Comparison

Kol Yaakob vs Tikkun Korim

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 Korim

Practice Torah readings with this app designed for mobile use. It offers a simplified interface for going over any portion of the Torah reading, including the ability to toggle Trop and Nikkud for easier practice on smaller screens.

Highlights
  • Select Parsha and Aliya
  • Toggle Trop and Nikkud
  • Optimized for one-handed use
  • Simple navigation
  • Practice on the go
Features
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Perfect for going over any portion of the Torah reading. Choose a Parsha including double Parshiot and start practicing right away. Makes practicing much easier on the go. The traditional Tikkun Korim places the 'Chumash' text on the right and the 'Torah' text on the left. This project was made with mobile one handed use on small screened devices in mind, that's why we came up with a simple way to get the most out of the small screen, by simply tapping to remove the Trop and Nikkud. תיקון קוראים לחמשה חומשי תורה INSTRUCTIONS: - Select a Chumash then a Parsha then an Aliya. - Tap the text to switch from with Nikkud and Trop/Taamim/Simanim to without. And vice versa. - Tap the back button on the top of the screen to go to the previous menu. - Tap the 'Home' icon to start from the beginning. - Quickly switch from one Aliya to the next by tapping the arrows on the top left

Screenshots

Kol Yaakob4 screens
Tikkun Korim4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Kol Yaakob at 4.4 against Tikkun Korim's 4.0. Kol Yaakob also leads on update cadence (every 4 months vs every 13 months). Tikkun Korim's advantage is review sentiment (77% vs 64%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 18.6). 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

Kol Yaakob holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 118 and 40 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 64% of Kol Yaakob's written reviews are positive against 77% of Tikkun Korim's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kol Yaakob ships an update every 4 months, Tikkun Korim every 13 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Kol Yaakob versus Tikkun Korim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKol YaakobTikkun Korim
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (118 ratings) — better4.0 (40 ratings)
Positive reviews63.5% of reviews76.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings118 — better40
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 13 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSephardic Heritage FoundationShersheial Borisute

Customer experience

Kol Yaakob

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

Tikkun Korim

All ratings40 ratings
Positive77.5%
Neutral7.5%
Negative15.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive76.9%
Neutral7.7%
Negative15.4%

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 Korim

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Kol Yaakob

No in-app purchases

None

Tikkun Korim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kol Yaakob free?
Kol Yaakob is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tikkun Korim free?
Tikkun Korim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kol Yaakob or Tikkun Korim?
Kol Yaakob is rated higher. Kol Yaakob averages 4.4 out of 5 from 118 ratings, while Tikkun Korim averages 4.0 from 40 ratings.
Do Kol Yaakob or Tikkun Korim have ads?
Neither Kol Yaakob nor Tikkun Korim shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kol Yaakob or Tikkun Korim?
Kol Yaakob ships an update every 4 months, and Tikkun Korim every 13 months. Most recently, Kol Yaakob was updated on November 1, 2026 and Tikkun Korim on November 1, 2026.

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