Comparison

Gurudeva vs Vedic Studies

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

Head to head
About

Gurudeva

Access daily wisdom and spiritual teachings from a prominent Hindu leader. This app offers inspiring quotes, photos, and connections to further resources to guide your spiritual practice and daily life.

Highlights
  • Inspiring quotes
  • Photos of Gurudeva
  • Connections to resources
  • Daily spiritual guidance
  • Teachings of a Hindu leader
Features
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Inspiring quotes from a great sage. Twentieth century Hindu leader Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami, known as “Gurudeva," was founder of Kauai's Hindu Monastery, Himalayan Academy Publications and the internationally acclaimed magazine Hinduism Today. He attained Mahasamadhi on November 12, 2001. This app serves to bring his darshan and teachings to today's spiritual practitioners through photos, quotations and connections to other resources. Connecting with his wisdom each day will keep you on track in your inner and your outer life.

About

Vedic Studies

This platform provides guided Vedic education with features like playlists, audio downloads, and playback control. It aims to make the wisdom of the Vedas accessible globally through an enriching online learning experience.

Highlights
  • Create and add to playlists
  • Download audio content
  • Listen to history
  • Resume playback from previous location
  • Bookmark audio to the exact second
  • Background audio playback
  • Sync downloads between devices
Features
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|| Shri Hari Vayu Gurubhyo Namah || Vedic Students is now Vedic Studies. Since the last update, everything has been rebuilt: the app, the player, and the library behind it. What you can do now: * Listen to the same chant three ways: Learn repeats after the teacher, Understand explains it, Listen plays the full rendition. * Add a chant's text from a link, a paste or a PDF and read along full screen. Vedic svara marks are drawn as marks, exactly as printed. * Split sandhi into its words and keep private study notes on any line. * Download chants and listen with no signal at all. * Repeat a chant 108 or 1008 times with an honest counter: only full recitations count. * See which parts of a chant you have truly heard, not just how far you scrubbed. * The daily panchanga for your own city, drawn from printed almanacs, with any day shareable as a picture. * Playlists, bookmarked moments, and your place kept across devices. * A light theme and a warm dark theme for evening practice. Free, with no ads and nothing to buy, from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Corrections to any text are genuinely welcome: write to contact@vedicstudies.org. || Shree Krishnarpanamastu ||

Screenshots

Gurudeva4 screens
Vedic Studies4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Gurudeva at none against Vedic Studies's 1. Gurudeva also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). Vedic Studies's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 41 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. Vedic Studies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Gurudeva asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gurudeva against 4.9 for Vedic Studies. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 31 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Gurudeva ships an update every 41 months, Vedic Studies every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 4, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Gurudeva versus Vedic Studies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGurudevaVedic Studies
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (13 ratings) — better4.9 (31 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1331 — better
Update frequencyEvery 41 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB27 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHimalayan Academy PublicationsVedic Studies Inc

Customer experience

Gurudeva

All ratings13 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vedic Studies

All ratings31 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Gurudeva

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Vedic Studies

One-time1
  • Buy 5 Token$2.99

Questions

Is Gurudeva free?
Gurudeva is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vedic Studies free?
Vedic Studies is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Gurudeva or Vedic Studies?
Gurudeva is rated higher. Gurudeva averages 5.0 out of 5 from 13 ratings, while Vedic Studies averages 4.9 from 31 ratings.
Do Gurudeva or Vedic Studies have ads?
Neither Gurudeva nor Vedic Studies shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Gurudeva or Vedic Studies?
Gurudeva ships an update every 41 months, and Vedic Studies every 2 weeks. Most recently, Gurudeva was updated on October 4, 2026 and Vedic Studies on October 7, 2026.

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