Meah Brachot vs Kosher Switch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Meah Brachot
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Meah Brachot keeps the count for you — a hundred brachot a day, counted, not guessed. Shaḥarit, Minḥa, Arvit and a bread meal each log with one tap. Everything else you count as you say it: birkot hanehenin, brachot aḥaronot, besamim, birkot hamitzvot, brachot on thunder, lightning and a rainbow. The ring fills toward a hundred. Nothing is assumed — only what you said is counted. THE DAY RUNS BY THE ZMANIM The day turns over at tzet, not at midnight, for wherever you are. Arvit after tzet counts toward the new day. Davened Minḥa late, or bentched after dark? The day that just ended stays open until ḥatzot halayla, so it goes where it belongs. Netz, sof zman Kriat Shema, sof zman tefilla, ḥatzot, plag, shkiya and tzet are all computed on the phone, and follow you when you travel. REMINDERS AT THE ZMANIM THAT MATTER Every reminder is tied to the day's actual zmanim and has its own switch: sof zman Kriat Shema, sof zman Birkot Kriat Shema, Shaḥarit before ḥatzot, Minḥa before tzet, Arvit before ḥatzot halayla — and, if you want it, a check on your count before tzet when you're close to a hundred. A reminder fires only for a tefilla you haven't logged. Nothing fires on Shabbat or Yom Tov; motza'ei Shabbat and Yom Tov, one reminder to log Friday's Minḥa, erev Yom Tov, and that night's Arvit. STREAKS Turn on Streak mode to count consecutive days of a hundred. A flame once today is done, an hourglass while today still owes it, one warning before tzet. Shabbat and Yom Tov never break a streak. Off by default. THE TEXTS Every bracha opens to its full text, with the English under each word, in your nusach: Edut HaMizraḥ, Sefard or Ashkenaz. Al HaMiḥya composes itself from what you ate, and shows Retze, Ya'ale VeYavo and the festival insertions only on their day. ROSH ḤODESH AND YOM TOV Mussaf and Hallel appear on Rosh Ḥodesh, Ḥol HaMo'ed and Yom Tov; on Sukkot, netilat lulav and leshev basukkah. Each shows only on the days it is said, with the right number of brachot — seven for Mussaf, nine on Rosh Hashana. FOR WOMEN The women's count is its own, and follows the Sephardi psak that Ein Kelokeinu covers meah brachot b'dieved — shown as such, with the sources and the maḥloket cited in the app. MEKOROT The sugya from the Gemara through the Rambam, Tur, Shulḥan Aruch and the poskim of our day is cited inside the app, so you can see where each din comes from. As always, ask your rav. NO ACCOUNT, NO ADS No sign-in, no name. Your location stays on the phone; the app reports only anonymous usage statistics, described in the privacy policy. In English and Hebrew.
Kosher Switch
This app transforms your iPhone into a kosher phone with a single tap, offering customizable app access and a simplified home screen. It includes religious tools like a siddur, compass, and tefillin mirror, along with a smart assistant.
- One-tap kosher mode activation
- Customizable app selection
- Blocked app installation
- Filtered web browsing
- Siddur and Tehillim
- Jerusalem compass
- Tefillin mirror
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Kosher Switch turns your iPhone into a kosher phone with one tap, and back again with a code. Works on iPhone and iPod touch with iOS 15 or newer. On iOS 15 (iPod touch), Apple allows it only on a child's device in Family Sharing. FOR PARENTS AND FOR YOURSELF Set up your child's iPhone with Family Sharing, or use it on your own phone and let someone you trust (a spouse, parent or rav) choose the code. In kosher mode, only the person with the code can switch the phone back. ONLY THE APPS YOU CHOOSE Choose the apps you keep, like Phone, Messages, WhatsApp, Camera and Maps. Up to 50 apps disappear from the Home Screen, and every other app shows the kosher screen instead of opening. Installing apps is blocked in kosher mode, and Kosher Switch can't be deleted. NO BROWSER. OUR ADVICE. We believe a kosher phone shouldn't have a web browser at all, not even a filtered one. So websites start fully blocked, Safari included. If you really need it, the kosher filter keeps Safari clean: adult sites and image search are blocked, Kosher Pictures covers pictures of people, and pages and searches with unsuitable words don't open. Other browsers get no internet in kosher mode. The choice is yours. A CALM KOSHER HOME SCREEN Kosher Home Screen widgets show a big clock, the Hebrew date and your apps as a calm list, like a minimalist phone. The כשר button in Control Center switches modes, and a Kosher Focus gives the phone its own wallpaper. EVERYTHING INCLUDED • Siddur and Tehillim (Ashkenaz, Sefard and Edot HaMizrach), with the daily and weekly Tehillim and chapter-by-chapter reading. • A compass to Jerusalem: from your exact location to the Temple Mount, with a built-in level and gentle haptics when you face it. • A tefillin mirror: the front camera checks that your shel rosh sits in the middle and on the hair, not the forehead. Nothing is recorded. • A luach with zmanim for where you are, what you can still pray now and how long is left, and optional reminders. • Notes with drawing, and an assistant powered by Apple Intelligence that calls, texts, sets alarms and remembers who's who. • English or Hebrew, with prayer names in Hebrew. PLANS Kosher mode needs a Personal or Family subscription, monthly or yearly. Personal monthly starts with a 2-week free trial for new subscribers. Family is shared with up to 5 family members through Family Sharing. Turning kosher mode off never needs a plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in Settings → Apple Account → Subscriptions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ PRIVATE No account, no ads and no tracking. Kosher Switch uses Apple's Screen Time on your iPhone; nothing you do is sent to us.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Kosher Switch at 15.0 against Meah Brachot's 17.0. 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Meah Brachot | Kosher Switch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shiron Youseflaleh | Itai Elishakov |
In-app purchases
Meah Brachot
No in-app purchases
Kosher Switch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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