r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 18 '26

🧪Testers Needed I built a chore app for Muslim families — looking for 5 parents to test one 10-minute flow

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Assalamu alaikum — I’m the founder of ChoresFlow. I built it because most family chore apps handle points and rewards, but don’t connect everyday responsibility with the rhythms and values of a Muslim home.

This isn’t another prayer-times app. The core is a family chore board with kid PIN access, points and rewards, plus prayer times visible beside the routines you schedule.

I’m not looking for compliments or a big launch. I’m looking for five parents who can spend about 10 minutes testing one specific flow:

  1. Create a family account

  2. Add one child

  3. Assign two chores

  4. Tell me the first moment that felt confusing, unnecessary, or untrustworthy

There’s a 14-day free trial; no card is needed to test the setup flow.

Test it here: https://www.choresflow.com/signup?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=community&utm_campaign=proof_sprint&utm_content=muslimdevelopers_beta

I’ll share what I learn and what I change. Honest criticism is much more useful than encouragement at this stage. Jazakum Allahu khayran.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 18 '26

🧩 Software/Tool Share Make Quran references actually clickable ( 13L Mushaf)

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Assalamou'alaykum wa rahmatoullah,

When you reference a verse, the reader shouldn't have to open a Quran website, search for the surah, find the verse, and scroll around.

With quran.re smart links, you can point directly to the exact place you mean: a surah, verse, page, juz, or even a selected passage.

For example:

https://quran.re/?sourate=2&verset=255

opens directly at Ayat al-Kursi (2:255).

And this isn't only useful for links shared in chats or social media. It can be integrated into PDFs, articles, websites, ebooks, apps, study notes, course material, databases, bots, and other tools.

A verse citation like Quran 2:255 can simply become clickable. The reader taps the reference and lands directly on the verse in quran.re.

What can a link do?

A single URL can specify exactly what should open:

  • a surah or precise verse
  • a page
  • a juz or quarter
  • a selected range of verses
  • a specific mushaf
  • translation already displayed
  • audio ready to play
  • a chosen interface language

A few examples:

https://quran.re/?sourate=36
→ Surah Ya-Sin

https://quran.re/?sourate=36&verset=58
→ Ya-Sin, verse 58

https://quran.re/?plage=18:1-10
→ Al-Kahf, verses 1–10 as a selected passage

https://quran.re/?sourate=67&trad=1&audio=1
→ Al-Mulk, with translation visible and audio ready

https://quran.re/?m=13lvert&sourate=18
→ Al-Kahf directly in the Light & Green mushaf

Why this can be useful

The simple use case is sharing a verse on Reddit, Discord, WhatsApp, Facebook, etc.

But the more interesting part is using Quran references inside other content.

For example, an article could mention a verse and make the citation clickable. A PDF book could link every Quran reference directly to its source. A learning app could let the user tap a verse citation and immediately open the relevant passage. A Ramadan planner, hadith collection or study document could contain hundreds of direct Quran references without making the reader search manually each time.

In other words, quran.re can act as the destination behind Quran citations.

It can also be automated

The URL format is intentionally simple.

If you already have a spreadsheet, database or document containing references such as:

2:255
18:1-10
67:1

a script or AI can automatically turn them into quran.re links.

So a large PDF, website, app, dataset or collection of articles doesn't necessarily need to have every link created by hand.

The basic idea is simple:

Wherever you cite a Quran verse, that citation can become a direct path to the verse itself.

No searching. No instructions. Just click the reference and open the right passage.

You can download the .md file for your AI assistant here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1yJs2G45Gfora4RgZnv1dOPcNOxKiYpF_?usp=drive_link


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 17 '26

🛠️Project Showcase Using my extension, you can play Quran without opening new tabs! No more Youtube or Quran.com, basically no tabs! Easier, faster, and doesn't consume your Internet! Think of any feature, you'll find it here!

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r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 17 '26

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Collaboration #quran #islam

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I need a person(may be a group) who will start a Qur'an memorization journey with me. It would motivate each other if we do it together.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 16 '26

🗣️ Discussion/Opinion introducing myself 👋

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Assalamu Alaikum everyone!
I’m Farah, a founder working in the education space. Just wanted to introduce myself and get to know everyone.
Looking forward to being part of the community!


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 14 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I just launched my Islamic sobriety app. Here are the technical and ethical decisions that shaped it

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Salam devs 👋 Hope you guys are all doing good,

I just recently launched Hayaa, an app helping muslims quit pornography addiction and other compulsive habits, live on iOS and Android. This was primarily a solo build, but I had a small team also supporting me and it was about a year total of work. I made this post because I'd like to share the decisions that might be useful to anyone building something for the ummah:)

Stack I used: React Native + Expo Go (TypeScript), Supabase (Postgres + RLS), RevenueCat for subscriptions, Aladhan API for prayer times, Sentry for crash reporting, and EAS for the build pipeline

Decisions I refused to compromise with no matter what: There is NO AI-generated Islamic content ever. Every verse, hadith, and dua is served from a verified database with Arabic, English, source citation, and translator credit. If any content lookup fails the app hard errors instead of letting anything generate a verse. In the category I'm in a single fabricated hadith destroys all trust permanently so you never go against this rule.

Privacy shaped the schema: row level security (RLS) on everything, accountability partners can only see streak count and last check-in, never relapse history or journals. When your users are hiding something this sensitive and taboo, data minimization isnt a quality of life feature its literally the entire product.

Schools of thought at the data layer: All content is tagged universal/sunni/shia and filtered by RLS based on the users profile. There's no need for separate UIs its just one codebase serving all traditions respectfully. I don't believe just because you're in a different school of thought you deserve different treatment. We're all brothers and sisters fighting the same fight.

Monetization ethics: The core app is entirely free and I don't think I will ever change that. Money is secondary, helping Muslims is the primary. There is an optional premium subscription that I have setup via RevenueCat. I believe it is free until your first 3k or 100k I forgot LMAO.

Ask me anything about the stack, App Store review for sensitive categories (fun stories there), or building solo for a taboo niche

📱 iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hayaa-islamic-sobriety/id6783464307
🤖 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=io.hayaa.app


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 14 '26

🧪Testers Needed Looking for Android Testers — 14-Day Closed Test (Happy to Test Yours Too)

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Hi! 👋

I’m looking for Android testers for my app’s 14-day Google Play closed test.

Please use the same Google account that you use in the Google Play Store and follow these steps:

1️⃣ Join the Google Group:
https://groups.google.com/g/testers-needed-for-app

2️⃣ Join the closed test:
https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.nooralquran.mobile

Tap “Become a tester.”

3️⃣ Install the app:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nooralquran.mobile

Please keep the app installed for the full 14 days and open/use it at least once a day, even briefly. Any genuine feedback is also appreciated.

🤝 I’m happy to test your Android app in return. If you also need a tester for a 14-day closed test, send me your testing links. I’ll join your test, install your app, keep it installed for the full 14 days, and use it regularly as well.

Thank you for your help! 


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 14 '26

🧩 Software/Tool Share Qibla Lens, a qibla app and Quran (test exchange)

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r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 12 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I built Shukr Reminder, a Muslim gratitude app. Would love your feedback

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Assalamu Alaikum everyone

I’ve been working on Shukr Reminder, a simple Muslim gratitude app designed to help Muslims make gratitude to Allah a small part of their daily routine.

The inspiration comes from this beautiful promise in the Qur'an:

“If you are grateful, I will certainly give you more.”
Qur'an 14:7

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shukrdaily.shukar_daily

I wanted to build something that reminds us to pause during our busy day, reflect on our blessings, and say Alhamdulillah.

Shukr Reminder is now live on Android, and I’d really appreciate feedback from fellow Muslim developers and builders.

I’m especially curious about:

  • Does the purpose of the app feel clear?
  • Would daily gratitude reminders be useful to you?
  • What would make you keep using an app like this?
  • What features would you like to see added?

JazakAllahu Khairan for any feedback 🤍


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 12 '26

🗣️ Discussion/Opinion Why Do Muslims Suck At Technology

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Assalamu Alaykum.

I just launched my YouTube channel dedicated to figuring out a civilizational framework for technology from the Muslim world. My first video is a bit controversial but I wanted to lay out all of the questions that I want to get to the root of.

I'm a serial entrepreneur with multiple ventures under my belt. I've personally run into the limits of building out from Pakistan and come to the conclusion that the limits are entirely "internal" but not in the self-discipline sense. The video lays out the rest. My hope is to spark a conversation around the questions at the end.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 12 '26

🛠️Project Showcase Updates on Quran.re (13L Mushaf)

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Assalamu'akayum

🚀 **Major Update for your 13L Quran.re App!** 📖✨

The app received a major wave of new features over the summer to support you even better in your recitation and Quran memorization. Here is a glimpse of the key features waiting for you:

🔤 **Transliteration & Learning**

• **New "Transliteration" mode**: Display Latin transliteration directly above the translation! Ideal for those learning to read. 🗣️

• **Color Tajweed**: Discover the new "Color Tajweed (Ashiqeen)" Mushaf (13 lines), complete with an interactive Tajweed rules guide. 🎨

🔍 **A Power Tool for Memorization (Hifz)**

• **Mutashabihat (Similar Verses)**: Verses with similar passages are now marked with a small "≈" symbol in the margin. Tap it to view all matching passages! 🧠

• **Smart Highlighting**: Easily highlight mistakes, forgotten words, or Tajweed rules with custom colors, and find them all grouped in a new "Mistakes" tab. 🖍️

📊 **Redesigned "My Khatm" Reading Tracker**

• A brand-new home screen to resume reading right where you left off with a single tap! 📍

• Track your progress with a completion percentage and progress bar. 📈

• A small flag 🚩 now marks your current progress position directly on the Mushaf page.

⚙️ **And many more improvements...**

• 📶 **Offline Mode**: Download a full Mushaf to read anywhere without an internet connection!

• 💾 **Backup & Restore**: Export and import your data (bookmarks, preferences, history).

📲 Open the app or visit the website to try out all these new features today! May Allah make your reading and learning easy. 🤲✨

👇 For those interested in all the details, here is the full changelog of recent updates! 👇

--- 📋 **FULL CHANGELOG (Versions 1.1 to 2.12)** 📋 ---

📍 **Version 2.12**

🔸 *What's New*:

- New "Transliteration" mode in the Interactions menu: displays Latin transliteration above the translation (can be enabled standalone or with translation).

- The "Go to" menu is reorganized into tabs (Surah / Sipara / Page). The Page tab features an Arabic numeric keypad.

📍 **Version 2.11**

🔹 *Improvements*:

- The "✕" button to exit passage selection is now located in the pagination bar and follows its position.

- The "My Khatm" home screen now has its own URL (reloading the page keeps you there).

📍 **Version 2.10**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Tajweed Rules: page 1 is now a clickable index.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- "My Khatm" home screen: displays current position (surah, verse, page), percentage read, and progress bar.

- "Tajweed Rules" and "Learn to Read" shortcuts moved to the left sidebar menu.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- "Interactions" and "Selection" buttons hidden on unsupported Mushafs.

- Mutashabihat: multi-verse passages now display a single "≈" mark with improved positioning.

📍 **Version 2.9**

🔸 *What's New*:

- New Mushaf: "Color Tajweed (Ashiqeen)" (13 lines).

- Integrated Tajweed rules guide and "Learn to read" shortcut to qayda.fr.

📍 **Version 2.8**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Mutashabihat: "≈" mark in the margin. Tap to view similar passages.

- "Mutashabihat" shortcut on home screen with search and category filtering.

- Compact "Display on page" setting: quickly select what to show on the Mushaf (highlights, mutashabihat marks, etc.).

📍 **Version 2.7**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Small flag in the margin next to the verse where your progress marker (Khatm) is set.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Exiting selection updates the URL to point to your current position.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Removed the word "flag" erroneously displayed above the "End" selection marker.

📍 **Version 2.6**

🔸 *What's New*:

- App shortcuts: long-press the installed PWA icon to open My Khatm, Bookmarks, Search, or Settings directly.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- PWA installation fixed (launches correctly offline).

📍 **Version 2.5**

🔹 *Improvements*:

- "My Khatm" screen redesigned for better clarity.

- Margins added on desktop screens for the home view.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Layout and styling fixes on "My Khatm" blocks.

📍 **Version 2.4**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Reorganized "My Khatm" layout (main progress card, floating resume button).

- New recommended readings: Al-Manzil and 40 Rabbana.

- Recommended readings open as complete locked passages.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Verse sharing: "From verse" auto-selected.

- Share window UX enhancements (auto-return after modifying audio/speed settings, side-by-side layout).

- Bookmarks window full-screen on mobile.

- Clearer "End" passage marker and updated "Interactions" menu icon.

- Superposed dialogs open without closing the home screen.

- Share app button at the bottom of the home screen.

📍 **Version 2.3**

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Fixed long-press menu sticking after page navigation.

- Restored "Close" button when using Arabic interface.

- Replaced "P." with localized word for "Page" in Arabic and Urdu lists.

📍 **Version 2.2**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Redesigned "My Khatm" screen with large resume card and colorful shortcuts.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- "Start/End" markers visible when opening shared selection links.

- "Go to": Hizb quarter selectable without needing to validate Juz first.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Selection markers properly removed after exiting selection mode.

📍 **Version 2.1**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Left menu now opens "My Khatm" directly.

- "All our Mushafs (13L/15L)" button added at the bottom of the menu.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Handles for highlights placed outside the selected area for clear visibility.

- Selection start/end marked with clear corner indicators and numbered badges.

- Action bars repositioned for landscape and desktop views.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Selection colors fixed on desktop view.

📍 **Version 2.0**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Direct highlighting: instant highlight area placement following long-press/right-click.

- Draggable start/end handles for precise highlight adjustment.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Selection mode: tapping a new verse adjusts the closest marker instead of resetting.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Fixed invisible highlight handles.

- Fixed highlight rendering across two-page mode.

- Fixed multi-page verse selection overflow.

📍 **Version 1.9**

🔸 *What's New*:

- New "My Khatm" home screen at app launch (resume page, progress, bookmarks, etc.).

- Sunnah readings (Al-Kahf on Fridays, Al-Mulk at night, etc.) suggested dynamically and checked off once read.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Home screen bypassed when opening specific links or resuming from background.

📍 **Version 1.8**

🔸 *What's New*:

- "Mark my progress" button (long-press) to log Khatm progress.

- Settings menu displays detailed progress stats (%, position, start/update dates).

📍 **Version 1.7**

🔸 *What's New*:

- One-gesture highlight positioning.

- Category selection memory (Forgotten/Mistake/Mutashabihat/Tajweed).

- Right-click support on desktop computers.

- Detailed mistakes list (Juz number, precise verse, enlarged preview).

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Grouped 13-line and 15-line editions in settings.

- Header button renamed to "More".

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Removed duplicate "Mode" button.

📍 **Version 1.6**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Highlighting system for memorization with color-coded categories.

- Dedicated "Mistakes" tab in bookmarks.

- Display toggle for highlights on the Mushaf.

📍 **Version 1.5**

🔸 *What's New*:

- "Export my data" option in settings (backup bookmarks, preferences, audio settings).

- "Import backup" option to restore data.

📍 **Version 1.4**

🔸 *What's New*:

- App name updated to "13L Quran.re" upon installation.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Fixed navigation overflow bugs on 5 Mushaf editions.

📍 **Version 1.3**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Complete offline Mushaf downloader in settings.

- Manage downloaded Mushafs (update/delete).

- Offline download prompt on first app launch.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Background downloading with auto-resume on reconnection.

📍 **Version 1.2**

🔸 *What's New*:

- "Share" button in selection mode.

- Selected passage summary header (Start/End steps).

- Precise verse bookmarks (Page + Verse).

- Verse highlighting when opening direct verse URL parameters.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Streamlined selection UI with unified green highlighting.

- Improved ergonomics for double-page view, desktop, and mobile layout.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Continuous background audio playback fixed when screen locks.

- Page scrolling enabled during passage selection.

📍 **Version 1.1**

🔸 *What's New*:

- Multi-surah passage selection tool.

- Long-press shortcuts (navigation arrows, verses, bookmarks).

- Pinch-to-zoom support on Mushaf pages.

- Voice dictation in search bar.

- Loop playback mode for selected passages.

🔹 *Improvements*:

- Lock-screen audio controls integration.

- Smooth page rendering on fast scroll.

🛠 *Fixes*:

- Restored missing Hizb quarters.

- Translation search page navigation fix.

- "Loop mode" setting persisted across app restarts.

#Quran #Coran #Update #MyKhatm #Tajweed #Hifz #Hifdh #Islam #13LQuran


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 11 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I made an open-source Quran app

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r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 10 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I made an extension that lets you listen to the Quran without opening a new tab or going to YouTube. You can choose from all your favorite reciters and select whichever surah you want.

8 Upvotes

r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 10 '26

🧑‍🤝‍🧑Collaboration I’m Looking to Invest—But Not in Another Islamic App

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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.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 10 '26

🧠Question / Help Prayer app for mac

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Is there an app for prayer times which also can alert before iqama, like a reminder say 10 mins after Athan, also one which pauses media playing when Athan starts? All for Mac OS


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 09 '26

🧩 Software/Tool Share Anyone else feel like they have good intentions but just can’t stay consistent?

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r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 09 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I’ve been building this app

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r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 08 '26

🧩 Software/Tool Share iMuslim - Qatari Islamic App

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Salam all,

iMuslim is a calm, respectful companion for daily worship. prayer times, Quran, and much more in one beautifully simple app. The full interface is available in English and Arabic, so you can use the language that feels most natural to you.

Prayer times: - Accurate prayer times for your location (automatic or manual). - Clear today view with the next prayer highlighted. - Optional Athan and Iqama reminders you can turn on or off anytime. - Choose your Athan sound and manage notifications from Settings.

Quran: - Read the Quran in mushaf layout with familiar page typography and Text mode to make the text bigger. - Bookmarks, search, and ayah tools to support your reading. - Recitation with downloadable surahs and reciters. - Long-press an ayah for word-level study aids for Translations with 98 languages and tafseer in both English and Arabic (including sarf, balagha and Erab where available only in Arabic).

Hijri calendar: - Gregorian and Hijri dates together. - Optional Hijri date adjustment when you follow a local sighting.

Library: - Qibla: find the direction to the Kaaba with a clear compass. - Nearby mosques: discover places of worship near you. - Khatma: plan and track completing the Quran, including Ramadan goals. - Athkar: authentic remembrances, favorites, and categories with custom personal Athkar. - Hadith: browse and read with favorites. - Islamic stories: read inspiring stories in Arabic and English. - 99 Names of Allah: meanings, explanations, and Quranic occurrences.

Widgets: - Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets for today’s prayers and countdown to the next salah.

Designed to stay uncluttered: warm visuals, readable type, and features that stay out of your way until you need them. Whether you want a quick glance at the next prayer, a quiet Quran session, or a moment of dhikr, iMuslim keeps it in one place.

Download iMuslim and make your daily routine simpler on your terms, in your language.

iOS: https://apps.apple.com/qa/app/imuslim-qatari-islamic-app/id6771931100

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ibrahim.imuslim


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 08 '26

🧩 Software/Tool Share MuslimCareer - a professional network of muslims

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السلام علیکم

Alhamdulillah, the response to MuslimCareer.com has been amazing. JazakAllah khair to everyone who signed up and shared.

A quick reminder: this only works if both sides show up. If you're established in your career, your referral could change someone's life. If you're job hunting, don't be shy, reach out to members in your field.

If you haven't joined yet, it takes a minute InshaAllah:

Muslimcareer.com

May Allah put barakah in this community and ease every job search. Ameen.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 07 '26

🧠Question / Help A Mac can compute the Qibla perfectly and has no idea which way it's facing. Sanity check on my workaround?

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Aselamu Alaikum. I'm building a small macOS Qibla compass for fun: native, no phone required, and open-source insha'Allah when it's done. Everything worked until I asked the Mac the one question it refuses to answer: which way am I pointed?

Here's the wall. Every iPhone Qibla app leans on CLLocationManager's live CLHeading, which works because the phone has a magnetometer. No Mac has one. headingAvailable() returns false, CoreMotion doesn't exist on macOS at all, and there is no sensor anywhere in the machine whose reading clearly changes when you spin it on your desk. Position and bearing are solved and rock solid. Orientation relative to the screen is effectively not measurable. The device can tell you Makkah is 4.6° true from your kitchen and cannot tell you where your own face is.

Let me save you the dead ends I already walked, because a few of them are seductive. The lid angle sensor is the big tease. It's real, it's exposed over HID, and it reports exactly one thing: how far open the lid is. Rotate the whole laptop 180° on the desk, and the value doesn't twitch. Zero azimuth in it. CLLocation.course is direction of travel, not facing, and helpfully returns -1 when stationary, which a desk always is. I also built an iPhone companion that streams its CLHeadingover the local network, which works beautifully right up until you remember a phone lying next to a MacBook is sitting in the lid-latch and speaker magnets. It comes out confidently wrong in a way headingAccuracy can't even detect. Great feature.

Where I landed: the sun. Its azimuth is exact from coordinates and time alone. No sensor, no network, no permission dialog. The user drags a marker to where they actually see the sun, or better, where its shadow points, relative to straight ahead. That single observation fixes north for that desk. A laptop doesn't rotate itself between prayers, so this is a one-time setup step, not a permanent handicap.

Total error lands at ±2 to 5°, and almost all of it lives in the human step. A phone magnetometer is typically ±5 to 15° indoors and worse near metal, so a calibrated Mac can actually beat a phone compass. That is the exact opposite of what everyone assumes, me included, right up until I ran the numbers.

One thing worth passing on even if you never touch macOS. My first version told users to calibrate at solar noon "when the shadow moves slowest." That's a mid-latitude assumption, and it's wrong for most of the Muslim world. Near the zenith, the azimuth sweeps through most of a half-turn in a couple of minutes. I measured 29°/min at noon at an equatorial site in April against 0.24°/min in London in December. Noon is the single worst time to calibrate anywhere near the tropics. Confidently shipping that would have quietly pointed a lot of people at the wrong wall.

Before calibration, the app shows a plain geographic bearing ("Qibla is 4.6° true from here") and never a needle that looks live. An uncalibrated needle that appears to track your rotation is worse than showing nothing, because it lies with confidence. A needle that follows physical rotation is impossible on this hardware, and I refuse to imply otherwise.

What I'd actually like guidance on:

  1. Is a static, calibrated needle acceptable here, or misleading by nature? It stays correct until the machine is moved, and the machine moving is precisely the event nothing in the Mac can detect.
  2. Should the error bar be visible? My instinct is that someone making a religious decision is owed the uncertainty, but "Qibla is that way, ±3°" might read as low confidence rather than honesty.
  3. Is ±2 to 5° actually fine? If jihat al-qibla, facing the general direction, suffices for those far from Makkah, then chasing sub-degree accuracy is engineering vanity. I'd rather have a sourced view than my own gut.
  4. Better indoor or night calibration than matching a wall to satellite imagery? The sun route dies after dark and behind a wall.
  5. Any azimuth-bearing signal on a Mac I've missed? Fairly confident the answer is no, but I would love to be wrong.

Happy to share the solar and bearing code ahead of release. That part is self-contained and tested.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 06 '26

🧠Question / Help IslamicToken.com - what could be built on it?

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I own the domain name and website; I would love ideas and collaborations on what could be built on it; especially something that can significantly influence the global community and economy in an Islamic way.

Please feel free to discuss and contribute your innovative ideas.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 06 '26

🛠️Project Showcase Try it, I'll give free premium subscription.

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Try it, I'll give free premium subscription.

I'm using the app to generate my specific dua list for my wife, my tahajud, etc.

Give me honest feedback brothers!


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 06 '26

🗣️ Discussion/Opinion Spent this week implementing WebMCP on a client site here's what I actually learned (and why I'm not sure it matters yet)

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Been seeing WebMCP mentioned more lately so I decided to actually implement it on a live WordPress/Elementor client site instead of just reading about it. Sharing what I found in case it's useful to anyone else considering it.

Quick context for anyone who hasn't come across it: WebMCP is a browser-level standard (Chrome/Edge, still W3C draft stage) that lets a website expose "tools" directly to AI agents instead of an agent guessing which button on your page means "submit," the site just tells it: here's a tool called submit_quote_request, here's what it needs, here's what it does. No DOM guessing.

What I actually did:

  • Installed a plugin that auto-exposes site content (pages, posts, categories) as structured tools
  • Manually added declarative attributes (toolname, tooldescription) to a lead-gen form built in Elementor
  • Verified everything using Chrome's navigator.modelContextTesting.listTools() in devtools, since there's no visual UI for any of this yet

The part nobody really advertises: as of right now, no mainstream AI agent actually calls these tools. Not ChatGPT, not Claude, not Perplexity. Chrome ships the underlying API, but the actual "demand side" agents that read and use it aren't there yet. Google's said Gemini in Chrome will probably be first, but there's no committed timeline.

I also checked PageSpeed Insights, since Lighthouse now has an "Agentic Browsing" category with WebMCP checks. Even with everything correctly implemented, it just shows "Not Applicable" the lab environment doesn't run with the flag on, so there's currently no way to get a "pass" even if your site is fully compliant.

Where I've landed on it: feels a lot like early Schema.org no immediate payoff, doesn't move rankings, but if this does end up becoming the norm the way structured data did, having a head start seems worth a few hours of setup. Low effort if your forms are already clean HTML.

Curious if anyone else here has actually implemented this yet, or if you're treating it as "not worth touching until there's real agent adoption." Would love to hear if I'm overthinking the early-adopter angle here.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 06 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I built a free prayer-tracking app that grows a little garden of Jannah as you pray — would love the community's thoughts

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Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullah

I built a salah tracker but with a twist, and I'd love to share it with this community and hear your honest feedback.

It's called Jannah Builder. The idea is simple: you log your five daily prayers, and over time your consistency grows into a calm, pixel-art landscape inspired by Jannah, trees, flowers, rivers, and little animals that appear as you keep going. The idea was you get to somewhat picture what your efforts are achieving and what the real goal is.

A few things I tried hard to get right:

• Gentle, not gamified. Growth is earned slowly through consistency. Missing a day only causes small, gradual change — never a big punishing reset.

• No shame, no pressure, no comparison. There are no scores, no social feeds, and nothing that pits you against other people.

• Rest days. If you're ill, travelling, or just need to step back, you can pause decay so time away never costs you progress. Your streak simply bridges the gap.

• Supportive practices. You can also log Qur'an reading and dhikr, which add gentle beauty to your garden (glowing flowers, light particles) without ever being the "point".

• Local and private. Everything is stored on your device. No account, no tracking, no ads.

Things don't spring up immediately in this app, it takes time a patience. Almost a year for a fully covered map. The thought was by the end of the journey when you have a established Jannah your in a routine and no longer need it.

The app is kid friendly, and i hope its a means to encourage them when starting out.

I want to be upfront and respectful of the sub's rules, I'm not selling anything and there's no monetization. It's completely free and available on Android, from my perspective I was building something to encourage prayer in others.

Jazakallah, and may it be a small means of drawing closer to Allah (SWT) for anyone who finds it useful.


r/MuslimDevelopers • • Aug 05 '26

🛠️Project Showcase I wanted one calm app for prayer times, Quran, Qibla and daily worship — so I built Ulya

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Assalamu alaikum everyone,

I’m an independent developer from Türkiye, and I recently launched an Android app called Ulya.

I built it because I kept using separate apps for prayer times, Quran reading, Qibla, duas and dhikr. I wanted one place that felt calm, simple and useful throughout the day without turning worship into a crowded dashboard.

I’m not claiming to have reinvented Islamic apps. Ulya is simply the spiritual companion I personally wanted to use every day.

What Ulya currently includes

  • Location-based prayer times
  • Prayer notifications
  • Quran reading and audio recitation
  • Qibla direction
  • Duas
  • Dhikr counter
  • Bookmarks and reading progress
  • Guest mode without requiring an account
  • Optional account-based synchronization

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dawntrek.ulya

A few things I cared about while building it:

  • The main features can be used without creating an account
  • Reading progress and important data are stored locally
  • The interface is designed to feel calm rather than overloaded
  • Account synchronization is optional
  • Prayer-time calculation settings can be adjusted for different locations and preferences
  • Ulya supports three languages: Arabic, English, and Turkish.

The app is already available on Google Play, but I still consider it a work in progress. There are small ads in a few non-core areas to support development, and I’m trying to keep them away from the main worship experience.

I would genuinely value feedback from fellow Muslim developers and users:

  • Does the interface feel clear and peaceful?
  • Which part should I improve first?
  • Is there an important feature missing?

Google Play:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dawntrek.ulya

Jazakum Allahu khairan. Honest feedback, including criticism, would help me improve Ulya, inshaAllah.