Comparison

Dhamma.org vs iOSHO

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

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About

Dhamma.org

Explore Vipassana meditation techniques and find residential courses worldwide. Access audio and video resources, apply for courses, and manage your user account. This app offers a path to self-purification through self-observation.

Highlights
  • Learn about Vipassana Meditation
  • Find worldwide course locations
  • Search courses by date, region, language
  • Apply and register for courses
  • Download/stream audio and video resources
  • Manage user account and application forms
  • Access group sitting recordings
Features
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This is the official DhammaOrg iOS mobile App for Vipassana Meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin. Vipassana Meditation Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, an Art of Living. Vipassana is the process of self-purification by self-observation. One begins by observing the natural breath to concentrate the mind. Then, with a sharpened awareness, one proceeds to observe the changing nature of body and mind and experiences the universal truths of impermanence, suffering and egolessness. This truth-realization by direct experience results in mental purification. Courses The technique of Vipassana Meditation is taught at 10-day residential courses during which participants learn the basics of the method, and practice sufficiently to experience its beneficial results. There are no charges for the courses - not even to cover the cost of food and accommodation. All expenses are met by donations from people who, having completed a course and experienced the benefits of Vipassana, wish to give others the opportunity to also benefit. Locations Courses are given in numerous Meditation Centers and at Non-Center course locations. Each location has its own schedule of courses. In most cases, an application for admission to these courses can be completed online using this App. There are numerous Centers currently in operation and more in development around the world, including Africa, Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania. Features of this App - Learn more about Vipassana Meditation. - Find locations near you that offer Vipassana Meditation courses from a complete worldwide listing or map of over 300 locations spread across 80+ countries. - Locate Vipassana Meditation courses using search criteria such as dates, regions, and instruction languages. - Apply and register to attend a Vipassana Meditation course. - Download or listen online to audio resources in different languages, including 10-Day Discourses and instructions for Mini- Ānāpāna meditation. - Stream videos in different languages, including 10-Day Discourses, Talks, Interviews, and Q&As by S.N. Goenka, Documentaries about Vipassana for adults and children, Vipassana for business executives and Vipassana in prisons, and a Mini-Ānāpāna Introduction and Practice. - Support for creating and maintaining individual user account - Pre-fill course application forms with profile information from user account - Sync user account with updated information provided on application forms Old Students - One hour group sitting recordings in 25+ different languages. - Play group sitting recordings with an option to log your daily sittings. All logged data is only stored locally on your device. - Turn on group sitting counter to join and see how many Old Students are currently meditating. - Find information about group sittings and other events hosted near you or hosted online. - Additional audio resources, including discourses for Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta, 1/2/3-day, and 7-day teenager courses; Morning Chantings and Dohas for 10-day courses; Special Chantings; Talks, Interviews, and Q&As by S.N. Goenka; Pāḷi Training; and Gong Sounds. - Additional video resources, including Mahāsatipaṭṭhāna Sutta Discourses, Benefits of Dhamma Service, Talks, Interviews, and Q&As by S.N. Goenka for Old Students and Dhamma Servers, and Special Chantings in the Gem Set in Gold. - A wealth of written resources including the Old Student Guide, Course Formalities and Pāḷi Passages, Group Sittings Chantings, the 10-Day Discourse Summaries, Glossary of Pāḷi Terms, FAQs about doing a Self Course, information about the Chain of Teachers in this Tradition, information about Dhamma Service, and Dāna. - Administer standard or customized self courses

About

iOSHO

This app offers a modern approach to meditation and mindfulness, featuring active meditations to release stress and discover inner silence. It includes guided OSHO Talks, transformative tarot games for clarity, and a wealth of audio and video content.

Highlights
  • Active meditations for stress release
  • Guided OSHO Talks audio
  • Transformative tarot card games
  • OSHO Radio (24/7 talks)
  • OSHO iMeditate (guided meditations)
  • OSHOPlay (audio series & playlists)
  • OSHO TV (video talks)
Features
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iOSHO – Revolutionary Meditation Approach for Contemporary People iOsho represents a revolution in making meditation, mindfulness, awareness and consciousness available as a daily life experience for contemporary people. It has tools to help you dissolve whatever is blocking your meditation with active meditations that allow you to express and release your accumulated stress and tensions – and then discover the silent center within. You can learn the “knack” of being a witness to the body and then the mind, with its thoughts and feelings while listening to OSHO Talks. And if you need support with a personal issue, you can use two transformative tarot card games to gain clarity and understanding. What Your Subscription Includes: OSHO Radio Silence Shared in Words – 24/7 OSHO Radio plays Osho Talks continuously. A new series is uploaded every week. Your subscription includes English and Hindi talks. OSHO iMeditate Enjoy 17 Key OSHO Meditations – plus the daily OSHO Evening Meeting You have tried just sitting, and it drives you nuts. Those sitting meditations were not created for contemporary people, but for people who lived a long time ago, in a very different world. That is why these OSHO Active Meditations were created. You release whatever emotions are rumbling inside, you dance, you hum, you just let go and feel the delight of then being able to be silent. OSHOPlay OSHO Audio Series, Curated Playlist and Music from the World of OSHO Discover the true essence of Tantra, Yoga, Zen or the Eastern or Western Mystics with hundreds of Osho Talks in English and Hindi. Delve into meditation, learn what it means to understand love, ego, life and death from 17 playlist of most searched topics, create your own playlists – including music from the World of OSHO. OSHO TV OSHO Talks on Video On OSHO TV you can access fifty different OSHO videos at any one time. Answers to questions from seekers, his replies to the press and some very intimate biographical talks. A new video is added each week. OSHO Zen Tarot Award Winning Game of Zen The world’s most popular Zen-based, Tarot Deck. OSHO Transformation Tarot 60 Illustrated Parables for Everyday Life OSHO No-Thought for the Day Start your day from your center – where your life really happens! A nudge from Osho on audio & text ABOUT OSHO Osho defies categorization. His thousands of talks cover everything from the individual quest for meaning to the most urgent social and political issues facing society today. Osho has been described by the Sunday Times in London as one of the “1000 Makers of the 20th Century” and by American author Tom Robbins as “the most dangerous man since Jesus Christ.” Sunday Mid-Day (India) has selected Osho as one of ten people – along with Gandhi, Nehru and Buddha – who have changed the destiny of India. About his own work Osho has said that he is helping to create the conditions for the birth of a new kind of human being.. Osho is known for his revolutionary contribution to the science of inner transformation, with an approach to meditation that acknowledges the accelerated pace of contemporary life. His unique OSHO Active Meditations are designed to first release the accumulated stresses of body and mind. If you subscribe via Apple, payment will be charged to App Store Account at confirmation of purchase. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the rate of the selected plan. Subscriptions and auto-renewal may be managed by going to Account Settings after purchase. Privacy policy: https://iosho.osho.com/privacy-policy Terms of use: https://iosho.osho.com/terms-and-services

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iOSHO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Dhamma.org at 4.8 against iOSHO's 4.1. Dhamma.org also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 2) and review sentiment (85% vs 54%). On price, ads, device support 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. iOSHO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Dhamma.org asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Dhamma.org holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 189 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of Dhamma.org's written reviews are positive against 54% of iOSHO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dhamma.org ships an update fortnightly, iOSHO monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Dhamma.org versus iOSHO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDhamma.orgiOSHO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (189 ratings) — better4.1 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews85.0% of reviews — better53.9% of reviews
Number of ratings189 — better55
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size134 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSAYATGYI U BA KHIN MEMORIAL TRUST OF MASSACHUSSETS, INCOsho International Corp.

Customer experience

Dhamma.org

All ratings189 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews133 reviews
Positive85.0%
Neutral6.8%
Negative8.3%

iOSHO

All ratings55 ratings
Positive76.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative18.2%
Written reviews76 reviews
Positive53.9%
Neutral11.8%
Negative34.2%

In-app purchases

None

Dhamma.org

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

iOSHO

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Yearly7 Days trial$69.991 Year

Questions

Is Dhamma.org free?
Dhamma.org is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is iOSHO free?
iOSHO is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dhamma.org or iOSHO?
Dhamma.org is rated higher. Dhamma.org averages 4.8 out of 5 from 189 ratings, while iOSHO averages 4.1 from 55 ratings.
Do Dhamma.org or iOSHO have ads?
Neither Dhamma.org nor iOSHO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dhamma.org or iOSHO?
Dhamma.org ships an update fortnightly, and iOSHO monthly. Most recently, Dhamma.org was updated on September 30, 2026 and iOSHO on October 1, 2026.

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