Batoul Apps

Ok so it has been a month since I first posted about the upcoming update to Guidance for the iPhone. Unfortunately I am only one person and have been extremely busy in the past few weeks, however I believe that when the you see the update you will agree with me that it was well worth the wait. One of the benefits of the update having been delayed is that during this time Google has released some excellent new features to their Maps API that I will be incorporating into Guidance. Specifically the inclusion of a satellite map for the qibla direction and a the ability to lookup the name of your location when using the GPS "find my current location" feature.

I thank all of you for your patience and hope to have this update out to you very very soon inshallah.

A few more details about this project. So far this is still in the very early stages but inshallah the features I'm planning on implementing include:

• Fully searchable, bookmark-able and tag-able English and Arabic text (possibly commentary as well but this may have issues due to copyrights)
• Ability to add "Reciter packs" that will have all the audio for a specific reciter for each verse
• The ability to listen to recitation for verse x to verse y and repeat z times (for memorization)
• Keep track of surahs you already know and which ones you plan on memorizing.
• Create "memorization schedules" that will export your daily or weekly goals to iCal and will export the playlist of surahs you need to memorize to iTunes

Inshallah my goal is to keep Quran.app free as well and just ask for duaa and donations. I will also be seeking some help on this project as I am only one man and its a fairly large task (but its always difficult to interest people in a free project). I'm hoping though that people will definitely be able to help with the compilation and formatting of all the text and audio that will be needed.

If anyone has any suggestions to add please leave a comment!

quranapp.com
 
Coming soon.