Comparison

Kidase Bet vs Twaf

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

Head to head
About

Kidase Bet

Explore Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo liturgical prayers and hymns with this app. Access a complete guide to divine liturgies, listen to sacred melodies, and find daily readings. Download audio for offline use and enjoy Amharic translations.

Highlights
  • Complete liturgical guide
  • Audio recordings of melodies
  • Daily Gitsawe and readings
  • Offline audio download
  • Amharic translation
  • Hymn search and playlist creation
Features
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Welcome to Kidase Bet, your ultimate companion for Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo liturgical prayers and hymns. Discover the Divine Rhythm: Experience the rich traditions of Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo liturgy wherever you are. Kidase Bet brings the sacred melodies and prayers of the Church directly to your fingertips. Features: • Complete Liturgical Guide: Access a comprehensive collection of liturgical texts, including the 14 Divine Liturgy, Kidan, Melka Kurban and Melka Himamat. • Audio Recordings: Immerse yourself in Geez, Ezl and Araray melodies of Saint Yared. • Gitsawe and Readings for each days of the year. • Offline Mode: You have an option to download all audios for offline mode. • Translation: Amharic translation is available for Kidase and Kidan. • You can like and share your favorite hymn with you friends. • Search and find hymns • Create you own playlists. Learn Kidase on the go and Elevate your Spiritual Connection with God!

About

Twaf

This app provides daily guidance for the Ge'ez calendar and Orthodox Tewahedo traditions. It automatically calculates fasting and feast days, offers a visual year wheel, and includes prayers, saint profiles, and scripture readings. It also features a church directory and wedding planning tools, all available offline.

Highlights
  • Automatic Ge'ez calendar calculations
  • Circular Year Wheel for fasts and feasts
  • Interactive candlelit prayers
  • Saint profiles linked to feast days
  • Fasting Guide and scripture references
  • Ethiopian and Eritrean church directory
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Twaf is a daily companion for the Ge'ez calendar and the Orthodox Tewahedo tradition — for the Ethiopian and Eritrean diaspora, and for anyone walking this path of fasting and prayer. Know today's fast, automatically. Great Lent, Nineveh, Advent, Wednesdays and Fridays, and named fasts and feasts — computed from the Ge'ez calendar and Orthodox Easter. See the year on the Year Wheel — tap to explore fasting seasons and feasts. Pray by candlelight. Open a prayer and a twaf lights the page as you read — morning, midday, and evening. Follow Sunday readings in English, Tigrigna, and Amharic, with a focused reading view and opening and closing responses. Weekly readings refresh online when available from the readings service; an internet connection is needed for new readings. Keep today's calendar and fasting information close with the medium Home Screen widget. Meet the saints woven into your calendar through short, sourced profiles. Read Scripture, prepare for confession, and explore the Fasting Guide. Find a church. Browse Ethiopian and Eritrean congregations by city. Plan a wedding. Explore Saturdays and Sundays outside fasting periods. Switch between English, Tigrigna, and Amharic anytime. Core calendar and bundled prayer content are available offline. No account is required. Your saved preferences and private notes are stored on your device. Online readings and external links require network access. Dates are provided for reference. Please confirm observance-critical details with your parish priest.

Screenshots

Kidase Bet4 screens
Twaf4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Twaf at daily against Kidase Bet's monthly. Twaf also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). Kidase Bet's advantage is ratings volume (386 vs 2). On price, rating, 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Kidase Bet against 5.0 for Twaf. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kidase Bet has 386 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kidase Bet ships an update monthly, Twaf daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Kidase Bet versus Twaf: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKidase BetTwaf
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (386 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings386 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFekadesilassie Ayenewrobel abraha

Customer experience

Kidase Bet

All ratings347 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews53 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Twaf

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Kidase Bet

No in-app purchases

None

Twaf

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kidase Bet free?
Kidase Bet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Twaf free?
Twaf is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Kidase Bet or Twaf?
Twaf is rated higher. Kidase Bet averages 4.9 out of 5 from 386 ratings, while Twaf averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Kidase Bet or Twaf have ads?
Neither Kidase Bet nor Twaf shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kidase Bet or Twaf?
Kidase Bet ships an update monthly, and Twaf daily. Most recently, Kidase Bet was updated on November 4, 2026 and Twaf on October 31, 2026.

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