Menorah vs Virtual Menorah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Menorah
This app guides you through lighting the menorah each night of Chanukah with visual cues and prayers. It includes Hebrew, English, and transliterated versions of the blessings and songs, with audio recordings available.
- Visual guide for lighting each night
- Chanukah prayers in Hebrew, English, and transliterated
- Audio recordings of prayers and songs
- Indicator for the first night of Chanukah
- Cute animation for lighting direction
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This iPhone Menorah will show you how many candles to light for each day of the Jewish Holiday Chanukah (Hanukkah). It has a cute animation, that shows you which way to light, in accordance with the Ashkenaz customs. It also has the Chanukah prayers in Hebrew, English and Transliterated. Plus, we have the prayers professionally and beautifully sung by Mo Kiss. We hope you enjoy this free iPhone app during Chanukah! It is RustyBrick's present to you! Menorah for iPhone Includes: * Visual Aid for How to Light Each Night * Brachot and Traditional Songs in Hebrew, English and Transliterated * Brachot and Traditional Songs in Audio form * Indicator when the first night of Chanukah is (when not currently Chanukah)
Virtual Menorah
Light a virtual menorah with customizable candle colors and burn durations. Place and light each candle, enjoying twinkling flames. Offers flexibility in lighting order to suit personal traditions.
- Customizable candle colors
- Adjustable burn duration
- Flexible candle placement
- Interactive flame animation
- Personalized lighting order
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The #1 Virtual Menorah for iOS! Pick your candle color, burn duration, place each candle, light each candle, watch the flames twinkle as the candles burn down! Enjoy and Happy Chanukah! While according to the traditional Jewish custom the candles are added from right to left and are then lit from left to right, the Virtual Menorah app allows you to add and light candles in which ever order or tradition you prefer!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Menorah at Free against Virtual Menorah's $1.99. Menorah also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 43%) and ratings volume (35 vs 4). Virtual Menorah's advantage is rating (3.8 vs 3.1) and update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Menorah is free to download; Virtual Menorah costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Menorah holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Menorah has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 79% of Menorah's written reviews are positive against 43% of Virtual Menorah's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Menorah ships an update every 11 months, Virtual Menorah monthly. Both last shipped on October 23, 2026.
| Parameter | Menorah | Virtual Menorah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $1.99 |
| Rating | 3.1 (35 ratings) | 3.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 79.1% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RustyBrick, Inc. | ATBOSH Media Ltd. |
Customer experience
Menorah
Virtual Menorah
Bugs and requests
Menorah
Reported bugs
22 issues- Lights all lights at once
- No audio
- Overlay covering half the screen
- Mixed up Ashkenazic and Sephardic pronunciation
- No sound with iOS 14
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- Features no longer work with newer iOS
- App doesn't know how to count days/candles
- Does not work well on iPhone 12/iOS 14
- No sound
- Should have the correct number of candles
- No audible audio content
- Version will not work on future versions of iOS
- Terrible tunes
- Menorah does nothing useful
- App crashes immediately
- Lit candles one by one, backwards
- Shows number of candles for following night, not current day
- App has all 8 candles lit on 6th night
- Need to light ONLY the right numbers of candles
- Lights all the lights, need to light only the correct number
- Lights the candles from left to right instead of right to left
- Candles are supposed to be lit right to left, not left to right
Requested features
7 requests- More songs to play
- iPad version
- Control audio selection
- Add lighting for Ari and other nussachs
- More Chanukah Songs
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- Ability to scroll and choose songs
- Ability to press above candle and light yourself
Virtual Menorah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Menorah
No in-app purchases
Virtual Menorah
No in-app purchases
