Comparison

Tattvamasi vs Vignanam

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

Head to head
About

Tattvamasi

This app offers a digital collection of Ayyappa Bhajans, providing devotees with a convenient way to participate in devotional songs and learn home puja rituals. It also serves as a platform for announcements and updates on upcoming activities.

Highlights
  • Ayyappa Bhajan participation
  • Electronic Bhajan library
  • Home puja reference guide
  • Activity and event reminders
  • Regular song and verse updates
Features
Read full description

Swamiye Saranam Ayyappa! Ayyappa Samaaj is pleased to launch our first Smartphone app, Tattvamasi. We embarked on the App project to serve the following purposes: * Provide a chance for all devotees to participate in the Ayyappa Bhajans * Protect the environment by making the Bhajans available in an electronic form * Provide devotees with a quick reference for performing Ayyappa Puja at home * To act as a reminder for all our upcoming activities. We plan on using the app as our primary channel for adding new songs and verses. Please visit the app frequently to get updates to the various bhajans.  The songs and the verses you see in this app are the intellectual property of the respective composer and lyricist have been transliterated by the volunteers of Ayyappa Samaaj. If there are any typo-graphical errors in this booklet, we request you to pardon us and to bring these mistakes to the attention of your Ayyappa Samaaj volunteers.

About

Vignanam

Access a vast collection of Indian spiritual and devotional literature, including quotes, festival information, and Vedic texts. Learn to chant hymns with pronunciation guides and enjoy daily spiritual content in over 20 Indian languages.

Highlights
  • Daily spiritual quotes and excerpts
  • Daily Panchāñga with local times
  • Offline access to favorites
  • Indian festival notifications and details
  • Smart global search across all content
  • Learn to chant hymns with pronunciation guides
  • Vedic texts with svaras marked
Features
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Welcome to Vignanam, the official app for vignanam.org—your comprehensive guide to the beauty and depth of Sanātana Dharma. Brought to you by Vaidika Vignanam, our app offers an enriched experience of Indian cultural knowledge and devotional literature, now presented in a beautifully redesigned and intuitive interface. Available in 20+ Indian languages. Your Daily Spiritual and Devotional Companion • Start your day on a positive note with Subhāṣhitams and share with your friends - quotes, and excerpts from large bodies of Indian texts, with their translations. • View the daily Panchāñga featuring auspicious times and daily Sankalpa for your city, anywhere in the world. • Take your favorite collection anywhere with Offline Favorite access that is available without an Internet connection. Stay up to date with Indian Festivals • Never miss an Indian festival with push notifications for all festivals, and with upcoming festivals within the app and with widgets. • Learn more about the Indian festival with detailed information about Indian Festivals, with easier access to related stōtras for each festival. • Tailor your notification preferences to receive daily Panchāñga summaries, reminders for important festivals, or set custom personal events, with alerts for tithi and nakshastra and masa. Discover and Search with Ease • Smart Global Search: Search across all documents, Subhāṣitams, festivals, articles, and categories with our powerful search tool. • Simply type in a phrase like “ayigiri nandini” or a title such as “mahishasura mardini” to quickly locate what you need. • Recent searches and helpful snippets make it easier than ever to find your desired content. Learn to chant powerful Indian hymns • Discover an improved document details screen with in-document search, pagination, settings view, and a seamless switching to other documents within the category. • Read Vedic texts with svaras correctly marked in all Indian languages. • Listen to the audio and read the meanings for selected stōtras, with our redesigned audio player, which has quick access to playlists and adjustable playback speeds. • Learn how to chant the ślōkas and stōtras with the Śikṣha Learning Series, with detailed pronunciation guides in Indian languages, only available within the Vignanam app.

Screenshots

Tattvamasi3 screens
Vignanam4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Vignanam at every 8 days against Tattvamasi's every 13 months. Vignanam also leads on ratings volume (5.3K vs 84). Tattvamasi's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Tattvamasi against 4.9 for Vignanam. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vignanam has 5.3K ratings behind it against 84, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Tattvamasi's written reviews are positive against 98% of Vignanam's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tattvamasi ships an update every 13 months, Vignanam every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tattvamasi versus Vignanam: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTattvamasiVignanam
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (84 ratings) — better4.9 (5.3K ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better98.3% of reviews
Number of ratings845.3K — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAyyappa SamaajVaidika Vignanam

Customer experience

Tattvamasi

All ratings84 ratings
Positive98.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Vignanam

All ratings5,221 ratings
Positive98.7%
Neutral0.6%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews230 reviews
Positive98.3%
Neutral0.9%
Negative0.9%

Bugs and requests

Tattvamasi

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Vignanam

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional performance issues and screen loading lags
  • Widget not loading properly for some users

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add audio chanting for more texts and scriptures
  • Implement offline access and download options
  • Integrate Vedas, Upanishads, and other key texts
  • Provide Panchangam/calendar information and notifications
  • Enhance search and favorites management functionalities

In-app purchases

None

Tattvamasi

No in-app purchases

None

Vignanam

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tattvamasi free?
Tattvamasi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Vignanam free?
Vignanam is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tattvamasi or Vignanam?
Tattvamasi is rated higher. Tattvamasi averages 4.9 out of 5 from 84 ratings, while Vignanam averages 4.9 from 5.3K ratings.
Do Tattvamasi or Vignanam have ads?
Neither Tattvamasi nor Vignanam shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tattvamasi or Vignanam?
Tattvamasi ships an update every 13 months, and Vignanam every 8 days. Most recently, Tattvamasi was updated on October 24, 2026 and Vignanam on October 25, 2026.

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