Comparison

BuddhaPath vs Tantra 112

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

Tantra 112

Explore 112 yogic practices from a 9th-century manual, presented with guided meditations and step-by-step instructions. Access an audiobook, ebook, and join a supportive global community for regular calls and a structured three-year practice curriculum.

Highlights
  • 112 Nondual Shaiva Tantra practices
  • Guided meditations
  • Step-by-step instructions
  • Audiobook and ebook
  • Global practice community
  • Regular community calls
  • Three-year practice curriculum
Features
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The revered 9th-century yogic practice manual, the Vijñāna-bhairava-tantra, transmitted directly from Sanskrit. Undiluted. Presented by best-selling author, translator, and meditation teacher, Christopher Hareesh Wallis. Featuring: - The definitive 112 practices of Nondual Shaiva Tantra, made accessible with guided meditations and step-by-step instructions - All-new audiobook and ebook on the VBT - A global community supporting each other in practice - Regular community calls - A three year curriculum of daily practice

Screenshots

BuddhaPath3 screens
Tantra 1124 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tantra 112 at weekly against BuddhaPath's every 2 months. Tantra 112 also leads on ratings volume (71 vs 11). BuddhaPath's advantage is monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). 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. BuddhaPath sells 8 one-off in-app purchases and Tantra 112 sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. 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 Tantra 112. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tantra 112 has 71 ratings behind it against 11, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BuddhaPath ships an update every 2 months, Tantra 112 weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
BuddhaPath versus Tantra 112: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddhaPathTantra 112
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (11 ratings)5.0 (71 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1171 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.616.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size163 MB162 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperDZOGCHEN SHRI SINGHA FOUNDATION USA INCONE TWELVE GROUP PTE. LTD.

Customer experience

BuddhaPath

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

Tantra 112

All ratings71 ratings
Positive98.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative1.4%
Written reviews58 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
7 purchases

Tantra 112

Subscriptions5
  • Membership (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Founding Membership (Monthly)$14.991 Month
  • Membership (Annual, Podcast)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
Show 2 more
  • Founding Membership (Annual)7 Days trial$79.991 Year
  • Membership (Annual)7 Days trial$89.991 Year
One-time2
  • Membership (Lifetime)$249.99
  • Founding Membership (Lifetime)$249.99

Questions

Is BuddhaPath free?
BuddhaPath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tantra 112 free?
Tantra 112 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BuddhaPath or Tantra 112?
BuddhaPath and Tantra 112 are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 11 and 71 ratings respectively.
Do BuddhaPath or Tantra 112 have ads?
Neither BuddhaPath nor Tantra 112 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BuddhaPath or Tantra 112?
BuddhaPath ships an update every 2 months, and Tantra 112 weekly. Most recently, BuddhaPath was updated on October 7, 2026 and Tantra 112 on October 16, 2026.

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