Maktabah

Yayasan Darun Najah Reference iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac

Maktabah is a free Reference app for iPhone and iPad by Yayasan Darun Najah. Rated 5.0/5 from 1 ratings. Requires iOS 18.6. Updated October 20, 2026.

Rating: 5.0; 1 ratings
Price: Free; on the App Store
Size: 13 MB; Age 17+
Updated: Oct 20; 2026 · v4.2

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About Maktabah

Read Without Interruption Navigate thousands of classic books with clean and focused readers. Choose the typography you want, adjust the line height, switch the diacritic, and switch between 5 background colors including Dark Mode. Sync Between iPad & iPhone Your reading progress and history are now automatically synchronised across devices through iCloud. Continue reading anywhere without losing track. Search Throughout Your Library Find any phrase in hundreds of books simultaneously using SQLite FTS5 full text search. Choose between the right phrase, a set of sentences, or any phrase. Annotation and Export Highlight and underline any text, add personal notes, tag annotations, arrange annotations by date, page, or context, and group annotations by book or tag. Explore Hadith Narration Look for the biography of the narrator, the evaluation of Jarh wa Ta'dil, and the transmission chain regulated by tabaqat.

What’s new

Version 4.2 · Updated October 20, 2026

What's New in Version 4.2: • Improved Reading Stability: Rock-solid scroll position preservation across tab switches, screen rotations, and sheet presentations. • Annotation Editing & Context Menus: Long-press on any note in the annotation list or reader toolbar to edit or delete it instantly. • Book Info Popovers: Long-press books across the library, search filters, and reading history to access detailed book info. • Precise Annotation Popups: Text selection and note popups now align accurately with Arabic text without layout drift. • Persistent Annotation Sheet: Preserves search filters and scroll positions when reopening book annotations in the reader. • Smoother Navigation: Jumping to sections from the Table of Contents now scrolls directly to the heading with visual feedback. • Modernized Interface: Resolved bottom bar layout issues on newer iOS versions when checking for book updates. • Responsive Downloads: Real-time progress indicators for book downloads and archive integrations. • Core Reliability: Optimized database query handling and CloudKit synchronization for faster, rock-solid reading sessions.

App privacy

The developer, Yayasan Darun Najah, reported these privacy practices to Apple.

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The developer does not collect any data from this app.

App details

Maktabah is a free Reference app for iPhone, iPad, iPod touch and Mac, developed by Yayasan Darun Najah. It is rated 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings on the App Store, requires iOS 18.6 or later, is 13 MB to download and is available in 3 languages. It was first released on April 13, 2026 and last updated on October 20, 2026.

Category: Reference
Rating: 5.0 / 5 (1 rating)
Price: Free
Version: 4.2
Size: 13 MB
Requires: iOS 18.6 or later
Compatibility: iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac
Languages: English, Arabic, Indonesian
Age rating: 17+
Released: April 13, 2026
Last updated: October 20, 2026
Developer: Yayasan Darun Najah

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