Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) vs Buddhist Sun
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.
Buddhist Sun
This app helps users find the Solar Noon based on their GPS location, crucial for observing Uposatha Sīla. It includes a countdown timer, Uposatha calendar, meditation timer, and a compass for sacred sites.
- Solar Noon GPS calculator
- Uposatha Sīla eating time
- Countdown timer for Solar Noon
- Uposatha Calendar
- Meditation Timer
- Vitamin D Sun GPS Timer
- Compass to sacred sites
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Know the Solar Noon based on your GPS Coordinates. Know the time when to stop eating for Buddhist monks and those who follow Uposatha Sīla. Countdown Timer for Solar Noon Uposatha Calendar Meditation Timer Vitamin D Sun GPS Timer / Calculator Sun Shade Screen Compass to point you in the direction of Sacred Buddhist Sites
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Buddhist Sun at every 5 days against Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)'s every 2 months. Buddhist Sun also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)'s advantage is ratings volume (47 vs 11) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Buddhist Sun holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 47 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)'s written reviews are positive against 100% of Buddhist Sun's.
Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) ships an update every 2 months, Buddhist Sun every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Saigon Meditation Project(SMP) | Buddhist Sun |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (47 ratings) | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 97.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 47 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 77 MB | 83 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Tai Le | Path Nirvana Foundation |
Customer experience
Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)
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In-app purchases
Saigon Meditation Project(SMP)
No in-app purchases
Buddhist Sun
No in-app purchases
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