Shabbos Clock vs Maaser App
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.
Maaser App
This app helps users organize and track their Maaser (religious donations). It allows for easy input of incomes and donations, including recurring entries, and provides detailed tracking by recipient. Users can also generate beautiful, shareable receipts and access their data across multiple devices with real-time synchronization.
- Track Maaser donations
- Add recurring incomes and donations
- Input and track recipients
- Detailed search functionality
- Generate sharable receipts
- Cross-device synchronization
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Masser App - the first cloud based Maaser App. Add incomes and donations and keep track of your Maaser. Ability to add recurring incomes and recurring donations. Input your recipients and track donations by recipient. Detailed search functionality. Beautiful easily sharable receipts.. Can be logged into the same account across all your favorite devices at the same time with data synchronized in real time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Maaser App at 92% against Shabbos Clock's 31%. Maaser App also leads on price (Free vs $0.99) and rating (4.8 vs 2.4). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Maaser App is free to download; Shabbos Clock costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Maaser App holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 67 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Shabbos Clock's written reviews are positive against 92% of Maaser App's.
Shabbos Clock ships an update every 4 months, Maaser App fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Shabbos Clock | Maaser App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.4 (21 ratings) | 4.8 (67 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.9% of reviews | 91.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 67 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | RustyBrick, Inc. | Sam Klein |
Customer experience
Shabbos Clock
Maaser App
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
Maaser App
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Shabbos Clock
No in-app purchases
Maaser App
No in-app purchases
