Comparison

Digital Mala vs iMala

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Digital mala for chanting
  • Customizable bead textures
  • Vibration and sound feedback
  • Set custom count numbers
  • Wallpaper customization
  • Ads-free experience
Features
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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.

About

iMala

This app assists in counting mantras for Buddhist practices like Ngondro. It allows users to create and edit practices, track progress with statistics, and predict completion times. Data is safely synchronized across devices.

Highlights
  • Create and edit practices
  • Add mantra texts and settings
  • Track progress with statistics
  • Predict practice completion time
  • Cloud data synchronization
Features
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iMala is an app designed to help you count mantras in Buddhist practices, especially in Ngondro. The app offers the following features: - Create and edit practices: easily create and edit your practices, add mantra texts and settings. - Convenient statistics: track your progress with clear and detailed statistics. - Practice completion prediction: get forecasts on the completion time of your practice based on your current pace. - Cloud data synchronization: keep your data safe and accessible from any device. KARMAPA CHENNO

Screenshots

Digital Mala4 screens
iMala3 screens

Verdict

The call

Digital Mala and iMala both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of iMala's written reviews are positive against 50% of Digital Mala's. iMala also leads on update cadence (weekly vs fortnightly). Digital Mala's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 6) and iOS requirement (11.2 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Digital Mala sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and iMala 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 — 4.9 for Digital Mala against 5.0 for iMala. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Digital Mala has 40 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 50% of Digital Mala's written reviews are positive against 100% of iMala's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Digital Mala ships an update fortnightly, iMala weekly. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Digital Mala versus iMala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDigital MalaiMala
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (40 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings40 — better6
Update frequencyFortnightlyWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS11.2 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size66 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerwing lun tongAlexander Senin

Customer experience

Digital Mala

All ratings36 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

iMala

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Digital Mala

One-time1
  • Silver Package$0.99
1 purchases

iMala

One-time1
  • Donate this app$1.99

Questions

Is Digital Mala free?
Digital Mala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is iMala free?
iMala is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Digital Mala or iMala?
iMala is rated higher. Digital Mala averages 4.9 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while iMala averages 5.0 from 6 ratings.
Do Digital Mala or iMala have ads?
Neither Digital Mala nor iMala shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Digital Mala or iMala?
Digital Mala ships an update fortnightly, and iMala weekly. Most recently, Digital Mala was updated on October 24, 2026 and iMala on October 24, 2026.

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