Shabbat.com vs ChaiKorner
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.
ChaiKorner
This app helps you connect with people nearby to make spontaneous plans. Discover activities like sports, food, or hangouts, and easily host or join them. Build connections with people you meet and coordinate through in-app chat.
- Announce availability for spontaneous hangouts
- Discover nearby activities and events
- Host or join activities with custom details
- Build connections with people you've met
- In-app chat for activity coordination
- Privacy-focused location sharing
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ChaiKorner helps you turn free time into plans with people nearby. I'm Free — Announce you're open to hang out right now (or later today), and see who else nearby is free too. Discover — Browse activities happening near you: cricket, basketball, hiking, tennis, pickleball, chai & coffee, food, movies, or just a hangout. Filter by interest and distance. Host or join — Start an activity with a time, place, and headcount, or join one someone else posted. Keep it open to everyone nearby, or invite-only for just the people you invite. Connections — Build a friend graph with people you've actually done things with, and invite them straight into your next plan. Chat — Coordinate with your group in a chat tied to each activity. Privacy by design — We only use an approximate area (never your exact location), and every activity includes block and report tools. Sign in with Apple, Google, or your phone number to get started.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ChaiKorner at every 2 days against Shabbat.com's every 4 weeks. ChaiKorner also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Shabbat.com's advantage is ratings volume (205 vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
ChaiKorner holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Shabbat.com has 205 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Shabbat.com ships an update every 4 weeks, ChaiKorner every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shabbat.com | ChaiKorner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (205 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 205 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 62 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Tribex Corp | Rangeshwara Kona |
Customer experience
Shabbat.com
ChaiKorner
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
ChaiKorner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shabbat.com
No in-app purchases
ChaiKorner
No in-app purchases
