Hodu vs Tachlis
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hodu
Cultivate daily gratitude and mindfulness by recording thank-you notes to Hashem. Share your journey with friends and family, and participate in monthly challenges for a chance to win gift cards. Strengthen your connection to faith and the good in your life.
- Daily gratitude journaling
- Shared journals with friends/family
- Monthly gift card raffle
- Mindfulness and awareness growth
- Clean, distraction-free interface
- Secure and private entries
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Hodu — Your Daily Way to Thank Hashem Pause. Notice. Write. Take a moment to slow down and recognize Hashem’s kindness in your life — then write it down. With Hodu, you’ll discover how a small daily act of gratitude can bring more joy, awareness, and meaning to your days. What You Can Do with Hodu? - Create a Daily Gratitude Journal — Record your thank-you notes to Hashem every day and track your growing awareness of life’s blessings. - Share Gratitude with Others — Invite friends or family members to join your shared journal and build a positive habit together. - Stay Consistent and Get Rewarded — Complete 30 gratitude notes in a month and automatically enter our monthly gift card raffle. - Grow in Mindfulness — Learn to recognize Hashem’s kindness not only in big moments but also in the small, everyday details. - Support the Mission — By joining Hodu, you’re helping more people discover gratitude and faith through journaling. Why Hodu? Hodu is more than a journal — it’s a movement to live with awareness and appreciation. Each thank-you note you write strengthens your connection to Hashem and to the good in your life. The name Hodu comes from the Hebrew word “הודו”, meaning give thanks. It reminds us that gratitude is not just a feeling — it’s a way of life. How It Works? - Download the app and create your account. - Tap “Start Thanking Hashem” to write your first note of gratitude. - Add family or friends to a shared journal if you’d like to experience gratitude together. - Keep your daily streak — consistency strengthens the habit and opens new reflections. - Watch how your mindset shifts as you begin noticing the blessings around you every day. Who It’s For? - Anyone who wants to bring more positivity and faith into everyday life. - Families or friends who want to share gratitude and inspire each other. - People looking for a simple, spiritual tool to strengthen mindfulness and connection to Hashem. Features at a Glance: - Personal and shared gratitude journals - Clean, distraction-free interface - Secure account and private entries - Monthly gratitude challenges and rewards - Available in multiple languages Privacy and Security: Your notes are completely private and securely stored. We respect your confidentiality — your journal belongs only to you (and those you choose to share it with). Support the Mission: Your participation helps expand the Hodu community so more people can practice gratitude and faith daily. If you enjoy the app, consider supporting us through a donation or sharing Hodu with friends and family. Hodu. Thank Hashem. Live with Awareness. https://hodulashem.org
Tachlis
Explore Jewish self-knowledge with daily practices, a Hebrew birth chart, and a structured journal. All content is sourced from classical texts and made for offline use, ensuring your privacy.
- Hebrew birth chart (Mazal)
- Nightly structured journal (Cheshbon HaNefesh)
- 40-day practice tracker
- Psalm 100 with translation
- Vision board with sourced teachings
- Offline functionality
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Tachlis is a tool for Jewish self-knowledge, built on classical sources and made for daily use. Everything in it is sourced. Tap the ※ beside any teaching and you get the exact place it comes from — tractate and daf, chapter and verse — with the further references that stand behind it and a plain-English note on what each one holds. There are 91 sources and 266 supporting references, and you can browse the whole library inside the app. WHAT'S IN IT Mazal — your Hebrew birth chart Enter your birth date and, if you know it, the time and place. You get the Hebrew date, the month and its mazal, the letter, tribe, sense and organ assigned to it in Sefer Yetzirah, and a reading of the lunar nodes. The Hebrew date accounts for sunset, so an evening birth falls on the next Hebrew day, with daylight saving handled for historical dates. Cheshbon HaNefesh — the nightly accounting A short structured journal in the pattern Ramchal describes: what you're grateful for, what went well, what you'd do differently. It saves as you type. Your history is grouped and searchable, and you can back it up and restore it. 40 Days — one practice, held Take on a single giving practice and keep it for forty days, with a calendar to mark and encouragement along the way. Mizmor L'Todah Psalm 100 with translation line by line, how R. Shalom Arush teaches the Chok Todah, and the sources behind why it's built the way it is. Aliyah — your growth over time Vision Board — over 270 sourced teachings to keep close PRIVACY Nothing you write leaves your phone. There is no account, no sign-in, no server, no analytics, and no advertising. Tachlis collects no data of any kind. It works completely offline, including on a plane. SOURCES Sefer Yetzirah, Talmud Bavli, Zohar, the Arizal, Ramchal, Rambam, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the Baal Shem Tov, R. Shalom Arush, R. Israel Yakobov, and Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh, among others. Where a teaching is a contemporary custom or an oral tradition rather than a classical text, the app says so plainly and points to what it does rest on. Support: abeyelie@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tachlis at none against Hodu's shown. Tachlis also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Hodu's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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 Hodu against 5.0 for Tachlis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Hodu ships an update every 3 weeks, Tachlis daily. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hodu | Tachlis |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 52 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Penina Sauer | Avraham Egert |
Customer experience
Hodu
Tachlis
In-app purchases
Hodu
No in-app purchases
Tachlis
No in-app purchases









