# Mani Wheel — Idle Prayer Wheel — A soothing Buddhist idle game

> A soothing Buddhist idle game (iPhone/iPad app by Ryusuke Mochida.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mani-wheel-idle-prayer-wheel/id6801371339 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Ryusuke Mochida](https://appshunter.io/developer/6801371341)
- Category: Games, Casual, Simulation
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 15 MB
- Languages: American English, Japanese
- Released: 2026-09-19
- Data updated: 2026-10-25

## What is Mani Wheel?

Click, click, click. Each tiny response in your fingertips becomes merit.
A soothing idle game of turning a prayer wheel and accruing Merit.

Every turn ticks past notch after notch with a satisfying pulse. Before you know it, you are still spinning.
A prayer wheel is a devotional instrument: each turn counts as one recitation of the sutras.
This game recreates that turning feel with meticulous care, built on the iPhone's haptic engine.
Give it a gentle sweep, and let it spin.

■ Just turning — yet hard to stop
- Sweep gently and the wheel coasts on, clattering with momentum
- Every notch lands a small click and a little Merit
- The Great Wheel starts out heavy; Bearing Oil and Training make it lighter

■ Merit grows the grounds
- Exchange Merit for fixtures that turn wheels in your stead
- A novice monk, prayer flags, a watermill wheel, a yak, an electric wheel, a great hall… out to a satellite wheel, a Dyson sphere, and beyond — eighteen fixtures in all
- Every one you welcome truly appears in the grounds, and the scenery grows lively and grand
- Turn the wheel yourself and the grounds resonate for extra yield; hand-turning remains the strongest act to the very end

■ The joy of collecting
- A Book of Seals with 89 Seals to receive, including hidden ones with secret conditions
- The Golden Lotus drifts down now and then — a once-in-a-lifetime stroke of fortune
- Grow your Merit and undergo Rebirth: receive Bodhi and depart for a more fruitful next life
- Dedicate Bodhi into the Mandala of Merit and weave your own Vows

■ The joy of competing
- Climb Mount Tenrin, a mountain ranked by Merit earned in a single day; the higher you climb, the grander the Great Wheel's adornments
- Game Center leaderboards: Today's Merit, Lifetime Merit, Today's Hand-Turns, Rebirths, and Bodhi — plus Seal achievements

■ Good to know
- Free to play through to the end; no purchase required
- Playable offline (the grounds keep turning while you are away)

■ About Patronage (monthly auto-renewing subscription)
Patronage (monthly, auto-renewing, first 7 days free; price shown in the app) makes offline doubling and lotus encores free as our thanks (no ads, no Jewels), grants all output +25%, extends the offline harvest cap from 12 to 24 hours, and delivers 15 Mani Jewels monthly.
- The free trial lasts 7 days; afterwards the subscription continues automatically at the monthly price (cancel during the trial free of charge; one trial per person)
- Payment is charged to your Apple ID account
- Renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends
- Manage or cancel anytime in iOS Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions

Terms of Service: https://scalehaze.com/apps/maniwheel/terms-en.html
Privacy Policy: https://scalehaze.com/privacy-en.html

A quiet evening, after a bath, on the train.
May you accrue your Merit in peace.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Patronage (Yearly) | $22.99 | per year |
| Patronage (Monthly) | $2.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 摩尼珠 八粒 | $1.99 | one-time |
| 摩尼珠 七十粒 | $9.99 | one-time |
| 摩尼珠 二十五粒 | $4.99 | one-time |


## Is Mani Wheel safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Mani Wheel.

## Is Mani Wheel legit?

Mani Wheel — Idle Prayer Wheel has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Mani Wheel is 58 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.2.5 — 2026-10-12

A chapter of signposts.
- The right rail now stacks Settings, the Notice Board, Pilgrim Mountain, and the Mandala. A red dot shows when there is something to do, and the Mandala entrance reads "Rebirth ready" whenever you can be reborn
- You can now be reborn from the card at the top of the Mandala. Before your first rebirth you can still open the Mandala and see the whole board
- Your first dedication comes with a guide that stays until you have picked a bead on any of the three Paths and dedicated it
- The Mandala's prayer-bead thread now glows by your progress: dedicated stretches stay lit, and each Path's next bead (or a gate in the way) pulses
- The Unbinding confirmation now has a "Keep my Vows" button, and tapping outside it closes it
- Guides to the Grounds: the first time you meet something new, a short guide explains it (replay them from Settings). Guides, Seals, and rankings that are still locked now say how to unlock them
- Patronage gains a yearly plan with the same 7-day free trial as the monthly plan. After a rewarded ad, the app may occasionally offer it
- As a Patron's thanks, blessing doublings are now free too (no ads, no Jewels)
- Power Saving: when your device is in Low Power Mode or running warm, the grounds automatically move more gently (change it in Settings > Screen)
- Game Center Merit rankings move to new boards that record Merit as a digit count (33.440 digits means a 33-digit number), so there is no ceiling. The Today's Merit Match challenge moves to the new board too
- Incense now takes a single Mani Jewel (was three) to burn for an hour
- Blessing chips now fit on one line instead of scrolling; tap them to see every active blessing
- Assorted polish throughout, including spacing around the Merit display

### 1.2.4 — 2026-10-06

A chapter of lamps kept lit.
- As a Patron's thanks, offline doubling and lotus encores are now free of charge for Patrons (no ads, no Jewels; tap "Patron's thanks" on the card)
- Patronage now starts with a 7-day free trial. When it ends, the subscription continues automatically at the monthly price (cancel during the trial free of charge)
- Tailwind, No-Self, and the Hour of Blossoms now continue for their remaining time after you close and reopen the app (they used to vanish)
- Offline harvest now counts the Incense, Sutra, and Tailwind that were still burning when you closed the app, for as long as they lasted
- The Incense Clock anchor now makes incense burn at half speed while you are away, so its effect lasts twice as long
- Blessing chips redesigned: active effects show their remaining time to the second and scroll sideways instead of wrapping
- Assorted polish throughout

### 1.2.3 — 2026-10-01

A chapter of notices delivered.
- Fixed the Dharma Wheel notice never arriving. After your first turn, the app now asks for notification permission. Notices that would fall late at night arrive at 8 in the morning instead
- Settings gains a Notifications section showing the permission state and when the next notice is scheduled
- Fixed the Notice Board tabs not switching while the wheel was still spinning (the previous fix was not enough)
- In the Mandala, the prayer-bead thread now glows as far as today's Bodhi can reach, so you can see at a glance how far you can dedicate
- The Pilgrim Mountain map has been redrawn: a waterfall falls from the snowfield, the stream runs into the mist, and each station's hall sits on the slope
- Assorted polish throughout

### 1.2.2 — 2026-09-22

A chapter of small refinements.
- Each Seal in the Book of Seals now bears the date it was received (earlier Seals were dated from your Game Center record)
- Ranking rewards now add Jewel shards for top-ten finishes, and your first-place and top-ten counts are recorded as Seals
- The Mandala shows how long until the next free Unbinding and the next Dharma Wheel turn, with a quiet notice when the wheel is ready
- The offline-harvest doubling offer now stays available until your next absence, even if the banner is dismissed (fixes it vanishing after a trip to the App Store)
- Fixed the Notice Board tabs not switching while the wheel was still spinning
- Assorted polish throughout

### 1.2.1 — 2026-09-18

A small round of fixes.
- Fixed the lotus "once more" offer occasionally repeating back-to-back under certain conditions (once more means once)
- Assorted polish throughout

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All apps by Ryusuke Mochida: https://appshunter.io/developer/6801371341

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