Kol Halashon Kiosk vs YUTorah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kol Halashon Kiosk
Access a vast archive of over 2.5 million audio lectures and 150,000 video lectures. Stream content, download for offline learning, and enjoy live lectures.
- Streaming access to lectures
- Download for offline learning
- Access to live lectures
- Vast archive of audio and video content
- MP3 and MP4 formats
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The Kol Halashon kiosk will put the full Kol Halashon archive in your hand. The kiosk gives streaming access to any one of the more than 2,500,000 Mp3 audio shiurim, and more than 150,000 Mp4 videos. It will also enable you to download any one of the shiurim for off-line learning. Access to our live shiurim is also included.
YUTorah
Access a vast library of Torah lectures and articles from thousands of speakers worldwide. Features include offline downloads, adjustable audio speed, and personalized content discovery.
- Offline learning with downloaded lectures
- Adjustable audio playback speed
- Personalized content based on favorites
- Resume lectures from where you left off
- Easy browsing and customized search
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The YUTorah® App is made possible by Adina Katz in loving memory of her husband Marcos Katz z"l and is a project of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future. It offers more than 180,000 Torah shiurim and articles from over 2,000 speakers, including YU Roshei Yeshiva, faculty, staff and other Torah luminaries from hundreds of synagogues, yeshivot, seminaries and schools from around the world. Enjoy your favorite content from the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site with great new features: - Download and save Shiurim for offline learning - Adjust audio speed - Personalize to see your favorite speakers, venues and series - Stop a shiur and come back to the same spot when you start again - Easy to browse listings, customized to help you find what you want as easily as possible. The opinions and views expressed are solely those of the author or lecturer and should not be attributed to Yeshiva University.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: YUTorah at 3.9 against Kol Halashon Kiosk's 3.6. Kol Halashon Kiosk's advantage is review sentiment (80% vs 62%) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 18.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
YUTorah holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 51 and 61 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Kol Halashon Kiosk's written reviews are positive against 62% of YUTorah's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Kol Halashon Kiosk ships an update every 3 months, YUTorah every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kol Halashon Kiosk | YUTorah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (51 ratings) | 3.9 (61 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.3% of reviews — better | 61.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 51 | 61 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 120 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kol Halashon | YU Office of Alumni Affairs |
Customer experience
Kol Halashon Kiosk
YUTorah
Bugs and requests
Kol Halashon Kiosk
Reported bugs
14 issues- App freezes and shows 'Please Wait' indefinitely
- Application doesn't download shiurim
- App crashes when trying to play content
- App opens briefly then shuts down
- Cannot download or listen to anything
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- App hasn't worked properly for months
- App crashes when clicking a bookmark
- App crashes when clicking into large folders
- Bookmarks get erased when folder list is updated
- Automatic update check takes a long time
- No 'back' button on top left
- Cannot access main menu, only local files
- Sometimes freezes during playing
- No audio or video playback
Requested features
6 requests- Update app for current compatibility
- Optimize for larger iPhone screens
- Allow shiurim to run in background
- Add a way to track listened shiurim
- Eliminate in-app folder update check
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- Save or bookmark where left off in shiur
YUTorah
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Kol Halashon Kiosk
No in-app purchases
YUTorah
No in-app purchases
