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Comparisons

Every mosque display platform, compared honestly.

We build one of these, so treat everything here with appropriate suspicion — and then read the section on each page where we say what the other product does better. There is one on all of them.

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A mosque prayer-time display showing Adhan and Iqamah times with a countdown to the next prayer

How to read these pages

Most mosque committees arrive at this decision the same way: someone is asked to “sort out the screen”, they search for an hour, and every result is either a vendor saying it is the best or a directory site that has scraped an app store. Neither tells you the thing you need, which is what each product actually costs to run and what it does when nobody is looking at it.

So each page below covers the same five things: what hardware you have to buy, what happens during a Wi-Fi outage, who finds out when a screen goes dark, whether the features are included or itemised, and what three years of it costs with the assumptions written out. Then a section on where that product is better than ours.

The prices were checked in September 2026 against each vendor’s own published material. Where a vendor does not publish something, the table says so instead of guessing.

Seven comparisons

SalahClock vs Masjidal

Hardware brand with a masjid signage app

Best known for the Athan Frame home clock. Its masjid product, Al-Iqamah, is a TV app with a free tier and a $20/mo Professional plan.

Choose Masjidal if You want screens, donation hardware and gift-shop athan clocks from a single supplier, and you are happy to run a TV box.

SalahClock vs MAWAQIT

Open-source non-profit waqf

Free forever, ad-free, run as an endowment. Runs as an Android TV or Raspberry Pi app, and requires your mosque to be verified before it goes live.

Choose MAWAQIT if Cost is the deciding factor, you have a technical volunteer, and your mosque is registered and public.

SalahClock vs Masjidbox

Modular mosque suite from Paris

Screens, mobile apps and websites sold as separate modules. 2,500+ mosques and 17 languages, but the all-in bundle is €62/month.

Choose Masjidbox if You want the screen, the mobile app and the mosque website from one vendor, or you need a display language we do not carry.

SalahClock vs MOHID

Masjid ERP — donations, membership, classes

The closest thing this market has to a masjid ERP. Displays are one module among many, starting at $99/month plus $100 per signage player.

Choose MOHID if You need donations, membership, classes and the masjid's accounts in one system, and the screen is a bonus.

SalahClock vs MASAJID

Feature-dense signage, strongest in Southeast Asia

5,000+ mosques, 30+ features, 15+ calculation methods including Kemenag RI and JAKIM. Runs natively on Android TV, Raspberry Pi and mini PCs.

Choose MASAJID if You are in Indonesia or Malaysia, you want Kemenag RI or JAKIM out of the box, or you want video, livestream and ticker slides today.

SalahClock vs AzanCast

Browser-based display with donations built in

The closest product to ours: a URL on any TV, no hardware. Adds Stripe donations and a live Jumu'ah translation add-on; Pro is $169/year.

Choose AzanCast if Online donations through the display matter more than anything else, or you want live khutbah translation on congregants' phones.

SalahClock vs ConnectMazjid

Free core, paid modules

A generous free tier — multiple TV displays, a website, ticketing and Stripe donations — but the prayer countdown and adhan audio are paid add-ons.

Choose ConnectMazjid if You want a masjid website, ticketed events and donations bundled in, or you need several committee members to have their own logins.

Common questions

What is the best mosque prayer-time display software?
There is no single answer, because mosques are buying different things. If you want no hardware at all, SalahClock and AzanCast are the two browser-based options. If cost is decisive, MAWAQIT is free forever and MASAJID's Gold tier is around $55 a year. If you need donations and membership in the same system, MOHID is a masjid ERP and the display is a module. If you want a website and a community app alongside the screen, Masjidbox and ConnectMazjid sell suites. Start by naming the one thing your committee is actually trying to fix.
Which mosque display software works without buying hardware?
SalahClock, AzanCast and ConnectMazjid all run in a web browser, so any TV with a browser — or a $40 stick, a tablet or a Raspberry Pi — is enough. MAWAQIT, MASAJID and Masjidal's Al-Iqamah are Android applications, which means an Android TV, a box or a Raspberry Pi. MOHID and Masjidbox sell their own signage players at $100 and an unpublished price respectively.
Is there a genuinely free mosque prayer display?
Several. MAWAQIT is free permanently with no advertising, as a non-profit waqf. MASAJID, ConnectMazjid, Masjidal, Masjidbox, AzanCast and SalahClock all have free tiers with different ceilings — the useful question is what each one holds back. ConnectMazjid charges $7.99 a month for the iqamah countdown; Masjidal's free tier allows one image slide; Masjidbox's allows one manager and five slides; SalahClock's covers one clock on two displays with adhan audio and offline included.
Can a mosque display work without internet?
It depends on the product, and it matters more than most committees expect, because mosque Wi-Fi is unreliable. SalahClock installs as a progressive web app with thirty days of prayer times and the adhan recordings cached on the device. MAWAQIT, MASAJID and Masjidbox cache on the device they run on. Masjidal's Al-Iqamah documents an active internet connection as a requirement. AzanCast and ConnectMazjid do not publish their offline behaviour.
What should a mosque committee actually compare?
Five things, in this order. What hardware you must buy and maintain. What happens when the Wi-Fi drops. Who finds out when a screen goes dark. Whether the features you need are included or itemised as add-ons. And only then, how it looks — which matters more than spec sheets suggest, because it hangs on the wall for years.
Why is SalahClock writing comparisons that recommend competitors?
Because a comparison that never concedes anything is an advert, and committees can tell. Every page here has a section on where the other product is genuinely better, and several of them end by suggesting you use the other product. We would rather be the honest page in the search results than the one you stop believing halfway down.

The cheapest way to compare is to look at both.

SalahClock needs no hardware and no card. Make a clock, open the URL on the hall TV next to whatever you run now, and let the committee decide with their eyes.

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