# Pocket Luach Deluxe — Calendar, zmanim & events

> Jewish calendar converter, holiday tracker, and prayer time calculator. (iPhone/iPad app by Haim Tebeka.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-luach-deluxe/id285345478 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Haim Tebeka](https://appshunter.io/developer/285016307)
- Category: Travel, Utilities
- Price: $3.99
- Rating: 5.00/5 from 1 App Store ratings · 35 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 198 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2019-02-12
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- Monetization: paid
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-luach-deluxe/id285345478/reviews.md

## What is Pocket Luach Deluxe?

Pocket Luach Deluxe is a Jewish calendar, zmanim, Siddur, Tehillim, and personal-event companion for iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. It combines everyday clarity with deeper planning tools for family and community life.

DAILY JEWISH CALENDAR
• See Hebrew and civil dates, holidays, parasha, molad information, fast days, and local zmanim.
• Create birthdays, anniversaries, yahrzeits, notes, and reminders.
• Search dates, events, holidays, packages, and zmanim.
• Share polished Shabbat, Yom Tov, fast-day, and zmanim cards.
• Check the Hebrew date, upcoming zmanim, and day events on Apple Watch.

SIDDUR & TEHILLIM
• Read Chabad, Ashkenaz, and Sephard prayer traditions from the bundled offline Siddur.
• Use a clear Contents list to move directly to sections within supported prayers.
• On supported dates, the Siddur automatically places the appropriate Torah reading into weekday Shacharit, including ordinary Mondays and Thursdays, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, Tisha B'Av, supported minor public fasts, and Purim after you choose a walled or unwalled locality. Vayechal is also available at Mincha on Tisha B'Av and supported fasts. Ambiguous cases remain unchanged.
• In Chabad weekday Shacharit, reviewed offline Hallel appears on supported Rosh Chodesh and Chanukah dates. Rosh Chodesh Musaf appears only when Rosh Chodesh applies, with the proper Kaddish, Song of the Day, Barchi Nafshi, Torah, and Ashrei/Uva Letzion sequence.
• At Maariv, the Omer section automatically shows the single appropriate count from day 1 through day 49 for the selected civil evening and stays hidden outside the Omer season.
• Read the regular monthly Tehillim portion, choose fixed personal chapters, or build a named birthday Tehillim list.
• Add as many birthday Tehillim entries as you need, enter a name and civil or Hebrew birthday, or use an already-saved Pocket Luach birthday. The current Psalm updates automatically with the real date and time zone.
• Use the optional Tefillin Mirror as a private live front-camera mirror while putting on tefillin. Camera access begins only after you tap Start Camera; the app does not record, save, or transmit the image.
• Find Torah text, reading-calendar, and license credits in More > About the Author, with direct Tanach.us, Hebcal, and CC BY 4.0 links.

FAMILY & COMMUNITY PACKAGES
Create or import event packages for family milestones, synagogue programs, classes, school dates, or community events. Preview a package and choose which events enter your calendar. Keep package events distinct from private events, protect sharing with optional passwords, and review updates before applying them. Compatible family CSV and GEDCOM import is supported, including photo matching.

ZMANIM, SIRI & SHORTCUTS
Use location-aware zmanim with configurable calculation profiles. Ask Siri or use Shortcuts for Hebrew dates, candle lighting, Havdalah, Shabbat or Yom Tov status, and key zmanim. Combine results with reminders, notifications, or compatible smart-home actions that you configure.

Pocket Luach Deluxe can also prepare supported, non-private calendar context for Jewish Clock, a separately purchased optional display and alarm companion. Jewish Clock reads that shared context and does not edit Deluxe data.

Zmanim are approximate and should be used with proper practical and halachic safeguards. No subscription is required.

## Key features

- Jewish date conversion
- Holiday and event display
- Contact Jewish date tracking
- Jewish Clock mode
- Siddur view
- Global prayer time calculation

## Recent user reviews (10 of 35)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-luach-deluxe/id285345478/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Holidays

*2025-05-02*

I like the calendar, but this years version indicated Yom Hazikaron and Yom Haatzmaut on the wrong days

### 1/5 — Don’t waste your money!

*2018-05-13, version 4.00.02*

This app stinks. Would give it no stars if possible.

### 5/5 — Great

*2017-02-27*

Great App but needs update!!  Some functions no longer work.

### 1/5 — Not good and no promised updates

*2017-02-14*

For an app that actually cost so much it is poorly designed. If I would have known all the following shortcomings I would not have paid for such an app. 
1. An event can only be added from the phone contacts. Really?! You have to add a dead person to your phone contacts to set up a yartzeit. Same with a child's birthday that is not in contacts. 
2. You cannot set up an alarm to remind you hours or days in advance of an event.  
3. Once you added a person's event you can only delete the event but cannot delete the person from the "list of events". 
4. Only the three custom events the developer gives you. Cannot make your own.
5. After my November review I was in touch with the developer who admitted that my criticism was valid and correct.  He promised an update "soon" to fix the issues I raised.  It is now 3 months later and no update. Still the same issues as mentioned above.  Obviously he does not care.  Don't waist your money.  Bad app and no support.

### 1/5 — Luach Deluxe

*2015-12-23*

Works beautifully on iPhone 6+ but does not change to horizontal view on iPad, it used to but IOS 9 seems to stop it. Pity because it's a very good app. Please see if you can fix it.

### 3/5 — Location

*2015-09-03*

The location request interferes with access to the calendar even after I enter my location. I'll try another calendar.

### 3/5 — Use it for one thing…

*2015-03-01*

Only use it for the widget in the Notification Center.
Also, the jewish clock only shows when the phone is sideways, but the clock displays vertically.

### 5/5 — Awesome app!

*2014-10-26*

I love, love, this app! I use it every day. It's intuitive and has an attractive design, unlike so many others that are so boring in appearance and unintuitive. So glad they got an update to make it work with iOS 8 as at first it didn't work with the new OS. Thanks, guys!

### 1/5 — 2011

*2014-09-24, version 3.04.00*

Last updated 3 years ago & it shows.

### 5/5 — Do not be fooled!

*2014-09-22*

This is NOT the calender that will soon appear on iTunes.  The best one os the one offerred by Penticon.  Look for it soon...even before Rosh Hashanah!

## Frequently asked questions about Pocket Luach Deluxe

### What does Pocket Luach Deluxe do?

Pocket Luach Deluxe is an application that converts Jewish dates to and from regular dates. It displays Jewish holidays, significant events, and the weekly Torah portion. It also offers features like tracking personal Jewish dates, a Jewish Clock, and prayer time calculations.

### What are the key features of Pocket Luach Deluxe?

Key features include date conversion between Jewish and Civil calendars, display of Jewish holidays and events, tracking contacts' Jewish birthdays and anniversaries, a 'Jewish Clock' mode, a Siddur view for prayers, and global prayer time calculations with customizable rules.

### How much does Pocket Luach Deluxe cost?

Based on the provided information, the app is a paid application. There is no mention of free versions, subscriptions, or in-app purchases, indicating a one-time purchase model.

### What devices is Pocket Luach Deluxe compatible with?

The application is designed for iPhone and supports iOS 7 and iOS 8, as well as iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. It also includes support for Apple Watch and Pebble Watch notifications, and a Today Extension.

### Who would find Pocket Luach Deluxe useful?

This app is useful for observant Jews who need to manage their religious calendar and prayer times. It is also beneficial for Gentiles who conduct business with observant Jews, helping them avoid scheduling conflicts with Jewish holidays.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 60058 — 2026-09-01

Updated the author and developer name shown throughout the app.

### 60057 — 2026-08-25

Help and support are clearer and more reliable, with updated guides, safer screenshot and photo attachments, and verified notifications for new replies. We also refreshed the App Store screenshots to highlight Today's Tehillim, prayer direction, and the modern Siddur reader.

### 60056 — 2026-08-24

Improved stability while refreshing prayer-time results used by system search.

### 60055 — 2026-08-22

This release brings a clearer, more reliable Siddur and Tehillim experience:

• Chabad weekday Shacharit now adds provenance-reviewed half or full Hallel on supported Rosh Chodesh and Chanukah dates, plus Rosh Chodesh Musaf and Barchi Nafshi in the reviewed prayer order.
• Maariv now selects the exact Omer count for the selected civil evening, from day 1 through day 49, while other unresolved prayer families remain safely unchanged.
• Tisha B'Av Torah readings are now available at supported Shacharit and Mincha services, including the reviewed postponed-Sunday case.
• A new reader setting distinguishes walled, unwalled, or unknown Purim locality for Purim Al Hanissim and Torah-reading decisions. Chanukah remains date-driven and independent of that setting.
• The prayer-direction compass now includes a localized, accessible alignment guide with a fixed top dot, live Jerusalem dot, clear near/aligned cues, and a manual Help path.
• New Tefillin Mirror with explicit camera start, a mirrored front-camera preview, clear privacy guidance, and no recording, saving, or transmission.
• New named birthday Tehillim: add unlimited independent entries, enter civil or Hebrew birthdays, or use birthdays already saved in Pocket Luach. The current Psalm updates automatically with the real date and time zone.
• Supported Torah readings continue to appear automatically for ordinary Mondays and Thursdays, Rosh Chodesh, Chanukah, and supported minor public fasts, with Vayechal at Mincha on supported fasts.
• New searchable Contents navigation for supported prayers.
• Torah text, reading-calendar, and license credits remain reachable from More > About the Author; the Siddur menu does not expose a separate Sources row in this build.
• Stronger offline reader recovery keeps bundled prayer text visible when an optional enhancement fails and offers a bounded fallback plus Retry if the main load fails.
• Continued package, personal-event, zmanim, search, Apple Watch, Siri, Shortcuts, and stability improvements.

### 5.00.07 — 2023-04-21

Upgraded to iOS 16 platform
Minor bug fixes

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