Comparison

Sariputta vs Pāli Practice

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

Head to head
About

Sariputta

Access Buddhist scriptures, including the Dhammapada and various Nikayas, with translations in English, Indonesian, and Chinese. Read paritta chants, dhamma articles, and e-books offline. Find information on meditation and Kathina events.

Highlights
  • Paritta chanting with translations
  • Buddhist scriptures (Sutta Pitaka, Dhammapada)
  • Multilingual support (English, Indonesian, Chinese)
  • Offline reading mode
  • Dhamma articles and e-books
  • Meditation and Kathina event information
Features
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Sariputta is an application that provides paritta-chanting, and its translations into English and Indonesian. It will also include the scriptures of Buddhism, which is one part of the Sutta Pitaka, the Dhammapada consists of 423 verse and grouped into 26 chapters. In addition to the Dhammapada, there are also several books Tipitaka like Samyutta Nikaya, Anguttara Nikaya, Majjhima Nikaya, Jataka, Udana and many others. All verses / books recounted in a language that has been translated into Indonesian, English, and Chinese. In addition you may also read the sermons of the Buddha as well as numerous dhamma articles from figures of Buddhism. You can read an interesting e-books in dhamma book that presented into two languages, English and Indonesian. You can also read paritta, dhammapada, as well as dhamma books in offline mode. Information about the activities of meditation and also a great day Kathina can be found here. And for those of you who are very keen to listen to the Dhamma talk, you can also get location information until the time and date of implementation of these activities.

About

Pāli Practice

Practice Pāli grammar with flashcards focusing on verb conjugation and noun declension. Uses spaced repetition for effective learning and works fully offline. Ideal for students of early Buddhist texts.

Highlights
  • Verb conjugation practice
  • Noun declension exercises
  • Spaced repetition learning
  • Offline functionality
  • Grammatical form identification
  • Word translation checks
Features
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The app uses flashcard exercises that ask you to find the correct grammatical form. For verbs, you are shown a verb and asked to conjugate it for a given tense, person, and number. For nouns, you are asked to decline a word in a specific case, gender, and number. You think or say the answer yourself, then tap to check it, along with the word’s translation. The app follows a spaced repetition approach: after each review, you mark items as easy or difficult, and they are shown again later depending on how well they are remembered. Pāli Practice works fully offline and is designed for brief, regular study, so it can be used whenever you have a free moment. The app is intended for Theravada Buddhism practitioners and students of early Buddhist texts who want a simple tool for practicing grammatical forms. It supports ongoing study but does not replace textbooks, courses, or teachers. Word and grammar data are sourced from the Digital Pāli Dictionary project. The icon is the quail from SN 47:6, the Sakuṇagghi Sutta ("The Hawk"), hiding behind rocks in its ancestral territory – a newly plowed field with clumps of earth all turned up: "Wander, monks, in what is your proper range, your own ancestral territory. In one who wanders in what is his proper range, his own ancestral territory, Māra gains no opening, Māra gains no foothold. And what, for a monk, is his proper range, his own ancestral territory? The four establishings of mindfulness." This app is maintained by the DhammaBytes contributors. We welcome feedback and help with translating the app into other languages. Please contact us at contact@dhammabytes.org

Screenshots

Sariputta4 screens
Pāli Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Pāli Practice at 5.0 against Sariputta's 4.7. Pāli Practice also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 92%). Sariputta's advantage is ratings volume (31 vs 8). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pāli Practice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 31 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 92% of Sariputta's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pāli Practice's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sariputta ships an update every 2 months, Pāli Practice every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Sariputta versus Pāli Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSariputtaPāli Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (31 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews91.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size40 MB172 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPUNDI MAS BERJAYA, PTIvan Miroshnichenko

Customer experience

Sariputta

All ratings31 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews62 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.2%
Negative4.8%

Pāli Practice

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Sariputta

No in-app purchases

None

Pāli Practice

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Sariputta free?
Sariputta is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pāli Practice free?
Pāli Practice is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sariputta or Pāli Practice?
Pāli Practice is rated higher. Sariputta averages 4.7 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Pāli Practice averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Sariputta or Pāli Practice have ads?
Neither Sariputta nor Pāli Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sariputta or Pāli Practice?
Sariputta ships an update every 2 months, and Pāli Practice every 4 months. Most recently, Sariputta was updated on October 24, 2026 and Pāli Practice on October 24, 2026.

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