The Sabbath App vs Google Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Sabbath App
This app calculates weekly Sabbath sunset times for your current location, indicating when Sabbath begins and ends. It supports checking times for specific past or future dates and managing multiple locations. Users can also receive reminders and access Bible verses related to the Sabbath.
- Calculates Sabbath sunset times
- Supports multiple locations
- Check past/future Sabbath times
- Sabbath start/end reminders
- Read Bible verses on Sabbath
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This app will calculate the Sabbath sunset times for Friday evening and Saturday evening each week telling you exactly when Sabbath begins and ends at your current geographic location. It also allows you to choose a specific date in the future or past so you know when Sabbath begins and ends on this date. You can also add multiple locations to this app so you know Sabbath times at your location as well as other locations. You can be reminded before Sabbath begins and ends by a reminder popup. Finally read Bible verses on the topic of the Sabbath from the Word of God.
Google Home
Manage and monitor your smart home devices with this app. See your home's status at a glance, group devices into dashboards, and control them using voice commands. Quickly review camera events and stay updated on important home activities.
- Home status overview
- Device grouping and dashboards
- Voice control with Gemini
- Camera live view and history
- Streamlined settings navigation
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The Google Home app helps you get the most out of Gemini for Home. See your home at a glance The Google Home app is designed to show you the status of your home and keep you up to date with what you may have missed. Keep up with what’s important Updated design and streamlined organization help you group your devices into dashboards and easily navigate your settings. Plus you can check in on your home anytime. Scan camera events quickly The camera live view and history interface makes it easier than ever to see what happened. Search or ask your home Control your home in a brand new way. Just say what you want your devices to do with Gemini for Home. * Some products and features may not be available in all regions. Compatible devices required.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Google Home at Free against The Sabbath App's $0.99. Google Home also leads on rating (4.6 vs 3.6) and ratings volume (1.4M vs 61). The Sabbath App's advantage is review sentiment (52% vs 16%) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases and device support 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
Google Home is free to download; The Sabbath App costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Google Home holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Google Home has 1.4M ratings behind it against 61, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 52% of The Sabbath App's written reviews are positive against 16% of Google Home's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
The Sabbath App ships an update fortnightly, Google Home weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Sabbath App | Google Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (61 ratings) | 4.6 (1.4M ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 51.7% of reviews — better | 15.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 | 1.4M — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Best chart rank | #37 | #12 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 82 MB | 638 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Damian Cox | |
Customer experience
The Sabbath App
Google Home
User reviews
The Sabbath App
From 61 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎶 Pleasant reminder music
- ✅ Accurate Sabbath times (historically)
- ✨ Simple and clean interface (historically)
- 👍 Useful for Sabbath keepers
- 🌟 Historically good and reliable
Room to improve
- ❌ Incorrect Sabbath day/time
- ❌ Cannot add/select locations
- ❌ Distracting orange color
- ❌ Reminders are off
- ❌ App is broken/useless after update
Google Home
From 1.4M App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Excellent camera quality
- 👍 Secure home monitoring
- 🚀 Reliable notifications
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent disconnections
- 🐛 Buggy app performance
- 👎 Lacking advanced features
- 👎 Unintuitive user interface
Bugs and requests
The Sabbath App
Reported bugs
15 issues- App shows wrong Sabbath day (Thursday instead of Friday)
- App shows nonsensical sunset/sunrise times (e.g., 11 AM sunset)
- Reminders are 12 hours off
- Cannot add or select a city/location
- App shows incorrect countdown to Sabbath (e.g., 100+ hours)
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- App shows Thursday night as Sabbath
- App is not adjustable or user-friendly
- App does not detect location
- App is not working after iOS update
- App is slow and slows down the phone
- App is not geared towards Orthodox Jews
- App is not updated for the newest version of iOS
- App does not notify consistently
- App freezes when adding location
- App shows Austria as default location after iOS upgrade
Requested features
9 requests- Restore previous version
- Fix incorrect Sabbath day/time
- Allow adding/selecting locations
- Change app logo color
- Add Bible verses to the app
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- Allow choosing background or rotating backgrounds
- Set warning times before Sabbath starts
- Allow picking different reminder sounds
- Update app for newer iOS versions
Google Home
Reported bugs
3 issues- Inability to remove 'ghost' devices
- Inconsistent connectivity between app and devices
- Unreliable motion detection
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to customize notification settings
- Integration with more smart home devices
- Improved video history browsing
In-app purchases
The Sabbath App
No in-app purchases
Google Home
No in-app purchases
