Comparison

Abhyaasa vs AOL

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

Head to head
About

Abhyaasa

Practice daily spiritual routines like meditation, chanting, and yoga anytime, anywhere. Personalize your sessions with custom playlists and track your progress. This app guides you through the teachings of a renowned spiritual program.

Highlights
  • Daily Sadhana practice
  • Sudarshan Kriya, Chantings, Surya Namaskar, Meditation
  • Personalize teacher, pace, and content
  • Create custom playlists
  • Play individual sessions (one-offs)
  • Track progress
  • Revamped intuitive interface
Features
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Practice the rejuvenating Daily Sadhana of your favorite The Art of Living program anytime and anywhere with the all new Abhyaasa app. Religiously followed by over 75,000 seekers across the globe, this exhilarating application will be the guide of Daily Sadhana in your favorite teacher’s voice. Install the sublime app today to- - Unlock the profound benefits of the Daily Sadhana at your convenient time and place. - Practice Sudarshan Kriya, Chantings, Surya Namaskar, Meditation and everything that Guruji has taught us. - Personalize your daily Sadhana by customizing teacher, pace and almost everything. - Create tailor-made playlists and play them as per the time available at your disposal. - Play any meditation or chants or asana without creating a playlist through all new Play one-offs feature. - Track your progress and stay motivated for the next Daily Sadhana session. Avail more features now with the latest update. -More Personalization- Sometimes prefer 6-6-4 counts instead of 8-8-6 in Pranayama? Done. Want to play Devi Kavacham after Kriya? Easy. Padmsadhana to be rushed sometimes? Sure. Just tell Abhyaasa what you want and it will create tailor-made playlists for you. - An entirely new look : To make things more intuitive, seamless and use-friendly, we've revamped the entire app experience. Install it now and we bet, you’d find it refreshingly simpler and instantly familiar. - Sequences are now called playlists : Yes, that sounds more friendly, we know. And the whole app revolves around playlists now. - Tap and slide to play : We’ve streamlined the day-to-day experience and brought the most frequently required playlists on the sliding screens : front and top. Easy come, easy go. - Play one-offs : By popular request, you can now play any meditation or chants or asana without having to create a playlist. Just head on to the “Play one-offs” screen. Yay! - No teacher’s approval needed : This is a big one. The teacher approval process is removed now. Meaning, your app now comes full loaded, pre-activated, even for doing Sudarshan Kriya.. Teacher-student connect feature is coming soon. Loved by the Best of the Yogis out there. **Recommendations** "After 20 years of practising Sudarshan Kriya, I switched to Abhyaasa. And that was the best thing to have happened to my practice." - Dinesh Ghodke "The second best thing to doing sadhana with Guruji." - Abhyaasa User "Melodious. Sublime. Ethereal. Profound. Exhilarating. That's Abhyaasa!" - Rishi Nitya Pragya

About

AOL

This app helps instructors and organizers manage events, view key performance indicators, and track attendee participation. It allows for scanning QR codes to mark attendance and creating new meetups and workshops.

Highlights
  • View Key Performance Indicators
  • Manage Meetups and Workshops
  • Track Attendee RSVPs
  • Scan QR Codes for Attendance
  • Create New Events
Features
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The Art of Living Journey Teacher Mobile App lets the art of living instructors and organizers to view the most important KPI’s from the dashboard, view the meetups and workshops that they have posted, access the details of these meetups and workshops, view the RSVP’s of the meetups and the attendees of the workshop, and Scan their QR code before the meetups & workshops to mark their attendance. The features released in this version of the teacher mobile app are: 1. Dashboard 2. Upcoming Meetups and Workshops 3. Find Meetups 4. View Meetup Details 5. View Meetup RSVP’s 6. Find Workshops 7. View Workshop Details 8. View Workshop Attendees 9. Scan QR code – Meetup & Workshop 10. Create Meetups Required Permissions: - Access device camera for scanning QR code

Screenshots

Abhyaasa4 screens
AOL4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: AOL at 4.9 against Abhyaasa's 3.6. AOL also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 18) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Abhyaasa's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 33%). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. Abhyaasa sells 13 one-off in-app purchases. AOL asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

AOL holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 49 and 24 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Abhyaasa's written reviews are positive against 33% of AOL's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Abhyaasa ships an update every 3 weeks, AOL weekly. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Abhyaasa versus AOL: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAbhyaasaAOL
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.6 (49 ratings)4.9 (24 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings49 — better24
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size145 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSumeru Software SolutionsArt of Living Foundation

Customer experience

Abhyaasa

All ratings49 ratings
Positive63.3%
Neutral2.0%
Negative34.7%
Written reviews106 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral15.1%
Negative34.9%

AOL

All ratings24 ratings
Positive95.8%
Neutral4.2%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Abhyaasa

One-time13
  • Padma Saadhana$0.99
  • Sandhyavandanam2 variants$1.99
  • Atomo Molecula y Vida Spanish$8.99
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  • Del Aura Spanish2 variants$8.99
  • Del Espacio Spanish$8.99
  • Hari Om Spanish2 variants$8.99
  • Om Guiada Spanish2 variants$8.99
  • Ser Un Testigo Spanish2 variants$8.99
  • Suavizar Impresiones Del Pasado Spanish$8.99
  • Transformaciones De Las Emociones Spanish$8.99
  • Del Sol Spanish$8.99
  • Suavizar Impresiones Del$8.99
  • Transformaciones De Las$8.99
None

AOL

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Abhyaasa free?
Abhyaasa is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AOL free?
AOL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Abhyaasa or AOL?
AOL is rated higher. Abhyaasa averages 3.6 out of 5 from 49 ratings, while AOL averages 4.9 from 24 ratings.
Do Abhyaasa or AOL have ads?
Neither Abhyaasa nor AOL shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Abhyaasa or AOL?
Abhyaasa ships an update every 3 weeks, and AOL weekly. Most recently, Abhyaasa was updated on October 8, 2026 and AOL on October 8, 2026.

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