Shabbat.com vs AdoptaShadchan
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.
AdoptaShadchan
This app facilitates communication between members and matchmakers within a specific Jewish community. Users can upload personal documents and respond to suggestions. It's designed exclusively for the AdoptAShadchan community.
- Member-shadchan communication
- Profile picture uploads
- Resume uploads
- Reply to suggestions
- Exclusive community use
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The AdoptAShadchan communication app gives members and shadchanim another medium to communicate with each other. Members may also upload pictures, resumes and reply to suggestions from shadchanim. This app is specifically intended to be used by AdoptAShadchan’s unique community of members and shadchanim. If you subscribe to membership plan(s) via iTunes, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and your membership will automatically renew monthly unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscription will be renewed within 24-hours before the end of each period at the rate of your selected plan. Turn off auto-renewal anytime by going to "My App payment history" or through iTunes. Privacy policy : https://database.adoptashadchan.com/privacy-policy-app.aspx Terms of Use : https://database.adoptashadchan.com/terms-of-use-app.aspx
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Shabbat.com at none against AdoptaShadchan's 1. Shabbat.com also leads on update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (194 vs 7). AdoptaShadchan's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and device support 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. AdoptaShadchan sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $40.99 per month. Shabbat.com asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Shabbat.com against 4.7 for AdoptaShadchan. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shabbat.com has 194 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 80% of Shabbat.com's written reviews are positive against 100% of AdoptaShadchan's.
Shabbat.com ships an update every 4 weeks, AdoptaShadchan every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shabbat.com | AdoptaShadchan |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (194 ratings) | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 194 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tribex Corp | Jewish Dating |
Customer experience
Shabbat.com
AdoptaShadchan
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
AdoptaShadchan
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shabbat.com
No in-app purchases
AdoptaShadchan
- Platinum - 1 month$40.991 Month
