Kidase Bet vs Twaf
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Complete liturgical guide
- Audio recordings of melodies
- Daily Gitsawe and readings
- Offline audio download
- Amharic translation
- Hymn search and playlist creation
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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!
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
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.
Kidase Bet ships an update monthly, Twaf daily. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kidase Bet | Twaf |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (386 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 386 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 57 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fekadesilassie Ayenew | robel abraha |
Customer experience
Kidase Bet
Twaf
In-app purchases
Kidase Bet
No in-app purchases
Twaf
No in-app purchases







