# Pocket Luach - Jewish Calendar — Hebrew calendar & zmanim

> Jewish calendar converter, holiday tracker, prayer times, and Siddur with offline access. (iPhone/iPad app by Haim Tebeka.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-luach-jewish-calendar/id285016304 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Haim Tebeka](https://appshunter.io/developer/285016307)
- Category: Productivity, Travel
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 2.60/5 from 10 App Store ratings · 85 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 187 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France)
- Released: 2019-02-11
- Data updated: 2026-09-01
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-luach-jewish-calendar/id285016304/reviews.md

## What is Pocket Luach?

Pocket Luach keeps the Jewish calendar beautifully close at hand. See today’s Hebrew and civil dates, holidays, parasha, and practical zmanim in a focused daily companion.

PLAN THE DAY WITH CLARITY
• Browse the Jewish calendar with Hebrew and civil dates
• See holidays, fasts, parasha, and meaningful day context
• Read practical zmanim in a clean, easy-to-scan view
• Move quickly between daily and upcoming calendar views
• Adjust calendar and location settings for your routine
• Glance at the Hebrew date and upcoming zmanim on Apple Watch

Pocket Luach is the straightforward everyday edition: a dependable calendar and time companion without Deluxe’s event sharing, package tools, or companion-clock planning features. Everything is designed to help you find the next important moment without getting in the way.

## Key features

- 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

## What do users think of Pocket Luach?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 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)

**Cons**

- 🐛 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- 👎 Outdated and buggy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

**Commonly reported bugs**

- App crashes on startup
- App stops working after paid version release
- Crashing on new iOS
- Will not work on OS 13
- Cannot export to iCalendar
- Missing Tisha B'Av indication
- Not good for converting TO Hebrew calendar
- Home button doesn't do anything
- Notifications piling up with no way to clear
- Numbers increasing after app opened, cannot clear
- Badges with Hebrew date are disliked
- Locks up at startup
- Frizzes at find current location stage
- Stuck on trying to find location
- Cannot search for locations since iOS 7
- Manually load longitude, lat, and altitude for current location
- No acknowledgement from author after emails
- No calendar view
- Siddur does not allow scaling
- Siddur does not shift horizontally
- Update ruined the program, crashes and drops out
- Luach replaced by 'Jewish clock' that crashes
- Crashes with iPhone OS 4
- Still no updated support for iOS4
- Crashing with IOS4 even after paying
- Doesn't work since upgrade to iOS4, crashes every time
- Doesn't work for me either
- Crashes within 2 seconds of opening after OS4 upgrade
- He'll with this apps never ever work
- Crash with iOS4
- Can't get the app to load since v4.0
- Cannot open up app since OS 4.0
- Screen opens for about 1/2 second then closes with iOS4
- Not working with iOS4
- Automatically closes as soon as application is opened with iOS4
- Not working with OS4
- Zemanim are incorrect
- Bugs in previous releases seem to have been resolved (historical)
- Trying to figure out integration with Calendar (historical)
- Keeps crashing when going from one section to another
- Text of prayers is small, with small and slow scroll action
- Location services bug, crashes when trying to do anything interesting
- Update (vs. 2.00) has trashed functional app, incorrect times
- New release (September 3) has bugs (historical)
- Bugs experienced were fixed in update (historical)
- Update came out too quick, too many bugs
- Location problem, gives incorrect times for location
- Version 1.01 keeps saying location is Palo Alto, CA, cannot change manually
- Features not working
- Beta product, not complete
- Missing features, no response from vendor
- No mention of 'delux' version in app store
- Application converts dates well but crashes when you try to do anything interesting

**Most requested features**

- Update for new iOS versions
- Add English Siddur
- Integrate Siddur with calendar for automatic changes
- Add Haftorah listings
- iPad version
- Add setting to turn off badges
- Sync with Outlook
- Add custom events
- Add Jewish Year display
- Searchable holidays
- Transliteration for prayers

## Recent user reviews (10 of 85)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocket-luach-jewish-calendar/id285016304/reviews.md

### 2/5 — Stopped working

*2025-05-22*

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

### 1/5 — Terrible lately

*2025-05-14*

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 !!!!

### 1/5 — Can we get an update for the new iOS?

*2024-01-03*

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

### 5/5 — Thanks for a Great App

*2020-09-27*

Useful

### 1/5 — Worthless

*2019-10-06*

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

### 1/5 — Expired. Don’t bother because it won’t work on your new devices.

*2019-02-10*

Don’t be tempted by the paid version. There’s nobody home!!

### 1/5 — Don’t Waste Your Money

*2018-05-07*

Yes, it gives you the times for davening, candle lighting, etc... within the app., but you are unable to export anything to iCalendar. The unpaid version used to allow this, but it doesn’t work now. That’s why I purchased this version. Wasted money.

### 3/5 — Missing 9th of AV?!?!

*2016-07-28*

I've used this Luach for years, and overall I've been happy with it.  But for August 2016it lists Tu B'Av (which, frankly, I hadn't even known was a thing) but has no indication that Tisha B'Av is a fast day.  Major fail, guys, especially when it falls on Shabbat and fast time guidelines are needed.  The app doesn't seem to have a bug report function, so I'm saying it here.

### 1/5 — Must know Hebrew dates to use this

*2015-01-14*

Not good for converting TO the Hebrew calander; must already know the Hebrew date, and it will tell you the Gregorian calander date. Can only go up or down one day at a time unless you already know Hebrew date you want to look up.

### 3/5 — iPhone-5S review on latest version

*2014-11-16*

Home button doesn't do anything.
Notications on front page keep piling up with no way to access & clear them
New version still has bugs

## Frequently asked questions about Pocket Luach

### 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.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 60000.0.3 — 2026-09-01

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

### 60000.0.2 — 2026-08-31

Updated the developer name shown in Support and Recommended Apps.

### 60000.0.1 — 2026-08-24

Support and Recommended Apps are back in More. Support uses Pocket Luach’s in-app HelpKit conversation flow, so you can ask a question, optionally attach a screenshot or photo, and read replies in the same thread.

Notes saved in the former local-only support screen stay private on your device. They are not automatically moved into HelpKit; only a new message you choose to send can enter the encrypted support flow.

The Day screen now keeps both selector controls visible when you return from another tab, so Hebrew/civil date choices and the Day view selector no longer leave an empty floating bar.

### 60000.0.0 — 2026-08-08

This release refreshes Pocket Luach’s calendar and zmanim experience with current App Store artwork.

### 4.00.02 — 2019-02-11

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

New UI and compatibility for iOS 7 and iOS 8!

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