PortalDafHyomi vs TorahApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PortalDafHyomi
Access the entire Talmud conveniently on your device. Enjoy audio lessons in multiple languages, helpful articles, and a calendar to track your daily study progress. Find local lectures and utilize a powerful search function.
- Full Talmud text
- Audio lessons (Hebrew, English, Yiddish)
- Downloadable lessons
- Articles and books
- Daf Hayomi lecture map
- Search function
- Study tracking and notes
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כעת כל הש"ס בכף ידך ובחינם האפליקציה מכילה את הדברים הנפלאים הבאים. 1. כל הש"ס בצורה נוחה וגדולה 2. שיעורי שמע בעברית אנגלית ויידיש להאזנה והורדה 3. מאמרים ספרים עלונים וכלי עזר 4. מפה עם מידע על מקומות בהם מתקיימים שיעורי דף יומי 5. מערכת חיפוש בש״ס 6. לוח שנה לועזי\עברי הכולל את הדף הנלמד בכל יום ויום עם אפשרות לעקוב אחרי הלימוד על ידי סימון הדפים שנלמדו והוספת הערות. The whole Talmud in the palm of your hand: The App includes many great features: 1. The entire Talmud in clear fonts 2. Talmud lessons to listen to and download, in Hebrew, English and Yiddish 3. Articles, Leaflets,books and other helpful tools 4. A location map for venues in which you can attend "Daf Hayomi" lectures
TorahApp
Access a vast library of Torah texts, including translations, commentaries, and daily learning calendars. Listen to over 500,000 audio and video lectures, with offline access for learning on the go. Features include a smart siddur and Tikkun mode for leining practice.
- Thousands of Torah texts and commentaries
- English translations
- Smart siddur with calendar integration
- Daily learning calendars (Daf Yomi, Tanach Yomi)
- Tikkun mode for leining practice
- 500k+ audio and video shiurim
- Offline access for texts and shiurim
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All of Torah (texts, shiurim, translations, links, and more) in one TorahApp. TorahApp is perfect for enabling learning for all those "extra" minutes, in-depth learning, or as a siddur. Texts/Sefarim - Thousands of sefarim (Chumash/Parsha, Nach/Tanach, Halacha, Gemara, Daf Yomi, Miforshim, Mishna, Rambam, Siddur, Midrash, Chasidut, Musar, etc.) - English translations - Smart siddur (expanding/collapsing parts daving based on the calendar) - Commentaries, links, and in-line commentaries; and opening related texts - Multiple tabs each saving your spot - Daily learning calendars (Daf Yomi, Tanach Yomi, Shnayim Mikra, etc.) - Tikkun mode for practicing leining (including audio leining) - Offline texts for learning on your commute, airplane, beis midrash, etc. Shiurim - 500k+ audio, video shiurim - Shiurim from YUTorah & OUTorah - Shiurim can be browsed as standalone series or as related to opened sefarim - Podcast-like series enabling continual listening wherever you are - Learn on your commute with Apple CarPlay - Saves your custom speed for each series - Offline for listening on the subway Sefira / Sefirat HaOmer / Sefiras HaOmer. Count of the Omer reminder and checklist. More features rolling out all the time... (Feel free to ask us for features at thetorahapp.org@gmail.com.) Website: thetorahapp.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: TorahApp at every 5 days against PortalDafHyomi's every 5 weeks. TorahApp also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for PortalDafHyomi against 4.8 for TorahApp. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 207 and 122 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of PortalDafHyomi's written reviews are positive against 87% of TorahApp's.
PortalDafHyomi ships an update every 5 weeks, TorahApp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on August 28, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PortalDafHyomi | TorahApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (207 ratings) | 4.8 (122 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.6% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 207 — better | 122 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | BINYAMIN TRACHTMAN | Herztech LLC |
Customer experience
PortalDafHyomi
TorahApp
Bugs and requests
PortalDafHyomi
Reported bugs
11 issues- App does not open
- App crashes
- App freezes
- App not working on specific iPhone models (iPhone 7, 11, 11 Pro Max)
- App not working on iPad
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- Sideways view is broken
- Page flips upside down in sideways view
- App gets into a frozen state and becomes unusable
- Crashing when selecting audio Shiur
- Getting stuck on the last Shiur played
- Crashes on iOS 13.3
Requested features
3 requests- Ability to download an entire mesechta or SHAS at once
- Apple Pencil support for iPad app (notes, highlighting)
- A simpler and modern UI
TorahApp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
PortalDafHyomi
No in-app purchases
TorahApp
No in-app purchases
Questions
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