Dhikr fills the gaps in a day: the commute, the queue, the ten minutes in a waiting room. Those are exactly the moments when a phone works well as a counter — and exactly the moments when holding up a bright, obviously religious screen is the last thing you want to do.
Worship is a private matter. The tool shouldn’t announce it.
The problem with an ordinary counter app
A standard counter puts large Arabic text and a running number on a lit screen. In an open-plan office or on a packed train, that’s visible to everyone around you. Most people respond by simply not using it in public — which removes exactly the times when it would have helped most.
Privacy Mode
PR 13 includes a Privacy Mode built for this. Turn it on and the screen goes fully dark — no text, no numbers, nothing to read over your shoulder. The count keeps running underneath.
You can keep counting with:
- Taps anywhere on the darkened screen
- A press and hold, for a steadier rhythm
- The volume buttons on Android, so it works with the phone still in your pocket
The last one is the useful one. Screen off, phone away, thumb on the volume key — nobody sees anything at all.
Automatic activation
Manually toggling a mode is one more thing to remember, so PR 13 can turn Privacy Mode on by itself based on how you’re holding the phone:
- Face down on a table
- Upside down in your hand
- In landscape, resting on your lap
Set whichever gesture is natural for you, and the screen darkens on its own as you settle into position.
What it isn’t
Privacy Mode isn’t a lock — it doesn’t hide the app or protect it with a passcode. It’s about visual discretion in a shared space, not security. If someone picks up your phone, they’ll see the app. The point is that the person sitting next to you on the bus won’t.
Quietly, wherever you are
PR 13 — Quran, Dhikr & Duas is free and works offline, in English and Indonesian.