BDRC Mobile vs Monlam Elementary Dict
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BDRC Mobile
Access a vast digital library of Buddhist texts in Asian languages on your mobile device. Search and view digitized manuscripts and books, with offline search capabilities. Requires internet for image viewing.
- Search BDRC library offline
- View digitized Buddhist texts
- Access Open Access Tibetan collection
- Mobile access to digital archive
- Browse manuscripts and books
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A mobile application to search through and view the BDRC library. Buddhist Digital Resource Center is the world’s leading digital conservator of Buddhist texts in Asian languages and has digitized over 20 million pages of manuscripts and printed books. BDRC Mobile provides mobile access to the Open Access Tibetan part of the BDRC library, otherwise available on our website. The app’s search tool can work offline, but the image viewer requires an Internet connection.
Monlam Elementary Dict
This educational app provides a comprehensive Tibetan and Western abbreviations dictionary. It's structured into sections for beginners and elementary learners, offering simple explanations for easy understanding.
- Tibetan and Western abbreviations
- Beginner level section
- Elementary text section
- Simple explanations
- Structured learning
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It has been designed on the basis of special comparison made between the most resourceful materials of Tibetan abraviations and the western abrivaitions.The monlam elementray dictionary consist maximum western abraviations dividing it in three section first, Easyarts containing 220 English abrivaition and 370 abrivations for beginner level. And for the second elementary text consist of 1290 abrivaiton apx. The explanation of those abraviton is in very simple form and easy to understand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: BDRC Mobile at 14% against Monlam Elementary Dict's 0%. BDRC Mobile also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Monlam Elementary Dict's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
BDRC Mobile holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 14% of BDRC Mobile's written reviews are positive against 0% of Monlam Elementary Dict's.
| Parameter | BDRC Mobile | Monlam Elementary Dict |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 14.3% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Buddhist Digital Resource Center | Lobsang Monlam16922404891 |
Customer experience
BDRC Mobile
Monlam Elementary Dict
In-app purchases
BDRC Mobile
No in-app purchases
Monlam Elementary Dict
No in-app purchases
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