u/AppearanceWorking839

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.

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u/AppearanceWorking839 — 9 days ago
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shipped an iOS muslim companion app - looking for irving-area muslim community recs (masjid tech nights, founder meetups, sister meetups for my cofounder)

salaam irving. we just shipped nafs april 21. iOS muslim companion app. 5,000+ installs in 2 weeks organic.

posting because irving has one of the strongest muslim communities in the metroplex and i want to find more of you. specifically:

  1. any irving masjids doing tech / career / entrepreneurship nights? would love to attend or speak.
  2. sister-focused community events I should know about? I leads sisters product for nafs and im always looking for sister halaqahs + meetups.
  3. local muslim founder coffee meetups? even just one-on-one. happy to start one if there isn't.
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u/AppearanceWorking839 — 9 days ago
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plano-area muslim founder - shipped an iOS app + need recs for: local halal-friendly coworking, muslim founder meetups, masjid tech nights

salaam plano. we just shipped my first iOS app. it's called nafs, muslim companion app, hit 5,000 organic installs since april 21.

three real asks for the sub:

  1. any halal-friendly coworking spots in plano / richardson / frisco where muslim founders actually hang out? i've been working from home for 6 months and need to surface.
  2. local muslim founder or indie-builder meetups? even informal "halaqah meets startups" type things. i'd show up.
  3. any masjid in the area doing tech nights or career-night events? happy to volunteer or speak.

but real focus of this post is the local recs.

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u/AppearanceWorking839 — 9 days ago
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I made a privacy-first muslim companion app for iOS. 6 months of nights + weekends, 5,000 organic installs in the first 2 weeks.

i'm mahad, 20, made nafs with my cofounder Nasrin. shipped april 21, hit 5,000 installs in 2 weeks with zero ads or marketing.

what it does:

  • prayer times + qibla
  • 100+ free Quran reciters
  • 3 mushaf (Quran) editions at 604 pages each
  • 154 duas, 502 hadiths, 99 names of allah, 72 dhikr items
  • tasbih (dhikr counter) lives on the dynamic island + lock screen as a Live Activity. tap +1 from anywhere.
  • private cycle tracker for the women in muslim families, encrypted on-device with AES-256-GCM
  • friends feed where the only reaction is 🤲 "made dua". reflections blurred until you share your own.

built in pure native swift + swiftui + swiftdata. 318 unit tests. zero ad SDKs, zero third-party tracking.

free to install, $14.99/yr base for premium with a 7-day trial.

App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nafs-muslim-companion/id6759176653

site: nafs.fyi

  • mahad
u/AppearanceWorking839 — 9 days ago