Fanar - فنار
HBKU Productivity iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Fanar - فنار is a free Productivity app for iPhone and iPad by HBKU. Rated 4.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 15.1. Updated September 21, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 55 MB
- Age 12+
- Updated
- Sep 21
- 2026 · v1.2.2
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About Fanar - فنار
The Fanar app is an AI assistant that can help you boost your creativity and productivity in various tasks, particularly those based on the Arabic language including content generation, text summarization, translation, domain specific Q &A, and beyond. Fanar is driven by a commitment to preserving the richness and diversity of the Arabic language, along with its unique dialects, cultural and religious heritage, traditions and values. It is an indispensable resource for individuals and organizations seeking to connect with the Arabic language and its diverse communities . As a comprehensive family of language models, Fanar is specifically designed to understand and generate both written and spoken Arabic, including various dialects. Fanar can engage in natural conversations in English and multiple Arabic dialects, generate culturally aligned content including text, speech, and images. What sets Fanar apart is its comprehensive suite of services covering core language processing, speech recognition, image generation, and specialized knowledge retrieval. Key Features: Arabic-First Approach. Built from the ground up with Arabic language and culture at its core. Comprehensive Agentic Suite. Encompassing two Fanar models (Fanar Star, fully built from scratch, and Fanar Prime built on Gemma2 9B through continual learning), Fanar Speech, Fanar Translation, and Fanar Image Generation models for comprehensive user experience. Bilingual and Arabic dialectal support. Interact with Fanar in English, Arabic MSA, or Arabic dialects either in written textor speech. Islamic RAG: Specialized system for accurate religious content. Fanar Attribution: Wikipedia-backed revision and fact-checking system. MultiModal: Speech Recognition, Text-to-Speech, Image Generation. Fanar is developed by the Qatar Computing Research Institute (QCRI) at Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development. It is sponsored by the Qatari government through the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. Read Fanar’s Terms of Service at https://fanar.qa/
What’s new
Version 1.2.2 · Updated September 21, 2026
- Text displays in the app's own fonts again - Arabic text and Qur'anic quotations render correctly - Answers are clearer to read, with better headings, emphasis and spacing - Tap a citation to open its source, or hold your own message to copy it - Search across all your chats, not only those already on screen
App privacy
The developer, HBKU, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Analytics, Product Personalization, App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- User Content: Photos or Videos, Audio Data
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Diagnostics: Crash Data, Performance Data
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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