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Pocket Luach - Jewish Calendar

Pocket Luach - Jewish Calendar

Hebrew calendar & zmanim

10 ratings
97 reviews
📊 Productivity
✈️ Travel
$1.99

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Released
February 11, 2019
Updated
September 1, 2026

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Developer

Haim Tebeka
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About

This app converts Jewish and regular dates, displays Jewish holidays and significant events, and shows Torah readings. It also provides prayer times worldwide and includes a Siddur for daily services. It offers offline functionality and customizable settings.

✓Jewish to Civil date conversion
✓Holiday and significant event display
✓Torah portion (Parasha) display
✓Worldwide prayer times (Zmanim)
✓Offline Siddur for prayers
✓Customizable calculation rules
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What users say about Pocket Luach

Reviews of Pocket Luach are mostly negative: the Productivity app is rated 2.6/5 from 10 App Store ratings. What users like most: great app overall, useful for Jewish holidays and times. Top complaints: frequent crashes, stops working after updates. Summarized from real user reviews.

Positive things

  • 👍Great app overall
  • 🌟Useful for Jewish holidays and times
  • 📅Good calendar functionality
  • ✨Comprehensive information
  • 📿Includes Siddur and prayers
  • 🗺️GPS integration for locations
  • 💰Good value for price
  • 👍User-friendly interface
  • 🚀Fast loading times (historically)
  • 💡Innovative features (historically)

Negative things

  • 🐛Frequent crashes
  • ❌Stops working after updates
  • ⚠️Incompatible with new iOS versions
  • 💰Paid version issues
  • 👎Outdated and buggy
  • 📉Development seems to have ceased
  • 😠Poor customer support
  • 🪲Bugs in new versions
  • 💸Wasted money on paid version
  • 🫥Unresponsive app
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What's New in Pocket Luach

60000.0.3

September 1, 2026

Adds an About the Author screen to Pocket Luach Regular and updates the author attribution to Rabbi Haim Tebeka.

User reviews

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Stopped working

When they came up w with the paid version my old app stopped working completely I tried deleting it and reinstalling it but as soon as I press the icon it just disappears
DEDr. Bernie E

Terrible lately

Now that the deluxe version, ie. Paid for version ) came out the old version which I have stopped responding. I tried to delete and reapply but to no avail. Don't call it deluxe if it's the only version you can get and it's no longer free !!!!
DEDr. Bernie E

Can we get an update for the new iOS?

Love this app, but it’s crashing on the new iOS. Please update
JHJumicam happy

Thanks for a Great App

Useful
SDShuki Diskind

Worthless

Was a great app but now totally useless as it will not work on OS 13
Guaranteed to crash every time.
SSoulfan
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User experience

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Reported Bugs

53 issues

App crashes on startup

Bug

App stops working after paid version release

Bug

Crashing on new iOS

Bug

Will not work on OS 13

Bug

Cannot export to iCalendar

Bug

Missing Tisha B'Av indication

Bug

Not good for converting TO Hebrew calendar

Bug

Home button doesn't do anything

Bug

Notifications piling up with no way to clear

Bug

Numbers increasing after app opened, cannot clear

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Badges with Hebrew date are disliked

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Locks up at startup

Bug

Frizzes at find current location stage

Bug

Stuck on trying to find location

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Cannot search for locations since iOS 7

Bug

Manually load longitude, lat, and altitude for current location

Bug

No acknowledgement from author after emails

Bug

No calendar view

Bug

Siddur does not allow scaling

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Siddur does not shift horizontally

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Update ruined the program, crashes and drops out

Bug

Luach replaced by 'Jewish clock' that crashes

Bug

Crashes with iPhone OS 4

Bug

Still no updated support for iOS4

Bug

Crashing with IOS4 even after paying

Bug

Doesn't work since upgrade to iOS4, crashes every time

Bug

Doesn't work for me either

Bug

Crashes within 2 seconds of opening after OS4 upgrade

Bug

He'll with this apps never ever work

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Crash with iOS4

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Can't get the app to load since v4.0

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Cannot open up app since OS 4.0

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Screen opens for about 1/2 second then closes with iOS4

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Not working with iOS4

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Automatically closes as soon as application is opened with iOS4

Bug

Not working with OS4

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Zemanim are incorrect

Bug

Bugs in previous releases seem to have been resolved (historical)

Bug

Trying to figure out integration with Calendar (historical)

Bug

Keeps crashing when going from one section to another

Bug

Text of prayers is small, with small and slow scroll action

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Location services bug, crashes when trying to do anything interesting

Bug

Update (vs. 2.00) has trashed functional app, incorrect times

Bug

New release (September 3) has bugs (historical)

Bug

Bugs experienced were fixed in update (historical)

Bug

Update came out too quick, too many bugs

Bug

Location problem, gives incorrect times for location

Bug

Version 1.01 keeps saying location is Palo Alto, CA, cannot change manually

Bug

Features not working

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Beta product, not complete

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Missing features, no response from vendor

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No mention of 'delux' version in app store

Bug

Application converts dates well but crashes when you try to do anything interesting

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Requested Features

11 requests

Update for new iOS versions

Feature

Add English Siddur

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Integrate Siddur with calendar for automatic changes

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Add Haftorah listings

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iPad version

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Add setting to turn off badges

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Sync with Outlook

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Add custom events

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Add Jewish Year display

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Searchable holidays

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Transliteration for prayers

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FAQ

What does Pocket Luach do?

Pocket Luach is an application that converts Jewish dates to and from regular (Civil) dates. It also displays the names and dates of Jewish holidays and significant Jewish events, as well as the Torah portion read on Shabbat and holidays. The app includes prayer times for anywhere in the world and a Siddur for daily services.

What are the key features of Pocket Luach?

Key features include converting dates between Jewish and Civil calendars, displaying Jewish holidays and events, showing the weekly Torah portion, providing worldwide prayer times with customizable rules, and offering an offline Siddur for morning, afternoon, evening, and other prayers. It also has a list view for upcoming events and can generate reports via email.

Is Pocket Luach free to use?

Based on the provided information, Pocket Luach is offered as a free application. There is a mention of a 'Deluxe version' which suggests that while the core app is free, additional features might be available in a paid upgrade, though this is not explicitly detailed in the description.

What are the compatibility requirements for Pocket Luach?

Pocket Luach requires iPhone or Touch OS 7.0 or above. The description specifically mentions compatibility for iOS 7 and iOS 8, indicating it is designed for these or newer versions of the operating system.

How can Pocket Luach be useful for daily life?

Pocket Luach is useful for observant Jews to keep track of religious dates, holidays, and prayer times. It can also assist Gentiles doing business with observant Jews by helping to avoid scheduling conflicts with Jewish holidays. The offline functionality makes it convenient for use on the go without needing an internet connection.