# PocketTorah Trope — user reviews > 29 indexed App Store user reviews of PocketTorah Trope by Russel Neiss, rated 4.00/5 from 64 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pockettorah-trope/id497873394/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pockettorah-trope/id497873394.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 35 · 4★ 13 · 3★ 5 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 8 ## Newest reviews (9 of 29) ### 4/5 — Addition *2019-12-28, version 2.0.1* I’m using this as a practical practice for when a recording from my Hazzan is unavailable. Our conservative synagogue is triennial and if portions were available for that, it would be appreciated. This is very good to read from and bookmarking even parts of a portion would be a great help in an update. ### 4/5 — Please update *2017-12-05, version 1.0* I find this app helpful in teaching trope but it needs to be updated! Please update to 64 bit so I can continue to use it! ### 4/5 — Excellent tool; please update app! *2017-05-15, version 1.0* I use this app regularly to review trope cantilation and teach my kids. But my iPhone 7 says the app needs to be updated because it is incompatible with newer phones. Please update, so I can keep using this wonderful app! ### 4/5 — not ALL the tropes *2013-11-29, version 1.0* Where's meircha k'fula for Torah trope? Yareach ben yomo? Or even shalshelet? Five stars once it's updated to be complete! ### 4/5 — Thank you *2012-10-24, version 1.0* Fantastic to hear a womans voice instead of the draconian, fundamentalist male crap usually associated with religion based apps. Thank you for demonstrating Judaism is for ALL Jews, not just a few emotionally/spiritually constipated fools who choose to cling to disgusting, needless, oppressive dogma. ### 4/5 — Great learning tool! *2012-02-24, version 1.0* Very helpful and user friendly. ### 5/5 — Great app! *2012-02-24, version 1.0* All the trope totally free! Amazing! ### 5/5 — Great start! *2012-02-24, version 1.0* Looking forward to continued improvements. Clear and helpful. I'm recommending it to my students. ### 3/5 — Bar mitzvah training *2012-02-07, version 1.0* This app has a great purpose and can be helpful when one needs a refresher on the trope , however the sounds the woman are doing are not so accurate and the app is always freezing up and crashing. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Not what I was looking for *2021-08-09, version 2.0.1* If you are expecting an app that will let you choose a selection and hear it chanted, this one is not what you are looking for. ### 1/5 — Need an IOS 11 update *2017-12-10, version 1.0* When I bought an iPhone X, I found that this app needed to be updated for IOS 11. Please update. ### 1/5 — Kol Isha Warning *2014-03-05, version 1.0* Not suitable for religious users. Pretty shocking when you're not expecting it. ### 1/5 — totally confusing *2013-05-19, version 1.0* I was excited to find this app, but after using it for a while I find it more confusing than helpful. There are a number of trope phrases that are sung, but with no real cumulative build up of phrases in increasing complexity. Then, when you go to the PocketTorah app from the same company, it seems like the Torah is sung in a completely different way than the way it was taught in the PocketTrope app, with no explanation whatsoever as to why the two are so different. A real exercise in confusion and really bad pedagogy! ### 1/5 — Avoid this *2013-04-14, version 1.0* Too many issues. Useless app. ### 1/5 — Makes fun of judaism *2012-04-27, version 1.0* This app makes fun of Jewish custom. The Jewish Code of Law which every major rabbi accepts (some maybe only when it suits their rhetoric) says that a woman singing in public is likened to as if she were undressed. This app is unusable by millions of Jews and therefore segregates and divides the Jewish people. ### 2/5 — Not what I thought I was getting *2012-05-23, version 1.0* Only the trope notes but no accompanying text. ### 2/5 — Needs to be in english *2012-03-02, version 1.0* Not good if you are a convert. Must know Hebrew in order to read it. ### 3/5 — Too Narrow *2022-02-18, version 2.0.1* Although very pleasant to listen to, this app only presents one version of the trope, which is not what everyone uses. Unfortunately, the trope vocalizations I learned and teach are not represented here. I won't be able to use this program. ### 3/5 — Missing a few tropes *2021-03-17, version 2.0.1* Not bad, but, it’s missing the following: Shalshelet, Mercha Kfulah, Karnei Farrah, Yerach Ben Yomo. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Very helpful *2022-11-20, version 2.0.1* This has been helpful for brushing up on trope. A woman chants the trope, which some users have complained about as an issue of Kol Isha; however, for it to legitimately count as Kol Isha you have to see the woman or at least know what she looks like, and many poskim argue that a recording or broadcast is not a “voice” but rather a transformed thing (dvar hadash)—the same reason one is not yotzeh from hearing the shofar or Megillah over the radio. ### 5/5 — MB *2017-12-02, version 1.0* I find this app perfect for those moments when you suddenly need to refresh your memory with respect to how to sing a specific trope. ### 5/5 — Pocket Torah *2014-06-10, version 1.0* An excellent app. Organization is excellent. Singer is accurate and sound quality good. The app won't learn it for you. Like all learning you must practice and work at it. ### 5/5 — Useful *2012-09-29, version 1.0* Great for learning the proper Torah tropes. I don't mind who it is sung by. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2012-08-03, version 1.0* Just used this for polishing me eicha trope. Very useful in the ability to search and find specifc notes. Looking forward to using it again for the holidays. ### 5/5 — High quality ap, but Kol Esha an issue *2012-07-03, version 1.0* The laining is all done by a female which of course is against Jewish custom. It's a good app besides this fact. ### 5/5 — Pocket Torah fan *2012-02-24, version 1.0* An invaluable educational resource for all ages. Innovative and user friendly. Many thanks Russell and Charlie. ### 5/5 — Just in time! *2012-02-24, version 1.0* This app came in perfect timing to help me re-learn megillah trope for Purim! What a great tool to have on my phone! ### 5/5 — Brilliant! *2012-02-24, version 1.0* What a gift to K'lal Yisrael!!! ### 5/5 — Amazing app *2012-02-24, version 1.0* Really impressed at this free Torah, Haftarah, Megillah, and High Holy Day trope app. A must have! --- *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 2026-07-17.*