{"id":3304,"date":"2012-07-05T09:43:32","date_gmt":"2012-07-05T01:43:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/muzlimbuzz.sg\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2012-07-09T12:40:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T04:40:13","slug":"ipad-app-for-kids-salah-prayer-tracker-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simplyislam.sg\/muslimbuzz\/ipad-app-for-kids-salah-prayer-tracker-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Ipad App for Kids: Salah (Prayer) Tracker Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Being in this media-savvy world today, many children spend a lot of their time on technology and deem it as a form of entertainment and relaxation. Sara Mir capitalised on this and created an app for children to use to keep track of their Salah. Salah Tracker for Kids<\/a><\/em> is a unique reward system that encourages Muslim children to pray 5 times a day.<\/p>\n

It aims to inculcate the habit of praying five times a day from young and the rewards serve as an impetus for children to strive to perform their five obligatory prayers. Nonetheless, the essence of the prayer which is to pray to God is brought across strongly in the App as well.<\/p>\n

MuzlimBuzz.sg was privileged to interview the creator of this app, Sara Mir, to find out more about her and the inspiration behind the app.<\/p>\n

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[box_dark]MuzlimBuzz: How did you get into programming?[\/box_dark]<\/p>\n

Sara Mir: I have no background in the field, I am actually a practicing dentist and I am a mother of 3 young children. I started googling on \u201cHow to make an app?\u201d. Six months later, the project is now complete and is being downloaded in the app store. I want Muslim women to know that even if you have kids and are busy with raising your family, you can pursue your ideas and dreams at the same time!<\/p>\n

I had this idea when I started to encourage my 5 year old to pray her daily salah<\/em>. \u00a0I wanted to encourage her in the same way that we encourage good behavior so that she would be excited about making salah<\/em>. \u00a0I also noticed that she would be very excited about apps on the iPad much the same as her peers and so from this, the idea of Salah Tracker For Kids was born! \u00a0It is similar to a system that my Mom used when my siblings and I were younger and I can honestly say that it worked!<\/p>\n

To create the app, I literally started by googling, “How to Make an App.” \u00a0I checked out books from the local library and tried to read about it as much as I could on the internet. \u00a0I don’t know anyone who has ever made an app before so the whole process was completely new. \u00a0I hired and worked very closely with a development team called Super Web Solutions. \u00a0It was their first app so I honestly think that they were learning at the same time as I was how to make an app! \u00a0I told them my design and after countless consults with my think tank (my siblings and close friends!) and numerous skype sessions with a programmer in Pakistan, 6 months later the app was done!<\/p>\n

During the process, people were skeptical of my idea or didn’t believe that I could actually do it and get it done. \u00a0For example, I wanted to put audio in my app. \u00a0I hired a small music group to write a jingle but it didn’t sound good having a brother with a deep voice sing it so I switched modes and decided to go to a recording studio myself with my daughter and have her do it. \u00a0Thirty minutes later, the audio was done and we were ready to move on the next step. \u00a0People responded a lot better to this audio so instead of just giving up and forgetting about the audio, we just tried something different which ended up sounding better!<\/p>\n

Since the app has been completed mashAllah it has gotten good reviews. \u00a0A brother said to me the other day that when I showed him the app he was unsure as to whether it would work initially but was pleasantly surprised when his kids were excited and asking to pray Maghrib salah so that they could enter it into the app! \u00a0I was so happy to hear that. \u00a0I sincerely hope and pray that many muslim children will benefit from this app iA and get into the habit of performing their salah iA!<\/p>\n

I practice dentistry part time but I am a full time Mom of 3 little kids. \u00a0My husband is mashAllah such a great help and without the help of Allah (swt) and then my husband I would never have completed this. \u00a0On his days off he would help me with the kids so that I could give time to this project. \u00a0The same is true with my siblings and close friends. \u00a0I would keep asking them to edit things or bounce ideas off of them. \u00a0In the end I can’t say that I did the project myself. \u00a0First and foremost it was by the mercy of Allah (swt) that this app was completed and then I definitely had a lot of help from my friends and family!<\/p>\n

Our Review<\/h3>\n

The graphics of the salah tracker are visually stimulating and the audios in the app are really unique and certainly very suitable for kids.<\/p>\n

I found the different log-in feature catered for parents quite interesting too as it allows parents to track their child’s progress in a separate private account of which only the parents can have access to.\u00a0All in all, I can certainly see not only parents but even schools using this app to promote the habit of praying the five daily prayers.<\/p>\n

There’s even a Youtube Tutorial on how to use the app. Watch it below:<\/p>\n

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To download the app, please visit\u00a0http:\/\/salahtrackerforkids.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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Adibah Mazeli<\/strong>
\nA sports junkie by heart, Adibah is adventurous and always has a thirst for knowledge. Challenges in life, to her, are simply blessings from Allah.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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