iKaluach app for iPhone and iPad
Developer: Russell Hersch
First release : 28 Mar 2013
App size: 14.73 Mb
iKaluach is an easy-to-use but comprehensive Hebrew/civil calendar, with zmanim (halachic times), user events, reminders and alarms, and much more. A convenient way to know where you are in Jewish time.
Features include:
• Hebrew and civil month displays
• day details display
• list of details of the Hebrew year
• list of moadim for the Hebrew year
• moadim and holidays displayed in month and day views
• parashot hashavua
• zmanim (halachic times) with user-defined alarms
• user events (birthdays, yahrzeits, and anniversaries) with optional notifications on Hebrew date
• location support with GPS or user-defined locations
• list of limud yomi (daily learning) including Bavli, Yerushalmi, Halacha, Mishna, Tanach
• Hebrew and English language support
• sefirat haomer display with notification reminder at tzeit hakochavim
• import events from Kaluach 3 for Windows
• Hidden in the app is an "Afikoman", just like Easter Eggs (lhavdil) hidden in other apps.
Latest reviews of iKaluach app for iPhone and iPad
1) The app is set to 15 minutes before sunset (for shabat and yamim tovim), and its not possible to set to other costums (18 or 20 minutes before sunset); 2) Most of Hebrew calendars, when using date conversion, it returns to today with a little shake. In iKaluach we have to go back manually; 3) it would be good if iKaluach could be synched with iPhone calendar.
This app is great because it does exactly what it is supposed to do, i.e. gives you the days event and time info, and it does it in a clear way that is nice to look at and that is easy to access and set.
Lets me see current Hebrew date on gregorian cal & vice versa. It also has a lot of good features and the developer keeps it up to date.
I recently heard about iKaluach. Seeing it was a throwback to my Palm Pilot days! Glad to see it again on the iOS platform. I like the Zmanim and Limmud (Yomi) info connected to the day. Monthly calendar interface is familiar and I like the date lookup function. Glad to see the 12 hour format support as Im never sure what time "17:43" really is.
Since the last version, this app is crashing immediately when I launch it. iPod touch 4th iOS 6.