Jewish Calendar Dates is a utility for Hebrew-Gregorian date conversion and religious observance scheduling on iOS.
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
The app removes the manual effort of calculating religious observance times by automating localized schedules for any year.
For Individuals requiring access to Hebrew calendar dates and religious observance schedules.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates equivalent dates between the Hebrew and Gregorian calendars for any year.
Displays localized religious observance times based on calendar data.
Provides calendar data for past or present years.
How much does it cost?
The app is distributed as a free utility without visible subscription or in-app purchase gates.
Velocity
Maintenance developmentperformanceShow more...
The app maintains a maintenance-level cadence, with the latest release occurring 45 days ago. Development is currently limited to technical maintenance, specifically SDK updates, with no new features or content introduced in the observed history. The release frequency suggests a focus on stability rather than active feature expansion.
Who built it?
Daniel Nowendsztern
8 apps tracked · Lifestyle
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
The recent review mood reads frustrated. Users appreciate the availability of a specialized calendar for jewish observances provides significant value to the user.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- The availability of a specialized calendar for Jewish observances provides significant value to the user
- Complex initial setup and unclear location selection options frustrate users trying to configure the app
1 of 1 recent reviews analyzed · limited sample
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Competitive landscape for Jewish Calendar Dates
How's the Lifestyle market?
Jewish Calendar Dates maintains a 4.19-star rating across 16 total ratings. The absence of recent feature updates over the last 45 days signals a maintenance-only posture in the lifestyle utility category.
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Key takeaways for Jewish Calendar Dates
Where is it heading?
The lifestyle utility market remains stable, but Jewish Calendar Dates faces pressure from its own configuration friction. Addressing the setup process is necessary to prevent long-term churn as users encounter the same navigation hurdles.
- The 45-day update cadence indicates a maintenance posture, which limits growth but maintains the existing utility for the current user base.
The SWOT
- Specialized religious calendar data provides utility
- Improved location-selection UX reduces churn
Next best moves
Simplify location selection flow because configuration is the top user complaint → increase onboarding retention
The counter-intuitive read
The app's lack of feature updates is a defensive strategy…
Read the full takeSince the last report: The product remains in a maintenance-only state with no functional changes to features or pricing. The analysis has been updated to reflect a more explicit classification of the app's lifecycle as maintenance-mode.
Bottom line
Refining the location-selection flow would address the primary configuration friction, which currently limits the utility for new users. Prioritizing this UX fix would stabilize the user experience without requiring a full feature overhaul.
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Is Jewish Calendar Dates free to use?
Does the app work for any year?
Why is the app hard to configure?
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