YUTorah vs YU Minyanim
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.
YU Minyanim
This app provides a fast and reliable way to track minyanim and zmanim at Yeshiva University. View schedules, receive alerts for changes, and see when minyanim need more attendees. It also offers zmanim, Shabbos schedules, and Sefirah tracking.
- View daily minyan schedules
- Receive real-time schedule change alerts
- See minyanim needing more attendees
- Track Sefirah with reminders
- Access Shabbos schedules
- View Washington Heights zmanim
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YU Minyanim is the fast, reliable way to follow minyanim and zmanim at Yeshiva University. Open the app and see the day’s schedule immediately. Browse Shacharis, Mincha, and Maariv by date, check the next upcoming minyan, and view locations and special notes without searching through chats or old messages. Stay current: • See posted minyan times and locations from YU Zmanim • Receive consolidated alerts when a time, room, or schedule changes • Choose alerts for Minyan Updates, Minyan Requests, Shabbos schedules, and Sefirah reminders • View recent updates and requests in separate notification tabs Help make the minyan: • See when a minyan needs more people • Let others know you are on the way • Follow the current response count from inside the app More for the YU day: • View Washington Heights zmanim and Vasikin times • Open the weekly Shabbos schedule as soon as it is posted • Count Sefirah, receive reminders at shekiah, and track each day in the Sefirah calendar • Add home-screen widgets for quick access to upcoming minyanim Schedule and zmanim data are provided by YU Zmanim.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: YU Minyanim at 5.0 against YUTorah's 3.9. YU Minyanim also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 62%) and update cadence (every 5 days vs every 2 months). YUTorah's advantage is ratings volume (61 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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.
YU Minyanim 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 2, 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 YU Minyanim's.
YUTorah ships an update every 2 months, YU Minyanim every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YUTorah | YU Minyanim |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.9 (61 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 61.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 61 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YU Office of Alumni Affairs | Dan Honig |
Customer experience
YUTorah
YU Minyanim
In-app purchases
YUTorah
No in-app purchases
YU Minyanim
No in-app purchases
