# The Yoga Sutras — user reviews > 46 indexed App Store user reviews of The Yoga Sutras by Trip Shanti, rated 4.80/5 from 423 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-yoga-sutras/id1088280252/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/the-yoga-sutras/id1088280252.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 381 · 4★ 24 · 3★ 8 · 2★ 7 · 1★ 3 ## What do users think of The Yoga Sutras? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - ✨ Insightful commentary - 🧘 Deepens yoga practice - 👍 Easy to use interface - 📚 Well-presented content - 🌟 Transformative and uplifting - 💡 Breakdown of sutras - 🙏 Gratitude for the app - 🕉️ Simple and straightforward - 💯 High quality for esoteric subject - ✨ Beautifully written commentary - 🕊️ Peace and love - 🎁 Amazing value for wisdom - 🎯 Cuts to the heart of meaning - 🧠 Thought-provoking content - 🗣️ Helpful Sanskrit pronunciation - 📖 Organized and creative - 💖 Carefully crafted app - 🚀 User-friendly interface - 💯 Best Yoga Sutras app - 😊 Eloquent and substantial commentary **Cons** - ⚫ Blank screen on open - 🐌 Sanskrit spoken too fast - 🚫 No daily notification feature - 🚫 No widgets - 🤔 Doesn't feel worth the cost - 😵 Annoying popups before use - 🖼️ Images don't scale on iPad - ❓ Daily notification not working - 🔤 Inaccurate or creative translation - 📱 Not filling entire screen on iPhone 11 - ⚪ Dark mode bars still white **Commonly reported bugs** - Screen is blank - Sutra 3.22 skipped - Sutras are displaced after 3.22 - App won't function until review is written - Images don't scale on iPad/landscape - Daily notification not working - Screen goes blank sometimes, requires re-install - Sanskrit pronunciation not working - App doesn't fill entire screen on iPhone 11 **Most requested features** - Daily notification feature - Widgets for daily sutra - Widget for next sutra to read - Section for personal notes - Slower playback for pronunciation - Play through entire yoga sutras - Bookmark feature - Widget showing sutra of the day - Scroll left/right between sutras - Update for iPhone X and higher screen sizes ## Newest reviews (11 of 46) ### 4/5 — Sutras are displaced *2024-07-24* 3.22 is missing so all sutras are displaced after that. :( For example sutra with the word Elephant should be 3.25 and not 3.24. ### 4/5 — great *2022-10-21, version 3.10* i really love this app as i’m trying to learn the sutras and apply them to my life in an easily accessible and fun way. I love the daily sutra feature i read it in the morning like a daily newspaper. I was excited about the daily notification feature but it hasn’t been working I have not got a notification from the app and all of my settings are correct so that I wish could improve. Also a recommendation would be a section for notes that you can write some notes about the sutra on your own along with the bookmark feature which is great. And another recommendation would be to be able to play back the pronunciation of the sutra slower or have some more controls with that. but overall love it! ### 5/5 — A MUST HAVE!!! *2022-01-12, version 3.10* Enjoy the JOURNEY!!! ### 5/5 — A good reminder *2021-11-04, version 3.10* I am really enjoying this app, I’ve been opening it up in some spare time, reading and learning the teachings and diving deep with it. ### 5/5 — LOVE this app *2021-09-24, version 3.10* The daily Sutras give me a reminder to pause, be thankful and learn. ### 5/5 — Easy to use, understand *2021-06-06, version 3.10* and understand, I love the commentary, and because of the sound track, i can listen to it in its native tongue. Real nice ### 5/5 — Bon app petit. *2021-01-14, version 3.7* Great update, love the features. Cow photos a plus. Daily reflection lovely. ### 5/5 — Easy to Use *2021-01-11, version 3.7* New update has a nice interface. I reported a bug and received a very quick response from the creator. I enjoy the audio and I would like if there were a way to play through the entire yoga sutras. ### 5/5 — Beautiful and thoughtfully designed *2021-01-05, version 3.1* A wonderful addition to any yoga practice. Each commentary is insightful and well written. Couldn’t recommend more! ### 5/5 — Incredible app for any yogi *2021-01-05, version 3.1* This is the app I’ve been looking for! For anyone looking to understand the sutras, this is for you. An easy to navigate app with digestible content that you can take day by day or search as you need. It’s become part of my daily practice and I’ve been recommending it to all my fellow yogis! ### 5/5 — Great app but now doestnt work *2021-01-04* Since the 3.1 Update, the app doesn’t open at all for me, unfortunately. Although I’m excited to see what you’ve done with it 😁. Otherwise its an amazing app, that’s why I’m so bummed out I cant open it! All the best from Germany **Developer response:** Should be fixed now. My apologies for the bug ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Blank *2025-10-19, version 3.10* The screen is blank every time I open the app! ### 2/5 — Annoying popups *2024-05-02, version 3.10* I am trying to study and the app won’t function until you write a review. Well. I don’t know how the app works yet bc I haven’t been able to make the popups stop. ### 2/5 — The sutras are unreadable on iPad *2022-11-07, version 3.10* The images don't scale, so they are cut off and unreadable on iPad or with landscape orientation. ### 2/5 — inaccurate translation? *2021-02-28, version 3.10* This is useful as a loose reference and to hear the Sanskrit, however the translation is overly/creatively interpreted. Some sutras are translated as entirely different concepts/topics than any academic translation. It’s more of a personal interpretation than a translation (a bit confusing that it implies Edwin Bryant was a resource?). From a functional standpoint it’s great. ### 2/5 — Sanskrit pronunciation *2016-09-30, version 2.0.2* The capability of hearing the Sanskrit pronunciation isn't working and was the major reason I got the app ### 3/5 — Disappointed); *2025-06-03, version 3.10* Great potential, but no daily notification feature and no widgets either. Makes it hard to use and doesn’t seem like any further updates are happening. Doesn’t feel worth the cost of the app. ### 3/5 — Disappointed); *2025-03-22* Great potential, but no daily notification feature and no widgets either. Doesn’t feel worth the cost of the app. ### 3/5 — great way of studying Sutras *2024-03-20, version 3.10* this app is an excellent way of studying the sutras. Love the insightful interpretations ### 4/5 — Skipped Sutra 3.22 *2025-09-16, version 3.10* I’m enjoying the app. Today I noticed in pada 3 the sutras don’t match another book I’m reading. I see that 3.22 was skipped on the app and therefore all the rest of the pada sutra numbers are off. I hope you can correct. Thank you for this app. 🙏 ### 4/5 — The Yoga Sutras *2025-07-11, version 3.10* Great content! My only remark is that the Sankrit is spoken too fast. Not conducive to helping students learn the sutras in Sanskrit. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — A Truly Authentic App *2026-06-23, version 3.10* I had the privilege of taking some yoga classes with Trip Shanti. His passion for his practice and study of the Sutras has made a lasting impression on me. This app is clearly a labor of love. ### 5/5 — All you need *2026-06-11, version 3.10* I have been using this app for years. It has a straightforward accessible interface that makes referencing and memorisation easy. On most occasions I use wisdom lib and external sources for deeper understanding of Sanskrit terms, but take that as part of study. No bugs, no bells and whistles just ancient wisdom at your finger tips. ### 5/5 — Brilliant commentary on Yoga Sutras *2026-05-25, version 3.10* I love the commentary and daily sutra reading. It is very transformative and uplifting. Thanks to the developers. Om Namah Shivaya. ### 5/5 — Amazingly good *2024-11-21, version 3.10* This app is well thought out. For those that want to go deeper into realising what yoga is, this is the app to get. Simple, straight forwards and easy to use. 🕉️ ### 5/5 — great way of studying Sutras *2024-01-17* this app is an excellent way of studying the sutras. ### 5/5 — 10 Stars *2023-08-21, version 3.10* Wonderful app for exploring the yoga sutras of Patanjali!!! It’s absurd quality for such an esoteric subject. I love waking up to the Sutra of the Day. I love the breakdown of each sutra into individual vocabulary. I love the translations and the commentary. The commentary! Wow…beautiful writing. Beautiful imagery. This is something special that you will not find anywhere else. Enjoy it and enjoy your meditation practice. Peace and love, Swami sahaj prem ### 5/5 — Amazing value *2023-02-18, version 3.10* Hi I’ve just downloaded this app and it seems to have very thoughtfully prepared content and a user friendly interface. Amazing value for so much wisdom. Thank you for your efforts in creating it 🙏. The one thing that would enhance this even more for me would be to have a widget that shows the sutra of the day, or shows which is the next sutra to read if you are reading them in order. ### 5/5 — Thank you *2022-12-04, version 3.10* To you wonderful people who have provided such easy access to these wonderful texts. Many many thanks. 🙏🙇🏻‍♂️ ### 5/5 — yoga sutras *2022-11-27, version 3.10* Very well presented. Thank you! ### 5/5 — Absolutely love it, but have to re-download often *2022-09-01, version 3.10* This app is my favorite go-to as an alternative to hitting the social media buttons. My only issue is the screen goes blank sometimes and I have to delete the app and re-install. I love this app, thank you for making it. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-09.*