In the vast ecosystem of religious apps, one has emerged as a digital sanctuary for Muslims worldwide. Muslim Pro, which began as a simple prayer time calculator, has evolved into what many users now consider a portable resource, digital Quran, and global faith community all housed within their smartphones.
With 170 million downloads across more than 190 countries, the app illustrates how technology can help preserve and adapt religious traditions in an increasingly mobile world.
“It was launched to provide accurate prayer times for Muslims all over the world where it’s not easily accessible,” explains Nafees Khundker, CEO and group managing director of Muslim Pro. “People in the West, they’re the ones who needed it most because over there you didn’t have mosques all over the place, right? It was like a companion for any Muslim to understand when the prayer times are.”
What began as a practical utility in 2010 has steadily expanded to encompass virtually every aspect of Islamic practice, from Quran study to community connection.
“Slowly when we started … Very quickly actually, from being just a utility app, we started providing additional services,” Khundker says. “First was, of course, Quran recitations. Then we went in and started with translations in different languages. We now have the Quran translated in 20 different languages. You can actually read the Quran in more than 60 languages in the platform today.”
This multilingual approach has proven crucial for the app’s global adoption, particularly among converts and Muslims living in non-Muslim countries who may prefer reading religious texts in their native language.
Finding Faith Community in the Digital Age
For many young Muslims walking the tightrope between traditional religious practices and modern life, Muslim Pro offers a middle path: a way to maintain spiritual connections in a format that integrates seamlessly with digital lifestyles.
“The biggest trend we see and which is probably logical, is that the younger, tech-savvy Muslims are the ones who are using it the most,” Khundker observes. “Of course, they’re the ones with the smartphones. They’re the ones who like the new features.”
Demographic data bears this out. “I would say more than 50% of our users would be between 18 and 34 years old, and it’s being increasingly used for educational purposes,” adds Khundker.
The app is now preparing to launch enhanced community features that will allow Muslims to connect with each other regardless of geographical boundaries — a virtual ummah, or global Muslim community.
“We are actually relaunching our community section where people can come in and at least there can be different types of forums and there will be different types of, again, scholars and all will come in and you can have a lot more interaction within our app,” Khundker explains. “We’ve already built a community; it’s a global community. Now, they can actually come and interact with each other within the app also.”
“We are also focusing on the community aspect now where we feel that people all over the world want to connect with each other digitally with all these services,” says Khundker.
Technology as a Bridge to Tradition
Perhaps the most powerful testimonials about Muslim Pro come from users in regions where access to Islamic resources and communities is limited.
“I would want to highlight one of the stories from last year where … This person was actually a revert from somewhere in Europe,” Khundker recounts. “I think she sent a message to our customer service and really, really said how Muslim Pro has changed her life, where she used it on a daily basis to read and understand the Quran, to really get back and find more context in what Islam is and how to actually practice Islam.”
He continues, “This person’s Islamic journey actually started with Muslim Pro, where she can easily have the whole Quran on her app, carried around, and look at it anytime, or any Islamic question that she had straight away came from that.”
Such stories highlight how digital tools can serve as entry points to deeper religious engagement, rather than replacing traditional practices.
The app has recently integrated artificial intelligence to help users find reliable information about Islamic teachings.
“Last year, we launched our first AI-based solution which we call Ask AiDeen, which is basically for any questions anyone has regarding Islam,” says Khundker. “You can ask any Islamic questions in our AI chatbot.”
This feature addresses a common challenge for Muslims seeking accurate information online, where religious guidance can vary widely in quality and theological perspective.
Culture and Faith Across Borders
Perhaps the most remarkable thing about Muslim Pro is its widespread adoption across both Muslim-majority countries and regions where Muslims are minorities.
“The app was very quickly accepted in the Western world and we started getting a lot of downloads and usage from there. That’s where we really grew initially, but later we saw that because we have more and more services and it was very easy to use, even in the Muslim-dominated countries, also it did very well,” Khundker notes. The app’s ability to serve users across cultural contexts reflects a careful balance between providing universal Islamic resources while respecting regional variations in practice.
As with many faith-based apps, Muslim Pro has had to acknowledge the particularly sensitive nature of religious data. “Faith is something people probably practice and most people practice at home. It’s very personal to each individual,” Khundker admits. “For faith stuff, they’re more concerned about privacy. What they’re doing. What they’re searching for. How they’re practicing their faith.”
The company has implemented strict privacy controls. “We have a very, very strong process of managing data. Very few people will ever have access to individual data,” Khundker emphasizes. “Even I don’t have access.”
Location data, which is necessary for accurate prayer times, is now handled with particular care. “If the person says, ‘I am now in Singapore; what are the prayer times here?’ — but tomorrow, the person is in Indonesia and changes the location, we don’t keep the information for Singapore,” explains Khundker. “We have only the last location the user asked us for.”
Expanding Beyond the Digital Realm
Muslim Pro recently ventured beyond purely digital offerings to include travel services for religious pilgrimages.
“End of last year, we launched our first Umrah travel services, where people can actually use our app to book their travel. Most Muslims would want to go to Mecca and Medina and perform their Umrah services,” Khundker says.
This expansion reflects the app’s evolving vision. “Now we have a new vision, is to be the digital home for all things Muslim, which is basically combining faith, technology, and also the whole lifestyle for Muslims. Whatever a Muslim needs in their daily life, we want to be there to provide those services,” explains Khundker.
This comprehensive approach has made Muslim Pro far more than just an app; it’s become an essential companion in life as a Muslim in the modern world.
As Khundker puts it, “We want people to share their thoughts. It’s more [ways] of connecting. We want to be an app you turn [to] for anything you need to practice Islam, or anything you need in your daily life.”