Comparison

Friday Night Lights vs Shabbos!!שבת

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

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Friday Night Lights

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Never miss candle lighting again. Shabbat Candle Times sends you a gentle, perfectly-timed reminder before candle lighting every Friday — calculated precisely for your location. Simple and focused: • Enter your ZIP code once • Choose how many minutes before you want your reminder • That's it — you'll be reminded every week, automatically When Shabbat arrives, the app greets you with "Shabbat Shalom." After Havdalah, it quietly resets for the week ahead. Built with respect for your time and privacy: • No account required • No data collected • No ads, ever • Works entirely on your device Candle lighting and Havdalah times are calculated using trusted astronomical data for your exact location. Shabbat Shalom. Holidays such as Passover and Rosh Hashannah are not yet supported.

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Shabbos!!שבת

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Inspired by the Shabbat alerts in Jerusalem, the Shabbos App brings the thrill of Shabbat and Yom Tov arrival to your phone. Music starts 40 minutes before Shabbat and Yom Tov. A Shofar sounds at candle lighting and alerts you with the exact time of Issur Melacha (18 minutes after candle lighting) for over 100,000 cities. Shofar and the Arrival of Shabbat In the times of the Beit HaMikdash, Shabbat was announced publicly. The Gemara (Gemara Shabbat 35b)* describes how the shofar was blown on Friday afternoon: first to call workers in from the fields, then to stop labor in the city, to close shops, and finally to signal the official beginning of Shabbat. These blasts ensured that the entire community entered Shabbat together, prepared and aware — a reminder that Shabbat is not only kept, but welcomed. With Hashem’s help, speedily in our days, may the Beit HaMikdash be built, and may we once again hear the shofar announcing the arrival of Shabbat in Jerusalem. בהשראת התרעות השבת בירושלים, אפליקציית השבת מביאה את ההתרגשות של כניסת השבת ויום טוב אליך המוזיקה מתחילה 40 דקות לפני שבת או יום טוב, ובזמן הדלקת הנרות נשמע קול שופר, יחד עם התראה על הזמן המדויק של איסור מלאכה (18 דקות לאחר הדלקת הנרות), עבור למעלה מ־100,000 ערים ברחבי העולם השופר וקבלת השבת בימי בית המקדש, השבת הוכרזה בפומבי. בגמרא (שבת ל״ה ע״ב)* מתואר כיצד היו תוקעים בשופר שש תקיעות בערב שבת: תחילה כדי לקרוא לפועלים שבשדות לשוב לביתם, לאחר מכן להפסיק את המלאכה בעיר, לסגור את החנויות, ולבסוף להודיע על כניסתה הרשמית של השבת. תקיעות אלו הבטיחו שכל הציבור ייכנס לשבת יחד — מוכן ומודע — תזכורת לכך שהשבת אינה רק נשמרת, אלא מתקבלת בעזרת ה׳, במהרה בימינו, יבנה בית המקדש, ונשמע שוב את קול השופר המבשר את כניסת השבת בירושלים * Gemara Shabbat 35b - שבת ל״ה ע״ב

Screenshots

Friday Night Lights2 screens
Shabbos!!שבת4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Friday Night Lights at fortnightly against Shabbos!!שבת's every 6 weeks. 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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Friday Night Lights ships an update fortnightly, Shabbos!!שבת every 6 weeks. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
Friday Night Lights versus Shabbos!!שבת: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFriday Night LightsShabbos!!שבת
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan GoldnerAbraham Venismach

In-app purchases

None

Friday Night Lights

No in-app purchases

None

Shabbos!!שבת

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Friday Night Lights free?
Friday Night Lights is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Shabbos!!שבת free?
Shabbos!!שבת is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Friday Night Lights or Shabbos!!שבת have ads?
Neither Friday Night Lights nor Shabbos!!שבת shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Friday Night Lights or Shabbos!!שבת?
Friday Night Lights ships an update fortnightly, and Shabbos!!שבת every 6 weeks. Most recently, Friday Night Lights was updated on October 25, 2026 and Shabbos!!שבת on October 25, 2026.

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