Omer Counter & Assistant vs GateGoing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Omer Counter & Assistant
This app helps users count the Omer with smart reminders, a log to track progress, and time remaining for each day's count. It offers daily meditations, English translations of prayers, and an interactive prayer trainer to learn the blessing.
- Daily Omer reminders
- Omer Count Log
- Time remaining for count
- Daily meditations
- English prayer text
- Interactive prayer trainer
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Get Omer reminders, Omer blessings, daily meditations and more. Never miss counting the Omer with up to three smart daily reminders. Keep track of your count with the Omer Count Log. See how much time remains for each day’s count. Add meaning to your Omer count with daily meditations. Not a hebrew reader? The prayer text including the blessing are also available in English. Learn to read the blessing like a pro with our interactive Omer Prayer Trainer. Plus: Quick start guide to Omer, insights and more. Sefiras HaOmer is now easier than ever! (Sefira or Sefirah means counting in Hebrew)
GateGoing
Control and share access to phone-activated gates and barriers. Open your own gates with a click, grant access to others easily, and access shared parking lots and community gates.
- Control phone-activated gates
- Share gate access
- Access public/private parking
- Navigate to parking stalls
- Manage community gates
- Controlled user access
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פתח ושתף שערים המופעלים בשיחת טלפון Open your gates and barriers, share access with family and friends, get access to other gates from GateGoing users. Use private and public parking lots, open, enter and navigate to your stall using GateGoing. Manage community, private and public gates and barriers, provide controlled access to selected users and groups. Why GateGoing? - Take control of your phone activated Gates - Open any Gate you have access to with a click of a button, no more dialing a phone number! - Share access to your gates without having to do any complicated configurations - Get access to gates, barriers and parking lots, just click to enter - Smart parking lot navigation and routing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GateGoing at 75% against Omer Counter & Assistant's 31%. GateGoing also leads on rating (3.9 vs 3.4) and update cadence (every 10 days vs monthly). Omer Counter & Assistant's advantage is ratings volume (304 vs 19). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
GateGoing holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Omer Counter & Assistant has 304 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 31% of Omer Counter & Assistant's written reviews are positive against 75% of GateGoing's.
Omer Counter & Assistant ships an update monthly, GateGoing every 10 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Omer Counter & Assistant | GateGoing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.4 (304 ratings) | 3.9 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 30.7% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 304 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Chabad.org Jewish Apps | Control Monkeys Ltd. |
Customer experience
Omer Counter & Assistant
GateGoing
Bugs and requests
Omer Counter & Assistant
Reported bugs
4 issues- App won't open
- Incorrect date/count display
- Notifications not working
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS
Requested features
4 requests- Option to disable audio
- Customizable notification times
- Sync across devices
- Multi-language support
GateGoing
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Omer Counter & Assistant
No in-app purchases
GateGoing
No in-app purchases
Questions
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