Your shul's davening times, on your home screen.
A home-screen widget + full Android app for any Luach-powered shul — and a standalone zmanim & weather app for your own location. Today's next minyan with a live countdown, shiurim, events, 20 on-device zmanim, weather, and an alarm before any time. Pick once; it keeps itself current.
Sideload-only · Android 7.1.1+ · normal + flip-phone builds
What it is
Shul Widget puts your shul's davening schedule on your home screen and in a full app. Pick your shul once and it stays current — the next minyan with a live countdown, shiurim, events, 20 zmanim computed right on your phone, and local weather. No account or sign-in for everyday use.
Not affiliated with a listed shul? Choose “No Shul — Zmanim & Weather only” and it becomes a clean zmanim + weather app for your device location or a ZIP code.
What's inside
Home screen
A widget lineup
Next Event, Main Shul Overview, All Zmanim, Current Weather, Next Zman, and an upcoming-Shabbos widget — each with a real preview in the picker. Every widget can show a different shul.
App
Today · Schedule · Zmanim · Weather
A chronological day, a weekly per-tefilla view, your zmanim, and Open-Meteo weather. Swipe between tabs.
New · v3.1.0
Zmanim & weather by location
Pick “No Shul” and get zmanim + weather for your device GPS or a ZIP code — no shul required. The header shows your city, ZIP, and coordinates.
Reminders
An alarm before any time
A full-screen alarm — vibration + sound, snooze or dismiss — a set number of minutes before a minyan or zman. Exact, and it survives reboots and Doze.
On-device
20 zmanim via KosherJava
Computed on your phone — no network round-trip after first load. Choose which ones appear.
Find a shul
Nearby shuls
Ranks the registered shuls by distance and switches to the closest one in a tap.
Admin
Manage from your phone
Sign in with Google or email and edit minyanim, shiurim, events, exceptions, and settings. Plus per-shul team chat.
Flip phones
A D-pad build
A separate flip-phone APK: scaled-down UI, Left/Right to switch tabs, OK to select. Installs on non-touch hardware.
Multi-tenant
One app, many shuls
CMH, Khal Yereim, Torah Life Kollel — and any shul added to the registry.
How to install (sideload)
This app isn't on the Play Store — you install the APK directly. It takes about a minute.
- Download the right APK. Most modern phones: the
arm64-v8afile. Older / budget phones (TracFone, Moto E):armeabi-v7a. Not sure: the universal one (no ABI in the name). Flip phones: the-flipAPK. - Open the downloaded file. If Android says it can't install from this source, tap Settings on that prompt and turn on “Allow from this source” for your browser or Files app, then tap the file again.
- Get past the Play Protect screen. Android may show “Unsafe app blocked” or “Play Protect doesn't recognize this app.” Tap More details (sometimes shown as “see more”) → Install anyway. This is expected — see below.
- Open the app and pick your shul — or choose “No Shul — Zmanim & Weather only” for zmanim + weather by your location.
- Add widgets. Long-press the home screen → Widgets → Shul Widget → drag out the ones you want. (On first launch the app also offers to add them for you.)
Why does Google warn me — is it unsafe?
No. The “Play Protect doesn't recognize this developer” / “Install anyway” screen appears for every app that isn't installed from the Google Play Store. It's about where an app comes from — not what it does.
Google designed Android to push installs through the Play Store, where apps are reviewed and Google takes a cut of any payments. Anything you sideload — install directly as an APK — gets this scary-looking prompt by default, even though sideloading is a normal, fully supported part of Android.
This app is open about exactly what it is: every release and the full changelog are public, it asks only for ordinary permissions, and it updates itself in place from this page. Tapping “Install anyway” is the right move.
Changelog
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