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What Muslim marriage apps cost in 2026, compared

By Mohanned Farahat, Founder · · Updated

IslamicKnot is our own service · Prices and features checked · How we review

What Muslim marriage apps cost in 2026, compared

Some platforms are free, and many sell optional weekly-to-annual subscriptions. IslamicKnot has no subscription and nothing recurring: you pay only when you contact a family or book a supervised introduction. Which model costs less depends on how many people you contact.

How we compared them

What each platform lets you do for free, its cheapest paid option, whether paid plans renew automatically, and the cheapest way for a man to start conversations with three women. Every other cell links to the platform’s own page or app-store listing. Prices are from the US App Store unless a cell says otherwise (SingleMuslim: UK App Store, in pounds). We show a price per month only where the platform names the plan length.

PlatformModelWhat is freeCheapest paid optionRenews automaticallyCheapest way to reach 3 people
MuzzChat app: match, then private chat1“It’s always FREE to see profiles, match, chat & marry on Muzz”, with free video calls and one free Compliment a month2,3US App Store: “1 Compliment” $4.99, one message sent before matching; the cheapest “Gold” item is $9.99, plan length not named4,3Yes: Gold “will then automatically renew at the end of the subscription period unless you cancel it beforehand”5$0 once each match is mutual (five active chats free); before a match, one free Compliment a month, then $4.99 each6,7,4
SalamsChat app: match, then private chat8“free to download and use for all of our main features”, including “Unlimited messages and matches”; seeing likes and sending Notes are becoming free9,10US App Store: “Notes - 1 Pack” $4.99 (a note sent from someone’s profile); cheapest Gold: “1-Week Gold” $19.999,10Yes: “all subscriptions automatically renew unless they are cancelled before their renewal date”11$0 once each match is mutual (“Unlimited messages and matches”); before a match, one free Gem a week, or Notes at $4.998,12,9
Pure MatrimonyMatrimonial site for practising Muslims, with private messaging13A profile, basic “Credentials” filters, and receiving messages and interests from Premium members; free members can’t start or reply to conversations14,15US App Store: “1 Month Premium Membership” $13.99, which lets you start conversations; “Premium 5 Messages” $5.49 is a Premium add-on16,17Yes: “Paid subscriptions automatically renew at the end of each billing period unless cancelled”; add-ons “do not auto-renew”18,19$13.99: one month of Premium, since free members can’t start or reply to conversations14,16
MuslimaMatrimonial site with private messaging20Likes, starting 3 conversations a day, and reading and replying to paying members; free members can’t read other free members’ messages21,22US App Store: “Gold Membership (1 week)” $19.99; Gold lets you “Send and receive unlimited messages to all members”23,22Yes: “the subscription is set to automatically renew for the same period as your initial membership unless you disable this feature”24Free to start three a day, but free members can’t read each other’s messages; one week of Gold is $19.9921,22,23
SingleMuslimMatrimonial site with private messaging25Registering, browsing and searching; women get complimentary membership with “limited messages”; men pay for Gold to message26,27UK App Store: cheapest listed plan “1 month subscription: £29.99”, to send, read and reply to messages (its help says £9.99 a month applies only after a £119.99 first year)25,28Yes: “All our Gold Membership packages are recurring subscriptions”; cancelling needs “28 days cancellation notification”29,30£29.99: one month of Gold for a man (women message free, with limits)25,29
Half Our DeenSubscription marriage site with private messaging31Nothing: “There is a cost to register and use” the site, and “Only subscribing members can see other members’ profiles”32,33Monthly membership, “$19/month” (“$19 billed monthly”), giving “full access to the site”31,34Yes: the subscription “will be automatically extended for successive renewal periods of the same duration”32$19: one month, since there is no free tier31,32
IslamicKnot (ours)Wali-first site, no private chat35Browsing, without an account, and listing a profile36US$5 for one family contact, paid onceNothing renews37US$12: a pack of three contacts, paid once
  1. muzz.com/us/en/help/getting-started/how-much-does-muzz-cost
  2. muzz.com/us/en
  3. muzz.com/us/en/help/gold/how-does-compliments-work
  4. apps.apple.com/us/app/muzz-where-muslims-marry/id969997496
  5. muzz.com/us/en/help/gold/why-was-i-charged-upfront-for-my-muzz-gold-subscription
  6. muzz.com/us/en/help/muzz-101/do-i-have-to-pay-to-chat-with-someone
  7. muzz.com/us/en/help/muzz-101/why-do-i-have-a-limit-on-chats
  8. salams-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/33997494786459-How-to-Send-a-Message
  9. apps.apple.com/us/app/salams-halal-muslim-marriage/id965359176
  10. salams-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/43254735091611-App-Updates
  11. salams-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/33997641125275-Cancel-Your-Subscription
  12. salams-app.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/33997529309211-Gems-Explained
  13. purematrimony.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/45370042401681
  14. purematrimony.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/37734559286289-Can-I-still-receive-messages-or-interests-from-Premium-users-if-I-m-a-free-member
  15. purematrimony.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/37734220286481-What-filters-can-I-use-as-a-Free-member
  16. apps.apple.com/us/app/pure-matrimony/id1132189906
  17. purematrimony.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/38397188802065-What-are-the-available-packages
  18. purematrimony.com/terms-and-conditions
  19. purematrimony.zendesk.com/hc/en-gb/articles/38397367436945-Do-add-on-purchases-auto-renew-or-are-they-one-time-payments-only
  20. muslima.com/en/general/about
  21. support.muslima.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042692173-How-many-messages-can-I-send-per-day
  22. support.muslima.com/hc/en-us/articles/10940475054351-I-m-a-standard-member-and-I-cannot-read-messages
  23. apps.apple.com/us/app/muslima-halal-muslim-dating/id1580680952
  24. support.muslima.com/hc/en-us/articles/360042693613-How-do-I-cancel-my-auto-re-billing
  25. apps.apple.com/gb/app/singlemuslim/id1116597910
  26. web.archive.org/web/20250119034300/https://singlemuslim.com/pages/helpandsupport/detail/whatisgoldmembership/Membership%20Packages
  27. web.archive.org/web/20260120155754/https://singlemuslim.com/pages/helpandsupport/detail/singlemuslimfreeforfemales/Membership%20Packages
  28. web.archive.org/web/20260115175231/https://singlemuslim.com/pages/helpandsupport/detail/whereisyour9monthmembership/Membership%20Packages
  29. web.archive.org/web/20260117042715/https://singlemuslim.com/pages/helpandsupport/detail/howmuchisagoldmembership/Membership%20Packages
  30. web.archive.org/web/20251213192943/https://singlemuslim.com/pages/helpandsupport/detail/HowdoIcancelmyGoldmembership/Membership%20Packages
  31. halfourdeen.com/faq
  32. halfourdeen.com/terms
  33. halfourdeen.com/contact-us
  34. halfourdeen.com/register
  35. islamicknot.com/how-it-works
  36. islamicknot.com/about
  37. islamicknot.com/blog/is-islamicknot-legit

Checked against each platform's own pages and store listings, on the date at the top of this page. Plans and prices change; the platform's own page is the final word.

How to read the last column: the cheapest listed way to start conversations with three women. The free routes on the chat apps depend on each woman liking you back first.

Two ways to pay

A subscription charges for time; a per-family fee charges per contact. Which costs less depends on how many families you contact, and on how long you search. On a subscription, a slow month costs the same as a busy one, and most plans renew automatically until you cancel. On a per-contact model, browsing costs nothing, and you pay only when you act.

On the chat apps, the core is free: Muzz says “It’s always FREE to see profiles, match, chat & marry on Muzz”, and Salams is free “for all of our main features”. Their subscriptions buy reach: more likes, filters and visibility. On the older matrimonial sites, messaging itself is usually the paid part. For what Muzz’s paid tier adds, see our guide to its plans.

What you pay for on IslamicKnot, and what you see before paying

What sets it apart: it is the only platform in this table without a subscription of any kind. Three family contacts cost US$12, less than a month of Pure Matrimony Premium ($13.99) or Half Our Deen ($19), or a week of Muslima Gold ($19.99). And none of the six others says it shows, before you pay, whether a woman is already in talks.

  • Browsing is free and needs no account. Listing a profile costs nothing, whether the sister, her wali or a revert sister creates it.
  • Contacting a family costs US$5, paid once. Packs are cheaper: US$12 for 3 contacts, or US$15 for 5. Prices are in US dollars, for everyone; our pricing page lists what is free, what one contact unlocks and the refund terms.
  • What you get: her wali’s phone number, and nothing else. If the family changes the number later, you see the new one at no extra cost.
  • A supervised introduction with a revert sister costs one contact credit, the same as contacting a family.
  • No subscription and nothing recurring. There are no ads, and we don’t sell data.
  • What you see first. A seeker can see, before paying, whether she is marked “in talks” and whether families have reached out in the last 30 days, without an exact count. Paused profiles are hidden, so every profile in search is open to enquiries.

Further reading

Sources are numbered under the table.

Frequently asked questions

Is IslamicKnot free?

Browsing is free, and listing a profile costs nothing, whether the sister, her wali or a revert sister creates it. The person who asks to contact a family pays, per family.

Is there a subscription or auto-renewal on IslamicKnot?

No subscription and nothing recurring. Browsing is free, and you pay only when you choose to contact a family or book a supervised introduction.

What if the number doesn't work?

The number a seeker unlocks is always the family's current one, at no extra cost if it changes. Purchases are non-refundable, except where the law requires a refund. If a profile becomes unavailable just before your request completes, nothing is revealed and the credit stays on your account.