Comparison

Tzenters vs B'Aeretz

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

Head to head
About

Tzenters

Find or create spontaneous prayer groups anywhere globally. Receive instant notifications for nearby minyanim and easily join or organize gatherings.

Highlights
  • Create pop-up minyanim
  • Join pop-up minyanim
  • Push notifications
  • Tzenters mode for nearby alerts
  • Global location support
Features
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Ever find yourself in a random place with no kavua minyan nearby? You can now create & join a pop-up minyan anywhere in the world! With Push notifications, easy to use, and "Tzenters mode" to automatically be alerted when there are pop-up minyanim near you, and many other improved features!

About

B'Aeretz

This travel companion offers detailed information for observant visitors to Israel, including kosher kitchens, Shabbat times, and nearby religious sites. It functions offline and helps plan itineraries based on opening hours and walking preferences.

Highlights
  • Offline functionality
  • Kosher kitchen certification details
  • Shabbat and holiday times
  • Mikveh locations
  • Guided walking tours
  • Customizable trip planning
Features
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B'Aeretz is a travel companion for observant visitors to Israel, built around the questions you actually ask: is this kitchen certified and by whom, what time does Shabbat come in here, where is the nearest mikveh, and can I still get there before everything shuts. It works with no signal. Everything is on the phone — the whole of the Old City with the reception it deserves, a plane, the Judean desert. WHAT IS IN IT • 366 places to see, from the Kotel to Makhtesh Ramon • 221 kosher kitchens, with the certifying body named where it is published • 143 hotels, marked mehadrin where the hotel itself says so • 36 shuls and minyanim, with nusach • 9 mikvaot — address and telephone, deliberately no opening hours • 68 guided walks that read each stop aloud as you reach it • 16 cities: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Haifa, Tiberias, Safed, Eilat and more SHABBAT AND CHAG Candle lighting and havdalah for wherever you are standing, not for a city you are not in. Yom tov dates are bundled into the app through 2028, so a chag is recognised with no connection. Nothing is listed as open on Shabbat unless it genuinely is, and a reminder will never fire once Shabbat has begun. KASHRUT, HONESTLY Certification is reported as the certifying bodies publish it, and the app says which body — Rabbanut, Mehadrin, Badatz, Tzohar — rather than a badge that means nothing. Where a kitchen's supervision could not be confirmed, it says so and tells you to ask. The teudah on the wall is always the answer. PLAN A TRIP Answer three questions and the app builds a day-by-day itinerary around where you are staying, what is actually open, and how far you want to walk. Pin a day to another city and it plans that day there. Export it as a document, or read it on the phone. ALSO Zmanim, a Shabbat clock, walking routes with the climb shown, neighbourhood guides, a phrasebook, live currency, weather, and what is on this week. NO ACCOUNT. NO TRACKING. There is no sign-up, no analytics, no advertising, and no server of ours. Your location is used on the phone and never sent anywhere. Everything you save stays on your device. B'Aeretz is independent and not affiliated with any rabbinical authority, kashrut agency or government body. Always confirm kashrut against the certificate displayed at the establishment.

Screenshots

Tzenters3 screens
B'Aeretz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tzenters at 8 against B'Aeretz's 1. 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 — 5.0 for Tzenters against 5.0 for B'Aeretz. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tzenters has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tzenters versus B'Aeretz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTzentersB'Aeretz
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings8 — better1
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEliezer TarlowAvraham Egert

Customer experience

Tzenters

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

B'Aeretz

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Tzenters

No in-app purchases

None

B'Aeretz

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tzenters free?
Tzenters is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is B'Aeretz free?
B'Aeretz is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tzenters or B'Aeretz?
Tzenters and B'Aeretz are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Tzenters or B'Aeretz have ads?
Neither Tzenters nor B'Aeretz shows ads.

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