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SiddurApp app for iPhone and iPad


4.4 ( 7024 ratings )
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Developer: Omer Lev
Free
Current version: 1.0.5, last update: 7 years ago
First release : 15 Nov 2012
App size: 2.08 Mb

SiddurApp is a siddur application, enabling the users to view the Jewish prayer book on their iOS device. It currently contains only the Sephard (not "Edot Hamizrach", but the version commonly used by many Ashkenazi Israelis and various chasidim) version of the prayer book.

On activation, the "Smart" panel shows the relevant prayer for that time of day: If you have allowed the app to be know your location, it will use it to determine local prayer times (it may take a few seconds for it to locate your current location), otherwise, it will calculate the day as being between 6am-6pm. The "Smart" view includes several further features:-

• It shows only parts of prayer relevant for that specific day (e.g., no Chanuka prayers in Nissan).
• Short timed additions to prayer ("Aseret yemey tshuva", "Rosh chodesh") have partial bold appearance (i.e., some of the new text is bold). 30 days after rain/no-rain change, the changed text appears in bold.
• Uses GPS to determine if in Jerusalem for Purim, to show relevant prayer.

Upon activating the app, the "Times" panel icon (rightmost one) shows a small arrow, showing the direction of prayer ("beit hamikdash"). A counter counts down the time until the disappearance of the compass, which you can set in the app settings (including eliminating it completely). To see the direction again, you can see a compass within the "Times" section. Note that this works only if the user allowed the app to know your location, and if the app has been able to focus on a location and a direction within 10 seconds of activating the app.

To access any random prayer you want, press on the second button ("Prayer select"), and select your option from the list. You can use the choice in the top bar to select if you wish to see a "Smart" version - e.g., todays Shacharit - or a "Full", so you see all the options available for that prayer.

The current day "Birkat Hamazon" and "Tfilat Haderech" are accessible using the relevant tab bar panels. The "Times" panel contains all days prayer times and an arrow towards the direction of davening.

Settings allow changing the apps interface to Hebrew, as well as setting whether certain parts of the prayers (e.g., Kadish) should be collapsed or expanded by default. Collapsed parts will show as button that needs to be clicked, and relevant prayer expands inline (this is also the case with "chazarat hashats" parts).


WARNING AND DISCLAIMER: This app is offered "as is", and IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY GUARANTEES ON ANY ISSUE. This includes, but not limited to, not making any halchaic or textual exactness claims. DO NOT USE IT TO DETERMINE HALCHAIC QUESTIONS! Due to compass and GPS imprecision (as well as algorithmic limitations), it may show an inexact direction of prayer, as well as deviations in the times of the days. THIS APPLICATION MAKES NO GUARANTEE REGARDING EXACTNESS OF DIRECTION, TIME, OR PRAYER TEXT. As I do not wish users to err, I reiterate - THIS APP MAKES NO GUARANTEES ON THE INFORMATION IT PRESENTS, AND IF YOU CHOOSE TO USE IT, IT IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY ERRORS IN PRAYER TEXT, TIMES OF DAY, DIRECTION OF PRAYER, AND ANY OTHER INFORMATION IT PRESENTS.

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SiddurApp app good for

Is it possible to add the prayer in phonetic ? Unfortunely a part of jewish people cant read hebrew letters. Thanks you by advance. Shalom from France.
Brachah vehatzlachah to everyone who participate in the creation and actualizations of the app and his texts. It is great to have a siddur that reminds me about the change of morid hatal and about the Sefitat Haomer, and yaale veiavo and more! Good job!
Amazing smart siddur app but how come the עמידה for ערבית displays the שים שלום? Also would be helpful if when zooming, the text would be rearranged automatically so that the siddur page wouldnt span more than one screen. 5 stars for convenience.
Great siddur for every day use when paper copy isnt available.

Some bad moments

Goes right to the correct tefillah. Saves time and nice reading.
The idea of the smart siddur is awesome... But the birkat hamazon and other prayers are not sepharad (like it states on the details of the app) Please do it in shepharad i really like it!!!
Amazing job! Please make other nuschaos available as soon as possible. Thanks for the best siddur app I have seen so far
I seem to have a problem that when I open the app it always goes to mariv and not the proper prayer for that time of the day
The best siddur app on the App Store! So clear, user friendly, and convenient!
Thank you. Cool features. Is there a way to get ashkenaz? Either way, really helpful when on the go