YU Zmanim vs Learn to Daven
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YU Zmanim
Find minyanim times and locations on the Wilf campus with a single click. This app is a convenient resource for students and faculty who need quick access to prayer schedules.
- One-click minyanim lookup
- Campus prayer schedules
- Wilf campus specific
- Convenient for on-the-go
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This app is a one-click way to find when and where the next minyanim are on the wilf campus. A great resource for those who do not have a web browser!
Learn to Daven
Understand Jewish prayers with short, guided lessons. This app offers Hebrew text, transliteration, and explanations for daily services. Learn at your own pace with offline access and customizable features.
- Step-by-step prayer lessons
- Hebrew, transliteration, and explanations
- Multiple prayer service options
- Offline audio narration
- Customizable text and preferences
- Progress tracking with sparks and badges
- Daily lesson calendar
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Understand the prayers you say, one short lesson at a time. Learn to Daven guides you through Shacharit with Hebrew, transliteration and clear explanations. Follow the lesson path with Ari the lion, revisit what you have learned, and build a prayer practice at your own pace. LEARN ONE IDEA AT A TIME Each lesson brings together a short story, Hebrew with nikkud, transliteration, an English translation, explanations and sources. Choose Full or Simple lessons, read a longer teaching, or listen with pause and speed controls. A SIDDUR YOU CAN FOLLOW Explore the weekday morning service in Ashkenaz, Sefard or Edot HaMizrach. Jump to a prayer, return to your saved place, and open the lessons connected to its words. Choose the prayer wording you prefer where supported, and change your preferences in Settings. LISTEN AND LEARN OFFLINE Download available narration for Days 1-46 when you want it. Recordings are optional downloads, so they do not make the initial app download larger. Once installed, they work offline. The app also provides device speech for supported text without a recording. BUILD A GENTLE DAILY HABIT - Follow a lesson calendar that pauses for Shabbos and Jewish holidays. - Set an optional reminder for upcoming lesson days. - Review what you have learned and earn sparks and badges. - Save lessons and keep private notes on your device. - Adjust text size, appearance and reading preferences. - Use the app in English or Spanish. - Translate lesson explanations into Spanish, French or Portuguese on iOS 18 and later, with optional Apple language downloads. No account is required to learn. Lessons and the Siddur are available offline; content updates, first-time audio and language downloads, and optional email signup require a connection. Email updates are entirely optional. Your learning progress, prayer preferences and personal notes stay on your device. A Torah project by Zoli Honig. Sponsored by Short Form Media.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Learn to Daven at daily against YU Zmanim's every 2 weeks. Learn to Daven also leads on ratings volume (23 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 — 5.0 for YU Zmanim against 5.0 for Learn to Daven. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn to Daven has 23 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
YU Zmanim ships an update every 2 weeks, Learn to Daven daily. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.
| Parameter | YU Zmanim | Learn to Daven |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 23 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 2 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yitzchok Gray | ZZTech |
Customer experience
YU Zmanim
Learn to Daven
In-app purchases
YU Zmanim
No in-app purchases
Learn to Daven
No in-app purchases









