Dharma Bums vs Echt Apparel
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dharma Bums
Shop a curated collection of yoga and activewear. Receive notifications for new arrivals, promotions, and exclusive app-only deals. Discover ethically made, high-performance apparel designed for practice and everyday life.
- Shop full collection
- New product notifications
- Exclusive app-only offers
- Ethically made apparel
- High-performance activewear
- Designed by yogis
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The app lets you easily shop our entire Yoga & Activewear collection. Get notified of new product launches and get instant access to promotions and exclusive app-only offers. Dharma Bums aims to keep you practicing in style in our exclusively designed, high performance yoga and activewear whilst keeping your karma clean. Founded in November 2013 by fashion designer and yoga teacher Debbie Lawson who was inspired to take her yoga practice off the mat and take her own small steps towards creating change in the way yoga apparel is made. Her vision is to not only empower the people who wear the product but also those who make it by ensuring the their safety, salary and well being promote a standard of life that encourages happiness and harmony. Dharma Bums insists on an ethical code of conduct from the companies that make the product. Each Dharma Bum garment is made onshore in Australia and has the stamp of approval from Ethical Australia. Every garment is designed on the sunny Northern Beaches of Sydney, Australia by a passionate and creative team. Each new design is tried and tested and tested on yogis worldwide to ensure fit and fabric compliment every asana taken.
Echt Apparel
Shop the latest athletic wear and get exclusive access to new collections and discounts. Enjoy easy browsing and a fast, secure checkout process for all your purchases.
- Exclusive discounts
- Early access to launches
- Easy browsing
- New arrivals catalog
- First-to-know notifications
- Secure and fast checkout
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Download the Echt Apparel app to access exclusive discounts, early access to collection launches. Everything you love, right at your fingertips. EASY BROWSING Shop the freshest new arrivals across our entire catalog. EXCLUSIVE ACCESS Be first to know about exclusive offers and launches through first-to-know notifications and app-user-only early access. SECURE CHECKOUT IN A FLASH Tap, swipe, shop and secure your new products in an instant with our super easy checkout.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Echt Apparel at none against Dharma Bums's shown. Echt Apparel also leads on rating (4.9 vs 4.6) and ratings volume (227 vs 7). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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.
Echt Apparel holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Echt Apparel has 227 ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Dharma Bums's written reviews are positive against 59% of Echt Apparel's.
Dharma Bums ships an update every 6 weeks, Echt Apparel every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dharma Bums | Echt Apparel |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (7 ratings) | 4.9 (227 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 59.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 227 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 97 MB | 59 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Dharma Bums | Echt Apparel |
Customer experience
Dharma Bums
Echt Apparel
Bugs and requests
Dharma Bums
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Echt Apparel
Reported bugs
6 issues- App crashes when entering card details
- App crashes before payment
- Filter does not show out-of-stock items
- Filter by size shows no results despite stock
- Discount code not applicable
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- Incorrect sizes received
Requested features
7 requests- Improve filter functionality to include out-of-stock items
- Ensure discount codes are applied correctly
- Improve customer service response time
- Provide easier return process
- Fix app crashes during payment
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- Add more filtering options
- Fix filter by size to show available stock
In-app purchases
Dharma Bums
No in-app purchases
Echt Apparel
No in-app purchases
Questions
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