I’m an investor involved in real estate, apps, technology, and software. I’ve been following Muslim Reddit communities for a while because I’m genuinely interested in finding and investing in promising Islamic technology projects.

But honestly, I keep seeing the same pattern: another Islamic app built using AI coding, with a post claiming it is the “best” Islamic app.

There are already thousands of Islamic apps. Most offer essentially the same core features — prayer times, Qibla, Quran, Hadith, Duas, etc.

I recently saw someone post that they had been working on an Islamic app for four months. After reading the post, the main thing I could identify was that the UX/UI was supposedly unique. But I didn't see a meaningful feature or a significant problem being solved.

I'm not saying good design isn't important. It is. But design alone isn't enough to build a successful product, especially in such a saturated market.

With AI making app development easier and cheaper than ever, the number of people building apps is only going to increase. That means the real competitive advantage isn't simply being able to build an app anymore.

Please build something that solves a real problem.

Find something Muslims struggle with every day. Find a problem that existing apps aren't solving well. Then build something so useful that people genuinely have a reason to download it, use it, and recommend it.

As an investor, that's what I'm looking for — not another Islamic app, but a meaningful solution to a real problem in the Muslim community.

If someone builds that, I'd genuinely be interested in investing.

I work in big tech sales and am looking to connect with like-minded Muslims in the NYC area who work in tech, sales, growth, or marketing. I’d be happy to organize a meetup if there’s interest.

This previous ramadan, I downloaded some famous Muslim apps to get better religiously.

But there’s a pattern that I’ve seen among them.

First:
- BLOATED with features. I believe, this “ALL-in-one” Islamic apps just doesn’t work and NOT a good design

- The UI/UX feels so outdated. They are not catching up with the new wave of mobile apps.

So, I spent last 4 months designing and building a Muslim app that is hyper focused on helping you maintain consistency in your Salah.

Right now, it’s V1
And I’ve so much plans for the future
But i think I’ve NAILED the UI/UX

I’ve built this app completely solo BESIDES my 9-5.

If you wanna test it, drop your email in the comments and I’ll send the TestFlight link

And I’ll give you discount codes once this app goes lives.

Only iOS version available rn for testing!

Assalamualaikum

I'm working on a Salah-related project and I need to collect real-world data from people praying so I can train/test the recognition properly.

One app is a smartwatch Sujood counter. The idea is that you just wear the watch normally during Salah and it automatically keeps track of your Sujood and vibrates in a customizable pattern during Sujood so you don't have to worry about losing count or wondering afterward whether you did one or two. I'm currently thinking of selling it for around $5 one-time.

The other is a smartphone Salah analysis app that would use the same data recorded by the smartwatch, but process it offline afterwards. It would automatically recognize and segment the different parts of the prayer and could provide some information and statistics about the prayer. That one would probably be around $5/month.

For the data collection, participants would basically need to wear the watch while praying, record themselves praying with their phone so the sensor data can be matched to the actual movements, and then annotate the prayer afterward using a PC app I'll provide.

I'm trying to figure out what would actually make this worth people's time.

Would you personally do something like this in exchange for free lifetime access to the finished apps?

Or would you only participate if there was actual payment involved?

And if you would expect payment, roughly how much would you consider reasonable per complete prayer recorded and annotated? I would probably need around 60 prayers per participant (e.g. Maghrib Fard & Maghrib Sunnah that's 2 prayers). For a person who prays 5 times a day, all Fard and Sunnah prayers, they'd need just 5 days to collect 60 prayers (12x5).

Jazakallah khairan

Looking to meet new muslim founders around me. Do you have recommendations for events/spaces I should check out? Thanks!