Comparison

Read and Speak Hebrew FA vs SmartHebrewFlashcards

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Read and Speak Hebrew FA

Master biblical and modern Hebrew with a self-study course designed for adults. Learn to read, speak, and understand the language through interactive lessons focusing on letter recognition, vowels, pronunciation, and sentence construction. Progress at your own pace with human voice instruction.

Highlights
  • 9-step self-study course
  • Letter recognition and pronunciation
  • Vowel and grammatical usage
  • Israeli Sephardic accent pronunciation
  • Block and cursive script reading
  • User-paced learning
Features
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Read & Speak Hebrew for Adults... is a 9 step easy, fun, self-study Hebrew course that will give you the tools you need to be able to SPEAK, READ and UNDERSTAND Biblical & Modern Hebrew. This is a complete course that emphasizes essential Letter recognition Skills, Vowels and grammatical usage, Proper Pronunciation in Israeli Sephardic Accent, Ability to manipulate letters, build words and understand how sounds are made and letters are combined into meaningful words and sentences. The program provides a wide variety of useful methods that will help you become proficient in Hebrew, including the ability to read Hebrew in traditional block letters and cursive script. Features - Read & Speak Hebrew for Adults Course Structure and Learning Method: First, study the lessons. There are nine full lessons and each lesson has its own review. The pace is set by you, the user - you are never rushed along. You can learn letter by letter, word by word at a pace the suits you. Each lesson consists of a training session and review. All Narration and instruction is with human voice by Israeli teachers who coach you throughout the program and give words of encouragement when appropriate. Each screen comes with easy to follow instructions - all in English. •Lesson 1 Letter Hebrew Recognition & Pronunciation... •Lesson 2 Review of Hebrew Letters in Block Hebrew Font and Script Hebrew Font... •Lesson 3 Learn Hebrew Vowels & Grammatical usage... •Lesson 4 Review Hebrew Vowels including Shva Na and Nach... •Lesson 5 Experiment Building letters and spelling words learn how vowels effect consonants... •Lesson 6 Combine 2 Letter words with vowels to spell meaningful words and learn their meanings... •Lesson 7 Combine 3 Letter words with vowels to spell meaningful words and learn their meanings... •Lesson 8 Combine 4+ Letter words with vowels to spell meaningful words and learn their meanings... •Lesson 9 Learn to read full sentences, and paragraphs and understand the meaning of the Hebrew Words. The program prepares you to be a proficient Hebrew Reader & Speaker. You'll find these sequences paced to your level and enjoyable. Above all, they are guaranteed to bolster your confidence in reading and speaking Hebrew. This program is suitable for beginners as well as intermediate Hebrew Speakers. Approved by the New York State Board of Education. Used in Schools throughout the Anglo World. This is the only Hebrew Language Training System that comes with a Money Back Guarantee! If you do not increase your Hebrew Reading Skills with this system your will get a complete refund - It's just that good - It's guaranteed

About

SmartHebrewFlashcards

This app makes learning Hebrew vocabulary, prayers, and holiday words engaging for students. It's designed for Bar/Bat Mitzvah preparation and anyone wanting to improve Hebrew reading skills. The app offers a progress tracking feature to monitor learning.

Highlights
  • Learn common Hebrew words
  • Includes Hebrew prayers and holiday words
  • Progress tracking screen
  • Ideal for Bar/Bat Mitzvah prep
  • Easy setup for teachers
  • Engaging for students
Features
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Smart Hebrew Flashcards is an app written by an experienced Sunday School Hebrew Teacher to make learning Hebrew more fun for all students. It’s great to use on-line – just share screen and just ask students to take turns guessing a flashcard. Smart Hebrew Flashcards is perfect for the prospective bar or bat mitzvah student and anyone who wants to easily improve their Hebrew reading and vocabulary. What’s great about it? You can learn common Hebrew words. It includes Hebrew prayers and holiday words that are hard to find in other apps -- and are much needed by Sunday School teachers preparing bar and bat mitzvah students! No setup required for Hebrew Teachers -- just ask students to install and you are off and running. Just finished testing for three years on a group of 4th graders that all are well into their Bar/Bat Mitzvah Prep now. The entire religious service makes more sense if one knows the Hebrew that is being spoken. This app teaches the words that form the foundation of many prayers, so it fosters a meaningful connection with previous generations. Kids love it so much that a group of 5th grade Sunday School students came to an extra class every Tuesday evening for six months to play the game and help develop it. “Smart Hebrew Flashcards” are “Smart” because the Progress screen shows exactly how students are doing on particular words, and perhaps more importantly, how much time they spend on a particular word. Teachers need to know that to plan what to focus on. Bar/Bat Mitzvah students get a head start by learning some Biblical Hebrew. The app is really a mitzvah – a good deed. The app will be free. How did it develop? During five years of teaching Hebrew, the App’s creator discovered that students LOVED flash cards more than any other part of the class. They worked well for students learning in a group or on their own. The class played a “game” by taking turns reading the words . During this past two years, the class couldn’t play a physical flashcard game, so the Sunday School teacher searched for suitable flashcard games online. But there were none that were both easy to use, and taught both Hebrew prayers and holiday words. He didn’t find a single app. So given that the Sunday School teacher is also a computer science professor, he created an app, and started teaching his Sunday School students online. The app has been used the last six months by a 5th grade class, with no extra setup by the teacher. The Director of Religious Education (who has come to numerous classes where the app has been used) says, “The Sunday School kids need to learn what the prayers and Jewish holiday words mean--and so do I! But there was nothing that suited our needs, so this one was developed. It’s been fun meeting every week to test the app. The kids don’t like to miss--and neither do I. For the last month, I have been practicing 6 days a week for 5-10 minutes, and I know a lot of words in the prayers and songs now. It’s revolutionized my whole experience of Jewish services. Oh, and it does teach a lot of other words too! I’m just a religious educator, so the prayers are what I care about most.” During the testing period, a class of 5th grade students have been relentless with software requirements. They know what an app should do, and they refused to play until the app was not only fun, but behaved as they thought it should. Their feedback has guided the entire development. Version 1 has been in the app store for a couple of years and over time it did not work on newer versions of IOS. All of that has been fixed and numerous features have been added. Enjoy and send us feedback at info@smarthebrewflashcards.com.

Screenshots

Read and Speak Hebrew FA2 screens
SmartHebrewFlashcards4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: SmartHebrewFlashcards at 65% against Read and Speak Hebrew FA's 0%. SmartHebrewFlashcards also leads on rating (4.2 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 8). Read and Speak Hebrew FA's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 16.6). On price, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Read and Speak Hebrew FA sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. SmartHebrewFlashcards asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SmartHebrewFlashcards holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SmartHebrewFlashcards has 36 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Read and Speak Hebrew FA's written reviews are positive against 65% of SmartHebrewFlashcards's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Read and Speak Hebrew FA ships an update every 10 days, SmartHebrewFlashcards every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Read and Speak Hebrew FA versus SmartHebrewFlashcards: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRead and Speak Hebrew FASmartHebrewFlashcards
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.2 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews64.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings136 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size73 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTES, Inc.Grossman Labs

Customer experience

Read and Speak Hebrew FA

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

SmartHebrewFlashcards

All ratings25 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral4.0%
Negative16.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive64.7%
Neutral5.9%
Negative29.4%

In-app purchases

8 purchases

Read and Speak Hebrew FA

One-time8
  • Lesson 2$4.99
  • Lesson 3$4.99
  • Lesson 4$4.99
Show 5 more
  • Lesson 5$4.99
  • Lesson 6$4.99
  • Lesson 7$4.99
  • Lesson 8$4.99
  • Lesson 9$4.99
None

SmartHebrewFlashcards

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Read and Speak Hebrew FA free?
Read and Speak Hebrew FA is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is SmartHebrewFlashcards free?
SmartHebrewFlashcards is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Read and Speak Hebrew FA or SmartHebrewFlashcards?
SmartHebrewFlashcards is rated higher. Read and Speak Hebrew FA averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while SmartHebrewFlashcards averages 4.2 from 36 ratings.
Do Read and Speak Hebrew FA or SmartHebrewFlashcards have ads?
Neither Read and Speak Hebrew FA nor SmartHebrewFlashcards shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Read and Speak Hebrew FA or SmartHebrewFlashcards?
Read and Speak Hebrew FA ships an update every 10 days, and SmartHebrewFlashcards every 2 months. Most recently, Read and Speak Hebrew FA was updated on November 2, 2026 and SmartHebrewFlashcards on November 3, 2026.

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