Comparison

Sheytoon vs Pendar

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

Head to head
About

Sheytoon

This app connects individuals within the Persian community for serious relationships. It facilitates building connections globally and has a history of successful matches. While free to download, premium subscription options offer enhanced features.

Highlights
  • Persian community focus
  • Serious relationship building
  • Global connections
  • Successful match history
  • Premium subscription options
Features
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With thousands of successful matches made weekly, Sheytoon is the leading platform for building connections throughout the Persian community. We’re building relationships across the world. Download, if you’re looking for a serious relationship and be apart of the many success stories. Sheytoon is free to download and use. However, if you’re looking to get the most from Sheytoon, you can subscribe to one of the subscriptions: Sheytoon Supercharged and Sheytoon Select We offer weekly and monthly options. The prices may vary per country and are subject to change without notice. Prices are clearly displayed in the app. * Payment will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase. * Your subscription will automatically renew itself, unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. * Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. * You can manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the iTunes Store. * If offered, if you choose to use our free trial, any unused portion of the free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription to that publication, where applicable Be sure to read our privacy policy and terms of use: https://www.sheytoonapp.com/privacy-policy/ https://www.sheytoonapp.com/terms-of-service/

About

Pendar

This app encourages daily reflection on good thoughts, words, and deeds, visualized by a sacred Persian fire temple. As you offer your daily triad, the fire's intensity grows, unlocking teachings and celebrating ancient festivals. It offers a personal, private space for spiritual practice and reflection.

Highlights
  • Daily good thought, word, and deed logging
  • Dynamic sacred fire visualization
  • Unlockable ancient Persian teachings
  • Celebration of Zoroastrian festivals
  • Customizable temple and courtyard
  • Home-screen and lock-screen widgets
  • Siri and Action button integration
Features
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Three thousand years ago, Zarathustra folded a whole ethic into three words: good thoughts, good words, good deeds. Pendar-e Nik asks you for all three, once a day. Write one good thought you kept, one good word you spoke, one good deed your hands did — and keep a sacred fire alight. THE FIRE A hand-drawn Persian fire temple, alive at sixty frames a second. The flame burns exactly as brightly as today is tended: a banked, smoking ember when nothing has been offered, a full blaze when the triad is complete. Offer a spark and the fire leaps to greet it. THE LONG TENDING Your streak furnishes the temple. Seven days hangs two oil lamps in the arch. Thirty days unrolls a carpet down the steps. A hundred raises twin banners. Today can stay pending until midnight — the fire dims but doesn't go out while you're still tending. Miss a whole day and the flame starts over; your ledger keeps every word you ever offered. THE TEACHINGS Sixteen short pages open as you practice — Zarathustra and the Gathas, Asha and the Lie, the Chinvat Bridge, the Faravahar, the fire temple at Yazd whose flame has burned since about 470 AD. Real verses in transliterated Avestan, an eighteen-term glossary, one gentle recall question a day, and the whole tradition down one gold thread. THE FIRES OF THE YEAR On Jashn-e Sadeh the walls warm and sparks shower. On Chaharshanbe Suri the little jumping-fires appear on the steps. At Nowruz, blossom drifts through the arch. The app keeps the festivals, and tells you their stories. NEW — THE TEMPLE, ON APPLE VISION PRO The fire steps out of the screen. Stand in the courtyard at Yazd at dusk, among cypresses and lamplight, with the still pool holding the temple upside down. Walk in, and the hall is lit by one flame in a sacred urn, behind glass, as it is in Yazd. It is the same fire. The same streak, the same ledger, the same three offerings — tended on your iPhone in the morning and standing before it in the evening. Build the temple you want: a sculpted Yazd facade or the drawn one, sculpted cypresses, lamp posts, a carved pool basin, and the Yazd Sacred Fire Urn to hold the flame. Set how dark the courtyard and the hall are kept — a room at midnight and a room at noon are not the same room. The fire alone never dims: it answers to your tending, and to nothing else. And Pirooz sits by the water. Reach out and he purrs — his own voice, recorded. ALWAYS IN VIEW Home-screen and lock-screen widgets drawn by the same painter — never the same flame twice, rolling over exactly at midnight. "Offer a good deed in Pendar-e Nik" works from Siri and the Action button. The optional evening reminder is sent only while the day's triad is unfinished — a tended fire stays quiet. YOUR WORDS STAY YOURS No accounts, no analytics, no ads, no tracking. Your ledger lives on your device and syncs through your own private iCloud — iPhone, iPad and Apple Vision Pro, one fire between them. We run no servers and can read nothing. Every feature is free, and will stay free. If the fire warms you, there's a sandalwood tip jar — it feeds the keeper, and unlocks nothing. That's the point. Good thoughts. Good words. Good deeds. Again tomorrow.

Screenshots

Sheytoon4 screens
Pendar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pendar at 5.0 against Sheytoon's 4.6. Pendar also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Sheytoon's advantage is ratings volume (10K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Sheytoon sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $10.99 per 7 days and Pendar sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pendar holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sheytoon has 10K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sheytoon ships an update every 2 months, Pendar weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sheytoon versus Pendar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSheytoonPendar
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (10K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews27.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB7 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperSheytoon Inc.Hessam Zahedi

Customer experience

Sheytoon

All ratings9,847 ratings
Positive90.7%
Neutral3.5%
Negative5.8%
Written reviews330 reviews
Positive27.3%
Neutral8.2%
Negative64.5%

Pendar

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sheytoon

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Messages not showing up
  • Profiles reappearing after being blocked
  • Login issues and app crashes
  • Subscription charges not working as expected

Requested features

5 requests
  • Unlimited likes and messages
  • Accurate location-based matching
  • More profile customization options
  • Better sorting and filtering tools
  • Verification system for profiles

Pendar

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Sheytoon

Subscriptions6
  • Sheytoon Supercharged - 1 Week$10.997 Days
  • Sheytoon Monthly Premium$19.991 Month
  • Sheytoon Select weekly$23.007 Days
Show 3 more
  • Sheytoon Supercharged-3 Month$44.993 Months
  • Sheytoon Select3 Days trial$49.991 Month
  • Sheytoon Select 3 Month$119.993 Months
One-time1
  • 10 Superlikes$19.99
3 purchases

Pendar

One-time3
  • A Stick of Sandalwood$0.99
  • An Armful of Sandalwood$4.99
  • A Cord of Sandalwood$9.99

Questions

Is Sheytoon free?
Sheytoon is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pendar free?
Pendar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sheytoon or Pendar?
Pendar is rated higher. Sheytoon averages 4.6 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Pendar averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Sheytoon or Pendar have ads?
Neither Sheytoon nor Pendar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sheytoon or Pendar?
Sheytoon ships an update every 2 months, and Pendar weekly. Most recently, Sheytoon was updated on October 27, 2026 and Pendar on October 25, 2026.

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