Shabbat.com vs SwayMe
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shabbat.com
Connect with a global Jewish community for Shabbat hosting, events, dating, and networking. This social platform facilitates finding hosts or guests worldwide, sharing updates, and accessing religious content. Build connections and contribute to a kinder world through this comprehensive community app.
- Global Shabbat hosting and guest matching
- Jewish community events and networking
- Dating profiles with messaging
- Weekly Torah portion audio
- Worldwide candle lighting times
- Job board for employment
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The Shabbat.com app is a free world-wide Jewish community, effectively a Jewish social network connecting members for Shabbat hosting, events, dating, networking, and much more. Through its brilliant interface, members can host or be hosted for Shabbat and help each other and build a kinder world. Shabbat.com offers the following features: - Members available for Shabbat in 120 countries and 4000 cities - Uploading pictures and status updates to a global feed using your camera's photo app or your gallery - Easy messaging with push notification - Full audio of the weekly Shabbat Parsha (Torah Portion) featuring the famous Rabbi Juravel - Candle lighting times worldwide as well as other halachik times - Swipe-able dating profiles with email availability - An active job board for employment opportunities - Video sharing and friending - Feedback from other Shabbat.com members Creating a Shabbat.com profile on the app also gives you instant access to the online website. This includes our video library, weekly Shabbat recipes, and much more. So welcome to the world's largest Jewish online community. We will be upgrading and updating the app, as well as the website, regularly in the weeks and months ahead.
SwayMe
This app helps you make decisions by letting your friends and the community vote on your choices. Simply post two photos of items you're considering, and watch the real-time results to be swayed towards a confident decision.
- Post two photos for comparison
- Friends and community voting
- Real-time vote tracking
- Decision support for purchases
- Endless polling possibilities
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So many decisions every day...ever wonder what your friends think? Wish they could help you decide? SwayMe to the rescue! Post two or four photos of items you admire, and post! It's that easy! Voting is fun too! Swipe left on a photo to register your vote. Or swipe right on the other photo to sway the other way. It's that easy! You can also tap to vote if your prefer not to swipe. Let your friends and the SwayMe community vote to make your life stress free. Watch the votes in real time and be swayed! When can you use SwayMe? Are you purchasing new shoes and torn between two perfect pairs? Are you trying on wedding dresses? Looking at new phones? Daydreaming about travel destinations? Ready for that new car but unsure of which color? Admiring dessert plates at the next table but can't decide which one? The polling possibilities are endless! Let the SwayMe community sway you and be 100% sure of your decision without any regrets!
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Verdict
Shabbat.com and SwayMe both sit at 4.7 stars, but that hides the real split: 95% of SwayMe's written reviews are positive against 79% of Shabbat.com's. Shabbat.com's advantage is ratings volume (194 vs 27). On price, rating, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SwayMe holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shabbat.com has 194 ratings behind it against 27, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Shabbat.com's written reviews are positive against 95% of SwayMe's.
Shabbat.com ships an update every 4 weeks, SwayMe fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shabbat.com | SwayMe |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (194 ratings) | 4.9 (27 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 95.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 194 — better | 27 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 45 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tribex Corp | Binari, Inc. |
Customer experience
Shabbat.com
SwayMe
Bugs and requests
Shabbat.com
Reported bugs
10 issues- App freezes when accessing search by location
- Messaging system shows 'oops try again later' error
- Partial audio files not working
- Cannot exit photo viewing (X button unresponsive)
- Repeated login prompts on app launch
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- App won't open despite loading
- Cannot delete app from iPhone
- Restricted viewing window on iPhone 6 Plus/7 Plus
- Comments and comment box not visible when scrolling
- Inconsistent app performance across sessions
Requested features
10 requests- Unlike/undo button for posts and likes
- Private timeline and friends-only posting
- LGBTQ+ filtering options (men seeking men)
- Like button for comments
- Incognito profile browsing
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- Better blocking functionality
- Improved app UI and modern design
- Partial audio functionality fix
- Better search by location feature
- User warning system before account suspension
SwayMe
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shabbat.com
No in-app purchases
SwayMe
No in-app purchases
