Neshamah vs Preprint Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Neshamah
This app offers a curated collection of Jewish content, including articles, videos, podcasts, and music. It provides a personalized feed of inspiration, learning, and connection to Jewish culture, heritage, and Israel.
- Curated Jewish content
- Personalized content feed
- Articles, videos, podcasts, music
- Jewish culture and heritage
- Connection to Israel
- On-demand digital engagement
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Neshamah is your connection to Jewish music, Torah learning, prayer, and daily life, all in one place. Open the app and begin. Listen to Jewish music, explore Torah and Jewish learning, watch meaningful videos, or take a few minutes for prayer - your way. Just have a few minutes? Neshamah fits naturally into your day and meets you wherever you are. Jewish music, learning, and content are spread across apps, websites, and feeds you have to dig through. Neshamah brings it together, so you can open the app and immediately connect to something meaningful. Your Jewish story, your way: - Personalized for you Your experience evolves based on what you listen to, watch, and explore, and shifts with the rhythm of the Jewish calendar - Jewish music, podcasts, and audio Discover songs, playlists, and voices that connect you to Jewish identity and culture - Torah and Jewish learning Explore insights, ideas, and perspectives that bring Jewish wisdom into everyday life - Prayer and reflection Access prayers and moments of reflection that fit your background and tradition. - Shabbat, holidays, and the Jewish calendar Stay connected to Shabbat, Passover, Rosh Hashanah, Sukkot, and the moments that shape your year. - Israel and the global Jewish story Engage with the voices, stories, and culture of Jewish life today Neshamah is a simple way to stay connected to Jewish identity, culture, and meaning throughout your day, your way.
Preprint Reader
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Preprint is a fast, focused reader for the latest research from arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv. Browse a feed built from the subjects you follow, search across three sources, and read papers in a clean native PDF reader. Save what matters, download for offline reading, and keep track of what you have read. SEARCH THREE SOURCES Search arXiv, bioRxiv, and medRxiv from one place, and switch source with a tap. arXiv papers open in the native reader. bioRxiv and medRxiv papers open in a built-in web view. A FEED THAT IS YOURS Follow categories from any source and your feed fills with their newest papers, newest first. No algorithm and no noise, just the fields you care about. READ AND ANNOTATE A distraction-free PDF reader with highlights, bookmarks, a table of contents, and light or dark reading modes. Download papers to read offline. YOUR READING, TRACKED The You tab shows a reading activity map, your current streak, and how much you have read across sources. STAY ORGANIZED Group papers into collections, tag them, and mark them read or unread. Follow authors to get a notification when they post something new. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account and no tracking. Your library syncs privately through your own iCloud. Clear your history or reset everything whenever you want. Preprint is not affiliated with or endorsed by arXiv, bioRxiv, medRxiv, or Europe PMC. Thank you to these services for their open access to research.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Preprint Reader at daily against Neshamah's every 2 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Neshamah ships an update every 2 weeks, Preprint Reader daily. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Neshamah | Preprint Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (189 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 189 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 164 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neshamah LLC | Ariq Koh |
In-app purchases
Neshamah
No in-app purchases
Preprint Reader
No in-app purchases





