SINGAPORE, April 16, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- 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.
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 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.
About Muslim Pro
Muslim Pro is an Islamic mobile application with accurate prayer
time, azan clock, full audio Quran, Halal restaurants & Mosques
guide, Qibla locator, Islamic Hijri calendar, etc. It is available
on the Apple App Store (iPhone), Google Play (Android), and
BlackBerry World (BlackBerry). A web version of the application is
also available at www.muslimpro.com.
About Bitsmedia
Founded in 2009 by Erwan Mace,
Bitsmedia Pte Ltd is a Singapore
based Mobile Apps Factory specializing in the development of mobile
applications.
http://www.bitsmedia.com/
Contacts for the Press
Lars Voedisch
PRecious Communications for Muslim Pro
+65 - 3151
4760
lars@preciouscomms.com
SOURCE Muslim Pro