Comparison

Siddur vs HebrewBooks

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

Head to head
About

Siddur

Access the classic Tehillat Hashem Siddur with a smart layout. Features all prayers and blessings, a Zmanim calculator for halachic times, a hyperlinked table of contents, Tefillin mirror, and a Mizrach compass.

Highlights
  • Classic Hebrew Siddur
  • Smart suggested prayers
  • Halachic Zmanim calculator
  • Hyperlinked table of contents
  • Tefillin mirror
  • Mizrach Compass
Features
Currently charting
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The classic Siddur you love is now available wherever you are. Features the Tehillat Hashem Siddur (Classic Hebrew Edition) now with a smart siddur layout. Features: * All the prayers and blessings with smart suggested prayers based on halachic times for your location * A "Zmanim" calculator that will give you the proper Halachic times for your location. * Hyperlinked table of contents * Tefillin mirror * Mizrach Compass The Siddur that's always there for you. סידור תהילת ה' במהדורה המקורית הקלאסית ניתן להשיג את הסידור שהתרגלתם לו מאז ומתמיד בכל מקום שהוא כולל את סידור תהילת ה' (המהדורה הקלאסית) כולל : • כל התפילות והברכות עם ניווט קל • חישוב אוטומטי של זמני ההלכה בכל מקום • מפתח התוכן עם קישור אוטומטי • ראי לתפילין • מצפן למצוא את ה"מזרח" הסידור שתמיד לצידך.

About

HebrewBooks

Access a vast digital library of over 65,000 religious texts optimized for mobile. Browse, download, and read seforim with an intuitive interface, even offline. Contribute to its development as it's currently in beta.

Highlights
  • Complete digital library access
  • Tens of thousands of seforim
  • PDF download for offline use
  • Enhanced mobile reading experience
  • Intuitive navigation and gestures
  • Community contribution welcome
Features
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HebrewBooks.org – The Ryzman Edition Experience the entire HebrewBooks digital library—beautifully optimized for mobile—in The Ryzman Edition of the official HebrewBooks.org App. Access over 65,000 digitized seforim from anywhere in the world, now in a powerful, modern, mobile-friendly interface designed for learners, researchers, and lovers of Torah scholarship. Features Complete HebrewBooks Library (The Ryzman Edition) Browse and download tens of thousands of seforim across all genres of Torah learning. PDF Download Download seforim in PDF format to share and learn without an internet connection. Enhanced Mobile Viewer Enjoy a clean, fast, mobile-optimized reading experience. Smooth, Intuitive Navigation Navigate seforim with intuitive gestures and mobile-optimized controls. Community Collaboration and Feedback The Ryzman Edition of the HebrewBooks.org App is currently in beta. As we move to a full release, we warmly invite developers, designers, and contributors to help improve and expand the app. Whether you want to enhance performance, add new features, or help refine the user interface, we welcome your contributions. To learn about contributing, or to suggest feedback, please email app@hebrewbooks.org. Join us in building the next generation of HebrewBooks mobile learning tools. Acknowledgments We extend our heartfelt gratitude to Daniel Farkas, whose expertise, dedication, and countless hours of development brought this Ryzman Edition of the HebrewBooks App to life. His work has helped make the wealth of our Torah heritage accessible to learners everywhere. About HebrewBooks.org HebrewBooks.org—The Ryzman Edition—is a project of The Society for the Preservation of Hebrew Books, dedicated to the preservation, digitization, and dissemination of seforim. Our mission is to ensure that rare, out-of-print, and essential Torah works remain accessible to Jews around the world.

Screenshots

Siddur3 screens
HebrewBooks3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: HebrewBooks at Free against Siddur's $5.99. HebrewBooks also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and review sentiment (100% vs 69%). Siddur's advantage is chart position (#97 vs unranked) and ratings volume (25 vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

HebrewBooks is free to download; Siddur costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HebrewBooks holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Siddur has 25 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Siddur's written reviews are positive against 100% of HebrewBooks's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Siddur ships an update every 3 months, HebrewBooks fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Siddur versus HebrewBooks: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSiddurHebrewBooks
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (25 ratings)5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings25 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
Best chart rank#97 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB32 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperChabad.org Jewish AppsHebrewbooks.org

Customer experience

Siddur

All ratings24 ratings
Positive79.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.8%
Written reviews48 reviews
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.0%

HebrewBooks

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Siddur

No in-app purchases

None

HebrewBooks

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Siddur free?
Siddur costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is HebrewBooks free?
HebrewBooks is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Siddur or HebrewBooks?
HebrewBooks is rated higher. Siddur averages 4.0 out of 5 from 25 ratings, while HebrewBooks averages 5.0 from 5 ratings.
Do Siddur or HebrewBooks have ads?
Neither Siddur nor HebrewBooks shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Siddur or HebrewBooks?
Siddur ships an update every 3 months, and HebrewBooks fortnightly. Most recently, Siddur was updated on November 11, 2026 and HebrewBooks on October 30, 2026.

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