SCCLD vs Luach Or
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SCCLD
This app provides convenient access to library services, allowing users to browse new titles, search the catalog, place holds, and manage their accounts. Discover upcoming events and find library locations easily.
- Browse new titles
- Search catalog
- Place holds
- Manage account
- Find library locations
- Discover events
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Access SCCLD anytime, anywhere! The Santa Clara County Library District mobile app makes it easy to browse our newest titles, search the catalog, place holds, manage your account, find a library location, discover upcoming events and programs in the events calendar, and more!
Luach Or
This app provides a comprehensive Jewish calendar, including Hebrew and civil dates, weekly Torah portions, holidays, and daily observances. It offers blessings with sources, Tehillim, Yahrzeit reminders, and helpful tools like a compass and printable calendars. All features are accessible offline.
- Hebrew and civil date synchronization
- Torah portion and holiday tracking
- Calculated Zmanim (candle lighting, havdalah)
- Blessings with sources and transliteration
- Interactive blessing guidance
- 150 Psalms with customizable cycles
- Yahrzeit and personal date reminders
- Home and lock screen widgets
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Luach - is the ultimate tracking tool that stays with you through the day. I created it with the idea for every person to be able to experience the app and use it intuitively, the companion that guides you through your daily life. Hebrew and civil dates coexist together, with the week's Torah portion, the holidays, and what work each day permits. Candle lighting, havdalah and the zmanim are computed for the city you choose. BLESSINGS, WITH THEIR SOURCES Blessings and prayers in pointed Hebrew, with transliteration and translation in multiple languages. When you are not sure which blessing a food takes, the app works through it with you and names the halacha behind every step making this process interactive. TEHILLIM All 150 psalms, the monthly and weekly cycles, and collections you make yourself. Read for someone by name - add a Hebrew name and the stanzas of Psalm 119 that spell it are chosen for you. REMEMBERING Yahrzeits and personal dates recur on the Hebrew calendar and move through the civil year on their own. El Malei Rachamim, Yizkor and Kaddish, with the name already in the words. ON YOUR HOME AND LOCK SCREEN Widgets for the date, the coming Shabbat, the week, today's Tehillim and the blessings you use most. A ring on the lock screen counts down to candle lighting — and to havdalah once Shabbat has begun. ALSO A kashrut timer that keeps counting after you close the app. A compass that points to Jerusalem. Printable month sheets with various design options. Everything works offline. Nothing is collected; what you enter stays on your phone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Luach Or at 5.0 against SCCLD's 4.5. Luach Or also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 75%). SCCLD's advantage is ratings volume (19 vs 1). 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.
Luach Or holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SCCLD has 19 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of SCCLD's written reviews are positive against 100% of Luach Or's.
| Parameter | SCCLD | Luach Or |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (19 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Santa Clara County Library | DANIEL ILYAGUYEV |
Customer experience
SCCLD
Luach Or
In-app purchases
SCCLD
No in-app purchases
Luach Or
No in-app purchases








