Prayer times done properly: why niche apps win on details

Salah Times Pro has 870 euros MRR because of details the big apps get wrong: calculation methods per school of thought (configurable, explained in plain words), offline timetables for a full year, battery-friendly background updates, and a widget that respects quiet hours automatically during prayers.

General lesson for niche apps: the global competitor optimizes for the average user. You win by serving the specific user better than they can afford to. Every one-star review of the big app is your roadmap. I read 2,000 of them.

Monetization: one-time 4.99 plus a 9.99/year tier for families. The family tier was an accident (one email asking for it) and is now 40% of revenue.

"Every one-star review of the big app is your roadmap" is the best niche-app sentence I have read. Same for Kobo Count: the market traders the big expense apps ignore are the whole business.

Language learners agree. The giants optimize for streaks that punish sick days. Our forgive-a-missed-day feature is the top-cited reason in reviews. Specific kindness beats average optimization.

THE ONE-STAR REVIEW ROADMAP!!! Reading 2,000 reviews is the work nobody wants to do and it shows in the 870 euros. Respect.

The reviews took three evenings with tea. Cheapest market research of my life. The family tier email took thirty seconds to read and changed the revenue mix. Read your emails, folks.