Eight essential apps for Muslims observing Ramadan

Avoiding eating, drinking and getting angry before sunset is tough during fasting month - but these apps can help keep prayer time, habits and diet in check

The alarm on your phone buzzes at 2:39am. Bleary eyed, you wolf down your toast and sip your water in the last minute before the day of fasting begins. No eating, no drinking, and no getting angry before sunset. You roll your eyes as your phone pings with notifications of yet another message with a mosque emoticon, or a cheesy "I have a date every night in Ramadan" joke. The fast begins.