I can’t believe a year has passed since last Ramadan; time sure does fly when you’re having fun. The month of Ramadan is a very special time to many people; however, there are many difficulties that come along with this month, as fasting makes us more irritable and short tempered, we’re thirstier than usual because of the heat and our productivity tends to be more minimal. We collected some apps to make your Ramadan experience a little easier; not all of them are solely related to Ramadan but they could still help.
1) iFtar – Fasting Timer
This app is great for keeping track of your day as it allows you to get on with your days and nights without constantly wondering when you will be breaking your fast and when you will stop eating, it’s basically a very useful stopwatch. It is available in English, Arabic & Turkish
Cost: Free
Developer: Mikrasya Unique
Features: Has 3 language interfaces
2) Arabic recipes free – CookBook
After a few weeks into Ramadan, we start getting sick of Molokheya and rice and Mosaka’a, etc; this app allows you to get creative with your recipes and escape the norm of typical Ramadan food. This app especially suits the non-traditional types who avoid typical Egyptian Ramadan cooking altogether, there are Ramadan dishes as well so the options are pretty much endless.
Cost: Free
Developer: Riafy Technologies
Unique Features: Has a new EXPLORE option to get surprise recipes for a new cooking experience.
3) Balanced – Goals & habits motivation for better life balance
Balanced is a productivity app that allows you to organize your priorities by tracking all the little things that are important for you to achieve a balanced life and manage your time more efficiently; this app allows you to check things off your list, choose how often you should do things as well as allow you to skip some activities if you’re busy, it allows you to prioritize your activities and much more.
Cost: Free
Developer: Jaidev Soin
Unique Features: Unique & colorful user interface; allows you to choose your icon per activity based on your preferences.
4) Ramadan Legacy Ramadan Legacy is the first fully featured Ramadan app in the world, it allows you to set and achieve your Ramadan aspirations, provides a revolutionary 30 day interactive Ramadan planner, a knowledge library featuring tips and guides on Ramadan topics and a live social stream to share your Ramadan experience with others around the world. It is the perfect app to keep track of your Ramadan duties. Cost: Free
Developer: Ramadan Legacy Limited
Unique Features: Add and edit your personal goals
5) Hydro Coach – drink water Drinking enough water is very important yet surprisingly challenging for many people; it is very rare among a lot of people to consciously drink water, usually it involves eating something extremely salty for them to realize that they’re parched. It’s quite tricky to keep track of your water drinking habits even more in Ramadan, as you have a very limited time to eat and drink. Hydro Coach calculates how much water you need, tracks what you drink and gently reminds you when it’s time to drink.
Cost: Free Developer: Codium App Ideas
Unique Features: Get a graphical insight into your water drinking habits with week and month statistics
6) SleepBot – Sleep Cycle Alarm Despite the fact that this is a great app in general, it is especially great in Ramadan; where the days are long and nights are short. SleepBot is a smart alarm and sleep cycle tracker that lets you record movements and sounds throughout the night and monitor the quality of sleep you get every night, you can customize how you want to sleep and wake up gently each morning, change different alarm soundtracks.
Cost: Free
Developer: SleepBot
Unique Features: It is the only sleep application that includes motion and sound graphs, sleep debt log, statistics, trend graphs (averages, sleep/wake times, patterns), multiple custom alarms, resources to help you fall asleep and stay awake.
Hope these apps help get you through this holy yet challenging month for all. Happy Ramadan, everyone! Also check out: http://www.bright-creations.com/blog/top-5-ramadan-apps-to-download-in-2014/