Comparison

כתב יד בעברית vs Learn to Daven

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

Head to head
About

כתב יד בעברית

This app helps users learn Hebrew handwriting. It features animated letter guides, practice exercises, word writing, and a comparison between print and cursive letters. Designed to teach proper stroke direction and letter formation.

Highlights
  • Animated letter writing guides
  • Independent letter practice
  • Word writing exercises
  • Print vs. cursive comparison
  • Form filling practice
Features
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אפליקציה ללימוד כתב יד בעברית האפליקציה מחולקת ל4 חלקים: חלק ראשון לימוד שבו לכל אות יש אנימציה שמסבירה את כיוון הכתיבה ועל התלמיד למלא את האות בתוך התבנית המוכנה. חלק שני תרגול בו לכל אות יש מספר שורות של חזרה עצמאית על האות. חלק שלישי מילים בו רושמים לתלמיד מילה והיא מוצגת בראש הדף ועל התלמיד לחזור על הדוגמא. חלק רביעי השוואה בין אותיות כתב לאותיות דפוס תודה לשרון אופיר שיזמה את הרעיון ונתנה הערות .

About

Learn to Daven

Understand Jewish prayers with short, guided lessons. This app offers Hebrew text, transliteration, and explanations for daily services. Learn at your own pace with offline access and customizable features.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step prayer lessons
  • Hebrew, transliteration, and explanations
  • Multiple prayer service options
  • Offline audio narration
  • Customizable text and preferences
  • Progress tracking with sparks and badges
  • Daily lesson calendar
Features
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Understand the prayers you say, one short lesson at a time. Learn to Daven guides you through Shacharit with Hebrew, transliteration and clear explanations. Follow the lesson path with Ari the lion, revisit what you have learned, and build a prayer practice at your own pace. LEARN ONE IDEA AT A TIME Each lesson brings together a short story, Hebrew with nikkud, transliteration, an English translation, explanations and sources. Choose Full or Simple lessons, read a longer teaching, or listen with pause and speed controls. A SIDDUR YOU CAN FOLLOW Explore the weekday morning service in Ashkenaz, Sefard or Edot HaMizrach. Jump to a prayer, return to your saved place, and open the lessons connected to its words. Choose the prayer wording you prefer where supported, and change your preferences in Settings. LISTEN AND LEARN OFFLINE Download available narration for Days 1-46 when you want it. Recordings are optional downloads, so they do not make the initial app download larger. Once installed, they work offline. The app also provides device speech for supported text without a recording. BUILD A GENTLE DAILY HABIT - Follow a lesson calendar that pauses for Shabbos and Jewish holidays. - Set an optional reminder for upcoming lesson days. - Review what you have learned and earn sparks and badges. - Save lessons and keep private notes on your device. - Adjust text size, appearance and reading preferences. - Use the app in English or Spanish. - Translate lesson explanations into Spanish, French or Portuguese on iOS 18 and later, with optional Apple language downloads. No account is required to learn. Lessons and the Siddur are available offline; content updates, first-time audio and language downloads, and optional email signup require a connection. Email updates are entirely optional. Your learning progress, prayer preferences and personal notes stay on your device. A Torah project by Zoli Honig. Sponsored by Short Form Media.

Screenshots

כתב יד בעברית4 screens
Learn to Daven4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Learn to Daven at 100% against כתב יד בעברית's 0%. Learn to Daven also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.7) and update cadence (daily vs every 22 months). כתב יד בעברית's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (8 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Learn to Daven holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Learn to Daven has 23 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of כתב יד בעברית's written reviews are positive against 100% of Learn to Daven's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

כתב יד בעברית ships an update every 22 months, Learn to Daven daily. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
כתב יד בעברית versus Learn to Daven: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameterכתב יד בעבריתLearn to Daven
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.7 (3 ratings)5.0 (23 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings323 — better
Update frequencyEvery 22 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerrana nirZZTech

Customer experience

כתב יד בעברית

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral33.3%
Negative66.7%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Learn to Daven

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

כתב יד בעברית

No in-app purchases

None

Learn to Daven

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is כתב יד בעברית free?
כתב יד בעברית is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Learn to Daven free?
Learn to Daven is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, כתב יד בעברית or Learn to Daven?
Learn to Daven is rated higher. כתב יד בעברית averages 1.7 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Learn to Daven averages 5.0 from 23 ratings.
Do כתב יד בעברית or Learn to Daven have ads?
Neither כתב יד בעברית nor Learn to Daven shows ads.
Which is updated more often, כתב יד בעברית or Learn to Daven?
כתב יד בעברית ships an update every 22 months, and Learn to Daven daily. Most recently, כתב יד בעברית was updated on November 1, 2026 and Learn to Daven on October 31, 2026.

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