Comparison

Nirnay vs VIPraputra Path

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

Head to head
About

Nirnay

This app provides a Gujarati (Hindu) calendar with a traditional look and interactive features. It helps users easily find important Hindu events, festivals, and auspicious times, even if they cannot read Gujarati, through visual representations.

Highlights
  • Gujarati (Hindu) calendar
  • Interactive date details
  • Visual representation of events
  • Finds Ekadashi, Poonam, Amavasya
  • Calculates auspicious times (Muhrat)
  • Combines lunar and solar calendars
Features
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Nirnay, Gujarati Calendar 2026 A simple Gujarati (Hindu) calendar with the traditional print copy look and feel but with the added benefit of user interaction to find more details about a specific date. The calendar will help you to find when the next Ekadashi is, what the Paksha (Sud,Vad) on a particular day is, when the next Poonam is (Full Moon) or the next Amavasya is and many more Hindu events in easy visual representations; due to images being used to represent key events, even a person who cannot read Gujarati is able to use the app. In Vedic timekeeping, a tithi is a lunar day, or the time it takes for the longitudinal angle between the Moon and the Sun to increase by 12°. Tithis begin at varying times of the day and vary in duration from approximately 19 to approximately 26 hours. Tithi therefore is one of the most important aspect of the Indian Almanac or the Panchang as Hindu festivals and ceremonies are calculated based on this. The Hindu Calendar system is based upon the motion of the moon, each lunar year comprises of twelve months, each lunar year comprises of 354 days. This in comparison to the usual Georgian (English) calendar that we all use, leads to a difference in the number of days as the Georgian year consists of 365 ¼ days since it is based on the solar (Sun) system. To align the solar year with the lunar year, an additional month is added to the Hindu calendar every 3 years, this additional month is called Adhik Maas (Additional/Extra Month). Each and every second in vedic timekeeping is part of a Muhrat (moment), these can be auspicious or inauspicious depending on nakshatra and tithi (which are also auspicious and inauspicious)… sounds very complicated? It is complicated for most of us; thankfully we have this Nirnay iOS App which combines the lunar and solar calendar into an easy to understand format so that we can easily find out when we should celebrate Hindu festivals, when the most auspicious times are for various religious (and non-religious) activities so that we do things at a Muhrat which is good.

About

VIPraputra Path

This app guides users through spiritual rituals like Pooja and Yagna, offering detailed steps, mantras, and spiritual signs. It includes various books and plans for enhanced spiritual practice.

Highlights
  • Spiritual signs (Yantra/Sthapan/Mudra)
  • Pooja and Yagna steps
  • Full mantras included
  • Access to spiritual books
  • Subscription and lifetime plans
Features
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This application will help you with Yantra/Sthapan/Mudra (Spiritual Signs). Here we have given all steps for "Pooja" and "Yagna" of Panchayatan Dev. Now, this application is also useful if you want to do spirituals. This app contains, - MuhurtaPrakaranam - Bhumi Poojan - KundMandap - Prayashchit - Prayog - with Tilak to Visarjan (Full with Mantra) - MantraPrakranam - StotraPrakranam - NirajanPrakranam (Aarti) - ShastrarthaPrakranam - MandapPoojan - YagnavalkyaShiksha - SutakNirnay - Chaturved Mantra - SampurnaDeviPatrasadanPrayog - Mantrapushpanjali - and many more... It contains books, 1. VIPraputrapath (Vol. 7) 2. Mandalarchanam (Vol. 7) Subscription and Purchase Plans: VIPraputra Path offers different plans to enhance user experience: Bronze Plan (Base Plan) - A subscription-based plan with auto-renewal functionality, providing access to premium features for a limited duration. Silver Plan (Pro Plan) - A higher-tier subscription plan with auto-renewal, offering additional premium features and benefits. Gold Plan (Lifetime Plan) - A one-time purchase product providing lifetime access to all premium features without the need for renewal. For subscription-based plans (Bronze and Silver), payments will be charged on a recurring basis until canceled by the user. Users can manage or cancel their subscriptions through their respective platform settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://vipraputrapath.com/privacy-policy To get hard copies of books you can contact us at, Contact: +91 98256 68595 Email: vipraputrapath@gmail.com

Screenshots

Nirnay4 screens
VIPraputra Path4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Nirnay at none against VIPraputra Path's 4. Nirnay also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (95 vs 8). VIPraputra Path's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 11 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, review sentiment, device support and iOS requirement 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. VIPraputra Path sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Nirnay asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

VIPraputra Path holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Nirnay has 95 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 73% of Nirnay's written reviews are positive against 67% of VIPraputra Path's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Nirnay ships an update every 11 months, VIPraputra Path monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Nirnay versus VIPraputra Path: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNirnayVIPraputra Path
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (95 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.3% of reviews — better66.7% of reviews
Number of ratings95 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size24 MB239 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperShree Swaminarayan Temple BhujJignesh Joshi

Customer experience

Nirnay

All ratings95 ratings
Positive92.6%
Neutral4.2%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive73.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative20.0%

VIPraputra Path

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive66.7%
Neutral20.0%
Negative13.3%

In-app purchases

None

Nirnay

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

VIPraputra Path

Subscriptions2
  • Base Plan2 variants$0.991 Month
  • Pro Plan$4.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Plan$9.99

Questions

Is Nirnay free?
Nirnay is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is VIPraputra Path free?
VIPraputra Path is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Nirnay or VIPraputra Path?
VIPraputra Path is rated higher. Nirnay averages 4.8 out of 5 from 95 ratings, while VIPraputra Path averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Nirnay or VIPraputra Path have ads?
VIPraputra Path shows ads; Nirnay does not.
Which is updated more often, Nirnay or VIPraputra Path?
Nirnay ships an update every 11 months, and VIPraputra Path monthly. Most recently, Nirnay was updated on October 10, 2026 and VIPraputra Path on October 3, 2026.

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