A cross-platform Islamic educational game app — taken from concept to production across QA, UX research, product management, payment integration, and AI-augmented development.
An Islamic educational game app featuring word-guessing challenges, a daily "Dhikr" Wordle mode, social deduction gameplay, and a curated vocabulary archive — built with React, TypeScript, and Capacitor for iOS, Android, and Web.
Solo product owner responsible for QA engineering, UX research, content strategy, payment integration testing, localization management, and App Store submission — all powered by AI-augmented development workflows.
Cross-platform deployment targeting iPhone, iPad, Android, and web browsers using Capacitor. Native payment integration via RevenueCat wrapping Apple StoreKit and Google Play Billing.
Full 10-language support (English, Arabic, Urdu, Turkish, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, French, Russian, Bengali) with 583 vocabulary terms, game UI, onboarding, and legal disclaimers fully translated.
Freemium model with monthly subscriptions ($2.99/mo) and sliding-scale lifetime pricing ($9.99–$24.99). Seven distinct premium conversion pathways, all audited for compliance and consistency.
Each review cycle was an opportunity to master platform-specific deployment standards. I triaged reviewer feedback, addressed guideline requirements, and implemented targeted optimizations — iterating rapidly until final production approval.
Every App Store review cycle taught me more about platform compliance than any documentation ever could. I learned to think from a platform QA perspective — testing edge cases across multiple target devices, validating payment architectures in sandbox environments, and designing for strict Human Interface Guidelines compliance.
— Reflection on the processQuantifiable outcomes from the development, QA, and launch process.
From content curation to App Store approval, I owned every phase of the product lifecycle.
Systematically tested every screen and interaction across iPhone, iPad, and Android. Identified critical bugs including IAP race conditions, SDK initialization failures, stale entitlement caching, and cross-device rendering issues.
Performed heuristic evaluation identifying touch target violations, safe-area conflicts, and confusing compound-word displays. Directed a complete onboarding redesign inspired by Duolingo's conversion psychology.
Developed the freemium monetization model, scoped free vs. premium content boundaries, and navigated Apple's review team through 6+ submission cycles — drafting professional responses and triaging issues by severity.
Evaluated and compared 5+ AI coding models for production development, learning to match model strengths to task types. Developed a human-AI workflow balancing speed with critical quality auditing.
Directed the complete localization of 583 Islamic vocabulary terms, game UI, onboarding flows, and legal disclaimers into 10 languages — achieving 100% translation coverage with zero missing keys.
Curated 583 Islamic vocabulary terms with definitions, moral lessons, and historical context. Replaced 80+ generic English words with authentic Arabic vocabulary and organized content into a structured taxonomy.
The breadth of this project maps directly to high-demand career roles across engineering, product, and design.
Mobile app testing, IAP sandbox verification, cross-device regression testing, automated test maintenance, and App Store compliance auditing.
Heuristic evaluation, onboarding flow optimization, accessibility compliance (Apple HIG), information architecture, and content readability auditing.
Monetization strategy, feature scoping, App Store submission lifecycle, stakeholder communication, competitive analysis, and go-to-market planning.
Multi-model AI evaluation, prompt engineering for code generation, human-in-the-loop quality control, and AI output auditing for production safety.
i18n project management, translation quality assurance, transliteration standardization, and cultural sensitivity across 10 languages.
iOS/Android release pipeline, build system coordination (Xcode, Gradle, Vite), SDK integration, and rapid incident response across 6+ release cycles.
Educational content curation from authoritative sources, content taxonomy design, gamification mechanics, and quality assurance across 583 terms.
I actively tested and compared multiple AI coding assistants throughout development, selecting the right model for each task type — from complex refactoring to rapid debugging.
I developed a practical intuition for when to use which AI model — Claude for deep architectural reasoning, Gemini for broad multi-file context, and Flash for rapid iteration. Every AI output was critically audited; I caught issues like hardcoded quiz answers, dead premium bypass code, and data inconsistencies between files that could have stalled our production release.
— On human-AI collaborationBeyond technical roles, this project demonstrated the soft skills that employers value most.
Navigated 6+ App Store review and feedback cycles — interpreting complex reviewer requirements, directing swift technical resolutions, rebuilding, and resubmitting within days to secure approval.
Made critical mid-project pivots: removed Sign-in with Apple, switched to local storage, adopted RevenueCat over direct StoreKit, and scoped free vs. premium content.
Simultaneously managed content curation, UX design, payment integration, compliance requirements, and engineering — context-switching fluently between domains.
Created and maintained payment audit reports, premium pathway maps, monetization strategy documents, glossary registries, and step-by-step release guides.
Interested in discussing product, QA, UX, or AI-augmented development roles? I'd love to hear from you.