Comparison

Buddha vs Mandala

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
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Buddha

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THE MANTRA ON YOUR SMART WATCH & PHONE ! ROTATE THE PRAYER WHEEL WITH YOUR THUMB ON THE PHONE! THE BENEFITS OF SAYING AND SPINNING THE MANTRA WORDS ARE LIKE THE INFINITE SKY ! • The App provides two most recited buddhist mantras: "NAMO AMITABHA" and "OM MANI PADME HUM". Mantras are considered to have the magic power whenever you repeat them. • Beautiful Buddhist Architecture in the world. • Buddhist sutras (Diamond Sutra & Heart Sutra) in 8 languages: English Japanese Russian Chinese Korean German French Spanish • Easy to switch the system language within the App. • The beautiful Tibetan script is available. Transcribing the sutras helps purify one's mind, enhances the ability of focusing and be selfish. The more you transcribe, the stronger you will feel the Buddha's nature, spiritual tranquility, self mercy, and spiritual exaltation. • What does "NAMO AMITABHA" mean? NAMO stands for homage. AMITABHA refers to the Buddha of immeasurable life and light who reigns supreme in the Pure Land. So the sentence means "Homage to the Buddha of immeasurable life and light!". • What does "OM MANI PADME HUM" mean? OM and HUM have no meanings. They are just used to express emotions. MANI refers to the magic jewel which helps you find all treasures. PADME means in the lotus. So the sentence can be translated as "Wow! Jewel Magic is in the lotus. Hurray!" By chanting NAMO AMITABHA ten thousand times every day, one can gain supernatural experiences. Depending on how perfectly qualified one’s mind is and on one’s motivation, even reciting OM MANI PADME HUM one time can purify negative karma. If one recites the OM MANI PADME HUM mantra one thousand times every day, then one’s body becomes blessed. One will always meet with fortunate times and good conditions, which will help your Dharma practice. One will always be able to meet with virtuous friends. Your wealth will not be stolen or taken away by others. Whatever you wish will succeed. • Buddhism Introduction: - CAUSALITY In Buddhism, the world is not made up of material elements but compounded by causality. Causality in Sanskrit is Hetu-Pratyaya. Hetu means a direct or far cause; Pratyaya means an indirect or near cause. A seed, for example, is a direct cause of a plant, while sunshine, water, and earth are auxiliary causes of a plant. - KARMA Karma refers to the sum of deeds, speech, mind in one's life and the effects. Good karma will yield a happier rebirth, bad karma will produce one which is more unhappy. Sometimes one can see how karma works in his lifetime. For instance, good deeds today merit tomorrow's good luck, or bad deeds invite bad consequences. - REINCARNATION Reincarnation or rebirth means the process of change from one life to the next. As mentioned above, karma has an influence on the process. It all depends on what you have done in your life. One will become a monkey, a mouse, or a deity in his next life. - NIRVANA If one attains enlightenment, when he dies, his life transcends, and all suffering comes to an end. The process of reincarnation stops, and he enters a world of complete peace. In addition, Buddhism emphasises the importance of emptiness. It urges people not to be obsessed with everything, not to dwell in appearances, sounds, scents, tastes, forms and perceptions. Everything is empty. By contrast to other religions, the concept of sin and salvation have no place in Buddhism. And there is no "Almighty God" or "Allah", Buddhist deities are more diversified.

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Mandala

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Provides mantras and thanks to help beginner to practice visualizing and chanting mantras.

Screenshots

Buddha4 screens
Mandala4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Mandala at Free against Buddha's $0.99. Mandala also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 12 months). Buddha's advantage is device support (4 vs 2) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Mandala is free to download; Buddha costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddha ships an update every 12 months, Mandala every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Buddha versus Mandala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddhaMandala
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size68 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer俊 姜Chen-Hai Teng

In-app purchases

None

Buddha

No in-app purchases

None

Mandala

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buddha free?
Buddha costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mandala free?
Mandala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Buddha or Mandala have ads?
Neither Buddha nor Mandala shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddha or Mandala?
Buddha ships an update every 12 months, and Mandala every 3 weeks. Most recently, Buddha was updated on October 18, 2026 and Mandala on October 3, 2026.

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