AskTheRav vs Mafteiach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AskTheRav
Get answers to your Jewish Halacha questions from a respected authority. Browse a large database of existing questions or submit your own for a personal response. Access practical guidance on various topics anytime, anywhere.
- Search thousands of Q&As
- Submit your own Halacha question
- Browse by category
- Access answers offline
- Practical Halacha guidance
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AskTheRav is your go-to resource for Jewish Halacha questions answered under the auspices of HaRav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, member of the Crown Heights Beis Din. Browse our growing database of thousands of answered questions across all areas of Halacha, including Shabbos, Kashrus, Tefillah, Yom Tov, Family Purity, and more. Submit your own question and receive a personal response. Features: • Search thousands of Q&As by topic or keyword • Submit your own Halacha question directly • Browse by category or Shulchan Aruch siman • Access answers anytime, anywhere AskTheRav.com has been serving the wider Jewish community with clear, practical Halacha guidance. Now available on iOS for easy access on the go.
Mafteiach
Access a comprehensive collection of the Rebbe's teachings, including Sichos, Farbrengen, and Ma'amorim, organized by date. Explore various formats like text, audio, and video, with a complete index of Likuttei Sichos and searchable content.
- Complete index of Rebbe's Sichos, Farbrengen, Ma'amorim
- Multiple formats: text, audio, video
- Index of Likuttei Sichos
- Searchable content index
- Organized by date
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Interactive Mafteiach - Learning the Rebbe's Sichos has never been easier The app includes: • A complete index of all the Rebbe's Sichos, Farbrengen's and Ma'amorim, in order of date. • All Sichos, easy access, in every format possible: Hanocho Bilti Mugeh, Mugeh, Likuttei Sichos, Hagohos, Audio, and Video. • A complete index of Likuttei Sichos. • A searchable תוכן הענינים of each Sicha in Likuttei Sichos. • And much more. Made in partnership with RebbeDrive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: AskTheRav at 5.0 against Mafteiach's 4.6. Mafteiach's advantage is ratings volume (24 vs 4). On price, review sentiment, update cadence and ads 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.
AskTheRav holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Mafteiach has 24 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | AskTheRav | Mafteiach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better | 4.6 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosef Braun | Pape Shneur Zalman |
Customer experience
AskTheRav
Mafteiach
In-app purchases
AskTheRav
No in-app purchases
Mafteiach
No in-app purchases
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