The big 10 for muslim pro’s mobile app

Singapore based company behind the number one Islamic mobile app with over 10 million downloads globally

SINGAPORE, 16th April 2014 — Muslim Pro, the comprehensive Islamic mobile application providing accurate prayer times based on a user’s location, today announced that it has reached more than 10 million downloads across 216 countries worldwide since its launch less than four years ago!

Out of Muslim Pro’s existing user base of more than 10 million, it has an average of almost 3 million active users monthly. This means that Muslim Pro’s user engagement rate remains relatively high, being used by almost 30 percent of the people who have downloaded the app.

Bitsmedia CEO, Erwan Mace.

Muslim countries like Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as countries with large Muslim minorities like France, the United States and the United Kingdom, have the highest number of downloads respectively.

Between 10,000 and 15,000 new users are added daily, but during Ramadan, downloads can shoot up to as high as 100,000 in a single day.

However, this number has definite potential for growth in time to come, especially since smart phone penetration has yet to explode in emerging markets. “Once smart phones have become a necessity in emerging markets like they are now for other parts of the world, we can expect Muslim Pro’s user base to increase by up to 3 times,” said Bitsmedia CEO, Erwan Mace. “In addition to that, new platforms and additional community apps are always being developed, which will further contribute to an increase in downloads.”

Muslim Pro was created by Bitsmedia, a Singapore-based mobile apps factory specializing in apps for iPhone and Android, and was first released during Ramadan in August 2010.

The inception of Muslim Pro came when Bitsmedia CEO, Erwan Mace, felt that although there were many prayer time apps available, none were adequate enough.

Besides providing accurate prayer times based on a user’s location, Muslim Pro’s other main features include worldwide Qibla directions, Azan clock, as well as integration with popular location based application Foursquare to find Halal restaurants or Mosques.

“Muslim Pro remains our core app, both in terms of revenue and team priorities,” said Mace. “We are in the midst of working on a few separate yet related applications to extend the reach of Muslim Pro beyond just religion — these further developments will help address Islam as a culture and a community as well.”

Overcoming both language and mobile platform barriers, Muslim Pro is accessible to the entire Muslim community worldwide, with it being the first Islamic app to be translated in 15 languages. Already available for iOS and Android, Muslim Pro has also just been released on BlackBerry World (for BB10 devices) this month. Bitsmedia is now also working on a Windows Phone 8 version.

Availability
Muslim Pro is available online at www.muslimpro.com, and as a mobile application for  iOS, Android and BlackBerry on the Apple App Store, Google Play and BlackBerry World respectively.

MAKING YOUR 2014 RESOLUTION COME TRUE: NEW MOBILE APP MAKES QUITTING SMOKING FUN AND EASY

Smoking cessation coach QUIT PRO now available for Android and iOS

SINGAPORE, 2 January 2014 – At the end of each year, people make resolutions to try and be better, either by starting to do something good or stop doing something harmful. With 2014 just starting, why not resolve to kick a bad habit and usher in a smoke-free new year in a smart(phone) way?

Quit Pro is a mobile-based app that helps monitor an individual’s journey and progression towards their goal of quitting smoking. This week, Singapore-based mobile apps factory Bitsmedia introduced the Android version one year after launching in the Apple Store.

Since being launched first for iOS a year ago, Quit Pro has already helped more than 130,000 smokers kick the habit:  “Great app to help you quit smoking and track your progress. Would highly recommend it for anyone who is trying to quit”, shared one user.
   
Screenshots from the Quit Pro app: Smart, easy to follow and helpful
Through its user-friendly interface, Quit Pro helps to easily track and tabulate information about when smokers crave for a cigarette, along with what moods or emotional triggers might lead to smoking.

Quit Pro also has a social feature that allows sharing your progress with friends, monitoring either how long a person has quit for or how much money has been saved not buying cigarettes.

Another Quit Pro user commented: “This app has helped me a lot! When I have a craving I look at my counter & think ok I've made it this long I can make it 5 more minutes! I'm 9 days in with no relapse! My family has been great too!”

Other features of Quit Pro include identifying places that users smoke most at and also highlighting the benefits that quitting smoking has in terms of financial and health impact. You can find out more about the functionalities of Quit Pro on http://www.quit-pro.com/video

Quit Pro is available on Google Play and Apple App Store for free with an optional premium version to access additional content. Bitsmedia will give 5% of the proceeds of this app to cancer research.

Faithfully By Your Side

Muslim Pro Helps Keeping In Touch With Your Belief Via Mobile Apps Or The Web

Kuala Lumpur – In today's fast-changing world in which many people lead a more hectic lifestyle, it would be very handy for smartphone users to have an application that allows them to stay committed to their belief despite their busy work schedule. Muslim Pro is a comprehensive Islamic mobile application providing accurate prayer times based on the user’s location, worldwide Qibla directions, an integration with popular location based application Foursquare to find Halal restaurants or Mosques and a convenient way to read and learn the Quran. It is available for iOS and Android as well as on the web (www.muslimpro.com) for prayer times and Qibla directions.

To date, the Muslim Pro mobile app has been downloaded over 5 million times, especially from Muslim countries with high and growing smartphone penetration such as Saudi Arabia, the United Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Morocco as well as countries with large Muslim communities such as France, the United Kingdom, the United States or Singapore.

"’Mashallah’ the best practical app I have on my iPhone and certainly the one I use the most. The Qibla direction is accurate and there is the opportunity to modify prayer times to local times. I don't know how I survived without this app!” commented one user from the United Kingdom.
 
MOBILE APP: USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE, ACCURATE PRAYER TIMES AND AN AUDIO QURAN

In addition, Muslim Pro has proved useful to Muslims who are constantly on the go. "This app has most of all that one requires in one neat app. It’s been a perfect traveling companion through many different time zones from China to South East Asia to the UK. From solat times to Qibla finder it even has a Qur'an with downloadable audio files. The traveler will find the list of local masjids and halal restaurants handy in a strange city. It simply does the job,” commented another user from Malaysia.

In the past, Muslim Pro has been used most during the month of Ramadan. It is therefore not surprising to expect a peak in its usage again this coming July.

To cater to non-Android and iOS users, the Singapore-based mobile developer, Bitsmedia recently also launched a web version of the app available at www.muslimpro.com. The website is user-friendly and leverages modern browser technologies and Google's cloud computing and CDN services in order to load faster than conventional offerings on various screen format (desktop, tablet, mobile).

MUSLIM PRO WEB VERSION: MUSLIM PRO WEB VERSION

“We are extremely excited about the very positive feedback we are getting from Muslims around the world. That is our motivation to make Muslim Pro even better!” said Erwan Mace, CEO of Bitsmedia, the compay that developed Muslim Pro.

Bitsmedia has some plans in store for later this year and early next year as it is considering building Muslim Pro apps for more platforms to cater for feature phones, launching partnerships with telcos and OEM manufacturers as well as building its own database of mosques and halal eateries instead of relying on the Foursquare API. Said Mace: "It's an exciting year ahead. Being in the technology business means constant innovations and producing products that are useful and relevant to our Muslim friends," said Mace. "We hope that our products and services will be the sources of inspiration for more Muslims to embrace technology for their beliefs. With the newly launched website our free information service is now available to even more Muslims around the world."