Independent App Developer
همام العبدالله
Building apps for the Gulf and beyond — from authentic card games and arcade shooters to marketplaces, education, and tools people use every day.
A catalogue of everything I've shipped
Featured app
Listen to radio from the Gulf and around the world. Browse Quran, news, talk and music stations by country, genre and language. Save favorites and keep listening in the background, with Arabic and English interfaces and no account required. Available on the App Store as Radio Pro and on AppGallery as Mawjati Radio. Listening requires an internet connection; stations may include their own advertising.
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Browse used cars from across the six Gulf countries in one place. Filter by make, model, year and price, save favorites and private notes, and compare up to three cars side by side. Market Check helps you compare asking prices across available listings. No account required.
A finished bilingual demo for organising savings-circle schedules and tracking contributions with fictional sample data.
Arrange your own local audio into personal mixtapes and listen offline.
A bilingual map of 1,431 named capes, islands, bays and reefs across the Gulf, plus your own private spots kept on your device.
Find fellow horse owners across the Gulf and plan rides together — hosts approve riders, and meeting points stay private.
Fixed speed and red-light cameras across all six Gulf states, with spoken alerts in Arabic or English — free and offline.
Borges's Library of Babel in Arabic — type any phrase and find the page that already holds it. Free and offline.
A walkie-talkie for family and friends — hold, speak, let go, and your voice plays on their iPhones, even when locked.
Measure your network and your iPhone, with every result explained in plain language — Wi-Fi scan, speed test, live CPU and battery.
Arabic-first internet radio — a curated Gulf and Arab catalog with source links, plus thousands of stations through a worldwide directory.
One scorekeeper for every Gulf card game — Baloot, Hand, Trix, Tarneeb, Kout and more, each by its real rules.
Message people without giving out your number — share a link, QR code or username, and revoke it in one tap.
Brain training built in Arabic first — six short mind games a day in under four minutes, no sign-in, no results behind a paywall.
Turn your kiss into a transparent sticker — send it in iMessage, as a GIF or as a wallpaper. All on your device.
One tadabbur card a day on the Quran's language and signs, each naming the scholar or tafsir behind it.
Medication reminders you actually hear — loud repeating alarms, a photo of each medicine, and taken in one tap.
Live Gulf-dialect transcription — record meetings and voice notes, get verbatim text in your dialect with speaker labels and AI summaries.
A bilingual document scanner that works entirely on your device — true RTL, Arabic-English OCR, no servers, no account.
Chat with people nearby without internet — messages travel phone-to-phone over Bluetooth mesh. No servers, no accounts, no phone numbers.
The periodic table you'll enjoy opening — all 118 elements with IUPAC and NIST data, Arabic-English search, quiz mode, fully offline.
The Forty Hadith of Imam al-Nawawi with tashkeel, English translations, and lessons — plus the stories of the Ten Promised Paradise. Free, offline, ad-free.
Point your camera at anything and learn its name in Arabic or English — clean stickers, word cards with native-quality audio, and built-in flashcards.
Big Five, MBTI-style and Enneagram personality tests — free, private and entirely on your device.
Offline chess with a smart AI — three difficulty levels, two-player on one device, clocks, and auto-save.
Arabic-first phone-number lookup for businesses and people who choose to be found.
Your digital business card — design it, share it by QR in seconds, data stays on your device.
Convert anything, measure everything — 527 units, live currency, level, ruler, and AR tape measure.
Send Morse code as light between two iPhones — learn it, translate it, fully offline.
Begin each day with a verse — the full Quran in Uthmani script, offline and ad-free.
Test download, upload, ping, jitter, and real-world connection stability.
Read Surat Al-Kahf on Fridays with recitation, reminders, and offline privacy.
The classic hand game, online — quick matches against players anywhere.
A qibla compass for the direction to Makkah, with AR camera guidance.
A marketplace for residential land across the Gulf.
Track GCC-listed stocks in one focused watchlist.
Connects job seekers and employers across the Gulf.
Turn your data into clear, professional charts.
Livestock and farm management, made simple.
Authentic GCC card games — Baloot, Tarneeb, and more.
A vertical arcade shooter across seven Gulf cities.
Story-driven street racing through Qatar.
Parliamentary news from 14 Arab countries.
Used-car listings from top GCC marketplaces, unified.
A private workspace for Qatar's Shura Council — chat, committee rooms, meeting schedules, news and file sharing, by invitation only.
Swipe, rate, and rank the Gulf's finest cars.
A pixel-art dino runner with 14 handcrafted levels.
The 99 Beautiful Names of Allah in 9 languages.
A minimalist logic-circuit puzzle game.
Why the number seven is everywhere.
Automotive parts marketplace for Qatar and the Gulf.
The car marketplace built for the Gulf.
Learn 33 algorithms through animated bubbles.
A multilingual word game for families and classrooms.
Find and contact private tutors directly.
Manage your property portfolio, fully offline.
Private matrimonial matchmaking — for professional matchmakers and marriage seekers.
Tow trucks, movers, and heavy equipment across the GCC.
GCC football player ratings for true fans.
3,500+ essential phone numbers across the six Gulf states.
A fast-paced endless drone arcade shooter.
Built for clients
Free & self-hostable
Open-source desktop tool for Windows and Linux that operates a network printer when its control panel is dead — born from a Canon MF750 with a broken touchscreen. Finds printers over mDNS and SNMP, then drives the printer's own web interface by keyboard, gamepad, or on-screen D-pad. LAN-only, no accounts, no telemetry.
View on GitHubOpen-source traffic-light intersection simulator for classrooms on Windows and Linux — animated 4-way intersection with queueing cars, editable signal-timing plans, a projectable status dashboard, guided lessons and quiz mode for teaching, and an Arduino controller that drives a real light over serial. English and Arabic with full RTL, no data collected.
View on GitHubOpen-source file compressor for Windows and Linux — a modern 7-Zip alternative with a desktop GUI and CLI on one shared Rust core: zstd alongside zip, 7z, and tar.gz, RAR extraction, no ads or nagware, and a bilingual English/Arabic RTL interface.
View on GitHubOpen-source queue management for physical and virtual queues — kiosk check-in, staff counters, public displays, and QR/web join.
View on GitHubA self-hosted lottery campaign manager for lawful prize draws and licensed operators.
View on GitHubAvailable for new projects
Native SwiftUI apps for iPhone and iPad — from idea and design to publishing on the App Store.
Start this guided project formNative Android apps built with Jetpack Compose, published to Google Play or delivered directly to your team.
Start this guided project formApps for Huawei devices with HMS Core, published to AppGallery — reaching users without Google services.
Start this guided project formModern, fast websites — portfolios, landing pages, and business sites, bilingual and mobile-first.
Start this guided project formFocused AI help for websites and documents — chatbots, FAQ assistants, and practical content support.
Start this guided project formHelp with graduation and course projects — guidance, code review, building demos, and clear explanations so you actually understand it.
Start this guided project formSmart devices and electronics projects — sensors, simple prototypes, and school or hobby builds.
Email meFocused tools for small teams — business websites, simple trackers, dashboards, and internal apps.
Start this guided project formDiagnosing and fixing servers — hosting, domains, SSL certificates, backups, and deployments.
Start this guided project formNetwork setup for homes and small offices — routers, Wi-Fi coverage, device connections, and printers.
Start this guided project formPractical safety checks for accounts, apps, and websites — safer settings and clear next steps.
Start this guided project formInstalling, upgrading, and maintaining Windows machines — cleanup, security, and practical fixes.
Email meInstalling and managing Linux servers and desktops — Ubuntu, Debian, shell setup, and troubleshooting.
Email meSetting up new phones and tablets — data transfer, Apple ID and Google accounts, email, and backups.
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I'm Hamam Alabdulla, an independent developer from Qatar. Since 2024 I've designed, built, and shipped 55 apps end-to-end — games, education, marketplaces, and everyday tools — every one of them bilingual in Arabic and English. What drives me is simple: building things people in the Gulf actually use.
How I see a device
I'm drawn to the unusual projects — the ones that use a device to its full potential.
And the gyroscope, barometer, GPS, UWB, NFC, LiDAR, the light and proximity sensors, and the haptic engine — every one an instrument.
For collaboration, feedback, or anything else.
