HayatTime
From revert to builder.
I'm Islam, the founder of HayatTime. This is how a Christian-born kid who wanted to play professional football ended up building an app to help Muslims put Salah before their phones.
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This is my wife's cookingSix moments shaped everything you see in HayatTime: a shahada, a dream I let go of, an idea, a setback, a new home and a promise.
Born a Christian. Muslim at 18.
I was drawn to questions about God from a young age. For three years I studied Islam wherever I could: YouTube, books and Muslims patient enough to answer every question.
Then, having just turned 18, I walked into my local masjid and took my shahada. Alhamdulillah, the best decision of my life.
Football was my whole life.
For four years I trained to go professional. Eventually I realised it wasn't the path Allah had written for me.
I wanted my work to mean something, so I chose to become an entrepreneur who builds things that genuinely make people's lives better.
The idea.
It started small: a screen time app for Muslims, because I could see how much our phones were taking from us, including from me.
It quickly grew into something far bigger, and I've worked on it every single day since.
HayatTimeScammed out of almost everything.
While trying to fix problems publishing the app, I was scammed out of nearly all the money I had. Thousands of dollars, gone. I honestly thought it was over.
But I kept going. Two jobs by day, HayatTime by night, trusting that if the intention was right, Allah would make a way.
A new chapter.
At 20 years old, I left my home country of Australia, moved to Indonesia and got married.
HayatTime became my full-time work, and my way of providing for my family.
Built for every Muslim.
Too many apps made for Muslims aren't made with real care. Some show ads no Muslim should see, some charge prices many of us can't afford, and some sell our data.
So I made the core of HayatTime free for everyone, with no ads, ever. Pro exists so I can look after my family, but the free version is a complete app you can rely on every day.
Break free from your phone
Salah blocking, focus tools and gentle limits that help you beat phone and social media addiction for good.
Strengthen your iman
Understand the Quran you recite, learn tafsir and the foundations of your deen, with a garden that grows with every prayer.
Whether you're a teenager, a parent or anywhere in between, HayatTime is built for you.
Islam LoprestiFounder, HayatTime
If HayatTime helps you pray on time, even once, please keep me and my family in your duas.
Questions or partnerships: support@hayattime.com