Real Clear Daf vs Zichru
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)
Zichru
This app offers a unique memory program designed to help users retain information from daily Talmudic study. It provides daily audio lessons, visual aids, and quizzes to enhance long-term recall and understanding of complex texts.
- 14-Day Video Coaching Program
- Daily audio shiur with time stamps
- Text of shiur with daily siman
- Daf illustration pop-ups
- PDF summary with illustration
- Sim-Animations
- Audio pop quizzes
- Playlist feature for personalized review
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Remember the Daf day after day and experience Daf Yomi on a completely new level. Discover the ground-breaking memory program designed specifically for Daf Yomi, that helps you remember three topics on every Daf with instant recall. Learn the most powerful and effective memory strategies and techniques that will help you establish long term success in retaining the Daf. Zichru is the perfect supplement to your favorite Daf Yomi shiur, for those interested in remembering what they learn in an organized and systematic way. The Zichru app gives you access to a 14-Day Coaching Program to help you get off to a strong start and to the comprehensive suite of materials produced for each Daf. Listen to the short (~20 minute) daily shiur which introduces and explains three topics on the Daf, followed by the siman, the memory aid, which enables one to recall which Daf the topics are on. The shiur also includes a quick eight-minute review of the previous four blatt and a ten-question pop quiz to test one’s recall. In addition, colorful illustrations and animations are provided to enhance visual and auditory recall. While the Zichru program has been developed for Daf Yomi and is following its current cycle, the program and materials will help anyone remember the masechta of their choice, regardless of learning pace. Program Features: - 14-Day Video Coaching Program to help you remember 14 blatt in 14 days - Daily audio shiur, with time stamps for personalized listening - Easy to read text of the shiur with the daily siman - Pop Up of Daf Illustration - PDF summary of the shiur (both English and Hebrew) with illustration - Sim-Animations for the Daf Siman - Audio Pop Quizzes - Playlist feature to personalize review of multiple shiurim and quizzes from different masechtos - Video Library of former and current coaching sessions - Easy to Print PDF Review Booklets for each masechta
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Zichru at 5.0 against Real Clear Daf's 4.8. Real Clear Daf's advantage is ratings volume (191 vs 19). 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.
Zichru holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Real Clear Daf has 191 ratings behind it against 19, 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 100% of Zichru's.
Real Clear Daf ships an update every 6 weeks, Zichru every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Real Clear Daf | Zichru |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (191 ratings) | 5.0 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 95.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 191 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| 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 | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real Clear Daf Inc. | Zichru Inc |
Customer experience
Real Clear Daf
Zichru
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
Zichru
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Real Clear Daf
No in-app purchases
Zichru
No in-app purchases
