Luach vs Jivetel Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Luach
This app is a comprehensive Halachic calendar designed for Jewish women. It helps track personal dates, Niddah laws, Mikvah scheduling, and purity days. It also functions as a Zmanim calendar and event manager, with customizable calculations and local data storage for privacy.
- Personal Halachic date tracking
- Mikvah scheduling and purity day management
- Automatic pattern and problematic date calculation
- Customizable Halachic specifications
- Global Zmanim calendar
- Event and occasion manager
- PIN protection for private data
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A full-featured Halachic monthly calendar application for the Jewish woman. It helps a Jewish wife or Kallah keep track of her personal dates, patterns, prohibition times, Mikvah scheduling, and everything else that need to be observed for the laws of Niddah. Luach shows when a "Hefsek Tahara" can be done, the Mikvah can be attended, and keeps track of the seven days of purity, "the Shiva Neki'im". Luach can schedule system reminder notifications for Hefsek Tarahas, Bedikahs, Mikvah and problematic dates that need to be observed. Luach does a full Halachic analysis of all the information, and is able to automatically calculate patterns ("Vesset Kavuah") and any problematic dates that need to be observed. Many Halachic opinions are accommodated, and all the Halachic specifications that Luach uses for its calculations can be fully customized. Luach also functions as a Zmanim calendar, and includes a full set of daily Zmanim for anywhere in the world. This includes candle-lighting times, sedra of the week, all holidays and fasts, Zman Kriat Shma, and many, many others. It also includes an event and occasion manager to keep track of birthdays, Yahrtzeits, special dates and appointments etc. Luach stores all its information locally on your device and does not transmit this information to anyone. The private information that you enter into Luach can also be protected with a PIN number. The PIN can be set from the Settings Screen. Luach comes with a built in help system which explains in detail all it's features and Halachic specifications. You can view Luach's comprehensive documentation online at https://www.compute.co.il/luach/app/. We would GREATLY appreciate feedback about any issues you encounter or about how you feel that we can improve Luach. We can be contacted at luach@compute.co.il or at 732-707-7307. Luach's source code is open source, and can be accessed at https://github.com/cbsom/LuachAndroid.
Jivetel Mobile
This SIP softphone app enhances the Jivetel platform with HD voice and video capabilities. It supports push notifications and allows for free calling between app users, streamlining communication.
- SIP softphone functionality
- Push notifications support
- HD voice calls
- HD video calls
- Free calling between app users
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Jivetel's accompanying softphone app to the Jivetel platform. A SIP softphone app that supports push notifications, HD voice and video, and more. In addition to this, Jivetel's app provides • Free calling between app users
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Luach at weekly against Jivetel Mobile's every 7 months. Luach also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.0). Jivetel Mobile's advantage is ratings volume (309 vs 11). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Luach against 4.5 for Jivetel Mobile. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Jivetel Mobile has 309 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Luach ships an update weekly, Jivetel Mobile every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Luach | Jivetel Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 4.5 (309 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 | 309 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 114 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chaim Sommers | JIVETEL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC |
Customer experience
Luach
Jivetel Mobile
In-app purchases
Luach
No in-app purchases
Jivetel Mobile
No in-app purchases
