Comparison

BuddhaPath vs Pagoda Online

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

Head to head
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

About

Pagoda Online

Access a vast collection of daily Buddha quotes and teachings to inspire wisdom and healing. This app offers motivational sayings, beautiful backgrounds, and tools to save, share, and search for your favorite wisdom.

Highlights
  • Large collection of quotes
  • Beautiful backgrounds
  • Swipe to change quotes
  • Favorite quotes selection
  • Daily reminders
  • Search functionality
  • Background music
Features
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Incredible collection of quotes from the great Buddha and others who have a great influence on Buddhism. The teachings of Buddha are the foundation of Buddhism and are a great lesson for anyone seeking enlightenment and wisdom, to healing your soul, to practice in the present time. We can't always go to the temple to study and train our mind to become a better person (Especially in the current pandemic situation). This application helps you to learn from motivational sayings that help heal and create more motivation to live better, more beautiful. Main features of the application: - Large number of quotes (From buddha and others who have a great influence on Buddhism) - Large number of beautiful backgrounds - Swipe to change quote - Slideshow to auto jump to next quote - Pick your favorite quotes - Screen capture - Copy text quote (then paste any where you want) - Share (text quote) via social - Share (captured quote) via social - Support 20 languages - Reminder time to remind you every day - Library: View quote of each authors - Search for quotes - Burning incense: To show respect to Buddha every day - Calmly and healing background music

Screenshots

BuddhaPath3 screens
Pagoda Online4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: BuddhaPath at none against Pagoda Online's shown. BuddhaPath also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). Pagoda Online's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. BuddhaPath sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Pagoda Online sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for BuddhaPath against 5.0 for Pagoda Online. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 11 and 24 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BuddhaPath ships an update every 2 months, Pagoda Online every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
BuddhaPath versus Pagoda Online: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddhaPathPagoda Online
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (24 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1124 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.612.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDZOGCHEN SHRI SINGHA FOUNDATION USA INCPhan Minh Cuong

Customer experience

BuddhaPath

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

Pagoda Online

All ratings24 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

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
1 purchases

Pagoda Online

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.99

Questions

Is BuddhaPath free?
BuddhaPath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pagoda Online free?
Pagoda Online is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BuddhaPath or Pagoda Online?
BuddhaPath and Pagoda Online are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 24 ratings respectively.
Do BuddhaPath or Pagoda Online have ads?
Pagoda Online shows ads; BuddhaPath does not.
Which is updated more often, BuddhaPath or Pagoda Online?
BuddhaPath ships an update every 2 months, and Pagoda Online every 6 months. Most recently, BuddhaPath was updated on October 7, 2026 and Pagoda Online on October 6, 2026.

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