Author Topic: Favorite iphone apps (Read 78254 times)

rots5 · « **Reply #240 on:** October 20, 2014, 11:13:07 AM »

Quote from: SamKey on October 20, 2014, 02:11:52 AM

Just my $.02, I feel like Rusty Brick is a company we should support.

If you put 10 bucks on that maybe id take ur 2 cents

YG · « **Reply #241 on:** October 20, 2014, 05:32:25 PM »

Quote from: Emkay on October 19, 2014, 09:14:23 AM

Best siddur?

For nusach Ari, I'm very happy with the new ones produced by Kehos. Razor sharp and functional. I downloaded and use both versions. IIRC they were 1.99 each. Considering the work that went in to producing them and the quality of the product I was happy to fork out the $3.98 for both of them.

Emkay · « **Reply #242 on:** October 21, 2014, 04:03:10 AM »

Quote from: YG on October 20, 2014, 05:32:25 PM

For nusach Ari, I'm very happy with the new ones produced by Kehos. Razor sharp and functional. I downloaded and use both versions. IIRC they were 1.99 each. Considering the work that went in to producing them and the quality of the product I was happy to fork out the $3.98 for both of them.

thanks but looking for ashkenaz. Kalteh litvak here

yuneeq · « **Reply #243 on:** October 21, 2014, 01:02:50 PM »

Quote from: SamKey on October 20, 2014, 02:11:52 AM

Just my $.02, I feel like Rusty Brick is a company we should support.

I was a big Rusty Brick fan, but they fell out of favor with me.
They make good apps, but they basically stopped supporting the Siddur app.
In the App Store they promise constant updates- "...it is Rusty Brick's flagship product. We constantly update it, almost every week".

Meanwhile, they updated the app just 4-5 times since the end of last November, with an 8 month dry spell in between.
There are still some adjustments that need to be made to the text, and the new iOS 8 update has terrible navigation.

Bottom line, $10 is expensive for an app that is on the back burner.

snagger · « **Reply #244 on:** October 21, 2014, 04:50:27 PM »

Quote from: yuneeq on October 21, 2014, 01:02:50 PM

I was a big Rusty Brick fan, but they fell out of favor with me.
They make good apps, but they basically stopped supporting the Siddur app.
In the App Store they promise constant updates- "...it is Rusty Brick's flagship product. We constantly update it, almost every week".

Meanwhile, they updated the app just 4-5 times since the end of last November, with an 8 month dry spell in between.
There are still some adjustments that need to be made to the text, and the new iOS 8 update has terrible navigation.

Bottom line, $10 is expensive for an app that is on the back burner.

I have to really disagree with you! The rb siddur app has always been the by far the most easy to use/read fully featured (minyanim, zmanim. Tefillin mirror,etc..) iphone siddur.

And has now gotten a complete makeover for ios 8 that imo is great and well worth the $10!

No other siddur is usable compared to the rusty brick one.

yuneeq · « **Reply #245 on:** October 22, 2014, 12:29:17 AM »

Quote from: snagger on October 21, 2014, 04:50:27 PM

I have to really disagree with you! The rb siddur app has always been the by far the most easy to use/read fully featured (minyanim, zmanim. Tefillin mirror,etc..) iphone siddur.

And has now gotten a complete makeover for ios 8 that imo is great and well worth the $10!

No other siddur is usable compared to the rusty brick one.

Disagree with what?
They haven't updated the app every week or every month or even every 2 months. Nothing to disagree about.
Facts are facts, check the version history.

Regarding the price, yes I agree it's the best app (as I posted earlier), though that doesn't mean it's worth paying any price for it.
IMHO, $10 is too expensive for a back-burner app that still has issues. I also think that push alerts should be included for that price, not an additional in-app purchase.

While the first few times I emailed with feedback they responded and fixed things, the previous time (this year) they just ignored.

lubaby · « **Reply #246 on:** October 26, 2014, 01:38:37 AM »

Just came across this:

If you have an iPhone and are annoyed by the free U2 album that Apple so kindly gave everybody, you can easily remove it from your iTunes account.

Simply go to itunes.com/soi-remove,
Click Remove Album,
Enter your iTunes login information,
Done

dirah · « **Reply #247 on:** October 26, 2014, 08:25:48 AM »

Quote from: lubaby on October 26, 2014, 01:38:37 AM

Just came across this:

If you have an iPhone and are annoyed by the free U2 album that Apple so kindly gave everybody, you can easily remove it from your iTunes account.

Simply go to itunes.com/soi-remove,
Click Remove Album,
Enter your iTunes login information,
Done

Thanks for that.

SZY · « **Reply #248 on:** February 04, 2015, 07:38:41 PM »

I found an alternative to artscroll and it has many different seforim on it with translation
http://www.themercava.com/about

http://www.themercava.com/app/

You can also use the seforim as well on the website on basically any device. Computer, android ect.

Thingywingy · « **Reply #249 on:** February 25, 2015, 12:53:21 PM »

Can anyone recommend a good voice recording app for long speeches. Looking for for one that lets you adjust quality so it shouldnt take up too much space.

benjie1305 · « **Reply #250 on:** February 27, 2015, 04:44:24 PM »

Quote from: SZY on February 04, 2015, 07:38:41 PM

I found an alternative to artscroll and it has many different seforim on it with translation
http://www.themercava.com/about

http://www.themercava.com/app/

You can also use the seforim as well on the website on basically any device. Computer, android ect.

This actually looks pretty sweet. From what I see though it is only usable from within the web browser which makes it a bit annoying. An App would be great.

SZY · « **Reply #251 on:** February 27, 2015, 05:11:14 PM »

The app is coming soon

benjie1305 · « **Reply #252 on:** February 27, 2015, 05:13:42 PM »

Quote from: SZY on February 27, 2015, 05:11:14 PM

The app is coming soon

Any idea if they plan on releasing it for free?

SZY · « **Reply #253 on:** February 27, 2015, 05:16:50 PM »

I'm pretty sure that they say that they are a non for profit so I'm guessing that it will be free.

SZY · « **Reply #254 on:** February 27, 2015, 05:18:56 PM »

Or it could be that they won't make an app and keep it in Web format.

benjie1305 · « **Reply #255 on:** February 27, 2015, 05:25:22 PM »

Quote from: SZY on February 27, 2015, 05:16:50 PM

I'm pretty sure that they say that they are a non for profit so I'm guessing that it will be free.

App + free would be awesome.

Worst case its just web based which is definitely much worse in comparison but still pretty nice.

SZY · « **Reply #256 on:** February 28, 2015, 07:24:36 PM »

"Thanks for reaching out! Both android and iOS app are in the works. Sign up and we"ll let you know when they're out."

benjie1305 · « **Reply #257 on:** February 28, 2015, 09:07:26 PM »

Quote from: SZY on February 28, 2015, 07:24:36 PM

"Thanks for reaching out! Both android and iOS app are in the works. Sign up and we"ll let you know when they're out."

Sweet, sounds great. Anywhere specific to sign up about this?

YG · « **Reply #258 on:** March 01, 2015, 08:28:27 AM »

Quote from: SZY on February 27, 2015, 05:16:50 PM

I'm pretty sure that they say that they are a non for profit so I'm guessing that it will be free.

Not for profit means the corporation is not designed to generate a profit, but that doesn't mean the people that work for them are all volunteers. NFP corporations can hVe enormous operating budgets. Imagine they have just one full time employee putting everything together, and they need to generate enough income to cover hardware, software, maintenance and a full time salary....

yuneeq · « **Reply #259 on:** March 01, 2015, 12:56:34 PM »

I bought this app text2group 99 cents to text my shul updates.
It works great for making groups, templates and is far better than using the iOS sms app and better than getting everyone to sign up for Twitter.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/text-2-group-pro-quickly-send/id519077434?mt=8