Comparison

Zmanim Advanced vs Webster Roget's A

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Zmanim Advanced

This app displays times relevant to Jewish Law (Halacha) for iPhone and iPod Touch. It allows users to save multiple locations, set reminders, and customize Zmanim using Lua programming.

Highlights
  • Multiple location saving
  • Reminders
  • Jerusalem Compass
  • Two sets of Zmanim display
  • Customizable Zmanim via Lua
Features
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Zmanim is an application for the iPhone and iPod Touch that displays times through-out the day that are relevant to Jewish Law (Halacha). Features: - Multiple locations may be saved. - Reminders. - Jerusalem Compass. - User-defined sets (groups) of Zmanim, displayed as a single list, or as pages. - Zmanim are fully customizable using the Lua programming language.

About

Webster Roget's A

Access over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms arranged alphabetically for precise communication. This comprehensive linguistic resource offers extensive word comparisons, examples, and grammatical information. Enhance your vocabulary with customizable themes, advanced search tools, and engaging learning features.

Highlights
  • 300,000+ synonyms and antonyms
  • Alphabetical arrangement
  • Search autocomplete
  • Voice search
  • Word-of-the-day
  • Customizable themes
  • Favorites and recent lists
Features
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Webster's New World® Roget's A-Z Thesaurus opens up the world of words and leads you to a more precise and effective communication. More than 300,000 synonyms and antonyms are arranged in alphabetical order, making pairs easy to find. All of these include the broadest, most useful word comparisons and the greatest number of examples of any thesaurus. Lastly, the grammatical and usage information, as well as a greater variety of related terms make this an especially complete linguistic source. LATEST APP UPDАТES:  • Learn in style with any of the four colorful new themes – The colorful layout will turn your learning experience into an enjoyable routine. Customize your dictionary and benefit from the cheerful mood your favorite color brings you.  • Dive right into the intricacies of the language - With new and convenient Home page, sleeker and more intuitive visual layout, as well as innovations in the speed of searches, you can get to the desired entry faster than ever.   SEARCH TOOLS - quickly find words with the clear, functional, and easy-to-use interface. Designed to provide the most comprehensive search experience, the dictionary combines several search tools to match or predict what are you looking for, including:  • Search autocomplete helps you find words quickly by displaying predictions as you type.  • Keyword lookup allows you to search within compound words and phrases.  • Camera search looks up words in the camera viewfinder and displays results in seconds.  • Voice search helps you find an entry when you don’t know how a word is spelled. Looking for a specific word but don't know how it's spelled? We've got you covered with our automatic ‘Fuzzy filter’ to correct word spelling, as well as ‘Wild card’ ('*' or '?') to replace a letter or entire parts of a word. LEARNING TOOLS - engaging features that help you further enhance your vocabulary. Designed to give you freedom to structure your studies, the dictionary combines several learning tools to help you be more organized, including:  • ‘Favorites’ that allow you to create custom folders with lists of words.  • Recent list which helps you to easily review looked-up words.  • Swipe-to-delete functionality in the Recent and Favorites menus.  • Word-of-the-day option to teach you a new word every day. Feel excited by the new word or definition you just learned? Share your discovery with friends on social media, email or any other option available on your device.

Screenshots

Zmanim Advanced1 screens
Webster Roget's A4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Zmanim Advanced at $0.99 against Webster Roget's A's $12.99. Zmanim Advanced also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months). Webster Roget's A's advantage is ratings volume (134 vs 6) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Zmanim Advanced costs $0.99 and Webster Roget's A $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.3 for Zmanim Advanced against 4.3 for Webster Roget's A. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Webster Roget's A has 134 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 56% of Zmanim Advanced's written reviews are positive against 54% of Webster Roget's A's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Zmanim Advanced ships an update every 2 months, Webster Roget's A every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Zmanim Advanced versus Webster Roget's A: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterZmanim AdvancedWebster Roget's A
Price$0.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.3 (6 ratings) — better4.3 (134 ratings)
Positive reviews55.6% of reviews — better54.4% of reviews
Number of ratings6134 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvraham ShevinMobiSystems, Inc.

Customer experience

Zmanim Advanced

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive55.6%
Neutral22.2%
Negative22.2%

Webster Roget's A

All ratings132 ratings
Positive81.8%
Neutral2.3%
Negative15.9%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive54.4%
Neutral3.5%
Negative42.1%

Bugs and requests

Zmanim Advanced

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Webster Roget's A

Reported bugs

35 issues
  • Cannot access Thesaurus
  • Tapping 'Home' does nothing
  • No information on how to use the app
  • Dictionary definitions are brief
  • Settings only offer color choice
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  • Terrible at guessing misspelled words
  • Annoying pop-up demanding 5-star review
  • Search feature is terrible
  • App is not a thesaurus
  • Dictionary pretending to be a thesaurus
  • Not a thesaurus, just a dictionary
  • Clunky, incomplete, all but worthless as a dictionary and completely worthless as a thesaurus
  • Not a comprehensive, or well-thought out reference book
  • Surprisingly few words
  • This is the second app I’ve purchased, Webster/Roget is identical to the Oxford. Both are useless if you’ve graduated elementary school. Although both are advertised as a Thesaurus, neither are.
  • Not a large selection of words in the thesaurus
  • Same word of the day every day and can’t turn it off
  • Frequently doesn’t have words that other dictionaries have
  • Every time I touch the magnifying glass to search I have to first delete the last item I searched for.
  • App is supposed to be Thesaurus and Dictionary, but only Dictionary came with download
  • Word of the day is a nuisance
  • Dictionary did not include words like anthropomorphi
  • Charged incorrect dollar amount
  • I cannot believe I paid money for this worthless piece of a thesaurus.
  • It doesn't even have a dictionary function with it, as the logo implies.
  • At first looking up synonyms can be a hit and miss affair with very few (sometimes no) results.
  • The app needs to be updated with iOS7 aesthetics
  • Claims to be a thesaurus but often gives a dictionary. There’s no obvious way to switch to thesaurus.
  • No entry for the word cadet?
  • Cumbersome search and sends the same ‘word of the day’ notification of the same word - “poet” - a word I was already familiar with, incidentally.
  • This was bad enough before the latest update. It does not recognise many English words as it seems to be American. It has nothing whatsoever in common with Roget, and I can now no longer use it as even a basic thesaurus since updating.
  • I wanted a thesaurus but got a two-bit dictionary.
  • Clumsy interface, limited offerings.
  • Couldn't find the word skewer
  • Lacked comprehensive definitions

Requested features

10 requests
  • Improve search functionality
  • Add more words to the thesaurus
  • Provide comprehensive definitions
  • Make the app more user-friendly
  • Include a thesaurus function
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  • Update iOS aesthetics
  • Remove 'Word of the Day' feature
  • Offer more color scheme options
  • Allow clearing search window
  • Make search behavior configurable

In-app purchases

None

Zmanim Advanced

No in-app purchases

None

Webster Roget's A

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Zmanim Advanced free?
Zmanim Advanced costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Webster Roget's A free?
Webster Roget's A costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Zmanim Advanced or Webster Roget's A?
Zmanim Advanced is rated higher. Zmanim Advanced averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Webster Roget's A averages 4.3 from 134 ratings.
Do Zmanim Advanced or Webster Roget's A have ads?
Neither Zmanim Advanced nor Webster Roget's A shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Zmanim Advanced or Webster Roget's A?
Zmanim Advanced ships an update every 2 months, and Webster Roget's A every 9 months. Most recently, Zmanim Advanced was updated on October 7, 2026 and Webster Roget's A on October 31, 2026.

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