Comparison

Dharma Leafs vs Good Deeds Diary

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

Good Deeds Diary

This app helps you track your daily good and bad deeds, visualize your progress with a heatmap and trend chart, and set personal growth goals. It offers quick recording with voice input and customizable reminders to encourage consistent self-reflection.

Highlights
  • Merit balance visualization
  • Quick deed recording with voice input
  • Annual good deeds heatmap
  • Cumulative merit trend analysis
  • Consecutive recording streak counter
  • Goal setting and progress monitoring
  • Community sharing
  • Daily reflection reminders
Features
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In this busy world, let us not forget the goodness in our hearts. "Good Deeds Diary" is a personal moral cultivation app inspired by the traditional Merit and Fault Grid (Gong Guo Ge) and "The Four Lessons of Liao-Fan", providing a platform for daily behavior recording and self-reflection. Key Features: • Merit Balance — Visual balance scale showing daily good vs bad deeds • Quick Record — Preset templates based on traditional virtue categories, with voice input support • Heatmap — GitHub-style annual good deeds heatmap for year-at-a-glance progress • Trend Analysis — Cumulative merit trend chart to track long-term growth • Streak Counter — Track consecutive days of recording to build daily reflection habits • Goal Setting — Set and track good deed goals with progress monitoring • Community — Share goals and experiences with fellow practitioners • Daily Reminders — Customizable notification times for daily reflection • Data Export — Export all records in CSV format • Multi-language — Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan, Hong Kong), English, Vietnamese, Thai, Japanese, Korean, French, Spanish, Indonesian, Burmese, Khmer Perfect for: self-improvement enthusiasts, habit builders, mindfulness practitioners, and anyone interested in personal growth. Your records are stored on your device. An account is optional: data is sent to our server only after you sign in and sync, or when you share to the community. Ads are provided by Google AdMob; Pro removes ads.

Screenshots

Dharma Leafs2 screens
Good Deeds Diary4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Good Deeds Diary at 4.7 against Dharma Leafs's 4.0. Good Deeds Diary also leads on device support and ratings volume (3 vs 1). Dharma Leafs's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.0). On price, review sentiment and monetization model 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. Good Deeds Diary sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Dharma Leafs asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Good Deeds Diary holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Dharma Leafs versus Good Deeds Diary: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDharma LeafsGood Deeds Diary
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings13 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
Devices—iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB62 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVincent Pompe van Meerdervoortzhenyu song

Customer experience

Dharma Leafs

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Good Deeds Diary

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Dharma Leafs

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Good Deeds Diary

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Dharma Leafs free?
Dharma Leafs is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Good Deeds Diary free?
Good Deeds Diary is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dharma Leafs or Good Deeds Diary?
Good Deeds Diary is rated higher. Dharma Leafs averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Good Deeds Diary averages 4.7 from 3 ratings.

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