Comparison

Shalom Table vs HolyNote

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

Head to head
About

Shalom Table

Features
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Shalom Table helps you prepare for, host, and share Shabbat and Jewish holiday meals — whether it is your first time or your thousandth. It answers four questions the moment you open it: what is coming next, exactly when it begins and ends where you are, what to prepare, and what your family can read and talk about at the table. TIMES YOU CAN CHECK Candle lighting, sunset, and Havdalah for your location, with the reasoning shown. Not just "6:58 PM", but "6:58 PM — Phoenix, Arizona — 18 minutes before sunset — general Diaspora setting". Every time names where it applies and how it was worked out. Customs are not universal, so they are settings rather than assumptions. Choose the Israel or Diaspora calendar, your candle-lighting practice, and how Havdalah is determined — or say you are not sure and get careful general defaults with a nudge to confirm with your own community. Where a time genuinely cannot be calculated — far-northern locations in midsummer, for instance — the app says so plainly and points you to local guidance. It will never show you an invented time. A HOST'S PLAN A preparation timeline that counts backward from candle lighting, so you know when to finish cooking and when to set the table. An editable checklist that adds holiday-specific items on its own. Roles you can assign around the table and reuse each week. READY BEFORE IT BEGINS Many households prefer not to use a phone once Shabbat starts. So the printable packet is a core feature, not an afterthought: times, dates, the order of the evening, the blessings, the reading, and discussion questions — on paper, before you need them. Everything also works offline. A DUAL CALENDAR Hebrew and Gregorian together, with holidays, Torah portions, fasts, and Rosh Chodesh. It shows clearly that a Jewish day begins the evening before, so a holiday never appears to start at midnight. FOR THE WHOLE TABLE The weekly Torah portion with a short passage and discussion material written for who is actually there — young children, older children, teenagers, adults, or a mixed family where the conversation moves through all of them in turn. All 53 weekly portions have material for every one of them, at five lengths from a single question to a full source sheet. Where a passage or a piece of material has not been written and reviewed yet, the app says so plainly rather than filling the gap with generated text. BLESSINGS Hebrew with and without vowel marks, with transliteration you can read aloud, alongside English, with the instructions for each step. Every text shows its source and license. WIDGETS AND SIRI Candle lighting and the Hebrew date at a glance on your Home and Lock Screen. Ask Siri when Shabbat ends. PRIVACY No account. No sign-in. No advertising. No data sold. Nothing is collected about children — you pick an age range for content, never a name or a birthday. Your location is used to work out times and is not kept as a history, and you can delete all location data in one tap. ABOUT PRACTICE Jewish practice varies by community and family. Shalom Table shows its sources and labels its assumptions, and it is not a substitute for your rabbi or your local community's guidance. Where our defaults and your practice differ, yours governs. Free, with no in-app purchases.

About

HolyNote

This app helps you capture, organize, and reflect on sermons and scripture. It uses AI to transcribe, summarize, and generate study materials from your recordings and Bible scans. Build a daily reflection rhythm and organize your notes for offline access.

Highlights
  • AI-powered transcription and summarization
  • Sermon recording and note-taking
  • Bible passage scanning and review
  • Structured summaries and insights
  • Daily reflection prompts and prayer
  • Offline scripture reading and organization
  • Local content storage
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Remember what you hear. Understand what you read. Carry it into your day. SUBSCRIPTION REQUIRED A paid, auto-renewable HolyNote Premium subscription is required to continue after onboarding and use the app. The weekly plan may include a 3-day free trial for eligible new subscribers; the annual plan does not include a free trial. Prices, billing periods, and renewal terms are shown before purchase. Existing locally saved content remains readable if Premium later expires; creating new recordings, imports, Scripture studies, or AI results requires active Premium access. HolyNote is a personal space for sermon notes and Scripture reflection. Record a sermon or import an audio file, then ask AI to organize the source into a transcript, structured summary, Scripture references, insights, and review flashcards when supported by the material. SCAN SCRIPTURE WITH A REVIEW-FIRST FLOW Photograph a Bible passage or choose an image from your library. Text recognition begins on your device. HolyNote then helps identify the passage and lets you review or correct the detected verses before requesting an AI study. The scan photo itself is not uploaded in this flow. CAPTURE SERMONS YOUR WAY • Record live audio while adding your own notes • Attach a photo of a slide, handout, or key moment • Import a supported audio file from Files • Keep the recording and completed note in your local library TURN SOURCES INTO USEFUL NOTES Depending on the source, HolyNote can create: • A structured summary and key takeaways • A transcript, with timestamps when reliable timing is available • Scripture references and contextual insights • Reflection prompts, prayer, and review flashcards BUILD A GENTLE DAILY RHYTHM Move through Verse, Teaching, and Prayer in a short daily reflection. Resume where you left off, complete the day intentionally, and follow a streak based on your actual completed days. READ AND ORGANIZE Read Scripture offline, search passages, highlight verses, add personal verse notes, and return to saved passages. Pin important notes and organize them into folders. YOUR CONTENT AND AI Your note library and progress are stored locally on this device. When you choose an AI feature, the selected audio, reviewed passage text, link, or question is sent to the HolyNote service for processing. AI output can be incomplete or incorrect, so compare important conclusions with the original source and Scripture. Only record or process content when you have permission. TERMS OF USE https://jomats1337.github.io/holynote-legal/terms/ PRIVACY POLICY https://jomats1337.github.io/holynote-legal/privacy/

Screenshots

Shalom Table4 screens
HolyNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: HolyNote at #117 against Shalom Table's unranked. 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Shalom Table versus HolyNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterShalom TableHolyNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Subscription
Best chart rank—#117 — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB75 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperOmnia Data Analytics LLCTetste

In-app purchases

None

Shalom Table

No in-app purchases

None

HolyNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Shalom Table free?
Shalom Table is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HolyNote free?
HolyNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Shalom Table or HolyNote have ads?
Neither Shalom Table nor HolyNote shows ads.

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