PL Dictionary vs SSBU eLearn
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PL Dictionary
This app serves as an English to Shan language dictionary, featuring a simple design for ease of use. It includes a quiz section, customizable themes, and the ability to add custom words, aiming to enhance users' knowledge with over 17,000 entries.
- English to Shan dictionary
- Quiz section for learning
- Multiple theme colors
- Add custom words
- 17,020+ English words
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PL Dictionary is an Dictionary English to Shan Language. Easy to use and simple design. This Dictionary included Quiz section, Multiple themes colors and Add custom word section for user. There are 17,020 words of English and meaning in Shan Language. Hope that can help you to improve your knowledge. Unlock premium features and take your experience to the next level: • Flexible Subscription Plans: Choose from monthly, or annual options. • Seamless Auto-Renewal: Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before renewal. • Easy Subscription Management: Update or cancel anytime via Account Settings. • Secure iTunes Billing: Payments are processed via your Apple ID at the time of purchase. Terms of Use and Privacy Policy: https://pldev.top/ios/policy.html If you have got a problem, please let me know by below address. Email: pld3v24@pm.me
SSBU eLearn
This app provides educational programs and socially engaged activities focused on Theravada Buddhist teachings. It aims to foster a vibrant learning environment inspired by ancient South Asian institutions.
- Rigorous educational programs
- Socially engaged activities
- Theravada Tipiṭaka as source
- Nurturing Dhamma practice
- Community collaboration
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In accordance with the motto of the University, bhāsaye jotaye dhammaṃ (the Visākha-sutta, AN 4.48 and SN 21.7, and the Mahāsutasoma-jātaka (No. 537)), ‘to dialogue and uphold the torch of Dhamma’, our vision is to create a vibrant, liberal Theravada institution for future generations. Our vision is informed by the establishment of large teaching institutions in South Asia more than one and half millennium ago. The famous Nālandā institution (the 5th – 12th centuries CE), along with four other big institutions—Vikramashila, Somapura, Odantapuri and Jaggadala—played a key role in contributing to the development of rich, diverse Buddhist scholarship, and in spreading the Dhamma to other parts of Asia and possibly beyond. These Buddhist institutions, which are often characterised as the earliest universities, had close intellectual connections and working relationship among themselves; they reached their peak under the Pala Dynasty, i.e. the 8th-12th centuries CE. Informed by our motto, we aspire to work together with diverse communities in Myanmar and beyond in order to study and nurture the Dhamma for the benefit of oneself and others. In practice this means that our long-term aim is to use Theravada Tipiṭaka as the principle source of wisdom and provide (1) rigorous, adaptable educational programmes, and (2) socially engaged activities and programmes for the benefit of our diverse communities and of the wider world. We strongly believe that through such programmes and engagements with the wider world, we all would be able to nurture the Buddha’s teachings and practice within oneself, and to build on it for the benefit of others.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PL Dictionary at 4.8 against SSBU eLearn's 4.3. PL Dictionary also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). SSBU eLearn's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 17 months). On price, ratings volume, ads 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
Both are free to download. PL Dictionary sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SSBU eLearn asks for nothing beyond the download.
PL Dictionary holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PL Dictionary's written reviews are positive against 67% of SSBU eLearn's.
PL Dictionary ships an update every 17 months, SSBU eLearn every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 19, 2026 and July 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PL Dictionary | SSBU eLearn |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (5 ratings) — better | 4.3 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sai Tawng Pha | SFUx Online |
Customer experience
PL Dictionary
SSBU eLearn
In-app purchases
PL Dictionary
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly$3.991 Year
- Lifetime$6.99
SSBU eLearn
No in-app purchases
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