IshraBlog
Notes on prayer
and the phone.
News from Ishra, practical guides and honest reading on attention, habit and salah.
Ishra for iPhone 1.1: adhan voices, official times and a pause that is yours to choose
The first update to Ishra on iPhone is out on the App Store. Here is what changed, and why the pause is now optional.
25 October 2026 · 3 min read
Why your prayer app and your masjid disagree by a few minutes
Two apps and a masjid calendar, three different times for Maghrib. Usually none of them is wrong. Here is what each one is actually answering.
25 October 2026 · 5 min read
Guarding Fajr: a phone setup for the hardest prayer
Fajr is the prayer phone habits fight hardest. A practical setup, from the night before to the moment you wake.
25 October 2026 · 4 min read
Why you reach for your phone between tasks
The awkward pause, the hard paragraph, the queue. The reach for the phone fills every gap. Your day already has five gaps that ask for something better.
25 October 2026 · 4 min read