Comparison

Bihar Yoga 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

Bihar Yoga

Explore ancient yogic knowledge through a modern app. Access guided meditations, classical Hatha Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Raja Yoga, and insightful satsangs. Learn practical yogic principles for daily life and personal evolution.

Highlights
  • Mantra Yoga for well-being
  • Classical Hatha Yoga practices
  • Guided Satyananda Yoga Nidra
  • Satsangs on yogic topics
  • Yoga Capsules for lifestyle conditions
  • Guided meditations and relaxation
  • Recorded footage of Swami Satyananda
Features
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Bihar School of Yoga is pleased to present the Bihar Yoga App. Swami Satyananda Saraswati, yoga luminary, realized master, and founder of Bihar School of Yoga, emphasized the importance of approaching yoga and yogic lifestyle in its true, integrated form. The Bihar Yoga App brings to the user ancient and revived yogic knowledge in a modern medium. The app includes content from the major limbs of yoga in a manner that can be integrated into daily life: Mantra Yoga * Listen and chant along to universal mantras for well-being, inner clarity and removal of disturbances Hatha Yoga * Learn about and experience classical hatha yoga practices as originally presented by Swami Satyananda Raja Yoga * Experience conscious and complete relaxation through guided Satyananda Yoga Nidra * Learn fundamental practices for stilling the body and mind in preparation for meditation Jnana Yoga * Listen to satsangs on a wide variety of yogic topics to expand the practical understanding of yogic principles and how to apply them in daily life - Hours of guided relaxation and meditations - Hours of kirtans, bhajans and stotras - Hours of recorded footage of Swami Satyananda during world tours - Many yogic practices with step-by-step instructions suitable for everyone - New Yoga Capsules for specific lifestyle conditions as conceived by Swami Niranjanananda Saraswati We hope that this app will inspire the user to continue moving forward on their personal journey of evolution.

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

Screenshots

Bihar Yoga4 screens
iOSHO4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bihar Yoga at none against iOSHO's 2. Bihar Yoga also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (69% vs 54%). iOSHO's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 10 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. iOSHO sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Bihar Yoga asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Bihar Yoga holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 20 and 55 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of Bihar Yoga's written reviews are positive against 54% of iOSHO's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Bihar Yoga ships an update every 10 months, iOSHO monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Bihar Yoga versus iOSHO: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBihar YogaiOSHO
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (20 ratings) — better4.1 (55 ratings)
Positive reviews69.0% of reviews — better53.9% of reviews
Number of ratings2055 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB119 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBihar School of YogaOsho International Corp.

Customer experience

Bihar Yoga

All ratings20 ratings
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive69.0%
Neutral17.2%
Negative13.8%

iOSHO

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

In-app purchases

None

Bihar Yoga

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

iOSHO

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

Questions

Is Bihar Yoga free?
Bihar Yoga 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, Bihar Yoga or iOSHO?
Bihar Yoga is rated higher. Bihar Yoga averages 4.6 out of 5 from 20 ratings, while iOSHO averages 4.1 from 55 ratings.
Do Bihar Yoga or iOSHO have ads?
Neither Bihar Yoga nor iOSHO shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Bihar Yoga or iOSHO?
Bihar Yoga ships an update every 10 months, and iOSHO monthly. Most recently, Bihar Yoga was updated on October 29, 2026 and iOSHO on October 30, 2026.

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