YUTorah vs Lander Torah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YUTorah
Access over 180,000 Torah lectures and articles from thousands of speakers worldwide. Download content for offline learning, adjust playback speed, and personalize your experience by saving favorite speakers and series. Easily browse and resume your learning sessions.
- Offline shiurim downloads
- Adjustable audio speed
- Personalized favorite content
- Resume playback
- Easy browsing and search
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The YUTorah® App is made possible by Adina Katz in loving memory of her husband Marcos Katz z"l and is a project of Yeshiva University's Center for the Jewish Future. It offers more than 180,000 Torah shiurim and articles from over 2,000 speakers, including YU Roshei Yeshiva, faculty, staff and other Torah luminaries from hundreds of synagogues, yeshivot, seminaries and schools from around the world. Enjoy your favorite content from the Marcos and Adina Katz YUTorah site with great new features: - Download and save Shiurim for offline learning - Adjust audio speed - Personalize to see your favorite speakers, venues and series - Stop a shiur and come back to the same spot when you start again - Easy to browse listings, customized to help you find what you want as easily as possible. The opinions and views expressed are solely those of the author or lecturer and should not be attributed to Yeshiva University.
Lander Torah
Access a vast library of Torah lectures from renowned scholars, available in both audio and video formats. Stream or download content for offline listening, and organize your favorites for easy access. New lectures are added weekly.
- Audio and video shiurim
- Offline download for audio
- New content added weekly
- Favorite shiurim
- Speed control
- Follow speakers
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Wherever you are - near or far, great shiurim will always be in your pocket. We are excited to introduce Lander Torah, a mobile app featuring our Lander rebbeim. Listen to Rabbi Sacks’ gemara shiurim, Rabbi Shmulewitz’s parsha shiurim, Rabbi Bamberger’s mussar shiurim, Dean Sokol’s machshava shiurim, Rabbi Lebowitz’s halacha shiurim, and so much more! Whether you went to Lander, want to go to Lander, know a good shiur when you hear one, or think our rebbeim are as awesome as we do, download our app to carry a world of dynamic, insightful, Torah shiurim in your pocket. Our App Includes: » New shiurim added each week. » Stream video shiurim. » Download audio shiurim for offline use. » Marei mekomos for some in depth shiurim » Favorite a shiur to save it and listen to listen later » Speed control allows you listen to it faster or slower, and you can rewind / fast forward 30 seconds. » Follow a speaker to be instantly notified when a new shiur is added. We’re always looking for feedback to improve the app. Please send your comments to feedback@landertorah.com.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Lander Torah at 5.0 against YUTorah's 3.9. Lander Torah also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). YUTorah's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Lander Torah holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YUTorah has 61 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of YUTorah's written reviews are positive against 100% of Lander Torah's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YUTorah | Lander Torah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (61 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YU Office of Alumni Affairs | Touro College |
Customer experience
YUTorah
Lander Torah
In-app purchases
YUTorah
No in-app purchases
Lander Torah
No in-app purchases
