Real Clear Daf vs Mafteiach
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Clear Daf
This Torah app provides an interactive e-Gemara experience, featuring audio lessons, progress tracking, and note-taking capabilities. Access a built-in Aramaic-English dictionary and get answers to your Daf questions.
- Play/download Daf Yomi audio shiurim
- Speed up audio playback
- Track Shas progress
- Highlight, underline, and take notes
- Built-in Aramaic-English dictionary
- Ask the Kollel Daf questions
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RealClearDaf.com's famous Daf Yomi shiurim have been neatly arranged in this highly intelligent Torah app! This app puts an interactive e-Gemara in your pocket with the following features: * Easily play/download Real Clear Daf's Daf Yomi audio shiurim * Speedup the shiur *Track your progress through Shas * Hold down words to highlight, underline, or take notes in your Gemara. * Look up thousands of words in the built-in Aramaic-English Talmudic dictionary. * Ask the Kollel your Daf questions * User support via email or phone App Developed by Sifra Digital (www.sifradigital.com)
Mafteiach
Access a comprehensive collection of the Rebbe's teachings, including Sichos, Farbrengen, and Ma'amorim, organized by date. Explore various formats like text, audio, and video, with a complete index of Likuttei Sichos and searchable content.
- Complete index of Rebbe's Sichos, Farbrengen, Ma'amorim
- Multiple formats: text, audio, video
- Index of Likuttei Sichos
- Searchable content index
- Organized by date
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Interactive Mafteiach - Learning the Rebbe's Sichos has never been easier The app includes: • A complete index of all the Rebbe's Sichos, Farbrengen's and Ma'amorim, in order of date. • All Sichos, easy access, in every format possible: Hanocho Bilti Mugeh, Mugeh, Likuttei Sichos, Hagohos, Audio, and Video. • A complete index of Likuttei Sichos. • A searchable תוכן הענינים of each Sicha in Likuttei Sichos. • And much more. Made in partnership with RebbeDrive
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Real Clear Daf at 4.8 against Mafteiach's 4.6. Real Clear Daf also leads on ratings volume (191 vs 24). On price, review sentiment, 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.
Real Clear Daf holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Clear Daf has 191 ratings behind it against 24, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 96% of Real Clear Daf's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mafteiach's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 10, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Clear Daf | Mafteiach |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (191 ratings) — better | 4.6 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 191 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.5 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real Clear Daf Inc. | Pape Shneur Zalman |
Customer experience
Real Clear Daf
Mafteiach
Bugs and requests
Real Clear Daf
Reported bugs
5 issues- Downloads don't work properly
- iPhone SE incompatibility despite app store listing
- App crashes when changing country during registration
- Login process fails for users outside USA
- App blocks all access if login fails
Requested features
3 requests- Dark mode option
- Improved international registration support
- Better device compatibility across all iPhone models
Mafteiach
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Real Clear Daf
No in-app purchases
Mafteiach
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Real Clear Daf free?
Is Mafteiach free?
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