Comparison

My Omer vs JEM.tv

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

Head to head
About

My Omer

This app helps you count the 49 days of Sefiras HaOmer with daily insights and exercises. It offers reminders, blessings, meditations, and a progress tracker to deepen your understanding of spiritual attributes.

Highlights
  • Daily Omer counting
  • Personalized insights and exercises
  • Daily reminders
  • Omer blessings and meditations
  • Progress tracker
  • Private journal
Features
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An Omer Counter with daily insights and exercises for the 49 days of Sefiras HaOmer. Refine your personality based on Rabbi Simon Jacobson’s classic “The Spiritual Guide to Counting the Omer”. Reminders, Omer blessings, daily meditations and more. Never miss counting the Omer with two smart daily reminders. Prayer text available in Hebrew, English. Spanish, French and Russian Progress tracker Private journal for recording notes ABOUT: Take advantage of this powerful span of time to explore your psyche, refine your life and elevate your soul. The spectrum of human emotions divide into 49 different attributes, each one corresponding to one day in this 49-day period. Unlike other Omer counters, The My Omer app is the first of its kind to provide daily meditations and exercises to enhance your life and personal relationships based on thousands-of-years of Kabbalistic wisdom.

About

JEM.tv

Access thousands of hours of video, audio, and photos of the Lubavitcher Rebbe. Learn from his teachings on Torah and practical life lessons, explore archival footage, and hear first-person stories. Suitable for all levels of study.

Highlights
  • Browse video, audio, and photo archives
  • Searchable content by topic
  • First-person encounter stories
  • Full-length documentary films
  • Practical life lessons from teachings
  • Archival photos and films
  • Content in multiple languages
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The Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, of righteous memory, is the most recorded Jewish leader in history, with thousands of hours of video and audio recordings and hundreds of thousands of photos of his life and teachings. The JEMTV App will enable you to learn and be inspired directly by this master teacher of Torah and its application in daily life. Browse, search and navigate curated film, video, and audio recordings of the Rebbe, alongside first-person stories from JEM’s acclaimed “My Encounter with the Rebbe” oral history project. Be uplifted as the Rebbe teaches a plethora of timely topics with practical life lessons; listen in as the Rebbe advises individuals to navigate their challenges – whether in parenting, business or relationships. Join thousands as they are swept up in the notes of a heartfelt Chasidic melody, browse meticulously-restored archival photos, or experience a full-length Farbrengen (Chasidic gathering and public address) with the Rebbe. From casual beginner to advanced scholar, JEMTV App gives you the ability to quickly access materials at every level. Featuring an always-fresh “launcher” page, clips arranged by topics and access points to JEM’s unparalleled video, audio and photographic archives. The JEM Content Hub app features indexes, visualizations and powerful searches. Your path to real life direct-from-the-source Torah study begins here. CURATED MATERIALS INCLUDE: • Full-length documentary films • Short talks on thousands of topics • Hundreds of timeless moments captured on film • Thousands of one-on-one encounters with practical advice • Almost 1,000 episodes of Living Torah • Thousands of stories of the Rebbe, told by first-person participants • Hundreds of lovingly-preserved vintage films Presented in English, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Russian, German, Portuguese and Hungarian FULL-LENGTH ARCHIVAL TREASURES: • Hundreds of hours of video recordings • Thousands of hours of audio recordings • Hundreds of thousands of photos • Content summaries and transcripts

Screenshots

My Omer4 screens
JEM.tv4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: JEM.tv at 100% against My Omer's 41%. JEM.tv also leads on rating (4.7 vs 3.6) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). My Omer's advantage is ratings volume (63 vs 16). On price, update cadence, ads and device support 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. My Omer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. JEM.tv asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

JEM.tv holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 63 and 16 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 41% of My Omer's written reviews are positive against 100% of JEM.tv's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
My Omer versus JEM.tv: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMy OmerJEM.tv
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (63 ratings)4.7 (16 ratings) — better
Positive reviews40.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings63 — better16
Update frequencyMonthlyMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.013.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB49 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaad Hanochos Hatmimim IncJewish Educational Media Inc

Customer experience

My Omer

All ratings43 ratings
Positive67.4%
Neutral11.6%
Negative20.9%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive40.9%
Neutral13.6%
Negative45.5%

JEM.tv

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

My Omer

Reported bugs

45 issues
  • App doesn't work
  • App crashes
  • App doesn't open
  • App freezes and closes
  • App shuts off
Show 40 more
  • App crashes when interacting
  • App crashes upon use
  • App crashes when hitting purple button
  • App crashes when trying to open
  • App crashes when accessing day's count
  • App crashes when starting Omer count
  • App crashes on launch
  • App hangs on title page
  • App keeps closing immediately
  • App is glitchy
  • App sends wrong days
  • App restarts counting part way
  • App is a day behind
  • App displays Yom instead of Sefirah
  • App defaults to last year's count
  • App is not updated for current year
  • App is stuck on day 11
  • App has typos in Hebrew
  • Hebrew paragraphs out of order
  • Some words are scrambled
  • Meditation page doesn't scroll
  • Audio for video missing
  • Faulty notifications are confusing
  • Notifications mix up days
  • App rearranges days
  • Settings crashes app
  • Login screen freezes
  • Incompatible with older devices
  • Crashing even after update
  • Cannot be used
  • Sends back to home screen
  • Crashing my phone
  • Useless after update
  • Latest update made worthless
  • Deleted calendar entries
  • Nothing works on my phone
  • Wrong count
  • Crashing my iPhone
  • Wrong day of Omer
  • Needs more gevurah and less hesed

Requested features

18 requests
  • Fix the app to be reliable
  • Upgrade app for better function
  • Make app more engaging
  • Make app more user-friendly
  • More options with notifications
Show 13 more
  • Nightly and morning reminder
  • Twice a night reminder
  • User-customizable notifications
  • Fix meditation page scrolling
  • Fix audio for video
  • Add Horachamon after count in Hebrew
  • Add notification at proper time
  • Change to next counting at nightfall
  • Sync with personal calendar
  • Progress tracker
  • Updates at sunset for new day
  • Customisable local notification system
  • Dark mode option

JEM.tv

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

My Omer

One-time1
  • Full version$0.99
None

JEM.tv

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is My Omer free?
My Omer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is JEM.tv free?
JEM.tv is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, My Omer or JEM.tv?
JEM.tv is rated higher. My Omer averages 3.6 out of 5 from 63 ratings, while JEM.tv averages 4.7 from 16 ratings.
Do My Omer or JEM.tv have ads?
Neither My Omer nor JEM.tv shows ads.
Which is updated more often, My Omer or JEM.tv?
My Omer ships an update monthly, and JEM.tv monthly. Most recently, My Omer was updated on November 1, 2026 and JEM.tv on November 3, 2026.

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