Shabbat.com vs Podium Link
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.
Podium Link
Discover workout partners and connect with others who share your hobbies. Explore fitness businesses and find local events like tournaments and games. Enjoy a seamless experience with a full-screen, intuitive interface.
- Hobby-based matching
- Fitness business discovery
- Event finder
- Intuitive user interface
- Full-screen image display
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Find your workout partner on Podium! Select a list of hobbies and match with people based on the hobbies you like to do. Check out an array of businesses to meet your fitness needs! Use our events interface to find tournaments, competitions, games and more! Enjoy the full screen images while swiping with easy and intuitive user interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: Shabbat.com at free against Podium Link's free with in-app purchases. Shabbat.com also leads on ratings volume (194 vs 16). Podium Link's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and review sentiment (100% vs 79%). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Podium Link holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shabbat.com has 194 ratings behind it against 16, 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 100% of Podium Link's.
Shabbat.com ships an update every 4 weeks, Podium Link every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shabbat.com | Podium Link |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (194 ratings) | 5.0 (16 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 194 — better | 16 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tribex Corp | Michael Vander Ploeg |
Customer experience
Shabbat.com
Podium Link
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
Podium Link
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shabbat.com
No in-app purchases
Podium Link
No in-app purchases
