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Sukoon Awakening

A conscious Arabic audio library for self-discovery, meditation, hypnosis, breathwork, and sound healing. Native iOS and Android apps backed by a Rails content engine, with subscriptions, reminders, and a gamified practice loop.

Client
Sukoon Awakening
Industry
Wellness & Meditation
Categories
Mobile · DevOps
Year
2023

The Challenge

What we were up against

Arabic wellness content lives in scattered YouTube playlists and Instagram clips. There is no Calm or Headspace for the Arab world, no shelf you can come back to, no production polish, no continuity between sessions. Sukoon set out to build that shelf, hosted by teachers from the region, in a language and tone that meditation in Arabic actually deserves.

Meditation is a habit, not a download. The hard problem isn't getting people to install the app, it's getting them to open it tomorrow. Every screen had to pull weight on retention. Smart reminders that nudge without nagging, a Recommended for you that learns from what you actually finish, and a gamification layer of tracks, journeys, minutes, and badges that rewards consistency instead of completion.

And it had to be a real business from day one. Subscriptions through Stripe and Apple's in-app purchases on iOS, entitlements unified server-side so a user is never locked out of content they paid for. A Rails content engine the Sukoon team manages themselves, new tracks added each month, push notifications wired into reminders, and a single React Native codebase shipping iOS and Android without splitting into two teams.

Our Approach

How we solved it

1

Cross-Platform App

React Native on iOS and Android, one codebase, native feel. Same player, same library, same auth across both stores.

2

Content Engine

Ruby on Rails behind the catalog, teachers, journeys, and reminders. Postgres for content, Redis for cache, Firebase for push.

3

Subscriptions

Stripe on the web and Apple in-app purchases on iOS. Monthly and annual plans, restore on device, entitlements unified server-side.

4

Habit Loop

Tracks, journeys, minutes, and badges. Reminders that nudge, recommendations that learn, and a profile that shows progress at a glance.

The Work

A look inside the product

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Monthly + Annual

Subscription plans live

Arabic-first

Conscious audio library

iOS + Android

One React Native codebase

Habit-first

Reminders, journeys, badges

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