Five tracks.
Pick the one that fits.
Each track asks who your app helps, and how. Tracks may still change before the hackathon starts. More information coming soon.
Quran
Help people read, learn, understand or live by the Quran.
- What fits
- Reading, memorising, understanding or reflecting, for one person, a family or a class.
- What stands out
- It keeps people coming back to the Quran after the first week, and treats the text with care.
Example ideas
A reading plan that forgives missed days
Set a goal to finish the Quran in Ramadan. Miss a day and it quietly re-spreads what’s left across the days remaining.
A revision partner for memorising
Pair two people revising the same surah. Each day you recite to each other and mark what you got right.
Tap a word, see its meaning
Read a short surah and tap any word to see what it means in your own language, with the root it comes from.
Virality
Build something people want to share. The test is how many people it reaches.
- What fits
- Something light and fun to pass on: an invite, a challenge, a daily card.
- What stands out
- People share it without being asked, and it spreads something good, not just clicks.
Example ideas
An open iftar invite in a minute
Make a good-looking invite to your open iftar and share one link that people can reply to.
A good-deed chain
Do one small good deed a day and pass the challenge on. A shared map shows how far your chain has travelled.
A daily card for the family group
One short reminder and a picture each day, made to be forwarded to the family chat in one tap.
Physical Product
Build something people hold or use in the real world, not only on a screen.
- What fits
- Hardware, a device, or an app that works with an object in the home or the masjid.
- What stands out
- It works off the screen, in a real home or masjid, and someone can picture using it.
Example ideas
A prayer-time cube
A small cube for the desk or kitchen that glows before each prayer and at iftar, set up from your phone.
A smart tasbih counter
A ring or clicker that counts your dhikr and keeps the total on your phone, so you never lose count.
An iftar light for the table
A lamp that warms slowly as maghrib gets closer, so children can see how long is left without a screen.
Moonshot
Take on a big, bold idea. Five days only has to get it started.
- What fits
- An idea too big for five days, where a working first step shows the way.
- What stands out
- A real first step that runs, and a clear picture of what it could become.
Example ideas
The khutbah in every language
Live translation of the Friday khutbah onto listeners’ phones, in whatever language they understand best.
An iftar seat for anyone, anywhere
Match travellers, students and new Muslims with a family iftar near them, in any city in the world.
A patient recitation tutor
An app that listens as you recite, points out tajweed slips kindly, and lets a teacher review your progress.
These are only examples. Bring your own idea and tell us which track it fits.
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Social Good
Help people give, volunteer or back a cause. Your app must use the LaunchGood API.
Example ideas
A last ten nights giving plan
Pick causes once and spread your giving across the last ten nights, with campaigns pulled from the LaunchGood API.
A campaign screen for the masjid
Show the masjid’s LaunchGood campaign and how close it is to its goal on the screen in the hall, updated through the LaunchGood API.
From zakat to giving in one place
Work out what you owe in zakat, then choose campaigns to give it to, found through the LaunchGood API.