built a quiet muslim companion app with a dhikr counter that lives on the lock screen + 99 names + 72 dhikr items. asking: what does the practice need from technology that doesn't yet exist?
salaam everyone. mahad here. full disclosure: i'm the cofounder of an iOS app called nafs, shipped april 21, 5,000 organic installs since!! ALHAMDULILAH!!!
we don't claim any tariqa. nafs is sect-neutral content (Quran + canonical 6 hadith only, no scholars named). but the practice-aspects we did spend the most time on are the ones this sub values most: dhikr, the 99 names, ihsan in the daily flow.
what's in the app along those lines:
- tasbih counter that lives on the dynamic island + lock screen. you tap +1 from anywhere - no need to open the app while you're doing dhikr.
- 99 names of Allah, each with meaning + reference, ready for memorization.
- 72 dhikr items across morning / evening / general adhkar.
- a friends feed where the only reaction is 🤲 "made dua" and reflections are blurred until you share your own. it's a feed that resists performance, which is a value i hear a lot in this sub.
what i'd actually love to know: what does the practice need from technology that doesn't yet exist? aspects of the path that get hindered by phones and could be helped by them?
genuinely asking. - mahad, full disclosure.