Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) vs Niệm Bình An
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)
Access dharma talks and guided meditations inspired by Sayadaw U Jotika's teachings. This free app offers relaxation scripts, meditation bells, and reminders to support your daily mindfulness practice and inspire further learning.
- Library of dharma talks
- Suggested guided meditations
- Relaxation scripts
- Meditation bells with intervals
- Reminder bells
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Saigon Meditation Project mobile app is a free app for everyone with library of dharma talks, and some suggested guided meditation and relaxation scripts. Most of the content is from Sayadaw U Jotika’s teaching. Please note that in order to seriously learn and practise Vipassana meditation, you need to attend formal classes with meditation masters. All the information shared in this app should be only your pure source of reference, inspiration and motivation in order for you to find your mindfulness way, the one and only one way to completely liberate your mind from suffering. If you can regularly practise short relaxation sessions (10-20 minutes) each day, it would certainly let your mind rest in the most effective manner. That’s when your mental energy is refilled, re-charged, and renewed. You can directly experience those benefits by yourself. That would encourage you to invest more into relaxation and Vipassana meditation by attending formal meditation classes with official guidances from meditation masters. For Vipassana tradition, you can look up Theravada meditation centers nearby and see if you can find suitable retreats there to attend. Besides those dharma talks and guided scripts, SMP app also provides meditation bells with different time intervals, as well as the reminder bells in between. It’s useful for meditators to use at home. Hope this small app can be beneficial to everyone as well as can be the source of inspiration and motivation to all meditators. May all of peace and mindfulness stay with you.
Niệm Bình An
This app offers a convenient way for Buddhists to engage with their faith digitally. Users can digitally light incense, read scriptures, listen to audio kinh, and consult a lunar calendar. It also allows for setting vegetarian meal schedules, bringing Buddhist practices into daily life.
- Digital incense lighting
- Read Buddhist scriptures and stories
- Listen to audio kinh
- Lunar and solar calendar lookup
- Vegetarian meal scheduling
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Niệm Bình An là ứng dụng tiện ích cho các Phật Tử muốn thắp hương, nghe kinh và niệm Phật khi chưa có điều kiện đến lễ chùa. App với nhiều tính năng gần gũi với đời sống Phật Tử: - Thắp hương kính Phật - Đọc kinh, sách, truyện Phật - Nghe kinh audio - Tra cứu, đổi lịch âm dương - Đặt lịch ăn chay Ứng dụng Niệm Bình An đem lại trải nghiệm tiện dụng cho các quý đồng đạo quan tâm nhiều đến tôn giáo Phật Giáo.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) at none against Niệm Bình An's 1. Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (47 vs 6). Niệm Bình An's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Niệm Bình An sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) asks for nothing beyond the download.
Niệm Bình An holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) has 47 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 97% of Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)'s written reviews are positive against 94% of Niệm Bình An's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) ships an update every 2 months, Niệm Bình An every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) | Niệm Bình An |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.1% of reviews — better | 93.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tai Le | ATARAXIA CREATIVE AGENCY COMPANY LIMITED |
Customer experience
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In-app purchases
Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)
No in-app purchases
Niệm Bình An
- Hoan Hỷ Giúp Đỡ$0.99
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