# Jewish Calendar - CalJ — user reviews > 177 indexed App Store user reviews of Jewish Calendar by Gabriel Zerbib, rated 4.70/5 from 149 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jewish-calendar-calj/id345650585/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/jewish-calendar-calj/id345650585.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 129 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 5 ## What do users think of Jewish Calendar? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Comprehensive Jewish calendar with accurate zmanim times - 🎁 Free app with extensive features and no ads - 📱 User-friendly interface and easy navigation - 🌍 Works globally for any location worldwide - 🙏 Includes prayers, brachot, and religious content - 📅 Customizable holidays and personal yahrzeits/birthdays - ⚡ Responsive developer with prompt support - ✨ Well-designed and visually appealing - 🔄 Regularly updated with new features - 📖 Educational content with rabbi biographies - 🔔 Helpful notifications and reminders - 🎯 Highlights upcoming zmanim clearly **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes in various versions - 🗺️ Recent map-based location picker slower than text search - 📍 Apple Maps feature not functioning properly - 🔌 Dynamic Island blocks date display on iPhone 14 Pro - ⚠️ Occasional notification delivery failures - 💰 Donation prompts can be intrusive - 🌐 Limited English language options for Hebrew content **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes on launch (version 3/1/2022) - Crash when setting location on iPad - Crashes when accessing calendar - Crashes when entering new dates - App won't open after updates - Location detection feature crashes - Zmanim times reported as inaccurate (especially Rabbeinu Tam) - Notification system not delivering alerts - Incompatibility with older iOS versions (iPhone 6/iOS 9.3.5) **Most requested features** - Add Nusach Sfard prayer option - Include Shacharit prayers - Add brachot for natural phenomena (rainbow, thunder, lightning) - Restore text-based location search with ZIP code/city name - Custom holiday category for family events and local observances - English translations for all Hebrew prayers and content - Neitz countdown timer with seconds - Halacha settings for specific customs (Chassidic traditions) - Integration of Shabbat and Chagim in full calendar view - Dvar Torah in Hebrew language option ## Newest reviews (18 of 177) ### 4/5 — Ad getting in the way of a great app *2026-06-06* UPDATE: I do now see an ‘X’ that lets me close the ad. But still, I’m not going to rent a car after checking the zemanim. This is annoying addition to an otherwise fantastic app. ____ What has happened? This morning I was up extra early and needed to check the time for tefillin and Shema. I open the app and up pops an ad for car rental. I see no way to dismiss this abomination. Not even after several times force quitting and trying toreopen. **Developer response:** Dear user, I am sorry about your bad experience. You probably ran into a bug just that very minute when you couldn't close the ad. It is of course fixed long ago by now. An ad is just an ad -- no abomination here. You don't HAVE to rent a car, you can just skip the ad and enjoy your free app for free, as you've ever enjoyed it for free. Just skip the ads. Also, I limit to a maximum of one ad per day. Nothing very much harmful. Thank you EDIT: Thank you for your update, I appreciate it. Nobody is going to rent a car when checking zmanim or saying Asher Yatzar. An ad is an ad is an ad. When you watch a free TV program, and there is an ad for a car, you don't have to buy a car The TV channel gets paid for you to have a free program. That's how advertisement work. And unlike TV and unlike EVERY other app, you don't even have to wait through the ad. You can just skip it. ### 4/5 — Super application *2025-12-25, version 5.26.2* Je l’utilise tout les jours pour faire mes berahots du matin c’est super!! Est ce que bien on aura barouh sehamar svp? Merci bcp cette appli m’aide bcp !! ### 5/5 — EXCELLENTE APPLICATION *2025-09-08, version 5.21* C’est une appli magnifique. Elle me sert tout le temps et partout (à l’étranger tellement pratique !) j’ai rentré les dates des askarot (?) de mes parents et j’ai pu avoir le calendrier hébraïque dans le calendrier d’Apple…. Franchement MERCI 🙏 sans compter bien sûr toutes les autres infos super importantes comme les dates de fêtes horaires de Shabat (en fonction de votre situation géographique) etc trop bien 👍 ### 5/5 — CALJ *2025-09-08, version 5.21* J’ai conseillé à plusieurs personnes cette application bien réalisé. Merci beaucoup ### 5/5 — . *2025-09-03, version 5.21* Un grand merci et bravo pour votre travail🙏, incompréhensible qu’il y ai des critiques en reviews… ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-08-07, version 5.20.3* Amazing app Good for everyone and everywhere it help me tremendously day to day and specially when I’m traveling Ty ### 5/5 — Must have *2025-07-23* Whether at home or travel I use this app all the time. Thankful it’s free and easy to use **Developer response:** Thanks! I'm glad you like it! ### 5/5 — Excellent *2025-07-13, version 5.20.1* CalJ est une application vraiment très utile et facile à utiliser. Elle accompagne tout au long de l’année avec des informations claires sur les fêtes, les horaires, les prières, et les actions à accomplir chaque jour. C’est un vrai guide au quotidien, précis et pratique. Je recommande vivement ! ### 5/5 — CalJ *2025-07-07, version 5.20* CalJ est extraordinaire et très important pour moi, il ne cesse des faire des progrès…eu ! Kol hakavod ! ### 5/5 — App *2025-06-23, version 5.20* The app is absolutely fantastic to use. ### 5/5 — Légendaire *2025-06-18, version 5.20* Le développeur derrière CalJ est une légende littéralement. Une application gratuite, la business logic est carrément open source sur github avec une qualité rare. Bravo et merci ! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2025-06-10, version 5.19.5* Great and very useful app ### 5/5 — Convivial et sérieux *2025-05-22, version 5.19.5* Cela fait maintenant des années que j’utilise CalJ qui est devenu un compagnon quasi quotidien. Que son auteur soit ici félicité et encore davantage dans le monde futur. ### 5/5 — Best app ever!! *2025-05-01, version 5.19* Love this app!!! Especially the bonus תפילות, and stuff! Can you please add nisach sfard? Thank you so much! ### 5/5 — Genial *2025-04-25, version 5.18* Muy cómodo para ver el calendario de todo el año ### 4/5 — Newest version (5.18, from mid-April 2025) removed a useful feature *2025-04-23, version 5.18* While picking a new location from a map has some use, I think the older text-based search function was much better. Entering a ZIP code or partial city name was MUCH faster! Please add it back. (I’m a satisfied user/tester for many years.) ### 5/5 — Best app ever!! *2025-01-28, version 5.16.2* Love this app!!! Especially the bonus תפילות, and stuff!! Thank you so much!! ### 4/5 — Notification disparu *2024-11-24, version 5.15* C’est bien, mais je ne reçois plus aucune notification malgré mon activation des notifications sur mon iPhone ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Added ads *2026-07-17, version 6.3* App is now cluttered with ads and they have the audacity to try and charge 1.79 subscription to remove them, at least make it a one time payment. Greedy ### 1/5 — New Apple Maps Feature doesn’t work *2025-04-20, version 5.18* The title says it all. ### 1/5 — Newest version has a crash-on-launch bug *2022-03-02, version 4.27* Version released 3/1/2022 has a crash-on-launch bug not present in the previous version. Environment: iPhone 6/iOS9.3.5. Satisfied user/tester for many years. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t show 2019 Jewish holidays *2018-12-25, version 3.31.4* I like it a lot since it also provides prayers and brachot but it only shows 2017-2018 Jewish holidays so looking for another app now I wish you’d update it ### 1/5 — Still needs work *2017-08-07, version 3.13.3* Um, the app doesn't even open now. ### 1/5 — Crash *2016-12-06, version 3.8.2* Crash ### 1/5 — Crashes on today's update *2016-11-16, version 3.7.2* Worked ok before today's Nov 16 2016 update. Will not open ### 2/5 — Fix (again) *2018-07-29, version 3.28.3* Keeps on crashing ### 3/5 — fonctions impossible *2024-09-06, version 5.13.1* Bonjour Je suis très déçu, je ne retrouve pas la fonction Azgzra pour retrouver mes dates ou en mettre des nouvelles. De version en version l’application se dégrade… Dommage. Cordialement. ### 3/5 — Has ads *2021-08-24, version 4.21.2* Seems like a cool app, but I don’t like ads so I had to delete the app. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Great app *2026-03-31* Very useful app to help keep track of zmanim it really is my everyday companion and I love the yorsite/biography about th rabbis as well as all the tefilot your doing great keep it up!! **Developer response:** Thank you very much! ### 5/5 — Super application *2026-03-15, version 5.28* Vraiment et de loin la meilleure application pour la communauté ### 5/5 — Thank you, Gabriel *2026-02-25, version 5.27* This little cute app is my go to place for dates and tfilot needed right now. Dates converter, hagim. It is smart and beautiful. ### 5/5 — Superbe! *2026-01-21, version 5.26.2* Cette application est une vraie merveille. Simple d’utilisation, complète,…et gratuite ! Le top! ### 5/5 — Merci beaucoup 👍 *2026-01-16, version 5.26.2* CalJ est une application parfaite, on peut y trouver le calendrier , les prières et même les horaires d’entrée de sortie, de shabbat et des fêtes je tenais à féliciter et à remercier son auteur et qu’il soit ainsi remercier dans le monde futur Amen 🙏 ### 5/5 — Félicitations et remerciements *2025-12-03, version 5.25.1* Très utile une reference qd va tomber hanouka, Pessah cette année ? … Quelle heure mise des tef le plag la shkya … Pas de sidour minha a l’extérieur a l’hôtel … Merci et bravo ### 5/5 — Sidur for Life *2025-12-02, version 5.25.1* Amazing App, Now with shacharit its My Daily Go to Sidur.👏👏👏 ### 5/5 — CalJ mon compagnon au quotidien *2025-11-06, version 5.24* CalJ est mon outil indispensable au quotidien, mon horloge juive, mon pense-bête, ma bibliothèque dans la journée et lors de mes voyages. Bref juste indispensable ! Merci CalJ inséparable ami. ### 5/5 — Appli top des tops *2025-10-20, version 5.23* Appli très pratique et très fonctionnelle, un travail de pro. ### 5/5 — CalJ au top *2025-10-20, version 5.23* Très très bonne application. Bien faite et très pro. Je l utilise au quotidien et j en suis pleinement satisfait. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-22.*