Siddur vs Mourning
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.
Mourning
This app provides a comprehensive collection of resources to support individuals through the Jewish mourning process. It offers stories, songs, prayers, and study texts, with weekly themes to deepen Kaddish practice and aid in acceptance and resilience.
- Weekly mourning themes
- Kaddish practice deepening
- Reflection and writing prompts
- Daily reminders and quotes
- Musical recordings
- Poetry and prayers
- Study texts
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The Jewish mourning process is a voyage through pain, brokenness, comfort, resilience, acceptance, and even gratitude. This app, a companion to the book "The Year of Mourning: A Jewish Journey" from CCAR Press, offers an expansive array of resources—stories, songs, study texts, poetry, and prayers—to lovingly and patiently guide the bereaved through the first year after their loss. Each week the mourner is encouraged to focus on a particular theme to deepen their Kaddish practice. The app also includes opportunities for reflection and writing, daily reminders and inspirational quotes, and thirty-five musical recordings. Edited by Rabbi Lisa D. Grant, PhD, and Cantor Lisa B. Segal Foreword by Rabbi Richard F. Address, DMin Order the book: http://mourning.ccarpress.org How do mourners get through that empty eternity of their first year without a loved one, that interminable stretch of darkness—perhaps deepening into despair—after shivah ends? Here at last is a way forward: a week-by-week, yearlong pathway through poetry, ritual, music, and the textual wisdom of Jewish tradition, brilliantly conceived and compassionately framed. I recommend it highly for anyone in mourning. --Rabbi Dr. Lawrence A. Hoffman, Barbara and Stephen Friedman Professor Emeritus of Liturgy, Worship, and Ritual, Hebrew Union College--Jewish Institute of Religion Walking the path of mourning is very much like wandering in the wilderness; familiar landmarks have become obscured, life's structures have crumbled. The Year of Mourning is an invaluable compass for this treacherous path. The editors offer a rich array of spiritual resources—texts, songs and prayers—in a format that will affirm, guide, and comfort readers. I know I will share this often with those who are touched by grief. --Rabbi Dayle Friedman, MSW, MAJCS, BCC, author of Jewish Wisdom for Growing Older Grief is a universal human experience; it stimulates spiritual reflection and yearns for a communal response. Rabbi Lisa D. Grant and Cantor Lisa B. Segal have planted important flora on the inevitable path of grief that we all walk. Each page is a place to linger, look, listen, and reflect. Whether this book sits on your lap or you scroll through it on your device, anywhere your eye focuses will bring a moment of nourishment on your journey. --Rabbi Eric Weiss, editor of Mishkan Aveilut: Where Grief Resides The Year of Mourning is a must-have for every clergyperson. After nearly thirty years of guiding congregants through the grieving process, I finally have an all-in-one resource to offer comfort and support beyond the funeral and shivah. Understanding that everyone grieves differently, the editors have created a collection of individual units that gives mourners the ability to move through at their own pace. This special compilation of music, poetry, and reflective questions is a wonderful resource. --Cantor Claire Franco, Past-President, American Conference of Cantors
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Mourning at 5.0 against Siddur's 3.6. Mourning also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 3 months). Siddur's advantage is ratings volume (36 vs 7) and price ($5.99 vs $6.99). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
Siddur costs $5.99 and Mourning $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Mourning holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Siddur has 36 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Siddur ships an update every 3 months, Mourning every 11 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Siddur | Mourning |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 3.6 (36 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 11 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 82 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chabad.org Jewish Apps | CCAR Press |
Customer experience
Siddur
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In-app purchases
Siddur
No in-app purchases
Mourning
No in-app purchases









