Comparison

Kol Yaakob vs Tikkun Haklali +

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

Tikkun Haklali +

This app offers daily spiritual reading, including ten psalms and a prayer. It features translations, progress tracking, and customizable reminders. The app works offline and syncs across devices.

Highlights
  • Daily spiritual reading
  • Ten psalms and prayers
  • English translations
  • Progress tracking
  • Customizable reminders
  • Offline functionality
  • iCloud sync
Features
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Tikkun HaKlali+ is a beautiful app for daily spiritual reading, featuring the ten psalms prescribed by Rabbi Nachman of Breslov and the prayer of Nishmat Kol Chai. Read the complete Tikkun HaKlali with all ten psalms, introduction, and conclusion prayers. Nishmat Kol Chai is available in three nusachim — Edot HaMizrach, Ashkenaz, and Sefard. Tap any verse to see its English translation. Track your daily streaks, view reading statistics, and follow the 40-day Segula calendar for both prayers. A home screen widget keeps your progress visible, and iCloud sync works across all your devices. Set separate reminders for Tikkun and Nishmat, including location-based notifications. The app works fully offline in Hebrew and English with a customizable reading experience. Your companion for the 40-day Segula and daily spiritual practice.

Screenshots

Kol Yaakob4 screens
Tikkun Haklali +4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Tikkun Haklali + at 5.0 against Kol Yaakob's 4.4. Tikkun Haklali + also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.6). Kol Yaakob's advantage is ratings volume (118 vs 3). On price, 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

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

Tikkun Haklali + holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kol Yaakob has 118 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kol Yaakob ships an update every 4 months, Tikkun Haklali + every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kol Yaakob versus Tikkun Haklali +: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKol YaakobTikkun Haklali +
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (118 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings118 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.616.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSephardic Heritage FoundationGil Allaham

Customer experience

Kol Yaakob

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

Tikkun Haklali +

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Tikkun Haklali +

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kol Yaakob

No in-app purchases

None

Tikkun Haklali +

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kol Yaakob free?
Kol Yaakob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tikkun Haklali + free?
Tikkun Haklali + is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kol Yaakob or Tikkun Haklali +?
Tikkun Haklali + is rated higher. Kol Yaakob averages 4.4 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while Tikkun Haklali + averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Kol Yaakob or Tikkun Haklali + have ads?
Neither Kol Yaakob nor Tikkun Haklali + shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kol Yaakob or Tikkun Haklali +?
Kol Yaakob ships an update every 4 months, and Tikkun Haklali + every 2 months. Most recently, Kol Yaakob was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tikkun Haklali + on October 30, 2026.

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