Comparison

Kol Yaakob vs TorahApp

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

Head to head
About

Kol Yaakob

This app provides an official Sephardic daily Siddur based on Syrian customs. It includes a full table of contents with prayers for the entire year, weekdays, holidays, and special occasions. Features GPS location services to orient prayer direction and display sunrise/sunset times.

Highlights
  • Official Sephardic Siddur
  • GPS prayer orientation
  • Sunrise & sunset times
  • Full table of contents
  • Prayers for all occasions
  • Aleppo, Syria customs
Features
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Kol Yaakob is a weekday Siddur app built around the Kol Yaakob Siddur and the Aram Soba (Aleppo) tradition, redesigned with a clean book-style interface for faster daily use. Browse the Siddur by organized sections, switch between Hebrew-style and English-style book lists, and open the original scanned pages in a focused reader. The reader supports PDF, horizontal or vertical reading, full-height page display, page scrubbing, a section picker, fullscreen double tap, and page bookmarks. Find what you need quickly with search across section names, Siddur text, and page numbers. Keep important pages saved in the dedicated Bookmarks tab, and use customizable home-screen shortcuts for Zemanim, Search, Bookmarks, and common Siddur sections such as Shacharit, Mincha, Arbit, Birkat Hamazon, Bedtime Shema, Counting the Omer, and Hallel. Kol Yaakob also includes a full Zemanim tab based on your current location or a fixed location. View the Hebrew date, Perasha, Shabbat and holiday times, candle lighting, Shabbat end, and morning, afternoon, and evening zemanim. Today's Prayers guidance shows practical reminders for Tachanun, Hallel, Al HaNissim, Ya'aleh VeYavo, seasonal Amidah changes, Sefirat HaOmer and a new jump to Torah feature that takes you right to the Perasha of the week when appropriate. Tap many zmanim and prayer rules for short explanations, and export the current Zemanim page as a PDF. Fixed-location settings include ZIP lookup, current-location autofill, latitude, longitude, altitude, Israel/Diaspora mode, and candle-lighting offset. Settings also show upcoming candle-lighting times. Additional tools include a direction-to-Jerusalem compass, light/dark/system appearance options, and reader controls for the way you prefer to use the Siddur. This app is intended for weekday use and should not be used on Shabbat or Yom Tov.

About

TorahApp

Access a vast library of Torah texts, including translations, commentaries, and daily learning calendars. Listen to over 500,000 audio and video lectures, with offline access for learning on the go. Features include a smart siddur and Tikkun mode for leining practice.

Highlights
  • Thousands of Torah texts and commentaries
  • English translations
  • Smart siddur with calendar integration
  • Daily learning calendars (Daf Yomi, Tanach Yomi)
  • Tikkun mode for leining practice
  • 500k+ audio and video shiurim
  • Offline access for texts and shiurim
Features
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All of Torah (texts, shiurim, translations, links, and more) in one TorahApp. TorahApp is perfect for enabling learning for all those "extra" minutes, in-depth learning, or as a siddur. Texts/Sefarim - Thousands of sefarim (Chumash/Parsha, Nach/Tanach, Halacha, Gemara, Daf Yomi, Miforshim, Mishna, Rambam, Siddur, Midrash, Chasidut, Musar, etc.) - English translations - Smart siddur (expanding/collapsing parts daving based on the calendar) - Commentaries, links, and in-line commentaries; and opening related texts - Multiple tabs each saving your spot - Daily learning calendars (Daf Yomi, Tanach Yomi, Shnayim Mikra, etc.) - Tikkun mode for practicing leining (including audio leining) - Offline texts for learning on your commute, airplane, beis midrash, etc. Shiurim - 500k+ audio, video shiurim - Shiurim from YUTorah & OUTorah - Shiurim can be browsed as standalone series or as related to opened sefarim - Podcast-like series enabling continual listening wherever you are - Learn on your commute with Apple CarPlay - Saves your custom speed for each series - Offline for listening on the subway Sefira / Sefirat HaOmer / Sefiras HaOmer. Count of the Omer reminder and checklist. More features rolling out all the time... (Feel free to ask us for features at thetorahapp.org@gmail.com.) Website: thetorahapp.org

Screenshots

Kol Yaakob4 screens
TorahApp4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: TorahApp at 4.8 against Kol Yaakob's 4.4. TorahApp also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and review sentiment (87% vs 64%). On price, ratings volume, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

TorahApp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118 and 130 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of Kol Yaakob's written reviews are positive against 87% of TorahApp's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kol Yaakob ships an update every 4 months, TorahApp weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kol Yaakob versus TorahApp: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKol YaakobTorahApp
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (118 ratings)4.8 (130 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews86.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings118130 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB91 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSephardic Heritage FoundationHerztech LLC

Customer experience

Kol Yaakob

All ratings118 ratings
Positive80.5%
Neutral9.3%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews74 reviews
Positive63.5%
Neutral16.2%
Negative20.3%

TorahApp

All ratings130 ratings
Positive95.4%
Neutral3.1%
Negative1.5%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive86.7%
Neutral6.7%
Negative6.7%

Bugs and requests

Kol Yaakob

Reported bugs

20 issues
  • New update crashes
  • New update loses place
  • Bookmark issues
  • Added pages not available
  • Missing words in birchat hamazon
Show 15 more
  • App crashes after loading
  • App crashes when turning page
  • App crashes on opening
  • Dark mode has lines of non-dark mode
  • App stops working after update
  • Page turning bug (historical)
  • Index and bookmarks not referred to correctly
  • Index is off
  • Hebrew/English translation of index is off
  • Bookmark titles incorrect
  • Swipe to turn page doesn't work well
  • Text blurry when zoomed
  • Text doesn't wrap around screen when zooming
  • No rotation for biggest screen
  • No magnification option

Requested features

12 requests
  • Add Tehilim
  • Open amida at designated time
  • Use microphone for live cursor
  • Add tefillah times
  • List of shuls and prayer times
Show 7 more
  • Shabbat times
  • More sections for daily prayers
  • Option for pinch zoom
  • Landscape mode support
  • Larger text option
  • Sub-sections in index
  • Copy index from Keter Shelomo

TorahApp

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kol Yaakob

No in-app purchases

None

TorahApp

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kol Yaakob free?
Kol Yaakob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TorahApp free?
TorahApp is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kol Yaakob or TorahApp?
TorahApp is rated higher. Kol Yaakob averages 4.4 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while TorahApp averages 4.8 from 130 ratings.
Do Kol Yaakob or TorahApp have ads?
Neither Kol Yaakob nor TorahApp shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kol Yaakob or TorahApp?
Kol Yaakob ships an update every 4 months, and TorahApp weekly. Most recently, Kol Yaakob was updated on October 29, 2026 and TorahApp on October 22, 2026.

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