Electronic Misbaha App — Digital Prayer Beads & Dhikr Counter

• Mastering Flutter & Dart from Scratch: This was my first serious Flutter project, requiring intensive self-directed learning of the framework, state management patterns, and Android notification handling — all built up from zero.
• Reliable Scheduled Notification System: Building a notification system that supports multiple scheduling intervals (1 minute, 5 minutes... daily) while ensuring notifications persist even when the app is closed or the device restarts.
• Cross-Device Android Compatibility: Ensuring consistent, efficient performance across a wide spectrum of Android devices — from budget-tier handsets to high-end flagships — with vastly different hardware specifications.
• Preserving Interface Simplicity: Designing a UI that faithfully translates the traditional misbaha experience into a digital form while maintaining complete simplicity — preventing any complexity that might distract the user from their spiritual practice.

• Flutter Local Notifications: Used the flutter_local_notifications package to build a reliable, internet-independent local notification system supporting both Foreground and Background Notifications — with Alarm Manager ensuring persistence across device restarts.
• State Management with setState & Provider: Applied state management patterns appropriate to the app's scale — setState for simple, local state — keeping the codebase clean, readable, and easy to maintain.
• Performance & Size Optimization: Used compressed assets and avoided unnecessary dependencies, keeping the APK size at a minimum and ensuring fast downloads even on slow network connections.
• Multi-Device Testing: Tested across a broad range of device specifications and Android versions to ensure a consistent, reliable experience for all users.
• Successful Google Play Deployment: Handled the full build, signing, and APK upload to Google Play Console — fulfilling all store requirements including store description, screenshots, and a compliant privacy policy.

• Over 100,000 downloads on Google Play — an outstanding achievement for a free personal project.
• Wide adoption among Muslim users across Arab countries and the broader Islamic world.
• Strong ratings and positive user feedback praising the app's simplicity and reliability.
• Runs smoothly across diverse devices with no noticeable battery or memory drain.
• Provided a solid Flutter foundation that significantly advanced my mobile app development expertise.
• A project delivering genuine daily spiritual and practical value to thousands of users since 2019.

App Idea & Motivation

In 2019, I identified a clear gap: a simple, lightweight, and reliable misbaha app for Android — free from bloated designs, excessive ads, and heavy resource consumption. At the time I was actively learning Flutter, and I decided to channel that learning into building a real, practical application that would serve both me and thousands of users daily.

I'm Mohammed Alzard, a full-stack developer specializing in web and mobile applications — you can explore my work at engmoh.com. Electronic Misbaha was my first personal Flutter project and a meaningful milestone in my development career.

Core App Features

• Digital Tasbeeh Counter: Interface inspired by the classic ring misbaha — tap to count, with a subtle audio click on each press.
• Dhikr Type Selection: Freedom to choose your dhikr — istighfar, tasbeeh, tahmid, tahlil, salawat upon the Prophet ﷺ, and more.
• Reset to Zero: A clear, accessible button to start a fresh count at any moment.
• Customizable Smart Reminders: Choose your reminder interval — every 1, 5, 10, 20, or 30 minutes, hourly, or once daily.
• Audio Notifications: Voice reminders prompting you to say istighfar, tasbeeh, and salawat throughout the day.
• Minimal App Size: Built with Flutter to remain extremely lightweight with zero impact on device performance.
• Fully Offline: Operates entirely without an internet connection.

Technology Stack

Built with Flutter and Dart — Google's cross-platform mobile application framework. Flutter was chosen for:

• Performance comparable to natively written applications.
• Significantly smaller app size relative to alternative frameworks.
• Rapid development with Hot Reload capability.
• Single codebase supporting both Android and iOS.

Results & Achievements

• Over 100,000 downloads on Google Play since 2019.
• Positive reviews from Muslim users around the world.
• Performs efficiently across the full spectrum of Android devices, from low-end to flagship.
• A personal project delivering genuine daily spiritual value to thousands of users.