Comparison

YUTorah vs TeacherCompass

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

YUTorah

Access a vast library of Torah lectures and articles from thousands of speakers worldwide. Features include offline downloads, adjustable audio speed, and personalized content discovery.

Highlights
  • Offline learning with downloaded lectures
  • Adjustable audio playback speed
  • Personalized content based on favorites
  • Resume lectures from where you left off
  • Easy browsing and customized search
Features
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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.

About

TeacherCompass

Features
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TeacherCompass is a weekly coaching tool for teaching faculty. Teachers record a short reflection on each class, written or by voice note, and receive rubric-aligned, growth-oriented feedback. Department chairs and administrators can review reflections and track goals across their teams. What you can do: - Record a weekly reflection for each class, by text or voice note - Receive specific, rubric-aligned feedback (Emerging, Developing, Proficient, Exemplary) - Set and track class-level goals - Upload artifacts (worksheets, quizzes, slides) for richer feedback - Get lesson planning support that builds a ready-to-use prompt for your own tools - Stay on track with a weekly digest and reminders TeacherCompass is for participating schools and their faculty.

Screenshots

YUTorah4 screens
TeacherCompass4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: TeacherCompass at 15.0 against YUTorah's 18.0. 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YUTorah ships an update every 2 months, TeacherCompass monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
YUTorah versus TeacherCompass: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYUTorahTeacherCompass
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews61.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYU Office of Alumni AffairsManne Education & Design Co. LLC

In-app purchases

None

YUTorah

No in-app purchases

None

TeacherCompass

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YUTorah free?
YUTorah is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is TeacherCompass free?
TeacherCompass is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do YUTorah or TeacherCompass have ads?
Neither YUTorah nor TeacherCompass shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YUTorah or TeacherCompass?
YUTorah ships an update every 2 months, and TeacherCompass monthly. Most recently, YUTorah was updated on November 10, 2026 and TeacherCompass on October 25, 2026.

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