Digital Mala vs Mantra Reader
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Digital Mala
This app serves as a digital counter for repetitive chanting, offering vibration and sound feedback. It allows customization of bead textures, wallpapers, and desired count numbers, providing a convenient alternative to physical malas.
- Digital mala for chanting
- Customizable bead textures
- Vibration and sound feedback
- Set custom count numbers
- Wallpaper customization
- Ads-free experience
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Digital Mala is an Ads Free App and it helps you to count your chanting when it needs repeating for many times such as a traditional of 108 times for many mantra chantings. This app will be useful if you don't carry your Mala or Rosario with you. It contains basic counting and vibration or sound feedback that you know it counted and you can concentrate on what you are doing or thinking. When it meets the set count. Another pattern(stronger) of vibration or sound will inform you that you finished the chanting. Basic Version: Basic version provides a set of BeadTexture and several App wallpapers which would fit users with many backgrounds. Users can also choose not to use Mala or wallpaper if you want. User can also set their wanted count numbers to fit their needs. User can one-click start the counter with their wanted numbers from the second time on. User can choose to hide the wallpaper and beads and use the app like a basic counter. If you like our work and would like to support us. You could buy our Additional Pack to support us. Silver Package: Silver Package unlocks more Bead Textures and Guru Bead Textures. Silver Pack allows users to use their Album Photos as App wallpaper.
Mantra Reader
This app helps you practice mantra recitation for mental clarity and spiritual growth. It allows you to use preset or custom mantras, track your progress, and sync data across devices. Enjoy a user-friendly interface with widgets for easy access.
- Preset and custom mantra support
- Track reading statistics
- Favorites list for mantras
- User-friendly interface
- Home and Lock Screen widgets
- iCloud data sync
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The repetition of mantras has a beneficial effect on a person in many areas of his life. This process is able to remove suffering on the mental and physical levels and to clarify consciousness. Recite mantras and keep track of your level. In this app: - Use preset mantras or create and set up your own. - Add most actual mantras to Favorites. - Track your readings statistics over time. - Enjoy the user-friendly interface and beautiful design on your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac (with M-chip). - Use all kinds of widgets with the necessary data on Home Screen and Lock Screen. - Take advantage of data sync across all your devices via iCloud (works automatically for signed-in users). All data is saved in iCloud and won’t be lost even if the application is deleted. Important information: Recitation of mantras - is a sacrament. Approach this issue with all your awareness. In order for the practice of reciting to be correct, one must receive the transmission of the mantra from the teacher. Transmission is essential to maintain the strength of the original source of the mantra. It is not enough just to read it in a book or on the Internet. For this reason, application doesn't include the mantra texts themselves (except Vajrasattva). They must be given to you by your spiritual mentor and can be added manually later. We wish you deep awarenesses and spiritual growth!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Mantra Reader at 100% against Digital Mala's 50%. Mantra Reader also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1). Digital Mala's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 3.8) and ratings volume (36 vs 4). On price, ads 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. Digital Mala sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mantra Reader asks for nothing beyond the download.
Digital Mala holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Mala has 36 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of Digital Mala's written reviews are positive against 100% of Mantra Reader's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Digital Mala ships an update fortnightly, Mantra Reader monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Digital Mala | Mantra Reader |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (36 ratings) — better | 3.8 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 36 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.2 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 66 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | wing lun tong | Aleksandr Vorobev |
Customer experience
Digital Mala
Mantra Reader
In-app purchases
Digital Mala
- Silver Package$0.99
Mantra Reader
No in-app purchases








