MyZmanim is a utility app providing precise religious timing calculations for observant Jewish users on iOS and Android.
Product velocity
Dormant
Daily rank 🇺🇸
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Utilities
Sentiment
4.5
453 reviews
Nemesis
Fragmented field
The App DNA
What makes this app unique?
Users hire the app to automate complex religious scheduling, but the mandatory registration friction prevents the tool from becoming a frictionless daily habit.
For Observant Jewish individuals requiring precise, location-aware religious timing calculations for daily practice.
What does it look like?
Key features
Calculates precise timing based on GPS and local weather.
Visualizes time remaining until the next religious deadline.
Provides timing calculations based on specific rabbinic authorities.
How much does it cost?
The app operates as a free utility with no visible subscription or IAP gates.
Velocity
Dormant developmentinternationalizationShow more...
The development momentum is classified as zombie due to a complete lack of updates for over a year. The most recent release occurred on March 4, 2024, and there has been no activity since that date. Given the current date of May 2026, the app has effectively ceased all development cycles on the tracked platforms.
Who built it?
User Sentiment
What do users think recently?
Recent user voice shows a mixed sentiment. Users appreciate high accuracy of religious timing calculations provides reliable daily utility for observant users globally, but report mandatory phone number registration creates significant friction and privacy concerns for new users.
How are ratings & reviews evolving?
What users say, by theme
- High accuracy of religious timing calculations provides reliable daily utility for observant users globally
- Mandatory phone number registration creates significant friction and privacy concerns for new users
63 of 70 recent reviews analyzed · high confidence · Mixed overall
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Competitive landscape for MyZmanim
How's the Utilities market?
The app maintains a 4.46 average rating across 453 total ratings, but the lack of recent feature-heavy updates relative to Sefaria's six-update cadence leaves the utility vulnerable to adjacent lifestyle portals.
The rivals identified
The Analyst's Read
Key takeaways for MyZmanim
Where is it heading?
The utility market for religious timing is consolidating around apps that offer frictionless access, leaving MyZmanim exposed. Unless the team pivots away from mandatory registration, the current churn trend will continue to erode the user base.
- Mandatory phone registration friction drives high churn among new users, which compounds the rating drag already visible on Android.
- Location service failures in the latest release render the core utility unusable, accelerating churn pressure into the next quarter.
The SWOT
- High-precision calculation engine provides reliable daily utility
- Multi-rabbinic support caters to diverse religious traditions
- External calendar integration for timing sync
- Expansion of B2B partnerships with religious institutions
Next best moves
Deprecate mandatory phone registration because it is the #1 complaint theme → increase new-user conversion
+ 2 more prioritized movesThe counter-intuitive read
The app's biggest threat is not a competing zmanim tool…
Read the full takeFeature gaps
Real-time calendar sync (available in Sefaria ecosystem but absent here)
Since the last report: The app's competitive position has declined due to the introduction of mandatory registration friction and location service failures, causing a shift from growth-oriented planning to defensive remediation.
Bottom line
MyZmanim provides essential religious utility, but the mandatory registration barrier creates unnecessary churn, so the PM should prioritize removing this friction to capture the full addressable market.
Unlock 3 critical frictions, 2 market threats, 2 more prioritized moves and the analyst’s take.
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