# Longchen — Sangngak Tenzin Rinpoche

> Sangngak Tenzin Rinpoche (iPhone/iPad app by Aleksei Solopov.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longchen/id6451361797 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Aleksei Solopov](https://appshunter.io/developer/1697696598)
- Category: Education, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 110 MB
- Languages: English, Russian, Chinese, Tibetan, Vietnamese
- Released: 2023-07-18
- Data updated: 2026-09-09
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longchen/id6451361797/reviews.md

## What is Longchen?

Longchen is a companion for daily Tibetan Buddhist practice — bringing the prayers, the lineage, the teachings, and the community of practitioners into one calm,
  focused space.
  
  THE PRAYER BOOK
  • Read prayers in interlinear form — Tibetan script, phonetic transliteration, and translation, line by line.
  • Auto-scroll at your own pace, with adjustable speed, per-verse repeat, and text sizing.
  • Search across prayers and build your own collection of favorites.
  • Create and save your own custom prayers.
  
  THE MANDALA OF THE ROOT MASTERS
  • Explore the lineage through the Mandala of the Root Masters of Sangngak Tenzin Rinpoche.
  • Tap any master to read their biography and view a gallery of photographs.

  TEACHINGS
  • Watch video teachings and structured courses with captions, multiple qualities, and playback speed.
  • Pick up right where you left off with progress tracking.

  PRACTICE & COMMUNITY
  • Count mantras and prayers — including the Vajra Guru mantra and the Seven-Line Prayer.
  • Track prostrations with clear statistics over time.
  • Join shared recitations and accumulate together with practitioners around the world.

  THE GURU'S BOOKS
  • Read "A White Conch Spiraling Towards Happiness" — poems of a Tibetan master — in a clean, distraction-free reader.

  THOUGHTFUL DETAILS
  • Available in English, Russian, Vietnamese, and Tibetan.
  • Full support for iPhone and iPad, in portrait and landscape.
  • Light and dark mode.
  • Read offline.

  May it support your practice.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 5.22.0 — 2026-09-09

• Write your prayers in several languages — add translations in the prayer editor, and each prayer opens in your language, switchable while you read
• Duplicate a practice from its list menu to build a variation without starting over
• Add prostrations you did away from the app, on the day you did them
• Smaller fixes and improvements

### 5.21.3 — 2026-08-23

• Save a class, series or talk and watch it with the network off — downloads now stay put on your device
• Tap Watch while reading a teaching — including one opened from a daily notification — and the video picks up exactly where you were reading
• Your practice statistics and charts are on the counter screen every time you open it
• Smaller fixes and improvements

### 5.21.1 — 2026-08-21

• Download classes, series and talks to watch offline — with a new Downloads screen and storage management in Settings
• Clearer verse layout in the prayer book
• Practice-rhythm heatmap, counter search, and notes on highlights
• Smaller fixes and improvements

### 5.20.0 — 2026-08-13

• The prayer book is now available in Chinese, with chantable phonetic lines
• Smaller fixes and improvements

### 5.19.0 — 2026-08-09

• All your highlights in one place — from courses, series and talks alike
• Highlights you made in series and talks are now visible too
• Filter by kind, or by whether a highlight carries a note
• Smaller fixes and improvements

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