Siddur vs TorahApp
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Siddur
This app provides a complete annotated prayer book with English translation, featuring smart prayers, easy navigation, and a Halachic times calculator. It also includes a Tefillin mirror and Mizrach compass for convenient use.
- Complete annotated prayer book
- English translation
- Smart prayers
- Halachic times calculator
- Tefillin mirror
- Mizrach compass
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The Annotated Siddur with English Translation that you love is now available wherever you are. Features the complete Tehillat Hashem Annotated Siddur, in regular page form (tzurat hadaf). Features: * Smart prayers * All the prayers and blessings with easy navigation * 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. הסידור במהדורה מוערת – ניתן להשיג בכל מקום סידור תהילת ה' במהדורה מוערת באנגלית בצורת הדף של הסידור הנדפס 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.
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 price: TorahApp at Free against Siddur's $5.99. TorahApp also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.2) and review sentiment (87% vs 57%). Siddur's advantage is chart position (#41 vs unranked). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
TorahApp is free to download; Siddur costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TorahApp holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 44 and 122 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Siddur's written reviews are positive against 87% of TorahApp's.
Siddur ships an update every 3 months, TorahApp every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Siddur | TorahApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.2 (44 ratings) | 4.8 (122 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.6% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 | 122 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Best chart rank | #41 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chabad.org Jewish Apps | Herztech LLC |
Customer experience
Siddur
TorahApp
Bugs and requests
Siddur
Reported bugs
11 issues- Zoom feature directs to table of contents
- Pinch to zoom crops text
- Prayer before retiring missing sections
- App crashes on iOS 15 and up
- App crashes after updates
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- Lost Shema at bedtime
- App crashes upon opening
- Zmanim incorrect due to location issue
- App won't open on iOS 8
- Constant crash at opening (resolved)
- Crashes upon starting (resolved)
Requested features
22 requests- Indicate Jerusalem direction on compass
- Add dark mode
- Add font size adjustment
- Add Tehillim
- Russian language version
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- Transliteration for all prayers
- Alarms/reminders/calendar integrations
- Add Shabbat prayers
- Add page numbers
- Restore Shabbat service and Yom Tov Torah readings
- Add voiceover feature for blind users
- Add 'flow' function
- Add English translation
- Add bookmarking
- Add conclusion of Shabbat prayers
- Add 2-page view
- Fix location services for zmanim
- Add Hebrew-only option
- Add side-by-side Hebrew/English view
- Add option to turn off English
- Add option for all Hebrew or all English siddur
- Make carousel full page
TorahApp
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Siddur
No in-app purchases
TorahApp
No in-app purchases
