SiddurApp vs Siddur One
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SiddurApp
This app provides a digital Jewish prayer book for iOS devices, featuring a "Smart" panel that displays relevant prayers based on the time of day and location. It also offers a prayer direction compass and customizable prayer time displays.
- Smart prayer selection by time of day
- Location-based prayer times
- Prayer direction compass (Qibla)
- Customizable prayer displays
- Access to specific prayers like Birkat Ha'mazon
- Adjustable interface language (Hebrew)
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SiddurApp is a siddur application, in which users can view the Jewish prayer book on their iOS device in smart ways, using technology to allow for easier davening. It currently contains the Sephard version ("nusach"), as well as a beta version of "Edot Ha'mizrach". On activation, the "Smart" option shows the relevant prayer for that time of day: If you have allowed the app to be know your location, it will use it to determine local prayer times (it may take a few seconds for it to locate your current location).. The "Smart" view includes: • showing only parts of prayer relevant for that specific day (e.g., no Chanuka prayers in Nissan). • Short timed additions to prayer ("Aseret ye'mey tshuva", "Rosh chodesh") have partial bold appearance (i.e., some of the new text is bold). 30 days after rain/no-rain change, the changed text appears in bold. If you want to reassure yourself you said them, you can tap the text and the bold becomes highlighted, so you can scroll back later, to verify you said it (it isn't remembered in history, just as long as you're davening that particular prayer) • Uses GPS to determine if in Jerusalem for Purim, to show relevant prayer. • Using settings, you can choose to add diaspora-only sections (in Arvit) and prayers for drought. Upon activating the app, the upper corner shows a small arrow, pointing at the direction of prayer ("beit hamikdash") for several seconds (which you can set in the Settings panel). To see the direction again, you can see a compass in the Jerusalem panel. Note that this works only if the user allowed the app to know your location, and if the app has been able to focus on a location and a direction within 10 seconds of activating the app. To access any random prayer you want, the app's main menu allows to see a full prayer list, and one and select your option from the list. You can use choose to see the full version (when relevant), so instead of seeing the "Smart" version, e.g., today's Shacharit, one can see the "Full" version, with all the options available for that prayer. The tab bar (by default, including Birkat Ha'mazon and Tfilat Ha'derech) can be changed to include any prayers one wants (up to 4), using the Settings panel. The app allow for set alarms for shabat -- they are one time and brief, and thus do not need to be turned of manually. They work using iOS' notifications, thus requiring the device's sound to be turned on in order to work. To replace snooze setting, a long press on the save the alarm button, one can save multiple alarms around that time: at the time itself, and then 3, 5, 7, 10, 13 and 15 minutes following it. The app's main menu allows to see all the Jewish times of day, including netz, sunset, etc. Settings allow changing the app's interface to Hebrew, as well as setting whether certain parts of the prayers (e.g., Kadish) should be collapsed or expanded by default. Collapsed parts will show as button that needs to be clicked, and relevant prayer expands inline (this is also the case with chazarat ha'shats parts). WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: This app is offered "as is", and IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEES ON ANY ISSUE. This includes, but not limited to, not making any halchaic or textual exactness claims. DO NOT USE IT TO DETERMINE HALCHAIC QUESTIONS! Due to compass and GPS imprecision (as well as algorithmic limitations), it may show an inexact direction of prayer, as well as deviations in the times of the days. THIS APPLICATION MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING EXACTNESS OF DIRECTION, TIME, OR PRAYER TEXT. As I do not wish users to err, I reiterate - THIS APP MAKES NO GUARANTEES ON THE INFORMATION IT PRESENTS, AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT, IT IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ERRORS IN PRAYER TEXT, TIMES OF DAY, DIRECTION OF PRAYER, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION IT PRESENTS.
Siddur One
This app provides a comprehensive digital siddur with daily prayers, luach zmanim, and customizable holiday calendars. It includes special prayers for various occasions, a prayer compass, and options for font and text size adjustments.
- Daily prayers in Ashkenaz
- Daily luach zmanim
- Prayer compass
- Customizable holiday calendar
- Complete Tanach
- Font and text size options
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The siddur contains all the text you would expect in a regular print siddur. It knows what day it is and delivers the specific tefilos for that day. Also includes a luach zmanim, customizable upcoming holidays calendar, zmanim notifications, complete tanach, shnayim mikra chumash, and pirkei avos. Includes: -All daily prayers in Ashkenaz -Daily luach zmanim -Prayer compass -Special zmanim (candle lighting, fast times, biur chometz etc.) -Musaf for Rosh Chodesh and Chol HaMoed -Kria for Mondays/Thursdays, Fast Days and Holidays -Hoshanos (smart Hoshanos!) -Bentching (including at Bris, Sheva Brochos and holiday inserts) -Vidui Yom Kippur (mincha erev YK and in shonos) -Bedikas Chometz -Chanuka candle lighting -Hatavas Chalom -Tefilas Havineinu -Hafrashas Terumos, Maasoros and Chalah -Havdala -Krias Shma AlHamita -Lekutei Brochos -Font and text size options -Tashlich -Kaparos -Ushpizin and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Siddur One at 4.8 against SiddurApp's 4.2. Siddur One also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). SiddurApp's advantage is review sentiment (87% vs 67%) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months). 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.
Siddur One holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SiddurApp has 29 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 87% of SiddurApp's written reviews are positive against 67% of Siddur One's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
SiddurApp ships an update every 5 weeks, Siddur One every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SiddurApp | Siddur One |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (29 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.1% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 29 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 69 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Omer Lev | Mattaniah Beezy |
Customer experience
SiddurApp
Siddur One
In-app purchases
SiddurApp
No in-app purchases
Siddur One
No in-app purchases





