Store US, 26 September 2026). It costs US$6.99 a month on Alphazed's own pricing page (Alphazed, 26 September 2026), with a free trial.

Where it falls short: the store lists many different plans, so the price you see may differ. Its Google Play rating is 3.4 from 312 reviews (3 October 2026).

Amal (reading Arabic)

Best for: children aged 3 to 12 learning to read Arabic.

Amal, also from Alphazed, is for ages 3 to 12 with a free trial (App Store US, 26 September 2026), and Alphazed describes it as "Safe & Ad-Free" (Alphazed, 26 September 2026). It costs US$6.99 a month on Alphazed's pricing page, and it is rated 4.4 from 768 reviews on Google Play in the US (Google Play, 3 October 2026).

Where it falls short: it teaches reading Arabic, not stories or the wider deen, so most families pair it with something else.

AlifBee Kids (Arabic for under-fives)

Best for: a first taste of Arabic before school age.

AlifBee Kids is marked "Made for Ages 0–5" on the App Store, is "Safe & Ad-Free", and teaches through "a story, a nasheed, or a game" (App Store US, 26 September 2026).

Where it falls short: the UK App Store lists ten different plans, from £5.49 a month to £150 a year, which makes the real price hard to judge. It uses nasheeds.

Which apps help children learn about Islam?

Deenee is the most structured, for readers of 7 to 14; DeenBloom is free and ad-free from age 4; Kabi Muslim Kids is free but shows ads. Each works well alongside stories.

Deenee

Best for: children aged 7 to 14 who want lessons and quizzes.

Deenee has "10 academic levels per subject" and "5,000+ interactive micro-lessons, quizzes, stories and audio", for "kids' ages 7-14", with content "validated with Muslim scholars" (Deenee, 26 September 2026). Deenee basic "is totally free", with three lessons in level 1 of each subject (App Store US, 26 September 2026).

Price: £7.99 a month, £39.99 for six months or £69.99 a year in the UK App Store.

Where it falls short: it is too old for most 4 to 6 year olds, and it had only five ratings in the US App Store on 3 October 2026.

DeenBloom

Best for: trying a free Islamic learning app with no commitment.

DeenBloom is "Free to download with optional premium features", "completely ad-free", and says all content "is reviewed by Islamic scholars and education experts" (DeenBloom, 26 September 2026). Its site says it is for children aged 4 to 12.

Where it falls short: it is new. The US App Store showed only two ratings when we checked, so there is little independent feedback yet.

Kabi Muslim Kids

Best for: a free first look at the Prophets, wudu and salah for ages 4 to 8, if you accept ads.

We include Kabi because it shows in Google's app results for this search. It is designed "for children aged 4 to 8 years old" and it is free, but on Google Play it "Contains ads" and in-app purchases, and its listing says it comes from "a collection of Indonesian-language educational apps made especially for Indonesian children" (Google Play, 26 September 2026).

Where it falls short: the ads, and it was made first for Indonesian children, so check that the English version suits your child.

Which free Islamic apps for kids are worth trying?

The best free options are Kahf Kids, DeenBloom and Deenee basic. Kahf Kids is free to download with free learning features, DeenBloom is free and ad-free, and Deenee basic gives three free lessons per subject for ages 7 to 14. Everything else free either has ads, like Kabi Muslim Kids on Android, or is a free trial of a paid app, and each app's entry above gives its trial terms. A trial is the honest way to choose, because your child's reaction tells you more than any list, including this one.

Miraj, Muslim Kids TV or Kahf Kids: which suits your child?

These three overlap most for a family with a child of 4 to 9, but they do different jobs, so the right one depends on your child's age and what you are trying to fix.

Miraj or Muslim Kids TV?

Choose Muslim Kids TV if your child is a watcher, you have children of different ages from 2 to 12, and you want the app on the television as well as the tablet. Choose Miraj if your child is 4 to 9 and loves stories, you want them reading, playing and listening rather than mostly watching, and a music-free option matters to you. Both are ad-free. Miraj is £10 a year cheaper on the annual plan (£69.99 against £79.99), while Muslim Kids TV has the longer trial (14 days against 7).

Miraj or Kahf Kids?

Choose Kahf Kids if the problem is the whole tablet: YouTube, TikTok and games your child reaches when you are not looking. It is the only app in this list built to block other apps, and at £29.99 a year it has one of the lowest annual prices in this guide. Choose Miraj if the problem is what to give a 4 to 9 year old instead: stories of the Prophets reviewed by scholars, audiobooks for bedtime and learning games. Some families use both, one to guard the tablet and one to fill it.

How do I choose the right Islamic app for my child?

Choose by your child's age and one job, then let a free trial decide. Five checks take ten minutes:

1. Start with the age. An app made for 2 to 12 is really several apps in one; an app made for your child's age will feel right sooner.
2. Name the one job. Stories, cartoons, Quran, Arabic or guarding the tablet. One app rarely does all of them well.
3. Check for ads on the store listing, not just the website. Look for "Contains ads" on Google Play or "Contains Advertising" on the App Store.
4. Check who chooses what comes next. A closed library chosen by a team is the point. If your child can end up somewhere you did not choose, it is not doing the job. Our guide to raising screen-smart children has more on setting the rules around it.
5. Decide what you want on music. Scholars differ on musical instruments: some hold them impermissible, others permit them, and many families settle on vocal-only nasheeds. That is a question for your family and the scholar you follow, not for an app. What matters here is that several apps in this list offer a music-free or vocal-only option (see the table), and One4Kids TV is music-free throughout.

Then start the trial on a day you can sit with your child for the first half hour. Watch what they reach for, and whether they come away calmer or more wound up.

Frequently asked questions about Islamic apps for kids