YU Mobile vs OU Torah
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YU Mobile
Stay connected with Yeshiva University by accessing course catalogs, campus maps, library resources, and event calendars. Follow university news, view official media, and track athletics scores and schedules.
- Course catalog access
- Campus maps
- Library browsing
- University events calendar
- University news
- Athletics scores and schedules
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Connect with Yeshiva University wherever you are with YU Mobile. Plan your semester with our course catalog; find a campus location through the maps portal; browse the Yeshiva University library; access official University videos and images. From concerts to lectures, find out what’s happening on campus with the YU events calendar, and read the latest University headlines on YU News. Keep tabs on your favorite Yeshiva athletics teams with Maccabees scores, schedules and highlights—all from the palm of your hand. With YU Mobile, keeping in touch with Yeshiva University has never been easier!
OU Torah
Access a vast library of Jewish learning resources, including daily study programs and insightful lectures on Torah portions. Explore diverse topics from Jewish law to thought, with content from prominent speakers. Download lectures for offline review and create personal playlists.
- Daily learning programs (Daf Yomi, Nach Yomi)
- Lectures on weekly Torah portions
- Content on Jewish law, thought, and Bible
- Downloadable lectures for offline access
- Personalized playlist creation
- Content from prominent speakers
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It's like having a yeshiva in your pocket! The OU Torah app provides instant access to the world of Torah made available by the Orthodox Union on OUtorah.org (http://outorah.org/). With a single click, users can follow along with the OU’s many and varied daily learning programs, including Daf Yomi, Nach Yomi, Mishna Yomit, and Mishnah Brurah Yomi, as well as many insightful and thought-provoking shiurim on each week’s Torah portion. Delving deeper, users will discover many more noteworthy features, ranging from Nach (Bible) to Tefillah (prayer) and from Machshava (Jewish thought) to Halacha (Jewish law). Series on Mishlei, Yoreh Deah, Chovos HaLevavos, Shev Shmaysa, Sefer HaMitzvos, The 19 Letters, and Teshuvos Rebbe Akiva Eiger are just the start of the broad-reaching content the OU Torah app brings to you. Among the many prominent speakers and authors on OU Torah: Rabbi Shalom Rosner, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Rabbi Moshe Elefant, Rav Avraham Chaim Feuer, Rav Chaim Ilson, Rav Aharon Kahn, Rabbi Jack Abramowitz, Rabbi Zvi Sobolofsky, Rabbi Dr. Asher Meir (The Jewish Ethicist), Mrs. Shira Smiles, Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein, and many, many more. The OU Torah app provides new ways to enjoy all your favorite series. You can read divrei Torah and listen to shiurim on your phone or mobile device; you can download content to review later; you can set up your own personal playlists to enjoy things as you like best.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: YU Mobile at 59% against OU Torah's 5%. YU Mobile also leads on iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.6). OU Torah's advantage is rating (3.0 vs 2.4). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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.
OU Torah holds the better App Store score, 3.0 against 2.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 31 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 59% of YU Mobile's written reviews are positive against 5% of OU Torah's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
YU Mobile ships an update every 5 months, OU Torah every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | YU Mobile | OU Torah |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (13 ratings) | 3.0 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 58.8% of reviews — better | 4.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | YU Office of Alumni Affairs | Orthodox Union |
Customer experience
YU Mobile
OU Torah
In-app purchases
YU Mobile
No in-app purchases
OU Torah
No in-app purchases
