SmartHebrewFlashcards vs Sababa Hebrew
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Sababa Hebrew
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Speak Hebrew like a local — no textbook, just the slang Israelis actually use. Sababa Hebrew is a fun, focused way to pick up the casual Hebrew you'll hear on the streets of Tel Aviv, in cafés, on the beach, and in everyday conversation. WHAT YOU GET FOR FREE • Today's word — fresh slang every day, with audio and a real example • Two full vibes — Everyday (30 essentials) + Quick Replies (17 reactions). 47 words to start sounding local right away. • 6 chat scenarios — practice replies with Roi, Maya, Avi, and Tal • Reply Speed Round — race the clock and pick the most natural Hebrew reply • Streak tracking — keep your daily learning alive • Your rank — go from "Just landed" to "Sabra" as you grow SABABA PRO ($4.99 one-time, no subscription) • 3 advanced vibes — With Friends, Drama Mode, Local Energy • 9 more chat scenarios — the situations where slang really pops • Every future update — new vibes and chats, always included Lifetime access. No subscriptions, no nonsense. Built with love in Tel Aviv. Privacy first. No accounts, no analytics, no tracking. Your progress stays on your device.
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Verdict
SmartHebrewFlashcards and Sababa Hebrew are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
| Parameter | SmartHebrewFlashcards | Sababa Hebrew |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (30 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 64.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 30 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Grossman Labs | Ariel Goldberg |
In-app purchases
SmartHebrewFlashcards
No in-app purchases
Sababa Hebrew
No in-app purchases
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