YUTorah vs Ruvna Student
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.
Ruvna Student
Access your digital student ID and check in for school attendance. This app simplifies managing your school presence and identification.
- Digital Student ID access
- School attendance check-in
- Manage school presence
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Use the Ruvna Student app to access your digital Student ID, check-in at school for attendance, and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: YUTorah at 62% against Ruvna Student's 8%. YUTorah also leads on rating (3.9 vs 1.4). Ruvna Student's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
YUTorah holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 1.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 61 and 90 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 62% of YUTorah's written reviews are positive against 8% of Ruvna Student's.
YUTorah ships an update every 2 months, Ruvna Student fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YUTorah | Ruvna Student |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (61 ratings) — better | 1.4 (90 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews — better | 8.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 61 | 90 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YU Office of Alumni Affairs | Ruvna, Inc. |
Customer experience
YUTorah
Ruvna Student
In-app purchases
YUTorah
No in-app purchases
Ruvna Student
No in-app purchases
