This is a landing page for the SiddurApp iPhone app. This app is, as described in its iTunes page, a siddur application, enabling the users to view the Jewish prayer book on their iOS device.
To contact me, email siddurapp@gmail.com
The siddur supports the Sephard version (nusach) of the prayer book, as well as a beta version of the Mizrachi version (edot hamizarach), which can be selected in the Settings section of the app. On activation, the "Smart" panel shows the relevant prayer for that time of day: If you have allowed the app to be know your location, it will use it to determine local prayer times (it may take a few seconds for it to locate your current location), otherwise, it will calculate the day as being between 6am-6pm. The "Smart" view includes several further features:-
The Setting section allows one to select if they wish to say the sections in arvit (before shmone-esre) commonly said only in the diaspora, as well as if there is a drought, and the rabannut instructed the appropriated prayer to be said. It also allows one to change the saying of veTen Beracha (the request for rain) according to diaspora setting, instead of 15 Heshvan, as in Israel.
Upon activating the app, the upper-right corner will show a small red arrow, showing the direction of prayer (beit hamikdash). This will show for a few seconds (by default, 10; this can be changed in the Settings section). To see the direction again, select the Jerusalem section of the app. Note that this works only if the user allowed the app to know your location, and if the app has been able to focus on a location and a direction within 10 seconds of activating the app.
To access any random prayer you want, the app's main menu allows to see a full prayer list, and one and select your option from the list. You can use choose to see the full version (when relevant), so instead of seeing the "Smart" version - e.g., today's Shacharit - one can see the "Full" version, with all the options available for that prayer.
The tab bar (by default, including Birkat Ha'mazon and Tfilat Ha'derech) can be changed to include any prayers one wants (up to 4), using the Settings panel.
Settings allow changing the app's interface to Hebrew, as well as setting whether certain parts of the prayers (e.g., Kadish) should be collapsed or expanded by default. Collapsed parts will show as button that needs to be clicked, and relevant prayer expands inline (this is also the case with chazarat ha'shats parts).
The app allow for set alarms for shabat -- they are one time and brief, and thus do not need to be turned of manually. They work using iOS' notifications, thus requiring the device's sound to be turned on in order to work. To replace snooze setting, a long press on the save the alarm button, one can save multiple alarms around that time: at the time itself, and then 3, 5, 7, 10, 13 and 15 minutes following it.
The app's main menu allows to see all the Jewish times of day, including netz, sunset, etc. It also has an estimate of the following shabbat times (though it takes a minimal approach to the "safety buffers" around times usually taken).