Siddur vs Jew Compass
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Siddur
This smart prayer book offers the acclaimed Kehot Linear Siddur with easy navigation for all prayers and blessings. It includes a Zmanim calculator for accurate halachic times based on your location, a tefillin mirror, and a Mizrach compass.
- Smart prayers
- All prayers and blessings
- Halachic times calculator
- Hyperlinked table of contents
- Tefillin mirror
- Mizrach Compass
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A smart Siddur with halachic times Includes a tefillin mirror, compass, halachic times and more. Features the acclaimed Kehot Linear Siddur, now available wherever you are. Features: * Smart prayers * All the prayers and blessings with easy navigation * A "Zmanim" calculator that will give you the proper Halachic times for your location * Hyperlinked table of contents * Tefillin mirror * Mizrach Compass The Siddur that's always there for you. הסידור במהדורה לינארית – ניתן להשיג בכל מקום סידור תהילת ה' במהדורה לינארית באנגלית בצורת הדף של הסידור הנדפס כולל: • כל התפילות והברכות עם ניווט קל • חישוב אוטומטי של זמני ההלכה בכל מקום • מפתח התוכן עם קישור אוטומטי • ראי לתפילין • מצפן למצוא את ה"מזרח" הסידור שתמיד לצידך.
Jew Compass
This app helps Jewish individuals determine the correct direction to pray towards Jerusalem, especially when in unfamiliar locations or traveling. It aims to facilitate prayer by providing accurate directional guidance.
- Accurate prayer direction
- Jerusalem facing guidance
- Useful for travel
- Assists in unfamiliar places
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Since the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, prayer has replaced animal sacrifices. Through prayer a Jew pours out his heart to his Creator thanking Him for His many kindnesses and asking Him for help in his daily tasks. One of the main goals of prayer is to remember Jerusalem daily and ask for it to be rebuilt. That's why wherever a Jew finds himself he has to pray facing Jerusalem as "Jerusalem is the light of the whole world". Sometimes when we find ourselves in unfamiliar places or while travelling, it's unclear to us how exactly are we supposed to daven. That's when a comfortable application "Jew Compass" will come to help by determining exactly the accurate direction we need. It's our dream that this app will help many Jews to pray correctly and may we merit to see the rebuilding of Jerusalem speedily, in our days.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Jew Compass at Free against Siddur's $5.99. Jew Compass also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (1.9K vs 37). Siddur's advantage is chart position (#195 vs unranked) and device support (3 vs 1). On update cadence, 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
Jew Compass is free to download; Siddur costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Jew Compass holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jew Compass has 1.9K ratings behind it against 37, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Siddur's written reviews are positive against 72% of Jew Compass's.
Siddur ships an update every 3 months, Jew Compass every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Siddur | Jew Compass |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (37 ratings) | 4.8 (1.9K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 72.1% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 37 | 1.9K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #195 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chabad.org Jewish Apps | Torah MiTzion |
Customer experience
Siddur
Jew Compass
Bugs and requests
Siddur
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Jew Compass
Reported bugs
2 issues- Compass not functioning correctly
- App crashes or freezes
Requested features
3 requests- Multilingual support
- Customizable settings
- Improved accuracy and reliability
In-app purchases
Siddur
No in-app purchases
Jew Compass
No in-app purchases
