Akaal — Nitnem & Gurbani
Jatinder Sandhu Lifestyle iPhoneiPadiPod touch
Akaal — Nitnem & Gurbani is a free Lifestyle app for iPhone and iPad by Jatinder Sandhu. Rated 5.0/5 from 3 ratings. Requires iOS 15.5.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 3 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 13 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Oct 13
- 2026 · v2.0
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About Akaal — Nitnem & Gurbani
Akaal is a free Sikh companion for daily practice: Nitnem, the Hukamnama, Gurbani, Kirtan, Sikh history and Seva, in English and Punjabi. No ads. NITNEM - The seven daily banis: Japji Sahib, Jaap Sahib, Tav-Prasad Savaiye, Chaupai Sahib, Anand Sahib, Rehras Sahib and Kirtan Sohila - Gurmukhi with transliteration, English translation and Prof. Sahib Singh's Punjabi meaning, each switched on or off from the reading menu - Audio that highlights each line as it is recited - Sukhmani Sahib, with the place in the audio remembered so you can continue later - Reminders for morning and evening Nitnem, and a monthly history of what you have read DAILY HUKAMNAMA - The Hukamnama from Sri Harmandir Sahib, Amritsar, with the audio - English translation and Punjabi meaning, and past Hukamnamas by date SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB JI - All 1430 Angs with transliteration, translation and Punjabi meaning - Search by words, Ang, raag or author - Bookmarks and reading progress KIRTAN AND SIMRAN - A Kirtan library, including Asa Di Vaar, that keeps playing while you use the rest of the app - Simran sessions with a daily goal SIKH HISTORY AND CALENDAR - The Ten Gurus and Sri Guru Granth Sahib Ji, with timelines - Itihaas: Sikh history, shaheeds and figures - The Sikh calendar of Gurpurabs and historical dates, with reminders - A Shabd of the week and a daily Sikh trivia question AKAAL AI (18 and over) - Ask about Sikhi and Gurbani, or tap a line for an explanation drawn from published translations and teekas, in English or Punjabi - Gurbani lines are checked against the Guru Granth Sahib Ji text. The explanations are written by a computer and can be wrong. SEVA (18 and over) - Find volunteering near you, or host your own: langar, clean-ups, blood drives, elder care, education and more - Join, chat with the group, and bring your children with the host's approval - Ask the host to sign your service hours, and get a printable form with a verification code that schools can check - Report and block tools, with reviewed reports YOUR CHOICE OF LANGUAGE AND STYLE - English or Punjabi for menus and buttons - Text size, Day, Night or automatic theme PRIVACY - Read, listen and use the calendar without an account - No ads, and your information is never sold - Children under 13 can have an account only with a parent's approval Gurbani text and translations come from BaniDB. The daily Hukamnama audio streams from SGPC. Kirtan recordings are shared with permission from Gurbani Updesh. Privacy policy: https://akaalapp.com/privacy Terms: https://akaalapp.com/terms Support: [email protected]
What’s new
Version 2.0 · Updated October 13, 2026
A new name, Akaal: Sikh Companion, and a new icon. - Full-screen layout on iPad - Punjabi meaning (Prof. Sahib Singh) under every line of Nitnem, Gurbani and the Hukamnama - A reading menu (Aa) on every reading page: text size, transliteration, English and Punjabi - Sukhmani Sahib, with continue-where-you-left-off - Akaal AI: tap a line for an explanation, in English or Punjabi (18 and over) - Seva rebuilt: easier to host, exact address search, children with the host's approval, and signed service-hours forms - Shared links to a Hukamnama, a line of Gurbani or a Seva now open with a preview - Kirtan keeps playing when you leave the player - Many smaller fixes
App privacy
The developer, Jatinder Sandhu, 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:
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
- Contact Info: Email Address, Name
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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