Comparison

Tibetan vs BuddhaPath

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

Head to head
About

Tibetan

Learn the Tibetan script and language with step-by-step character introductions and basic vocabulary. Features over 600 sound files for accurate pronunciation, covering characters, combinations, conversations, Dharma verses, and Mantras.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step script learning
  • Basic vocabulary introduction
  • Character combinations
  • Over 600 sound files for pronunciation
  • Learn conversations, verses, and Mantras
Features
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A complete introduction to the Tibetan script and language. While learning the characters step by step, you also learn a basic vocabulary, which has been carefully selected from spoken and written Tibetan. The complete range of characters and their combinations is introduced, up to a first conversation, a first verse of Dharma, and a number of Mantras. Tap on any character displayed to make it sound, over 600 soundfiles will help you to get the pronunciation right.

About

BuddhaPath

This app offers resources for learning, contemplation, and meditation on Buddhist teachings. It includes texts on the Four Noble Truths and daily practice, along with a meditation timer and a campaign for accumulating mantras.

Highlights
  • Four Noble Truths text
  • Daily practice texts
  • Meditation timer
  • Mantra recitation campaign
  • Multi-language support
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Welcome to The Buddha Path, the Swiftest Means to Enlightenment. This app provides invaluable resources to aid Dharma practitioners in their learning, contemplation, and meditation on the essence of Buddha Shakyamuni’s entire teachings. Currently this app offer three features: 1) The Four Noble Truths This text, entitled How to Knowingly Practice The Four Noble Truths of the Enlightened conatins the sence of all Buddha’s teachings presented as a very concise daily recitation practice. 2) The Buddha Path The Buddha Path is a daily practice text containing all the Buddha’s teachings in profound and practical meditation sections: Preliminary Practice, Learning Practice, Sutra Practice and Concluding Practice. 3) 108 Million Mantra Campaign In addition to the texts, The Buddha Path app includes a meditation timer function and an easy means to participate in the 108 Million Auspicious Mantras Recitation Campaign, an international group mantra accumulation practice. About These Sacred Texts These Buddhist study and practice texts are part of a global effort to benefit all beings and to preserve and promulgate the Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni around the world. These texts have been translated into numerous languages including English, Tibetan, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Dutch, Estonian, and Finnish. About The 108 Million Mantra Campaign Your recitations of these most powerful mantras can be recorded using My Daily Practice which is included in the app and added to the global mantra recitation campaign. Please report your accumulations on a daily or weekly basis. Everyone is welcome to participate in this auspicious mantra recitation campaign! It is our goal to accumulate these mantras throughout the whole year and complete the accumulation by Chotrul Duchen, the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the Iron Ox year, the 27th of February, 2021. We will make a special empowerment blessing for those help to reach this goal for the benefit of all beings in this world. Register at My Daily Practice Report: https://www.thebuddhapath.org/wp-login.php?action=register (https://www.thebuddhapath.org/wp-login.php?action=register) About The Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage The Buddha Path was developed under the guidance of renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditation master, His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, for use by his thousands of international students and by anyone interested in practicing Dharma for the benefit of beings worldwide. It is the main aspiration and project of Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche to preserve and promulgate the traditional Tibetan Buddhist system in modern society by making the Buddha’s teachings easily accessible to all who aspire to practice peace, happiness and wisdom. These inspiring and transformative practices are being released this year to commemorate the 2,900th anniversary of the parinirvana of the Supreme Guide Buddha Shakyamuni. For more information about the Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage, please visit website: www.thebuddhapath.org facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DzogchenKhenpoChogaRinpoche/ email: info@thebuddhapath.org

Screenshots

Tibetan2 screens
BuddhaPath3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: BuddhaPath at 100% against Tibetan's 45%. BuddhaPath also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.5) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 16 months). Tibetan's advantage is iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.6). On price, ratings volume, 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. Tibetan sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and BuddhaPath sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BuddhaPath holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 45% of Tibetan's written reviews are positive against 100% of BuddhaPath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tibetan ships an update every 16 months, BuddhaPath every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 1, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tibetan versus BuddhaPath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTibetanBuddhaPath
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (15 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews45.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings15 — better11
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRabten StiftungDZOGCHEN SHRI SINGHA FOUNDATION USA INC

Customer experience

Tibetan

All ratings15 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive45.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative54.5%

BuddhaPath

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Tibetan

One-time3
  • Suffixes and Prefixes$1.99
  • Superscript and Subscript$1.99
  • Spoken And Written Tibetan$1.99
8 purchases

BuddhaPath

One-time8
  • Concise Buddha Path English$11.99
  • Concise Buddha Path German$11.99
  • Concise Buddha Path Russian$11.99
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  • Concise Ed. Trad. Chinese$11.99
  • Concise Buddha Path - Japanese$11.99
  • Buddha Path 2nd Ed. English$27.99
  • Buddha Path 2nd Ed. S. Chinese$27.99
  • Buddha Path 2nd Ed. T. Chinese$27.99

Questions

Is Tibetan free?
Tibetan is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is BuddhaPath free?
BuddhaPath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tibetan or BuddhaPath?
BuddhaPath is rated higher. Tibetan averages 3.5 out of 5 from 15 ratings, while BuddhaPath averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Tibetan or BuddhaPath have ads?
Neither Tibetan nor BuddhaPath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tibetan or BuddhaPath?
Tibetan ships an update every 16 months, and BuddhaPath every 2 months. Most recently, Tibetan was updated on September 1, 2026 and BuddhaPath on August 23, 2026.

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