# Kol Yaakob — user reviews > 69 indexed App Store user reviews of Kol Yaakob by Sephardic Heritage Foundation Inc, rated 4.35/5 from 115 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kol-yaakob/id405278063/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/kol-yaakob/id405278063.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 73 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 9 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Kol Yaakob? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 👍 Great app for Sephardim - 👍 Useful for travel - 👍 Daily use - 👍 Community service - 👍 Familiar layout - 👍 Visually pleasing **Cons** - 🐛 Crashing frequently - 🐛 New UI not user-friendly - 🐛 Old UI was better - 🐛 Losing place after swipe - 🐛 Text too small - 🐛 No zoom function - 🐛 Inconsistent scrolling - 🐛 Dark mode issues - 🐛 Missing Tehilim - 🐛 Incompatible with iOS 13 (historical) - 🐛 App not opening (historical) - 🐛 Landscape mode issues (historical) - 🐛 Navigation menus reappear (historical) **Commonly reported bugs** - New update crashes - New update loses place - Bookmark issues - Added pages not available - Missing words in birchat hamazon - App crashes after loading - App crashes when turning page - App crashes on opening - Dark mode has lines of non-dark mode - App stops working after update - Page turning bug (historical) - Index and bookmarks not referred to correctly - Index is off - Hebrew/English translation of index is off - Bookmark titles incorrect - Swipe to turn page doesn't work well - Text blurry when zoomed - Text doesn't wrap around screen when zooming - No rotation for biggest screen - No magnification option **Most requested features** - Add Tehilim - Open amida at designated time - Use microphone for live cursor - Add tefillah times - List of shuls and prayer times - Shabbat times - More sections for daily prayers - Option for pinch zoom - Landscape mode support - Larger text option - Sub-sections in index - Copy index from Keter Shelomo ## Newest reviews (14 of 69) ### 3/5 — Not a fan of new UI *2026-05-12, version 3.0* The new UI isn’t very user friendly, I miss the turning pages and the default should be horizontal scrolling similar to Turning a page. An issue is that sometimes when turning a page you can go back to home menu if your finger is placed too close to the left during the swipe. I think the old UI wasn’t broke and didn’t need fixing. Thank you guys for everything you do this has been an extremely helpful app for me and I appreciate all that you do, but I miss the old UI ### 3/5 — Keeps crashing *2025-09-05, version 2.7* I used to use the app a lot bit recently about 2 seconds after I load up the app it just crashes developers pls respond and fix THANK YOU! ### 4/5 — Larger text *2025-01-27, version 2.7* Please add option to make text larger ### 4/5 — Missing a few words in birchat hamazon *2024-01-16, version 2.3* This app is great as it’s perfect for a siddur on the go but id like to point out on page 231 in birchat hamazon the blessing on the bottom of the page is cut off and missing a few words ### 3/5 — Keeps crashing *2023-03-08, version 2.3* I was using the app about a week ago, and since then, I have not used the app because it keeps crashing and randomly turning black but only around the evening. It seems that there hasn’t been an update in a while but could you see if there is a bug? I have asked others in my family and friends to see if this was an issue, and they have the same thing. Please fix this Thank you ### 3/5 — Needs Tehilim *2022-11-10, version 2.3* This is my favorite Siddur app in the way it’s structured but not convenient as it doesn’t have Tehilim. Can you guys please add it??? ### 4/5 — Great *2022-08-11, version 2.3* Great app use it all the time however, I use dark mode and on page 66 the dark mode has some lines of non dark mode if this could be fixed it would be a 10/10 ### 3/5 — Please fix bugs *2020-12-09, version 2.1* It stopped working on my iPad after the latest update. Otherwise this is my favorite sidder. ### 3/5 — Sidur in an App shouldn’t be as the written Sidur is! *2020-11-17, version 2.0* I love Kol Yaakov Sidur, it contains everything needed. I wish it will also adopt the printed words to the smart phone screen size, with even different font sizes. ### 4/5 — Great app but it keeps crashing *2020-06-22, version 1.0.10* Once you turn the page it crashes. ### 3/5 — Bug *2020-05-01, version 1.0.10* Hi this is a great app but there are a lot of bugs and I can’t even turn the page. Please fix this ### 5/5 — Great Suddur *2020-02-25, version 1.0.10* Great Sephardic siddur with all tefillot. ### 4/5 — Why are there shabbat prayers *2019-12-31, version 1.0.10* It's an app on your phone geniuses, why the should there be shabbat prayers ### 4/5 — Love it but been crashing lately *2019-12-27, version 1.0.10* Love this siddur but it’s been constantly crashing on me. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — New App Stinks! Please go back! *2026-06-09, version 3.0* GO BACK TO THE OLD VERSION. THIS NEW AI VERSION IS HORRIBLE. GO BACK TO THE BASICS. ### 1/5 — Feature requests *2021-01-05, version 2.1* 1. Open the amida of the given prayer (shacharit/ mincha/ Arvit) at the time it is designated to be said 2. Additionally a more complex feature of using the microphone to display a live cursor on the soffit that follows the chazan when in a minyan ### 1/5 — ios13 *2019-09-29, version 1.0.8* not working at all with new apple update doesn’t even let you click on to see anything just drops out please fix ### 1/5 — App doesn’t work with iOS 13 update. *2019-09-25, version 1.0.8* Please update, app is not even opening on current update. ### 1/5 — Can't turn pages! *2014-01-02, version 1.0.2* Great sidur app and just what I need but the functionality of turning pages simply does not work. Very frustrating and I can't use the app because of this reason. ### 1/5 — Siddur *2012-03-17* Very dissatisfied Your website states that this siddur is and hebrew with English translation, 1 where the translation? 2 no rotation for a biggest screen 3 no magnification option. How are you suppose to read it? At $10. Waste of money ### 2/5 — App update *2026-05-14, version 3.0* I think the app got updated recently and you have to scroll up instead of side to side. I think the old way was so much better. I’m not liking this new update at all. Is it possible to get the old update back but like a different version? ### 2/5 — I can’t pray today *2024-02-14, version 2.3* App keeps crashing today! I can’t pray yet and can’t find similar siddurs online ### 2/5 — Not so good *2022-02-13, version 2.3* It is not bad it is reallly really small, and does not have a proper order but it has some stuff and thats nice to have but I don’t recommend. ### 2/5 — Siddur Kol Yaacob *2021-07-15, version 2.1* I downloaded the app but it doesn’t open ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — 1 of the best Sephardic Siddur App *2026-06-26, version 3.0.1* Great Siddur App! Hazaq u Baruch! Thank you for this great app! Been using it daily for alone years now! The new update Juno’s to Shabat all the time needs a minor fix… ### 5/5 — New update *2026-05-06, version 3.0* Love the app. New update ruined my tefila, 1 swipe left or right you loose your current place. Mid amida this was rough 5 stars of course but really 3 with the new update - please fix 🙏🏼 ### 5/5 — Kol yaakob *2025-08-26, version 2.7* This is a great app 10/10 ### 5/5 — Overall Great App *2025-02-27, version 2.7* They need to fix the bookmarks. When I bookmark birkat Hamazon it bookmarks a different page than the one which I clicked. ### 5/5 — Back pages *2024-12-10, version 2.6* This has been an excellent app. However, the last update is messed up. The new added pages in the back of the siddur are not available. There is some sort of glitch with them. Please check and correct. Otherwise, a great Community service! Thank you! ### 5/5 — IPAD USERS READ BELOW!! *2023-07-05, version 2.3* App will appear to crash every time opened in landscape mode. YOU MUST OPEN IN PORTRAIT AND THEN GO INTO LANDSCAPE MODE. hope this helps ### 5/5 — Love this app *2022-08-14, version 2.3* This app is amazing I love it and would totally recommend it if u need to pray ### 5/5 — Love it on my iPhone *2022-06-23, version 2.3* Why can’t work on my iPod? ### 5/5 — Best *2021-06-27, version 2.1* Best for using on the plane/airport ### 5/5 — Amazing service for Sephardim *2020-11-17, version 2.0* They are doing an amazing service to Sephardim around the world. I use this siddur daily. --- *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 2026-08-25.*