Shabbos Clock vs GateGoing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Shabbos Clock
This app provides a solution for observant Jews who wish to use their smartphone during Shabbat. It offers customizable alarms that adhere to religious guidelines, including automatic shut-off and no snooze function. The app also allows alarms to be set based on local sunrise and sunset times.
- Unlimited alarm options
- Automatic alarm shut-off
- No snooze button
- Repeatable weekly alarms
- Alarms based on sunrise/sunset offsets
- Full iOS11 and iPhone X support
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Can't part with your iPhone on the holiest day of the week? We've got the solution! Shabbos Clock is the app for every Jew who celebrates the Shabbat. Features: * Displays current time on screen. * Unlimited Alarm Options * Alarms automatically shut off after specified duration (10-50 seconds) * No snooze button to interfere with Shabbos rules. * Repeatable Alarms by Weekly Pattern * Set Alarms Based Off Of Offsets Of Your Local Sunrise & Sunset * Full iOS11 and iPhone X Support Important: For the alarm to be triggered, you must leave this application open. Closing the program or the iPhone will prevent the alarm from waking you up. Please also make sure your ringer volume is loud enough to wake you up. Make sure to plug in your device to prevent battery drain from not waking you up. Test BEFORE Shabbos to confirm your setup works. Note: If you are using an iPod Touch first generation, make sure to plug in external speakers to hear the alarm. לא יכולים להיפרד מהסמארטפון בשבת? לנו יש את הפיתרון! שעון שבת הוא אפליקציה לכל יהודי שומר שבת תכונות: *מייצג שעה נוכחית על המסך *אפשרויות שעון מעורר ללא הגבלה *שעון מעורר נכבה אוטומטית לאחר זמן מוגדר (10-50 שניות) *ללא כפתור "נודניק" המהווה חילול שבת *צילצול שחוזר על עצמו באופן שבועי *כוונו את השעון לזריחה ושקיעה של איזורכם *תמיכה מלאה ל-iOS11 ול- iphoneX חשוב: בכדי להפעיל את השעון, חובה להשאיר את האפליקציה הזו פתוחה. סגירת האפליקציה או את הסמארטפון ימנע מהתוכנה לעבוד. אנא ודאו כי עוצמת הקול של הנייד גבוהה מספיק להעיר אתכם. במידת הצורך, חברו את שקע החשמל שלא ייגמר הסוללה. בדקו לפני השבת לוודא שההגדרות תקינות. הערה: אם הינך משתמש ב-ipod Touch דור ראשון, ודא לחבר אליו רמקולים חיצוניים לשמוע את הצלצול.
GateGoing
Control and share access to phone-activated gates and barriers. Open your own gates with a click, grant access to others easily, and access shared parking lots and community gates.
- Control phone-activated gates
- Share gate access
- Access public/private parking
- Navigate to parking stalls
- Manage community gates
- Controlled user access
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פתח ושתף שערים המופעלים בשיחת טלפון Open your gates and barriers, share access with family and friends, get access to other gates from GateGoing users. Use private and public parking lots, open, enter and navigate to your stall using GateGoing. Manage community, private and public gates and barriers, provide controlled access to selected users and groups. Why GateGoing? - Take control of your phone activated Gates - Open any Gate you have access to with a click of a button, no more dialing a phone number! - Share access to your gates without having to do any complicated configurations - Get access to gates, barriers and parking lots, just click to enter - Smart parking lot navigation and routing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GateGoing at Free against Shabbos Clock's $0.99. GateGoing also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 31%) and rating (3.9 vs 2.4). On ratings volume, 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
GateGoing is free to download; Shabbos Clock costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GateGoing holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 19 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Shabbos Clock's written reviews are positive against 75% of GateGoing's.
Shabbos Clock ships an update every 4 months, GateGoing every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shabbos Clock | GateGoing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (21 ratings) | 3.9 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RustyBrick, Inc. | Control Monkeys Ltd. |
Customer experience
Shabbos Clock
GateGoing
Bugs and requests
Shabbos Clock
Reported bugs
36 issues- Alarm does not ring
- Programs not functioning properly
- Alarm works with deleted setup
- Permanently damaged iPhone screen
- Repeated notifications to reopen and re-enable
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- Clock doesn't open
- Crashes on iPhone 6
- App closes when editing alarm
- Alarm didn't go off when testing
- Crashes when setting up alarm
- Old app worked great, update not working
- Any pop up prevents app from working
- Alarm simply doesn't go off on iPhone 5
- First alarm went off briefly, then stopped
- App closes when editing
- Alarm doesn't go off
- Alarm not working on iOS 8.1.3
- Doesn't make sound
- Fail! Doesn't appear to be compatible with 4s iPhones
- Crash when trying to set up alarm
- Update not working
- Alarm doesn't sound
- App closes when editing
- Doesn't make sound
- Fail! Doesn't appear to be compatible with 4s iPhones
- Crash when trying to set up alarm
- Alarm not loud enough
- Phone needs to be plugged in for app to work fully
- Old app worked great!! Update not working.
- What happened to the easy-to-read display?
- Alarm simply doesn't go off
- First alarm went off for 10 secs, shut off and never came back on.
- Alarm is WAY too low
- The alarm does not go off.
- Do not use it you have to leave your iPhone open, if you lock it the alarm not working!!!
- iPhone needs to be on for alarm to sound.
Requested features
16 requests- Add alarm repeat functionality
- Easier way to test setup
- Choice of ring tone
- Add alarm repeat
- More time selections
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- Auto snooze option
- Snooze button (for non-Shabbos)
- Unlimited number of alarms
- Set different times for Yom Tov days
- Remind to set alarm before Shabbos
- Built-in volume control
- Make alarm work with iPhone volume off
- Alarm app to trump other programs
- Option for horizontal time view
- Ability to change alert tone
- Run in background
GateGoing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shabbos Clock
No in-app purchases
GateGoing
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Shabbos Clock free?
Is GateGoing free?
Which has better reviews, Shabbos Clock or GateGoing?
Do Shabbos Clock or GateGoing have ads?
Which is updated more often, Shabbos Clock or GateGoing?
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