MaktabPro vs ilmify: Madrasa Software Compared (2026)

Both MaktabPro and ilmify are built specifically for madrasas — not generic school tools bent to fit. That already puts them ahead of most options. But they make different trade-offs, and the right choice depends mostly on how big your madrasa is and how much you value simplicity over sheer breadth.

This is an honest comparison. We make MaktabPro, so treat our verdict with that in mind — but every claim about ilmify below comes from their own public website, and we've tried hard to represent their strengths fairly.

The short version

• Choose MaktabPro if you run a small-to-mid madrasa, want flat per-madrasa pricing in your own currency with a 30-day free trial, a simple tool teachers learn in minutes, and a built-in public website for your madrasa.
• Choose ilmify if you run a larger institution and want maximum breadth — interface support in eight languages, including Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Telugu and Gujarati, and native mobile apps — and you're comfortable with per-student pricing.

Feature comparison

Feature	MaktabPro	ilmify
Hifz tracking (Sabaq / Sabqi / Manzil)	✅	✅
Tajweed tracking	✅	⚠️ Nazra/Qaida
Attendance	✅	✅
Fee tracking & finance	✅	✅
Exams & report cards	✅	✅
Homework	✅	⚠️
Timetable	✅	⚠️
Payroll / staff salary	✅	❌
Parent portal	✅	✅
Public madrasa website	✅	❌
Tarbiyah (character) tracking	✅	✅
Salah tracking	✅	✅
Bulk email to parents (SMS & WhatsApp coming)	✅	⚠️
Multilingual interface	✅ English, Urdu, Arabic	✅ 8 languages
Free trial, no card	✅ 30 days	✅¹
Transparent public pricing	✅ (INR, USD, GBP & more)	✅ (USD)
Platform	Web, installable on phones	Web + mobile apps

¹ ilmify's per-student plans require a minimum of 50 students. ⚠️ means we couldn't confirm it from ilmify's public site.

Where ilmify is genuinely stronger

We'd be doing you a disservice to pretend MaktabPro wins on everything. ilmify is a mature, wide product, and three things stand out:

• Languages. ilmify offers its interface in eight languages — English, Urdu, Arabic, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati and Telugu. MaktabPro covers English, Urdu and Arabic. If your staff work in a South Indian language or Hindi, that's a real advantage for ilmify.
• Native mobile apps. ilmify has app-store apps. MaktabPro is a web app that installs to a phone's home screen — it works well, but some madrasas specifically want an app-store download for parents.
• Maturity and breadth. ilmify has been building out modules for longer, and a large institution may find more of its edge cases already covered.

Where MaktabPro is stronger

• Built for small madrasas. MaktabPro's Tutor plan covers up to 50 students for a flat monthly price, after a 30-day free trial with no card. ilmify's per-student plans require a minimum of 50 students, which doesn't suit a small weekend maktab or a single teacher.
• Flat pricing in your own currency. MaktabPro's plans are priced per madrasa, not per student, and scale by student bands (Tutor → Academy → School). They're published in rupees for India and in local currency elsewhere, so there are no per-head surprises to budget for.
• Simplicity and speed. Breadth has a cost: more modules mean more to learn. MaktabPro is deliberately focused on the things a madrasa uses every day — attendance, Hifz, fees, exams, parents — so a teacher can be productive in the first lesson, not after a training session.
• A built-in public website. Every MaktabPro madrasa gets a shareable public page out of the box — useful for admissions and credibility — without building a separate site. ilmify doesn't offer this.

Pricing, side by side

	MaktabPro	ilmify
Free trial	✅ 30 days, no card	Free trial (no card)
Entry plan	Tutor, up to 50 students: ₹499 / $25 / £19 a month	$35/mo institute, or $1/student/mo (50+ students)
Mid plan	Academy, up to 250 students: ₹999 / $59 / £49 a month	—
Higher plan	School, unlimited students: ₹1,999 / $149 / £129 a month	$70/mo institute, or $3/student/mo (50+ students)
Currency	INR, USD, GBP, EUR and more	USD
Per-student minimum	None	50 students for per-student plans

MaktabPro pricing as of September 2026 (see current prices); ilmify pricing as of September 2026. Confirm current figures on each vendor's site.

The headline difference: MaktabPro charges a flat price per madrasa that suits a small maktab, while ilmify's per-student pricing is aimed at institutions of 50+ students. For a growing madrasa, the honest question is what you'll pay at 150 students — compare both on the tier you'll actually be on in a year.

Hifz tracking: a closer look

This is the feature that matters most in a madrasa, and — credit where it's due — both products do it properly. Both track the three streams of memorisation: Sabaq (today's new lesson), Sabqi (recent revision), and Manzil / Dhor (long-term revision). If you're unsure why all three matter, our Sabaq, Sabqi and Manzil explainer walks through it.

So on Hifz itself, this isn't where the decision is made — both are competent. The decision comes down to the surrounding trade-off: ilmify's wider language support and native apps versus MaktabPro's simpler, flat-priced approach.

The verdict

There's no single winner — there's a winner for your situation:

• Small or mid-sized madrasa, want simple + flat pricing + a public page: MaktabPro.
• Large institution, want many languages beyond Urdu and Arabic, native apps and per-student pricing: ilmify.

If you're somewhere in the middle, the cheapest way to decide is to use both free trials and see which one your teachers actually enjoy using — because the system that gets used is the one that helps.

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Want the bigger picture first? Read our complete guide to madrasa management software, or see all our comparisons.

Source: ilmify.app (features, languages, and pricing, accessed September 2026).