Yahrzeit Tracker vs SefirahWatch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Yahrzeit Tracker
This application helps you easily track Yahrzeit dates for loved ones. It provides a simple way to manage these important memorial dates.
- Track Yahrzeit dates
- Manage memorial dates
- Simple interface
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Track Yahrzeit dates for loved ones
SefirahWatch
This app assists users in accurately counting the Sefirat HaOmer. It automatically determines the correct count based on your location and provides timely notifications, including Shabbat suppression.
- Automatic daily Omer count
- Location-based calculations
- Customizable counting notifications
- Shabbat suppression
- iPhone home and lock screen widgets
- Apple Watch complications
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SefirahWatch helps you count Sefirat HaOmer with precision. The app automatically calculates each day's nightfall based on your exact location, and can notify you at the exact moment it's time to count — with Shabbat suppression built in. Includes widgets for iPhone home and lock screens, and complications for Apple Watch.
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Verdict
Yahrzeit Tracker and SefirahWatch both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of SefirahWatch's written reviews are positive against 75% of Yahrzeit Tracker's. On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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 — 5.0 for Yahrzeit Tracker against 5.0 for SefirahWatch. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 7 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 75% of Yahrzeit Tracker's written reviews are positive against 100% of SefirahWatch's.
Yahrzeit Tracker ships an update every 2 weeks, SefirahWatch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Yahrzeit Tracker | SefirahWatch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Evan Winograd | Seth Dimbert |
Customer experience
Yahrzeit Tracker
SefirahWatch
In-app purchases
Yahrzeit Tracker
No in-app purchases
SefirahWatch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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