Dharma Leafs vs Mandala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dharma Leafs
Receive daily zen quotes and guided breathing exercises to find calm during stressful moments. It also connects practitioners to an online Zen community for sittings, retreats, and teacher interaction.
- Zen quotes
- Breathing exercises
- Online Zen community
- Zazen sittings
- Virtual retreats
- Teacher interaction
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Tap the screen and you will receive a zen quote and a simple breathing exercise. At trying moments during your day, recite the quote once slowly, then focus on the breath for the times indicated. Repeat as helpful. Treeleaf Zendo is an online practice place for Zen practitioners who cannot easily commute to a Zen Center due to health concerns, living in remote areas, or childcare, work and family needs. Treeleaf seeks to provide Zazen sittings, retreats, discussion, interaction with a teacher, and all other activities of a Soto Zen Buddhist Sangha.
Mandala
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Provides mantras and thanks to help beginner to practice visualizing and chanting mantras.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is device support: Mandala at 2 against Dharma Leafs's —. Dharma Leafs's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). On price 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.
| Parameter | Dharma Leafs | Mandala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | — | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | — | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Vincent Pompe van Meerdervoort | Chen-Hai Teng |
In-app purchases
Dharma Leafs
No in-app purchases
Mandala
No in-app purchases
