Comparison

Musical Siddur vs DeadGraph

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

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About

Musical Siddur

Enhance your daily prayers with inspiring melodies. Tap any verse to hear associated songs, deepening your connection to Tefillah. Features include smart prayer selection, favorites, and customizable modes.

Highlights
  • Tap and play associated melodies
  • Discover song details and streaming links
  • Ad-free and privacy-focused experience
  • Save favorite tunes
  • Intelligent daily prayer selection
  • Searchable prayer text
  • Light and dark modes
Features
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Musical Siddur - each line of Davening now with song! Musical Siddur transforms your daily prayers by connecting lines of the Siddur & Tehillim to beautiful and inspiring melodies. Rediscover the beauty of Tefillah by tapping on any verse to hear a song that brings the words to life. Designed with simplicity in mind, this app is your perfect companion for a meaningful Tefillah experience. Please do not use as a replacement Siddur as there can be spelling mistakes and bugs in the text. KEY FEATURES: Tap & Play: Tap on any prayer line to instantly play an associated melody. Deepen Your Connection: Long-press on a verse to see song details, find the track on streaming services, or suggest a new song. Privacy First: No ads, no trackers, and no personal data collection. Your prayer is private. You may choose to link your Apple Music or Spotify account in the app. Favorites: Love a particular tune? Add it to your personal Favorites list for quick access. Smart Siddur: The app intelligently shows the correct prayers for today, automatically including sections like Hallel, Tachanun, or Rosh Chodesh additions. Search Everywhere: Use the built-in search to jump directly to any Pasuk in the Siddur. Customizable: Daven comfortably day or night with Light and Dark modes. INCLUDED TEFILLOS: Shacharis Mincha Maariv Tehillim Birkas HaMazon Tefilas HaDerech And many more (Bris Milah, Sheva Brachos, etc.) Currently featuring Nusach Ashkenaz. A NOTE FROM THE CREATOR The inspiration for this app goes deep, looking back to one of our greatest leaders: Dovid HaMelech. He was the Ne’im Zemiros Yisrael, the Sweet Singer of Israel, who poured his entire soul into composing Sefer Tehillim. He reached the pinnacle of singing to Hashem. Yet, the Midrash tells us that after completing this monumental work, he was shown a humble frog by the water, croaking its praise. Hashem told him that the simple, pure song of that frog was, in some ways, even greater. That story has always stayed with me. Like Dovid HaMelech, and like all of Klal Yisrael, I have a deep desire to sing to Hashem. I'm not a composer or a singer; but I thought, what if I could take all the beautiful Zemiros created by the sweet singers of our own generation—the melodies that live in our hearts—and gather them together? This app is my song. It is my humble attempt to take the incredible musical gifts Hashem has given to others and weave them directly into the words of our Tefillos. Each tap isn't just playing a song; it's another note in our collective praise. My hope is that this app helps you find your Niggun, your personal connection, and brings a new layer of Geshmak and Kavanah to your davening. Inspired by the creativity of the "Thank You Hashem" band and the modern renaissance of Jewish music.

About

DeadGraph

Explore over 2,250 Grateful Dead shows with detailed soundboard, audience, and matrix recordings. Ask natural language questions to find specific songs, guest appearances, or show details, and then play the selected performance. Enjoy visualizers and seamless playback across devices.

Highlights
  • Access 2,250+ Grateful Dead shows
  • Natural language AI querying
  • Detailed recording information
  • Interactive show vault map
  • Eight built-in visualizers
  • CarPlay and AirPlay support
  • Offline downloads (Pro)
Features
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The shows. The songs. 1965-1995. 2,250+ Grateful Dead shows, with their soundboards, audience tapes and matrixes, straight from the Internet Archive. DeadGraph is a player for them, and a way to ask questions about them in plain language. ASK, DO NOT SEARCH "Longest Dark Star in 1972." "Shows where Branford sat in." "What did they open with at Cornell." Type it the way you would say it to a friend who knows, or just ask Siri: "Play Cornell 77 on DeadGraph." DeadGraph reads setlists, transitions, guest sit-ins and run histories, and answers with the show, then plays it. RECORDINGS, HONESTLY LABELED Many nights survive in several versions. DeadGraph lists the ones it has for each night with the source, the taper or transferer credit and the community rating, so you can pick the Miller transfer or the Betty board on purpose rather than by accident. THE VAULT, AT A GLANCE Thirty one rings, one per year, each show in DeadGraph a mark on its ring. Touch a year to go there. It is a map of the thing rather than a list of it. A LIGHT SHOW Eight visualizers built to be watched, not to fill space: liquid light, mandalas, prism folds, wormholes. Build your own color palettes, let it cycle through them on a timer, or leave it running on its own with no music at all, as a decoration. Works on the TV through AirPlay. BUILT FOR HOW PEOPLE ACTUALLY LISTEN CarPlay. AirPlay and Bluetooth output switching without leaving the app. Playlists. Background playback. Lock screen and Now Playing controls. iPhone, iPad and Mac, including landscape on the couch. FREE, AND MEANT TO STAY WORTH USING Browsing, listening, playlists and the whole light show are free. Free accounts get five AI questions a day. Pro raises that to five hundred and adds offline downloads, plus more playlists and chat threads, at 7.99 a month or 79.99 a year. Recordings are streamed from archive.org, where the taping community has kept them for decades. DeadGraph is not affiliated with the Grateful Dead or Rhino Entertainment. Terms of Use: https://deadgraph.com/terms Privacy Policy: https://deadgraph.com/privacy

Screenshots

Musical Siddur4 screens
DeadGraph4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: DeadGraph at 5.0 against Musical Siddur's 4.2. DeadGraph also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 11 days). Musical Siddur's advantage is monetization model (free vs freemium) and ratings volume (5 vs 1). 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

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

DeadGraph holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Musical Siddur has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musical Siddur ships an update every 11 days, DeadGraph every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Musical Siddur versus DeadGraph: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusical SiddurDeadGraph
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB54 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSteven BalgleyMyron Koch

Customer experience

Musical Siddur

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

DeadGraph

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

In-app purchases

None

Musical Siddur

No in-app purchases

None

DeadGraph

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Musical Siddur free?
Musical Siddur is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is DeadGraph free?
DeadGraph is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Musical Siddur or DeadGraph?
DeadGraph is rated higher. Musical Siddur averages 4.2 out of 5 from 5 ratings, while DeadGraph averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Musical Siddur or DeadGraph have ads?
Neither Musical Siddur nor DeadGraph shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musical Siddur or DeadGraph?
Musical Siddur ships an update every 11 days, and DeadGraph every 2 days. Most recently, Musical Siddur was updated on October 12, 2026 and DeadGraph on October 7, 2026.

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