Real Clear Daf vs Shas Illuminated
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)
Shas Illuminated
This app offers clear and concise explanations of complex Talmudic discussions, presented by esteemed scholars. It aims to deepen users' understanding of the Daf, transforming their learning experience.
- Clear and concise sugya explanations
- Deeper understanding of the Daf
- Presented by esteemed Talmidei Chachamim
- Transforms learning experience
- Daily shiurim for hundreds of listeners
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Shas Illuminated hires a team of esteemed Talmidei Chachamim who are able to distill and present the ikar sugyos on the Daf in a clear and concise way giving the listener a deeper understanding of the Daf. Hundreds of listeners benefit each day from the Shas Illuminated shiurim. Many people, including Magidei Shiur, Daf Yomi learners and Kollel Yungeleit have expressed that Shas Illuminated has transformed their learning and enabled them to understand a Daf in a way they were never able to before.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Real Clear Daf at 96% against Shas Illuminated's 57%. Real Clear Daf also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (191 vs 32). On price, update cadence, 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
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 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 96% of Real Clear Daf's written reviews are positive against 57% of Shas Illuminated's.
Real Clear Daf ships an update every 6 weeks, Shas Illuminated every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Clear Daf | Shas Illuminated |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (191 ratings) — better | 4.6 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 95.9% of reviews — better | 57.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 191 — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 50 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real Clear Daf Inc. | Shas Illuminated Inc |
Customer experience
Real Clear Daf
Shas Illuminated
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
Shas Illuminated
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Real Clear Daf
No in-app purchases
Shas Illuminated
No in-app purchases
Questions
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