Daimoku Counter vs SGI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Daimoku Counter
Track your spiritual chanting practice with a customizable timer and detailed history. Organize prayers, view chanting progress, and access sacred texts. This app helps you focus on your practice with helpful reminders and visual aids.
- Customizable chanting timer
- Daimoku progress tracking
- Prayer list organization
- Chanting history and charts
- Access to sacred texts
- Weekly practice reminders
- Customizable themes
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Daimoku Counter helps you keep your daimoku record book. It counts your daimoku based on the pace you set (1,000 daimoku = X minutes) and keeps a record. Counter - Choose between a countdown timer and a count-up timer - Set how long 1,000 daimoku takes, and the timer gives you an approximate count - Pace can be set from "1,000 daimoku = 10 minutes" to "1,000 daimoku = 30 minutes" - Your chanting can be saved to your total in units of 1,000 - Choose automatic or manual saving - Pacemaker: keeps your rhythm with vibration, sound, or light - Ring the bell For a more accurate count, the app includes the pacemaker and buttons to adjust the count up or down. You can also add records manually in units of 1,000. To help you focus on chanting, this app does not run in the background. If the app stops, you switch to another app, or you answer a phone call, the timer and count will stop. In that case, return to the app and start the timer again. Your count is saved when the timer stops, so it may not be recorded if the app quits unexpectedly or your battery runs out. Because electronic records can be lost, we recommend using this app as a helper alongside a paper record book. Prayer List - Organize prayers into three types: Ongoing, Period, and Goal - Note start and end dates, purpose, goal, and actions - See how much daimoku you have chanted since each prayer began Chanting History - Look back with a list, a calendar, and monthly, yearly, and total charts - Chanting summary: days recorded, daily average, and more - Add and edit records manually Gongyo - Shows the Hoben and Juryo chapters with furigana - The silent prayers can be displayed by importing the PDF published on the Soka Gakkai official website Other - Weekly alarm: reminds you on the days and times you choose, with a passage from the Gosho - Today's Gosho - Theme colors and background images - App icon badge showing your total (in thousands) We hope this app helps encourage your daily practice. * All copyrighted works included in this app are in the public domain or royalty-free. The silent prayers are displayed only from the PDF that you import yourself from the official website.
SGI
Support your daily Buddhist practice with tools for chanting, recitation, and goal tracking. Find local facilities and access Buddhist resources.
- Chanting calculator with target tracking
- Audio guide for daily recitation
- Goal setting and progress monitoring
- SGI-USA facility locator
- Links to World Tribune website
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This app provides resources to support your daily practice of SGI Nichiren Buddhism. First, there is a chanting calculator that allows you to set and track chanting targets (campaigns). There is also an audio guide useful as an aid in learning the daily recitation of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and the Lotus Sutra. You can set your goals and watch your progress! There are several other useful tools such as a location finder for SGI-USA facilities and links to the new World Tribune website.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Daimoku Counter at 5.0 against SGI's 4.1. Daimoku Counter also leads on review sentiment (82% vs 50%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 4 months). SGI's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 6) and ads (none vs shown). On price 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
Both are free to download. Daimoku Counter sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. SGI asks for nothing beyond the download.
Daimoku Counter holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SGI has 744 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Daimoku Counter's written reviews are positive against 50% of SGI's.
Daimoku Counter ships an update every 10 days, SGI every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Daimoku Counter | SGI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.1 (744 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 744 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 63 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | KOUSEI KURODA | Soka Gakkai International - USA |
Customer experience
Daimoku Counter
SGI
Bugs and requests
Daimoku Counter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
SGI
Reported bugs
4 issues- Daimoku count not updating accurately
- Writings of Nichiren Daishonin not loading
- Crashes or freezes when using certain features
- Incorrect or outdated content displayed
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to adjust chanting/gongyo speed
- Seamless looping of chanting audio
- Sync daimoku counts across devices
- More customization options (e.g. font size, themes)
- Improved navigation and organization of content
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- Ability to maintain active campaigns/goals across updates
In-app purchases
Daimoku Counter
- Small Tip$0.49
- Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$5.99
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- remove ads.$5.99
- Big Tip$19.99
- Special Tip$59.99
SGI
No in-app purchases








