I tried two siddurim from the google play store.
I'm looking for one for nusach ashkenaz. (diaspora)..
One test to see if it's right or not wrong(given my requirement) is does it have "shalom rav" for the amidah of weekday mincha. (it should).
I haven't found one in the two I tried.. (they both had sim shalom for weekday mincha) and one was labelled ashkenaz so I guess was maybe Israeli rather than diaspora.
Does anybody have any suggestions?
If it has Shabbat Davening e.g. Shabbat Mincha(which I know is sim shalom) then all the better (though I understand having shabbat or yom tov davening may be unusual on a phone app!)
Preferably free(no cost).
Answer
I've used Tfilon for a few years and really like it. It passes your shalom rav test. It has options for ashkenaz, sepharad, and eidei hamizrach. It is also very flexible - you can add names for holim, select which day(s) you celebrate purim, etc. It also auto calculates the special things like shir shel yom, yaaleh v'yavo, and other day specific things. It even includes the appropriate torah readings (if there are any that day).
There are two places where it falls down (IMO): 1 - It doesn't have hoshanot for sukkot, the time I find myself flipping pages the most often in my siddur and would most like an app. 2 - It is made for Israel. While it passes your shalom rav test, it also includes birkat kohanim for regular shemona esrei, for chol hamoed it uses the Israeli torah readings, and on hol hamoed sukkot it has the Israeli mussaf additions. (In chutz l'aretz, because we have a safek yom we add mentions of two of the korbanot to each day. In EY there is no safek yom so they only mention of the day's korbanot). It also includes morid hatal in ashkenaz (don't know whether you want this or not).
In conclusion I just don't use it on sukkot and skip birkat kohanim when I'm in the states and I'm fine.
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