Comparison

Yahrtzeit vs Glosshall

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

Head to head
About

Yahrtzeit

This app helps you track important memorial dates with accurate Hebrew date conversion and a clear upcoming timeline. It includes notes, photos, and prayer texts, with premium features for advanced reminders and calendar sync.

Highlights
  • Hebrew date conversion
  • Upcoming timeline view
  • Add names, notes, and photos
  • Prayer reader with Hebrew/English
  • Advance reminders
  • Calendar sync
  • Widgets and Siri integration
Features
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Yahrtzeit keeps memorial dates clear, organized, and easy to act on. Track every yahrtzeit with accurate Hebrew date conversion, after-sunset day handling, and a clean upcoming view that shows what is today, what is next, and what is coming soon. Add names, notes, photos, and memorial details in seconds. When it is time to pray, everything is ready. Open Kaddish Al Yisrael, Hashkavah, Patach Eliyahu, Rabbi Chananya, Amar Ribi Aba, and a graveside reflection in a focused reader with Hebrew and English options, flexible layouts, and comfortable typography. Practical by design: • Smart upcoming timeline • Fast search, filters, and sorting • Notes, photos, and memorial details • Clean prayer reader • Hebrew and English date support Lifetime Premium features: • Advance reminders and alerts • Calendar sync (Apple Calendar) • Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets • Siri and Shortcuts, Automations • Burial map previews and navigation • Custom naming, app icons, and appearance controls Built to help you remember, prepare, and stay on top of every yahrzeit with confidence. Download Yahrtzeit today.

About

Glosshall

Explore and compare scriptures from the Hebrew Bible, New Testament, and Qur'an side-by-side. Engage in discussions, share insights, and debate interpretations within a respectful, moderated community.

Highlights
  • Read scriptures side-by-side
  • Compare across Abrahamic traditions
  • Add personal annotations (glosses)
  • Engage in moderated debates
  • Join live discussion rooms
  • Direct messaging
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Glosshall is a home for reading scripture across the Abrahamic traditions — the Hebrew Bible, the New Testament, and the Qur'an — in one place, side by side. READ ACROSS TRADITIONS Open the Torah, the Gospels, the Qur'an, the Talmud, and the Hadith collections — in clear English, in one place. Choose your canon — Protestant, Catholic, or Orthodox — and your Bible holds the books your tradition actually reads. Most apps give you one tradition; Glosshall gives you all three. SEE THE TRADITIONS IN CONVERSATION Where a verse in one tradition echoes another, Glosshall lets you read them together — so a passage isn't just a line on a page, but part of a longer conversation across centuries and faiths. ADD YOUR GLOSS A gloss is a note in the margin. Share how a verse reads to you, ask a question, or offer context — and read what others from every tradition bring to the same words. Thoughtful, not noisy. DEBATE THE HARD QUESTIONS Glosshall is built for the conversations most apps avoid — where traditions genuinely differ, not just where they agree. Press a reading, defend a position, and take on interpretations from outside your own tradition. Disagreement is welcome here; contempt for the people in it is not. STUDY AND TALK TOGETHER Follow the discussion in the Commons, or drop into a live room to read and talk in real time. Message people directly to keep the conversation going. BUILT FOR RESPECT Glosshall is for people who take these texts seriously — curious, generous, and open to a tradition not their own. Community guidelines and active moderation keep it that way. Whether you're deep in your own tradition, curious what the others actually say, or reading without any faith at all, Glosshall is a serious place to read, question, debate and connect. Free to download. Read the world's scriptures — together.

Screenshots

Yahrtzeit4 screens
Glosshall4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Glosshall at none against Yahrtzeit's 2. Glosshall also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Yahrtzeit sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Glosshall asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Yahrtzeit against 5.0 for Glosshall. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yahrtzeit ships an update every 3 days, Glosshall every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Yahrtzeit versus Glosshall: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYahrtzeitGlosshall
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB42 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperAdam NiyazovOSCAR RENE FELIXBELTRAN

Customer experience

Yahrtzeit

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

Glosshall

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

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Yahrtzeit

One-time2
  • Premium Lifetime$4.99
  • Premium Family Lifetime$6.99
None

Glosshall

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yahrtzeit free?
Yahrtzeit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Glosshall free?
Glosshall is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yahrtzeit or Glosshall?
Yahrtzeit and Glosshall are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Yahrtzeit or Glosshall have ads?
Neither Yahrtzeit nor Glosshall shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yahrtzeit or Glosshall?
Yahrtzeit ships an update every 3 days, and Glosshall every 2 days. Most recently, Yahrtzeit was updated on October 16, 2026 and Glosshall on October 9, 2026.

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