Changelog

What we shipped

Every substantive change to recitid.ai and the RecitID app. Newest first. Smaller fixes and typo runs are not listed here.

Site

Download, press, status, and changelog pages

New /download page replaces the old redirect with a full overview, FAQ, and store links. New /press kit publishes verified brand facts, logos, and a direct press contact. New /status page reports live service state for voice ID, AI Explain, Smart Scanner, Live Khutbah, sync, and payments. This page you are reading is also new.

Content

Four more deeply-researched articles

Added the 10 Qiraat beginner's guide, an asbab al-nuzul explainer, a Quran OCR technical deep-dive, and a Live Khutbah Translation technical deep-dive. All four drafts are in Studio for editorial review.

Content

New comparison page: Ayat

Published /compare/recitid-vs-ayat. Honest positioning: Ayat is a strong free reader with wide tafsir, RecitID is the identification and understanding platform.

Content

First wave of learning articles

Shipped three drafts to Studio: Murattal vs Mujawwad, How to Learn Tajweed Without a Teacher, and How to Memorize Juz 30.

Site

Cookie banner and GA consent gate

Added a first-party consent banner. Google Analytics now loads only after Accept and drops a single IP-anonymised cookie. Reject keeps the site completely analytics-free. Full policy on /cookies.

Site

Newsletter form and visual breadcrumbs

Footer now has a working newsletter form. Visual breadcrumbs added to every feature page, comparison page, guide, and blog article. Hero image LCP optimised.

Content

First three blog articles

Published Shazam for the Quran, How to Find Out Who Is Reciting the Quran, and The 20 Most Popular Quran Reciters. Seed scripts make new articles an import-and-commit operation.

Feature

Help Center expansion

New /help hub with 10 categories and 51 articles, each with its own indexable URL and FAQ schema. /support now points here as the authoritative help source.

Feature

Six new feature landing pages

Dedicated pages for Reciter Identification, Smart Scanner, AI Explain, AI Chat, Auto-Detect, and Live Activity. Each covers how it works, daily limits, and when to use it.

Pricing

Canonical pricing and reciter facts

Pricing updated site-wide to $14.99 monthly and $99.99 annual. Reciter framing set to 200+ identifiable by voice and 48+ available for playback. Live Khutbah Translation is 53 languages. All stale numbers fixed.

Fix

Voice identification copy corrected

A support article that used to say the app does not recognise voices was reversed. It does. That was the original bug report.

Policy

Privacy Policy rewritten with NDPA disclosures

Full rewrite of /privacy with Nigeria Data Protection Act alignment, retention tables, lawful-basis mapping, and a plain-language summary. /terms updated to match.

Feature

Google Play launch

The Android app is live. All download CTAs now show both App Store and Google Play badges. The old Android waitlist and coming-soon copy is gone.

Content

Evergreen guides

Five in-depth guide pages published: Best Quran App 2026, How to Memorize the Quran, Famous Quran Reciters, Tajweed for Beginners, and Understanding the Friday Khutbah.

Pricing

Free tier clarified

Audio reciter detection is free and unlimited on the free tier. Live Khutbah Translation offers a 1-minute free preview per session. Pricing page rewritten to say this plainly.

Site

Mobile app preview carousel

The homepage now shows a rotating carousel of real app screenshots instead of hand-coded mockups.

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