A digital tasbih that counts every dhikr.

What is a dhikr counter?

A dhikr counter is the digital form of the tasbih, the string of beads Muslims have used for centuries to keep count while remembering Allah. Instead of moving a bead, you tap the screen. A good dhikr counter does three things a physical tasbih cannot: it keeps a perfect running total, it records each phrase separately, and it remembers your practice long after you have put the phone down.

The four phrases, and the counts to use

DhikrLock focuses on the four remembrances at the heart of daily dhikr:

• سُبْحَانَ اللّٰهِ  SubhanAllah, Glory be to Allah
• اَلْحَمْدُ لِلّٰهِ  Alhamdulillah, all praise is for Allah
• اَللّٰهُ أَكْبَرُ  Allahu Akbar, Allah is the Greatest
• أَسْتَغْفِرُ اللّٰهَ  Astaghfirullah, I seek Allah's forgiveness

There is no fixed rule for personal dhikr, so start where you are. A well-known Sunnah is to say SubhanAllah, Alhamdulillah and Allahu Akbar thirty three times each after the obligatory prayers. DhikrLock lets you choose 7, 10, 33, 100, or a custom count, so the practice scales with your intention rather than the other way around.

How the counter in DhikrLock works

Open the tasbih, pick a phrase, and tap. Each tap lands with a gentle haptic, so you can keep your eyes closed and your heart present. The count climbs, and when you reach your target the session is saved. Behind the simplicity, DhikrLock keeps a per-phrase history and a practice journal, so a glance shows you how much SubhanAllah or Astaghfirullah you have said today, this week, or across your lifetime.

أَلَا بِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ تَطْمَئِنُّ الْقُلُوبُ
Verily, in the remembrance of Allah do hearts find rest. (Qur'an 13:28)

Standalone, or tied to the lock

The counter is fully standalone. You can open it any time to count dhikr, with or without app blocking. But it becomes something more when paired with the app blocker: every time you unlock a distracting app, that same counter turns the pause into remembrance, so your totals grow from the moments you would otherwise have lost to the feed.

Why a tracked counter matters

What you measure tends to grow. A physical tasbih tells you nothing tomorrow about what you did today. A tracked dhikr counter turns a scattered practice into something you can see, return to, and build on. It is quiet accountability, not pressure, and it is why so many people who start with the block stay for the counter.