Smartlist Local Directory vs Simple Siddur
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Smartlist Local Directory
This app provides a comprehensive directory of Jewish communities, offering residential and business listings. It integrates with your contacts for caller ID and allows for easy searching, sharing, and offline access to community information.
- Integrated caller ID
- Dial pad search
- Residential & business listings
- Offline database access
- Share & export listings
- Direct contact options
- Community updates
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Smartlist - The Comprehensive Jewish Community Phone Directory Stay connected with Smartlist, an app fully integrated with your contacts and our extensive community lists, providing seamless access to residential and business information across 30 Jewish communities. Key Features: • Outgoing and Incoming Calls: Integrated with Contacts and SmartList listings for complete caller information. • Dial Pad: Conveniently search both Contacts and SmartList while dialing. • Residential & Business Listings: Easy search by name, address, or phone number. • Offline Database: Access listings and caller ID without internet. • Share & Export a Listing: Share information via email or message; export to your contacts. • Direct Contact: Call, message, or map directly from the app. • Community Updates: Receive notifications about events and promotions. • Global Support: Includes over 20 Jewish communities, with more being added regularly. —— This directory includes the local Jewish communities of • Antwerp • Baltimore • Bergen County • Bloomingburg • Bobov 45 • Boro Park • Canvey Island • Catskills • Chicago • Cleveland • Five Towns & Far Rockaway • Flatbush • Gateshead • Golders Green • Israel Newcomers • Kiryas Tosh • Kiryas Yoel • Lakewood • Manchester • Melbourne • Monsey • Montreal • Passaic - Clifton • Seagate • Stamford Hill • Staten Island • Toronto • Viznits (Monsey) • Westchester County Privacy: Your contacts never leave your device.
Simple Siddur
This app provides a comprehensive digital siddur with all prayers for various Nusachs, essential blessings, and practical tools like a compass and Zmanim. It also includes information on Minyanim and Mikvah, making it a complete reference for Jewish prayer and observance.
- All prayers for different Nusachs
- Essential Brachot
- Compass
- Zmanim
- Minyanim
- Mikvah information
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Simple Siddur is a beautifully designed IOS 8+ siddur app that comes packed with a bunch of awesome features. Notable Features: All prayers (For different Nusachs) Essential Brachot Compass Zmanim Minyanim Mikvah and Much More! Follow on twitter @par3inc Email any questions or request to: par.3inc@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Smartlist Local Directory at 4.8 against Simple Siddur's 4.1. Smartlist Local Directory also leads on ratings volume (7.6K vs 123) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Simple Siddur's advantage is monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Smartlist Local Directory holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Smartlist Local Directory has 7.6K ratings behind it against 123, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Smartlist Local Directory's written reviews are positive against 67% of Simple Siddur's.
Smartlist Local Directory ships an update every 3 weeks, Simple Siddur every 3 months. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.
| Parameter | Smartlist Local Directory | Simple Siddur |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (7.6K ratings) — better | 4.1 (123 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 79.8% of reviews — better | 67.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7.6K — better | 123 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Lionscribe Software LLC | Ehud Adler |
Customer experience
Smartlist Local Directory
Simple Siddur
User reviews
Smartlist Local Directory
From 7.6K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Fast and efficient
- 📞 Helpful for finding numbers and addresses
- 💯 Accurate and up-to-date information
- 🗺️ Covers many communities
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and freezes
- 🔍 Limited search functionality
- 🗺️ Missing some locations and businesses
- 💰 Paid features/unlocking required
- 🔔 Annoying notifications
Simple Siddur
From 123 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🌟 Packed with features
- 👍 Great for all nusachim
- 👍 Clean text
- 👍 Fluid interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Missing Hallel
- 🐛 Missing Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh
- 🐛 Missing key features
- 🐛 Doesn't let you change Nusach
- 🐛 Not great ease of use
Bugs and requests
Smartlist Local Directory
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes on startup
- Blank screen on launch
- Incompatibility with older devices
- Outdated information for certain areas
Requested features
5 requests- Add more cities and communities
- Improve search and filtering options
- Provide an option to report changes or errors
- Implement a dark mode
- Allow sharing of contact information
Simple Siddur
Reported bugs
20 issues- App crashes or randomly closes
- App resets on reopen
- Invisible prayer issue
- Tehillim bug, can't scroll down
- Words overlap in Shmoneh Esrei
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- Words not clear on iPhone X
- Hebrew text garbled in iOS 12
- iOS 12 glitch
- Paragraphs of arbit and Minha erased
- Letters jumbled together
- Print run together, unreadable
- Words ran over each other
- Compass is off
- App crashes when opening daf yomi page
- Text bug
- Crashing by shema and shemona esrei
- Shachris ends at גאל ישראל
- Tehillim bug, can't scroll down past the first page
- Missing Bracha between Hashkivenu and Amida
- Candle lighting timing wrong
Requested features
17 requests- Add Hallel
- Add Mussaf for Rosh Chodesh
- Implement a table of contents
- Add ברוך ה׳ אמן ואמן to maariv
- Add Birkat Netilat Yadayim, Asher yatzar and Birkat Hatorah
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- Add model ani, ma tovu, birchos HaTorah
- Navigation menu to choose tefilot
- Option to choose different font
- Easy to read menu at home page
- Add the ability to tap the top of the screen to scroll to top
- Add transliteration option
- Add English instructions or translation
- Fix compass accuracy
- Improve opening interface
- Add Tehillim
- Add Daf Yomi
- Fix Tehillim chapter indicator
In-app purchases
Smartlist Local Directory
No in-app purchases
Simple Siddur
No in-app purchases
Questions
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