Magnes Reader vs TorahApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Magnes Reader
Access and read your purchased e-books from Magnes Press anywhere, even offline. This app synchronizes your reading progress across devices and allows for easy navigation, searching, and note-taking within your digital library.
- Offline reading
- Cross-device synchronization
- Page and chapter navigation
- Word search functionality
- Zoom in/out
- Bookmarks and notes
- PDF support
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After purchasing e-books on the Magnes Press website, you are invited to download the Magnes App in order to take them with you anywhere you go. This app offers the following options in most of the Magnes e-books: - Easy log-in - Synchronization – continue reading where you left off on any device, even after closing the app - No internet connection needed - Leaf through pages and chapters - Word search - Zoom in and out - Add and save bookmarks and notes - View all bookmarks, notes and highlights - Supports PDF On the Magnes website you will find a variety of non-fiction and research books in fields such as Archaeology, Ancient East, Classical Studies, Jewish Studies, Christianity, Islam, Literature, Linguistics, Philosophy, History, Geography, Middle East, Art, Education, Psychology, Sociology, Medicine, Natural Sciences and more.
TorahApp
Access a vast library of Torah texts, including translations, commentaries, and daily learning calendars. Listen to over 500,000 audio and video lectures, with offline access for learning on the go. Features include a smart siddur and Tikkun mode for leining practice.
- Thousands of Torah texts and commentaries
- English translations
- Smart siddur with calendar integration
- Daily learning calendars (Daf Yomi, Tanach Yomi)
- Tikkun mode for leining practice
- 500k+ audio and video shiurim
- Offline access for texts and shiurim
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All of Torah (texts, shiurim, translations, links, and more) in one TorahApp. TorahApp is perfect for enabling learning for all those "extra" minutes, in-depth learning, or as a siddur. Texts/Sefarim - Thousands of sefarim (Chumash/Parsha, Nach/Tanach, Halacha, Gemara, Daf Yomi, Miforshim, Mishna, Rambam, Siddur, Midrash, Chasidut, Musar, etc.) - English translations - Smart siddur (expanding/collapsing parts daving based on the calendar) - Commentaries, links, and in-line commentaries; and opening related texts - Multiple tabs each saving your spot - Daily learning calendars (Daf Yomi, Tanach Yomi, Shnayim Mikra, etc.) - Tikkun mode for practicing leining (including audio leining) - Offline texts for learning on your commute, airplane, beis midrash, etc. Shiurim - 500k+ audio, video shiurim - Shiurim from YUTorah & OUTorah - Shiurim can be browsed as standalone series or as related to opened sefarim - Podcast-like series enabling continual listening wherever you are - Learn on your commute with Apple CarPlay - Saves your custom speed for each series - Offline for listening on the subway Sefira / Sefirat HaOmer / Sefiras HaOmer. Count of the Omer reminder and checklist. More features rolling out all the time... (Feel free to ask us for features at thetorahapp.org@gmail.com.) Website: thetorahapp.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: TorahApp at 87% against Magnes Reader's 13%. TorahApp also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.0) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 6 months). Magnes Reader's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TorahApp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TorahApp has 122 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 13% of Magnes Reader's written reviews are positive against 87% of TorahApp's.
Magnes Reader ships an update every 6 months, TorahApp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 25, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Magnes Reader | TorahApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 12.5% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | C.D.I. SYSTEMS (1992) LTD | Herztech LLC |
Customer experience
Magnes Reader
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In-app purchases
Magnes Reader
No in-app purchases
TorahApp
No in-app purchases
