مَكْتُوب
Netherland · Founding Cohort
The Muslim marriage app
It is written.
Intentional marriage discovery for Muslims in the Netherlands — curated introductions, no swiping, and privacy before appearance.
0 people ahead of you · 500 founding spots · Netherlands first
Verified identity
Every profile age-verified before going live.
Marriage-minded only
Intention declared at signup, not buried later.
No subscription traps
Transparent pricing. Cancel anytime. No dark patterns.
Privacy-first
Photos blurred until mutual match. No location tracking.
How it works
From introduction to conversation.
Four intentional steps — no swiping, no endless feeds.
Curated introductions, daily.
Each day you receive a small number of hand-picked profiles matched to your preferences. No infinite scroll. No dopamine loop — just one card at a time, with enough signal to decide.
Send one Salaam at a time.
When someone resonates, you send a personalised Salaam — not a swipe. Photos stay locked until you both express interest. Intention first, appearance second.
Mutual Salaam opens the door.
When interest is reciprocated, you both see it in Connections. A mutual Salaam means messaging opens — no guessing, no ghosting from a one-sided like.
Conversation with full context.
Chat opens with their profile at your fingertips — deen, family, intention, and details in one view. Switch between Conversation and Profile without losing the thread.
Why Maktub
Not another swipe app.
How we compare to Muzz, Salams, and the rest.
Most apps
Maktub
Matching
Matching
Most apps
Swipe hundreds daily
Maktub
2 curated intros per day
Photos
Photos
Most apps
Looks decide first
Maktub
Blurred until mutual Salaam
Wali
Wali
Most apps
Optional add-on
Maktub
Built in from day one
Pricing
Pricing
Most apps
€20–30/mo paywalls
Maktub
Transparent, cancel anytime
Trust
Trust
Most apps
Verification behind premium
Maktub
Verified before going live
Ownership
Ownership
Most apps
Venture-backed
Maktub
Muslim-founded, community covenant
What's different
Built differently. On purpose.
Six decisions that change everything — informed by what people told us was broken on Muzz, Salams, and every swipe app before them.
No swiping. Ever.
Most apps copy Tinder's swipe loop — hundreds of faces a day, mixed intent, dopamine over discernment. You send one Salaam at a time. Two curated introductions per day. No feed. No endless scroll.
Wali Mode built in.
On other apps, guardian involvement is an optional add-on or read-only afterthought. Maktub has three tiers — Observer · Advocate · Active — with a dedicated view for your wali from day one. Architecture, not a hidden toggle.
Intention before appearance.
Swipe apps put photos first. Profiles become beauty contests. On Maktub, photos stay blurred until you both send a mutual Salaam. You decide on deen, family, and intention — then see each other.
Verified for everyone.
Competitors gate identity checks behind premium tiers. Fake profiles and bots are the number-one complaint on app store reviews. Every Maktub profile is age-verified before it goes live — not a paid upgrade.
No subscription traps.
Users report paying €20–30/month just to see who liked them, then finding inactive profiles behind the paywall. Transparent pricing. Cancel anytime. No dark patterns. Your privacy is not our product.
Muslim-founded. Permanently.
Global marriage apps are venture-backed and monetisation-first. Maktub is Muslim-founded with a legal ownership covenant — a commitment that this company cannot be sold to non-Muslim investors without a community vote.
The profile
One card. Enough signal to decide.
No infinite scroll. No second album. One card, one decision, one Salaam — built around intention, not appearance.
Your profile
Niyyah score, deen tags, profile strength — everything a serious introduction needs, in one view.
Their profile
Full details while you get to know someone — deen, family, timeline, and more, right beside the conversation.
The problem
Muslim marriage apps are broken.
We spoke to dozens of people who'd given up on Muzz, Salams, and the rest. Here's what we heard — echoed across thousands of app store reviews.
Three months of talking. No wali contact, no proposal, no clarity. Just endless chatting.
Paid €30/month for premium. The three profiles that liked me hadn't been active in a year.
The app treats my dad being involved like a red flag. That's not how this works.
It's Tinder with a halal label. Swiping through 200 faces a day isn't how nikah works.
I got flooded with likes the day I signed up. Half were bots. The other half wanted my WhatsApp in five messages.
They lock the app if you have five open chats. I felt more controlled than when my parents set me up.
Founding cohort
Netherlands is first. You should be too.
Join 500 verified Muslim singles shaping the future of intentional marriage discovery.
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