Amidora
Amidora is an iPhone siddur that knows the time. It opens to the prayer for this moment — Shacharit, Mincha or Maariv — in Nusach Ashkenaz, Sefard or Edot HaMizrach, with zmanim for your location and the Hebrew calendar. No account, and it works offline.
Amidora is an iPhone siddur app: the daily prayers in Ashkenaz, Sefard or Edot HaMizrach, opened to the prayer for this moment, with zmanim for your location, a monthly luach, the Omer count and this week's Shabbat times.
Download Amidora on the App Store
Features
- Full Hebrew siddur with nikud for three nusachs: Ashkenaz, Sefard (Nusach Sefard) and Edot HaMizrach, from open-licensed Sefaria texts with sources credited in the app
- Opens to the current tefillah: Shacharit, Mincha or Maariv according to the time and your location's zmanim, with the time left to pray
- Zmanim computed on the iPhone: alot hashachar (16.1°), misheyakir, netz, latest Shema and Shacharit (MGA and GRA), chatzot, mincha gedola and ketana, plag, shkiah, tzeit (8.5°), and candle lighting on Erev Shabbat and Yom Tov
- Hebrew calendar for Israel or the diaspora: Hebrew date, parasha, Rosh Chodesh, fasts, and which additions apply today (Yaaleh Veyavo, Al HaNissim, Mashiv HaRuach or Morid HaTal, Tal Umatar, Tachanun, Hallel)
- Today screen cards: this week's Shabbat times and parsha, the Omer count each night of the Omer, and a monthly luach
- Optional local reminders for Friday candle lighting and a chosen prayer time; candle-lighting minutes can be set, Jerusalem custom included; times are shown in the chosen city's own time zone
- Works offline: 6,956 cities built in, location used only on the device and never sent, no account
- Pro adds the English translation under or beside the Hebrew, Shabbat, the Yom Tov Amidah, Musaf and full Hallel for Pesach, Shavuot and Sukkot, Rosh Chodesh, the Omer text, Birkat HaMazon, Kriat Shema al HaMita and Tefilat HaDerech, and marks today's additions right in the text
Questions
What is a siddur?
A siddur is the Jewish prayer book: it holds the daily services (Shacharit in the morning, Mincha in the afternoon, Maariv at night) and the prayers for Shabbat, holidays and blessings such as Birkat HaMazon. Amidora is a siddur for iPhone that opens to the prayer for the current time.
What is the difference between Nusach Ashkenaz, Sefard and Edot HaMizrach?
They are the prayer orders of different communities. Ashkenaz is used by most Jews of Central and Eastern European origin; Nusach Sefard is the Chassidic order, based on the Arizal; Edot HaMizrach is the Sephardi and Mizrachi order. The core prayers are the same, but wording and order differ. Amidora lets you choose your nusach and change it anytime.
How late can you say Shacharit and Shema?
The latest time for Shema is three halachic hours into the day and for the Shacharit Amidah four hours. According to the GRA the day runs from sunrise to sunset; according to the Magen Avraham (MGA) from dawn (72 minutes or 16.1° before sunrise) to nightfall, which makes the MGA times earlier. Amidora shows both for your location.
When do you start saying Tal Umatar?
In Israel from the evening of 7 Cheshvan; in the diaspora from the evening of December 4 (December 5 before a civil leap year), both until Pesach. Amidora follows your Israel or diaspora setting and shows which text applies today.
Does Amidora show Shabbat times and count the Omer?
Yes. The Today screen shows this week's Shabbat times with the parsha, counts the Omer each night from Pesach to Shavuot, and has a monthly luach. Candle-lighting minutes can be set to your community's custom, including Jerusalem's, and an optional Friday reminder is scheduled on the iPhone.
Is Amidora free?
Weekday Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv in Hebrew are free on your first 3 reading days, and the zmanim, the luach, the Omer count and Shabbat times stay free. Pro, a weekly, monthly or yearly subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase, adds the English translation, Shabbat, Yom Tov (Amidah, Musaf and full Hallel), Rosh Chodesh, Omer, Birkat HaMazon and more, and marks today's additions in the text; the yearly plan starts with a 7-day free trial.
Amidora library on the web
1,207 reference pages and guides in 23 languages, free to read without the app. The largest section, Texts and sources, has 293 English entries.
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- Practical Amidora guides · 14 entries
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- Texts and sources · 293 entries
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- Read a zmanim table without overlooking its settings
Start with
All Amidora pages in English · Türkçe sayfalar · Sources and editorial method
How it works
Choose your nusach and your city (or allow location once; the city list is built in and works offline). Amidora computes sunrise, sunset and the halachic times on the iPhone and opens the siddur to the current tefillah, with the time left to pray. The Hebrew calendar follows your Israel or diaspora setting and tells the siddur which additions apply today: Yaaleh Veyavo, Al HaNissim, Mashiv HaRuach or Morid HaTal, Tal Umatar, Tachanun, Hallel. Weekday Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv in Hebrew, the zmanim and the calendar are free; Amidora Pro adds the English translation, Shabbat, Rosh Chodesh, Omer, Birkat HaMazon, Kriat Shema al HaMita and Tefilat HaDerech.
The prayer texts are openly licensed editions from Sefaria (CC-BY, CC0 or public domain); each source is credited in the app under Settings › Sources. Zmanim are calculated values; for questions of halacha, ask your rabbi.
Support
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