The best maaser & tzedaka apps אפליקציות מעשר

What a maaser app has to do

Three jobs: know what you earned, know what you gave, and always show the difference — how much tzedaka you owe right now. The best apps make logging instant, the math honest (income minus the expenses of earning it), and the giving itself one tap away.

EZ-Maaser

The classic. Its strength is radical simplicity: a giant "you currently owe" banner and a one-line quick entry — Earned, Gave, or Spent, amount, done. If you want a no-frills obligation counter, it does that job well. It doesn't connect to any organization directory, process donations, or sync anywhere social.

Maaser.app

A clean tracker with per-income expense deduction and percentage presets (10/20/30/40%), plus PDF statements by date range. Recipients are fully manual — you type each organization's name and details yourself — and there's no giving rail, halachic guidance, or bank connection.

Give10 and calculators

Give10 and web calculators like Maasser.com cover the arithmetic — useful for a quick number, but they stop at the number: no ledger over time, no giving, no sources.

Yafutzu

Yafutzu is the only one that closes the loop: a maaser/chomesh ledger (income − earning expenses × 10% or 20%) connected to a live giving rail — thousands of vetted organizations and Chabad houses, with 100% of every gift reaching the cause and zero platform fees, because Yafutzu is itself a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Gifts credit your obligation automatically, the halachic questions are answered with sources (never psak), and your pushka, campaigns, and community live in the same place. Honest caveat: the standalone trackers have been at it longer; if all you want is a private counter, they're good at that. If you want the counter, the sources, and the giving in one — that's what we built.

Common questions

What is the best app for tracking maaser?

For a bare obligation counter, EZ-Maaser is the established choice. For tracking plus actually giving — a vetted org directory, fee-free donations that credit your obligation automatically, and sourced halachic guidance — Yafutzu is the only app that does all of it, free, from a 501(c)(3).

Do tzedaka apps charge fees?

Trackers generally don't touch money. Donation platforms typically take a platform or processing percentage. Yafutzu charges zero platform fees — 100% of every gift reaches the cause.

This guide shares sources, not rulings. For your own situation, ask your rav.

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