# Bhakti Rasa — Japa, Darshan, Calendar

> Japa, Darshan, Calendar (iPhone/iPad app by Vivek Kapoor.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bhakti-rasa/id6761081757 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Vivek Kapoor](https://appshunter.io/developer/1860474148)
- Category: Lifestyle, Health & Fitness
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 89 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-03-25
- Data updated: 2026-05-15
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bhakti-rasa/id6761081757/reviews.md

## What is Bhakti Rasa?

Welcome to Bhakti Rasa, a beautifully crafted companion designed to bring peace, focus, and devotion to your daily spiritual practice. Tailored for practitioners experienced and neophytes alike, Bhakti Rasa offers a deeply immersive japa experience that calms the mind and elevates the soul.

Key Features: 
• Immersive Japa Counter: Chant within a distraction-free interface. Choose between Tap Chanting or Timer mode to match your flow.  
• Authentic Vaishnava Calendar: Never miss a holy day. Receive local reminders for Ekadashi, Appearance/Disappearance days, and major Festivals.
• Serene Ambience: Deepen your focus with background soundscapes designed specifically for meditation. Including guided japa of Srila Prabhupada.
• Daily Vrindavan Darshan: Meditate on Sri Sri Radha Shyamsundar, Sri Sri Krishna Balaram and Sri Sri Gaura Nitai deities. Updated daily Mangala and Sringar darshans directly from Vrindavan.
• Global Sanga: Stay motivated. Live count of devotees chanting along with you.
• Spiritual Journaling: Track your lifetime progress, unlock beautiful devotional milestones (Ratnas, in beta), and log your daily realizations in a private, elegant journal.

Experience the nectar of pure devotion. Download Bhakti Rasa today and strengthen your daily sadhana. Free forever, without ads.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.1.0 — 2026-04-25

This one is a big update. I want to take a second to express my thanks to three people - 
- Abhijit A from Berlin for his super detailed feedback on the UX resulting in many many improvements.
- Purushottam from Logan, UT for offering to, and making the new app icon! He took some time out from his schoolwork and handcrafted this icon for all of us. 
- And Harshika, my wife. She has supported me through countless iterations, brainstormed with me, and provided decisive direction for many of the app's features. She constantly reminds me that serving the community is serving Krishna. 

I am also very grateful for the wonderful messages from other devotees. We will soon have an Android app as well. 

What's New
* New vibrant and colorful logo from Purushottam
* New ambient sounds - stream and forest birds
* Improvements to the onboarding flow 
* Improvements to the calendar and notifications - Parana notifications are back.
* More accurate Parana times, which are now calculated based on your nearest city as per vaisnavacalendar.info  
* Many small UX improvements

### 1.0.2 — 2026-03-29

What's New
• Darshan in BYOBB( Bring your own bead bag) Chanting Mode: View beautiful Divine Darshans directly within the mode to focus your mind while tracking rounds.
• Dual Parana Fast-Break Alerts: Never miss your fast-break window. You now receive a 5:00 AM heads-up and a precise alert the minute your local window opens.
• Fluid Audio Mixing: In chanting modes, you can now graciously layer multiple background ambient sounds (e.g., play River and Fireplace simultaneously).

Bug Fixes & Improvements
• Intelligent Timezones: Automatic background reset for legacy installs; all Ekadashi, Festival, and Parana calendar alerts now flawlessly calculate and fire in your exact local timezone.
• UI Polish: Replaced rigid popups with elegant, dark-themed, swipeable floating alerts; removed redundant buttons; and minimized the background audio player on the Home tab for a cleaner dashboard.

### 1.0 — 2026-03-25

No release notes.

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