SRF/YSS vs Ayurprana+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SRF/YSS
Explore spiritual teachings and guided meditations based on Paramahansa Yogananda's wisdom. Access digital lessons, audio recordings, and live online meditations to cultivate peace, joy, and a balanced spiritual life.
- Guided meditations
- Live online meditations
- Digital SRF/YSS Lessons
- Audio recordings of Paramahansa Yogananda
- Video instruction in Energization Exercises
- SRF/YSS News and Events
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Experience a life-transforming awakening of the peace, joy, and wisdom of the soul through the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, author of the spiritual classic Autobiography of a Yogi. The SRF/YSS app is for everyone—whether you are brand new to the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda or have been immersing yourself in this great teacher’s wisdom for decades. It is also for anyone who wants to learn more about meditation, the science of Kriya Yoga, and practical ways to live a spiritually balanced life. Featuring: - Guided Meditations on Peace, Living Fearlessly, God as Light, Expansion of Consciousness, and more — with customizable meditation times from 15 to 45 minutes - Free access to live online meditations - SRF/YSS News and Event Information For those who are students of the SRF/YSS Lessons, the app includes the digital versions of your Lessons along with a rich variety of multimedia content to help you apply the SRF/YSS Kriya Yoga teachings in your daily life. Including: - Audio recordings of Paramahansa Yogananda - Guided meditations and visualizations led by SRF/YSS monastics - Classes on the SRF/YSS meditation techniques - Step-by-step video instruction in the SRF/YSS Energization Exercises If you are an SRF or YSS Lessons student, please use your verified account information to access the Lessons in the app. About SRF/YSS Self-Realization Fellowship and Yogoda Satsanga Society of India are an invitation to the spiritual seeker to journey together on a life-transforming discovery of the soul. This journey embraces the “how-to-live” teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, which embody the highest techniques for realizing who we truly are and show how to bring lasting peace, joy, and love into our lives and into the world. The goal of SRF and YSS is to offer not just a course of philosophical study, but the actual transmission of sacred knowledge through the living words of one of the great spiritual masters of the modern era. Yogoda Satsanga Society of India was founded in 1917 by Paramahansa Yogananda. Self-Realization Fellowship was founded by Paramahansa Yogananda in 1920, to spread the teachings of Kriya Yoga worldwide.
Ayurprana+
This app offers a community focused on expanding human consciousness through yoga, Ayurveda, music, and inspirational stories. It provides spiritual teachings and untold stories to enrich lives and support personal growth. Discover a modern approach to wellness inspired by ancient sciences for holistic self-expression and healing.
- Community for consciousness expansion
- Yoga and Ayurveda practices
- Inspirational stories and spiritual teachings
- Personalized wellness content
- Holistic self-expression support
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Welcome to the AyurPrana+ app! We are a community of individuals who believe in the expansion of human consciousness. Whether it’s through yoga, Ayurveda, music, or short inspirational stories, our aim is to provide entertaining and educational content to enrich lives. Our goal is to offer a breadth of spiritual teachings, tell untold stories, and support each other along the path as we inspire and grow together. Join our membership and begin your journey. AyurPrana provides a modern approach to personal wellness. Inspired by the ancient sciences of Ayurveda and Yoga, we offer practices specific to your mind/body type and in support of your personal health - so you can flourish into your full self-expression! This is how we raise consciousness, by healing ourselves and each other. Discover what healing looks like for you!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: SRF/YSS at 392 against Ayurprana+'s 22. On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ayurprana+ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SRF/YSS has 392 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two.
SRF/YSS ships an update every 2 months, Ayurprana+ monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SRF/YSS | Ayurprana+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (392 ratings) | 5.0 (22 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 82.8% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 392 — better | 22 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 70 MB | 128 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Self-Realization Fellowship Church Apps | Ayurprana |
Customer experience
SRF/YSS
Ayurprana+
Bugs and requests
SRF/YSS
Reported bugs
3 issues- Incompatibility with latest iOS updates
- Unreliable login and authentication
- Broken lesson access for some users
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode for lessons
- Landscape mode support
- Customizable highlighting and note-taking
- Integrated dictionary
- Widgets with inspirational content
Ayurprana+
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
SRF/YSS
No in-app purchases
Ayurprana+
No in-app purchases









