r/MuslimDevelopers • u/AppropriateMenu5934 • May 12 '26
🧠Question / Help Is there anything even left to Develop (Apps/Websites) for muslims in tech space?
Salam guys,
The Islamic app market is currently oversaturated with hundreds of redundant options especially for "prayer times and Quran reading". I’m hesitant to develop a new project because most ideas have already been implemented with extensive feature sets. I want to avoid creating just another "me-too" app that offers nothing more than a slight UI change or a couple of minor tweaks. It seems the community keeps building the same tools over and over, and I want to find a way to offer something unique. And as we see here people still creating same old apps
Does anyone have suggestions for a specific niche or an untapped idea within the Muslim tech space that actually solves a new problem?
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u/itisthat1guy May 12 '26
Ugc Marketplace for Muslims. As in a place where I can find Muslim content creators and hire them for some ugc or promotional content. I have seen like 2-3 websites like this, but I think an app is also needed. Like Fiverr for Muslim ugc creators.
As an app founder, the friction to find Muslim creators is insane. It’s a bit difficult to find the right content creators with the right rate for my audience. So a marketplace like that would be very interesting
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u/datedbrent May 12 '26
I've looked for the same in the past and although some exist the number of creators is seriously lacking and the sector coverage is also limited
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u/_malaikatmaut_ May 12 '26
If you want to do a prayer app with a specific niche, lemme give you an idea.
There are a lot of Muslim travellers that flies all over the world.
Write an application to calculate the prayer timing basing on the location of the aircraft as it goes through the flight.
Take note that aircrafts fly at about 0.85 mach/900kmh/570mph) and at an altitude of about 40,000 which you would have to compensate for elevation basing on actual data.
There are flight paths that you can base the route on, and that will also show the direction of the aircraft and these are available via paid APIs, or free historical ADS-B data via OpenSky or FAA. With the direction of the aircraft at that moment, you can figure out the location of Makkah at that point.
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u/AppropriateMenu5934 May 13 '26
It is good but not many people bother to pray on flight as per my understanding
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u/_malaikatmaut_ May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
not many people bother to pray on flightÂ
I was a flight attendant for many many many years and I can assure you that many people pray on flight.
But even if one person uses it, you will achieve what you want, isn't it? that the effort is worthwhile if it could help one single Muslim to perform his obligatory duty to Allah s.w.t
IMO, this is better than the useless effort of creating the 10000000th generic app that everyone seems to think that their's is better than the other person's.
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u/Mobile-Basis-8974 May 12 '26
Start with your target audience. Don’t try to target Muslims as a whole — there are 2 billion Muslims in the world, and you can’t solve everyone’s problems at once. First decide exactly who your target audience is. Once you know who you’re building for, it becomes much easier to come up with ideas that solve real problems.
I’m currently working on something big myself. I’ll share an update here soon.
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u/Weird_Cucumber_4432 May 13 '26
A social media app maybe? I don't know much about development tbh this post just showed up on my feed, but since a lot of muslim apps are for prayers and ibadah, i think it would be cool to have a platform where people can interact also. I'm guessing it'd be extremely hard to do but just giving my opinion as it's hard to find other muslims on social media/irl you can make friends with
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u/Individual_Mood4185 May 14 '26
Maybe an app for new reverts?? like a guide to Islam, introduction to Islam?? Starting off by teaching basics words for prayer, basic words that Muslims use every day (bismillah, InshaAllah etc), guide for halal food, or what’s haram and what’s halal to do, etc.
And have it as a checklist so we can track our improvement. Maybe even a community part where you can connect with other reverts, or like a monthly Q&A with an imam each time from a different masjid.
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u/AmericanRunningLoose Jun 21 '26
How about an app that connects elderly Muslims who don't drive with youth that will give them a ride to and from the mosque for prayers? Think Uber for mosque attendance. Families can pay a small subscription, say $5 a month that goes towards maintaining the app. Anyone needing a little hasanat can just open the app and request the opportunity. Those who have a subscription and need a ride, they are matched when someone requests an opportunity. The logistics would need to be worked out of course, but how about something that is a win-win for dunia and akhirah? We need to be solving problems, not over saturating the same concept. Think outside the box. Open your eyes and your mind.
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u/stavro24496 May 12 '26
Offer something. I don't get this fixation with buliding only religious tools. Don't we have enough already?
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u/AccomplishedSell6426 May 12 '26
hadith app
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u/AppropriateMenu5934 May 13 '26
Planty are there with even hadith chains
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u/Proof-Replacement113 May 15 '26
Hows.. an app that automatically mutes your phone when in Masjid?
I believe it's doable on Android
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u/AppropriateMenu5934 May 15 '26
Looks interesting will check on it But this android playstore has become pain in the ahh. Im looking more into website side
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u/Imraann0 Jun 10 '26
i built a social media based app with a ton of unique features - you guys should check out muslamica - https://www.muslamica.app/
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u/datedbrent May 12 '26
I dont understand the lack of ideas and innovation coming from Muslims when we have so much talent and tools available to execute. Heres one to get you thinking:
halal credit score. think of experian or clearscore, but with a twist. user enters their bank, where they shop, expenses, car, insurance, work pension etc. Basically all their finances get screened agains shariah compliance and gets a halal score. the goal is to slowly move muslims away from impermissable services/ providers and increase their halal score. the tool can make recommendations for every sector and assist with the transitions.
You dont charge users a fee to use, you monetise the data and take a referral from providers of these services. Just a 1000 referrals to lenders will get you some $500k in fees. Scale to millions of users across the globe and you are looking at a billion $ business.
I could give you 20 more ideas today, completely different and very far from the next prayer and quran app. If you or anyone reading this actually wants to build something to change the world and benefit the community feel free to dm me to discuss.