Comparison

SRF/YSS vs FlowBuilder

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

About

FlowBuilder

Create custom yoga sequences with a guided timer that calls out poses, sides, and breath cues. Supports various input methods like text, voice, and video to build flows, with a library of pre-made sequences and advanced practice tracking features.

Highlights
  • 370+ yoga poses with cues and pictures
  • Drag and drop sequence building
  • Text, voice, and video to flow conversion
  • Guided playback with voice and breath cues
  • 3D pose visualization
  • Practice tracking with streaks and heat maps
  • Cross-device iCloud sync
Features
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FlowBuilder is a yoga sequence builder and guided yoga timer. Plan a class pose by pose, press play, and the timer calls out each pose, side and breath for you. Made for yoga teachers planning classes and for anyone practicing at home, from a first Sun Salutation to a full vinyasa hour. BUILD YOUR SEQUENCE • 370 yoga poses with English and Sanskrit names, alignment cues and clear pose pictures • Drag and drop poses into sections, set sides and hold times, with Quick Add and Undo • Generate a Flow: a balanced sequence for any length, level and focus, put together on your device • Flow Library: 117 ready flows in 24 categories, from morning, beginner and hips to yin, power, desk break and sleep CREATE FROM TEXT, VOICE AND VIDEO • Text to Flow: paste a written class plan and get a playable flow • Voice to Flow: say the poses and hold times out loud, and each pose appears as you speak • Video to Flow: turn a yoga video you already have into a flow • Pose to Flow: the camera moves the flow forward when you reach each pose, recognized on your device PRACTICE WITH GUIDANCE • Guided playback with voice cues, chimes and breath cues • Sanskrit pose names spoken by a synthesized voice tuned for clear pronunciation • Teach Mode for leading a class at your own pace • 3D Figure: turn any pose to see it from every angle, as a stick figure or a low poly body • Breathwork with classic patterns such as Box Breathing and 4-7-8 • Meditation timer, guided meditations and sound frequency tones • Music Sync with your Apple Music playlists TRACK YOUR PRACTICE • Streaks, goals and achievements with tiered medals • Practice stats and a Body Heat Map of the muscle groups each session works • Apple Health support for workouts and mindful minutes • Live Activities, widgets, Siri and Shortcuts ON EVERY APPLE DEVICE • Apple Watch: practice, breathe and meditate from your wrist, with complications and Smart Stack • Mac: a full Mac app with My Flows, Flow Library, Generate a Flow and Text to Flow • Apple TV: generate and play flows, breathwork and meditation on the big screen, with Top Shelf • Apple Vision Pro: the 3D Figure opens in its own volume beside the player • iCloud sync between iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision Pro FlowBuilder speaks 17 languages. It is free to use, with optional Premium plans for advanced AI features, analytics and cloud sync. No ads and no third-party tracking. Terms of Use: https://flowbuilder.yoga/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://flowbuilder.yoga/privacy.html

Screenshots

SRF/YSS4 screens
FlowBuilder4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SRF/YSS at none against FlowBuilder's 7. SRF/YSS also leads on ratings volume (400 vs 9) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). FlowBuilder's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, rating 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. FlowBuilder sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. SRF/YSS asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for SRF/YSS against 4.9 for FlowBuilder. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SRF/YSS has 400 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of SRF/YSS's written reviews are positive against 100% of FlowBuilder's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SRF/YSS ships an update every 2 months, FlowBuilder every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SRF/YSS versus FlowBuilder: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSRF/YSSFlowBuilder
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (400 ratings)4.9 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings400 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS14.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB255 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSelf-Realization Fellowship Church AppsAJA Digital LLC

Customer experience

SRF/YSS

All ratings386 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral1.3%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews116 reviews
Positive82.8%
Neutral6.0%
Negative11.2%

FlowBuilder

All ratings9 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

FlowBuilder

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SRF/YSS

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

FlowBuilder

Subscriptions5
  • iCould Storage Subscription$0.991 Month
  • Analytics Pro$2.991 Month
  • Unlimited$9.991 Month
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  • Premium$12.991 Month
  • FlowBuilder.yoga Premium7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time2
  • iCloud Backup & Sync$3.99
  • FlowBuilder.yoga Premium Lifetime$129.99

Questions

Is SRF/YSS free?
SRF/YSS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FlowBuilder free?
FlowBuilder is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SRF/YSS or FlowBuilder?
FlowBuilder is rated higher. SRF/YSS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 400 ratings, while FlowBuilder averages 4.9 from 9 ratings.
Do SRF/YSS or FlowBuilder have ads?
Neither SRF/YSS nor FlowBuilder shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SRF/YSS or FlowBuilder?
SRF/YSS ships an update every 2 months, and FlowBuilder every 2 weeks. Most recently, SRF/YSS was updated on November 2, 2026 and FlowBuilder on November 9, 2026.

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