TTDevasthanams vs Pocket Panchangam
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TTDevasthanams
This app provides a streamlined experience for devotees of Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamyvari Temple. It offers easy access to booking services, live streaming of temple events, and donation options, aiming to simplify the pilgrimage process.
- User-friendly interface
- Mobile number and OTP login
- Real-time update notifications
- Live video and audio streaming
- Book Special Entry Darshan
- Book accommodation
- Offer Hundi and donations
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Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) is an independent Trust manages Lord Sri Venkateswara Swamyvari Temple in Tirumala including its allied local temples. The trust oversees the operations & finances of the most visited Hindu Religious Temple in the world. With a moto to provide hassle free services to Srivari devotees, TTD continuously updating its online portal and Mobile App services. TTD is presenting updated Mobile App with much more improved features like user friendly UI, pilgrim friendly login using mobile number and OTP, Notifications for real-time updates, Live streaming of Videos & Audios, ease of availing / booking services like Special Entry Darshan, Accommodation, Srivari Sevas etc., including Hundi & donation offering acceptance and other services.
Pocket Panchangam
This app provides daily astrological and religious information in Telugu, Hindi, and English. It includes detailed panchangam, festival information with stories, personalized greeting cards, daily horoscopes, and Bhagavad Gita verses with audio. It's designed for families, offering local time reminders and accurate calendar calculations.
- Daily Panchangam details
- Authentic TTD Srivari and North Indian calendars
- Festival information and stories
- Customizable greeting cards
- Daily and weekly Rasi Phalalu (horoscopes)
- Bhagavad Gita verse of the day with audio
- Morning deepam ritual simulation
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పంచాంగం · पंचांग · in your pocket — in Telugu, Hindi and English. The daily panchangam that matches the TTD Srivari calendar exactly for Telugu families, and DrikPanchang's Purnimanta reckoning for Hindi families. Pick your language and your festival calendar separately — a Hindi-speaking family in Hyderabad can read in Hindi and still follow Telugu festivals. WHAT YOU GET • Daily panchangam — tithi, nakshatram, yogam, karanam, with Rahu Kalam, Yamagandam, Gulika, Varjyam, Durmuhurtam and Abhijit timings • Two authentic calendars — TTD Srivari (Amanta) or North Indian (Purnimanta, Vikram Samvat); accurate drik computation wherever you live • Festivals with their stories — why each పండుగ / त्योहार is observed, how it's kept, and a reminder the evening before • Greeting cards — send beautiful festival wishes to family with your own name and message • Rasi Phalalu / राशिफल — your rasi first, daily and weekly, in three tones • Bhagavad Gita — a verse a day with meaning and proper Sanskrit chanting audio • మానస పూజ — a morning deepam ritual: light twin diyas, offer dhupam, naivedyam and harathi • Built for families abroad — every reminder arrives at your own local time, on your own tithi day LANGUAGES తెలుగు · हिंदी · English. Kannada and Tamil are next. Free. No ads. No account. Nobody sells you remedies. Lovingly built and curated by Keerthi & Vamsi.
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Verdict
TTDevasthanams and Pocket Panchangam both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 96% of Pocket Panchangam's written reviews are positive against 38% of TTDevasthanams's. Pocket Panchangam also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 3 months). TTDevasthanams's advantage is ratings volume (1.2K vs 53). On price, rating, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for TTDevasthanams against 4.7 for Pocket Panchangam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TTDevasthanams has 1.2K ratings behind it against 53, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 38% of TTDevasthanams's written reviews are positive against 96% of Pocket Panchangam's.
TTDevasthanams ships an update every 3 months, Pocket Panchangam every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TTDevasthanams | Pocket Panchangam |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.2K ratings) — better | 4.7 (53 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 38.2% of reviews | 96.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.2K — better | 53 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 101 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TIRUMALA TIRUPATI DEVASTHANAMS | Viswa Chikkala |
Customer experience
TTDevasthanams
Pocket Panchangam
Bugs and requests
TTDevasthanams
Reported bugs
3 issues- Unable to login from outside India
- OTP not received on non-Indian numbers
- Repeated issues and errors during booking
Requested features
3 requests- Support for international phone numbers and emails
- Ability to save and pre-populate user information
- Improved payment processing and error handling
Pocket Panchangam
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TTDevasthanams
No in-app purchases
Pocket Panchangam
No in-app purchases
Questions
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