Hebrew Calendar Reviews

Updated: discarding HebrewCalendar. Second paragraph explains why.

This looks like a good app but my first time using it I was shocked and very disappointed. An ad penetrated and totally took over the screen and then was followed immediately by another one. It was not obvious till I flipped through a few screens how to exit it. I’ve never seen anything like this before on any app and I don’t want to again. I’ll give HebrewCalendar another chance but if this happens again I’ll delete it and just stick with the simpler but ad-free CalJ.

The developer’s only response to these issues is “we don’t fully control ads” and “try our subscription”. I have a lot of apps and I’ve never seen ads that just totally hijack an app like this. You can’t tell me you can’t control this. Why should I pay you when you show such little respect for your users? I wouldn’t know whether I want the subscription till I try out the free version. But I can’t because the ads totally take over and it isn’t easy to make them go away. Well, actually it is: throw away HebrewCalendar . Which I’ll do right now.

Rather shocked when I opened HebrewCalendar to pray and an ad for a “game” came on which consisted of dressing a woman wearing very little clothing prior to a man entering her apartment with flowers. He looked at her, shrieked and fled - and the ad implored us to “help the girl”. Awful violation of tznius on several levels, incredibly sexist and disrespectful of women. How could you allow this in the same app with Torah texts? This ad desecrates Torah and traditional Jewish values. Shame on you.

I really want to love HebrewCalendar. I can see there is lots of wonderful information but the vast majority is only in Hebrew. I have read the reviews and I have tried the suggestions by the developer. They don’t work. If you click daily from the main calendar page it brings you to Sefaria. It does not really give you the prayers in English. There is no way to read and understand the majority of the site unless you already know Hebrew. I tried out support and even that is 100% in Hebrew. I think this is not meant for English speakers or anything but Hebrew speakers. My entire device is all set in English and that did not change what I see on HebrewCalendar. I follow that advice from the reviews also. Nothing I can find works. I also think there should be an option to pay some amount per year besides the amount per month.

This is an exceptional calendar which is “chock-full” of Torah and General Jewish resources. The user interface is also very good and smooth for both an English speaking user, as well as a Hebrew speaking user. When you have added comparability and a “complication” for the Apple Watch, I will upgrade my rating from four stars to five stars!

Hi your app is an awesome amazing app not just the calendar also all the other options out there
Since my last update there is a bug when you try use any of. Features like
Zmanim or converter etc it pops up a screen with a line of words and it literally freezes
Would appreciate if you could fix it so to keep enjoying HebrewCalendar
Thx

HebrewCalendar works very fast and runs really smooth. Ive been looking for a Jewish app for I long time .....I think I’ve finally found it. HebrewCalendar is so much more that a calendar it has everything somebody Jewish may need on their phone!

So easy to use and so complete. It allows me to set dates around the Jewish holidays without having to consult and have on hand multiple Calendars. Thank you for developing this calendar.

For my needs this calendar is great. Tells me the dates of upcoming holidays, synced with my regular calendar so all calendar events come up on HebrewCalendar as well, very helpful. I also like that every day's times are given, such as chatzos (halachic midday) etc.

I find Hebrew Calendar to be an indispensable tool as an Orthodox Jew. I need to know the Hebrew date day by day, when Jewish holidays & special occasions are. With HebrewCalendar all this information I need is @ my fingertips. I just discovered I can be reminded of Hebrew birthdays easily. I love it!

A good app is always appreciative and especially when the developer share it for free (I can’t understand the chutzpah some people have to give negative reviews when they receive something for free, “entitlement people” is all I can say)

Keep up the great work

I am not a Hebrew reader just a little bit speak and still learning so I wish HebrewCalendar has English translation but it is better than nothing; I would pay the fee if there’s translation

Lovely little app that has made my scheduling and subsequent family time so much easier and more enjoyable. The paid version really is worth it and super cheap compared to the extra utility you get. Thanks to the devs!

Since its a Jewish app I really don’t feel comfortable that there is a TikTok ad that randomly pops up. I understood 100 percent that you need adds to keep HebrewCalendar as great as it is just wondering if there is a way to get more kosher ads? Just a thought. Besides that it’s a GREAT app love the live view of the kotel!!!

This has been so helpful. As a Christian, I wanted to read Torah in sync with my Jewish friends and family, as I pray for their safety and prosperity. I am learning so much and I am so appreciative of the commentaries. I am still trying to understand HebrewCalendar better, because there is much I am missing and don’t know how to appropriate yet.

Until I had the Jewish calendar I was left nor understanding fully what some of the scriptures were saying and once I understood the calendar The Torah especially began to open up it’s in the details with out then we can never fully understand everything. You will not be sorry.

I can’t find my tikkun, and I must read Tazria in two weeks. What to do? Suddenly I found HebrewCalendar. Problem solved. No need to print out pages that can’t be destroyed except by burning. No need to do anything but open HebrewCalendar in my phone wherever I am. Whomever created HebrewCalendar has done a huge mitzvah and has my absolute gratitude. Thank you.

Great Calendar, Wish I had downloaded it sooner. I used to have a calendar on my old phone. Now I have one on my new iPhone. HebrewCalendar is very informative and it teaches one information we should all know about.. The days, the months, the Moon phases and so much more. Things i have heard about, but wasn’t so sure of…Now i have first hand information i have always been interested in..Thank you Very Much..

I was producing a video slide show about history and I urgently needed to know which day in week and the Jewish month and day and parshah of aug 7th 1945 so I downloaded it thinking that Maybe at least I would have the day of the week (if it would scroll fast enough...) but guess what, I open it up and I see right away “convert date” I’m going in and I was totally shocked of what I saw every detail I was getting in seconds!!!! It halted me so much thx a million!!

The calendar that comes with iPhones basically ignores most Jewish holidays and all of the other days so important to us - religious Jews, I mean. My husband has a good Jewish calendar app on his phone so when I searched HebrewCalendar Store I discovered this one.

Not only can I use it to find out when, for example, all of Pesach is, this calendar also includes anything I enter into the one that came with my iPhone. This makes things very convenient.

I still use the one from Apple to schedule appointments, etc., because it’s convenient and Im familiar with the many ways to enter events, etc. But if I want to look something up, or need to know what day, month or parsha it is, I’ll come to HebrewCalendar. I think I use it maybe 2-4 times a week. But this is only about a month since I downloaded it.

I won’t be that surprised if, a year or so, I’m using this one regularly and the Apple one only now and then.

Love HebrewCalendar! I’ve been using it for many years. My only wish is that there was a Shabbat times widget, so I could easily see Shabbat times every week on my home screen.