CNET Editors' review
The Athan Software reminds users of the five daily Islamic calls to prayer. Although the program is nicely designed, it has some functional problems that made it difficult to use.
The program's interface is intuitive, with its functions arranged neatly with buttons. We had no trouble figuring out how to configure the program; everything was quite obvious. The program's built-in Help file gives a clear explanation of its features, but unfortunately, it offered no troubleshooting tips for when things don't go as planned.
The problem that we encountered was with defining our location. The program has a list of major cities, but our city wasn't listed, so we clicked the built-in Google Maps button. This seemed like a great feature that would allow us to find our city and enter the latitude and longitude automatically. Unfortunately, the program wouldn't recognize the location that we selected. Attempts to enter our latitude and longitude manually resulted in error messages.
When users are able to configure their location properly, the program is lovely, playing high-quality audio of each athan anywhere from 1 to 9 minutes before the prayer time; users can select when they want to the athan to play. It's also easy to turn to the audio on and off and upload different audio files if desired.
The Athan Software is free, and it installs and uninstalls without issues. We recommend this program with reservations; it's great when it works, but users who do not live in major cities will be unable to enter their exact locations and get accurate prayer times.
Publisher's Description
From Islamasoft Solutions (UK):
A unique and fully customizable Islamic application that calculates and reminds the five daily Islamic prayer times for anywhere in the world. This feature-rich application can be used by anyone novice/advanced without having to worry about complicated settings (designed with usability in mind). Please note that this application is specifically designed to run on Windows XP operating system. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
What's new in this version: This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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"A good piece of software"
Version: The Athan Software 1.1
Pros
1. Light download and doesn't slow start up
2. Nice athan choices alreadyCons
No quran reciter
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"Very Good hai"
Version: The Athan Software 1.1
Pros
I like this software very much as it gives time of athan very clearly and dispaly also I like.Thank you vey much.Jazakallah
Cons
I didnt feel
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"This is infected with Trojan."
Version: The Athan Software 1.1
Pros
This product has an application during office hours.
Cons
Needs to be cleaned from Trojan.
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"its verygood"
Version: The Athan Software 1.1
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"it is so nice masha allah, and it is to easy to use"
Version: The Athan Software 1.1
Pros
in like the different choises of the software.
and it is easy touse
Cons
that when you want more to choose from u have to buy
