Which tool fits your situation?
usapedia24 has a set of free interactive tools built for the everyday life of Arabs in the US, from prayer times to a paycheck calculator. This page brings them all together and explains exactly what situation each one is designed for, so you pick the right tool the first time instead of clicking around at random.
Religious and daily-life tools
- Prayer times: the five daily prayer times for your city, across 64 US cities, with a dedicated Ramadan timetable and a "use my location" option.
- Zakat calculator: calculates zakat on cash, gold, and silver based on nisab and hawl, useful when you're paid in dollars and need to convert the calculation.
- Citizenship test: practice questions for the Civics Test used in the N-400 naturalization interview, in both the 2008 and 2025 versions.
Financial tools
- Paycheck calculator: estimates your net pay after federal tax, state tax, and deductions — useful for understanding the gap between the salary quoted in a job offer and what actually lands in your account.
- Mortgage calculator: estimates your monthly payment when buying a home, useful before meeting any bank or real estate agent.
- City cost-of-living comparison: compares rent and monthly expenses between two cities before you decide to move.
Planning and scheduling tools
- First-90-days planner: a weekly task list for your first three months after arrival, from Social Security to opening a bank account.
- Visa Bulletin tracker: tells you whether your immigration petition's priority date is current this month.
- Hijri date converter: converts dates between Hijri and Gregorian calendars, useful for birth dates and religious occasions on official documents.
Driving, learning, and conversion tools
- Driving practice quiz: practice questions styled after the DMV's written knowledge test before you get your driver's license.
- Situational English phrases: ready-made phrases with audio for school, the doctor's office, work, and the DMV.
- Unit converter: converts distances, weights, and temperatures between the metric and US customary systems.
- Citizenship eligibility date calculator: tells you the earliest date you can file N-400 based on when you got your green card.
Tip: If you just arrived in the US, start with the first-90-days planner — it points you toward the other tools (paycheck, prayer times, driving quiz) in the right order.
Common mistakes when choosing a tool
The most common mistake is using the paycheck calculator to estimate an annual figure instead of a monthly one, which makes the numbers look off — check the unit before reading the result. Another is confusing the practice citizenship quiz here with the actual official test at your USCIS interview; these are training questions, not the complete official question bank. And some people use the Visa Bulletin tool to interpret complex legal decisions, though it's designed only for a quick monthly status read.
What's next
For a full guide to your first stretch in the US, see first 90 days in the USA, and to understand pay and taxes see our US taxes guide.
Every tool here is for personal planning and learning only, not a substitute for an official source or a qualified professional when making a legal, financial, or health decision.
For all related official government services, see usa.gov.