Mihrab Qibla
Not claimedCompasses go wrong indoors
By Moath Asfour · TravelWhy we expect it: A clever, privacy-first Qibla finder that uses building walls to stay accurate indoors.
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Compasses go wrong indoors. Steel, wiring and electronics push them 10 to 30 degrees off, which matters when you pray. Mihrab finds the Qibla another way: from the walls around you.
Hold the back of your phone flat against any wall for a second. Mihrab reads your building's outline from OpenStreetMap, where walls are mapped from above to within about a degree, and the gyroscope records which wall you touched. Then it tells you exactly how to stand: "Face the wall you touched, then turn 23° to the right."
How it works - Press your phone against a wall. The gyroscope records which way it faces, without relying on magnets. - Mihrab finds your building on the map and knows which way its walls face. - You get a simple instruction for the room, with a diagram, saved for next time.
Three ways to find the Qibla - Wall: within about 2–3° inside any building mapped on OpenStreetMap. - Sun: within about 1–2° when you can see the sun, through a window or outside. - Live arrow: a full-screen arrow for anywhere. When it can only use the compass, it tells you the result is rough.
For every room - Save your living room, office or hotel room. The answer stays correct, even without internet. - Every result shows its accuracy, and how far off your phone's compass was.
Arabic and English - Full Arabic interface with right-to-left layout and optional Arabic-Indic digits. - Light and dark themes.
Private - No account, no ads, no tracking. - Your location is used to calculate the Qibla and is sent only to OpenStreetMap to look up the buildings around you. Saved rooms stay on your phone.
Building outlines © OpenStreetMap contributors.
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