Comparison

SRF/YSS vs HapyTap

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

HapyTap

This app offers a unique way to express care for others through thoughtful gestures and personal messages. It focuses on meaningful connection without the distractions of social media feeds or likes, fostering genuine appreciation and kindness.

Highlights
  • Send thoughtful gestures
  • Personalized messages
  • Slow, warm reveal
  • No feed or likes
  • Focus on genuine connection
  • Make kindness ordinary
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Most apps are built to take your attention. HapyTap is built to give someone a moment. It's a small, quiet way to tell a person they're on your mind, not with a like or a forwarded meme, but with a little gesture you choose and a few honest words. And it doesn't land as just another notification: it arrives as a small ceremony: a slow, warm reveal that gives the gesture the weight it deserves. How it works: • Pick someone who's on your mind • Choose the moment:- just because, cheer up, thank you, congrats • Add a small token and a few honest words • They feel it. And often, they send one back. No feed. No likes. No endless scroll. Just the good kind of dopamine, the kind that comes from a real person, thinking of you. Make kindness ordinary.

Screenshots

SRF/YSS4 screens
HapyTap4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: HapyTap at weekly against SRF/YSS's every 2 months. SRF/YSS's advantage is ratings volume (392 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16). 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

HapyTap 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 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SRF/YSS ships an update every 2 months, HapyTap weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SRF/YSS versus HapyTap: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSRF/YSSHapyTap
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (392 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews82.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings392 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better16
Further details — not scored
Size70 MB16 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperSelf-Realization Fellowship Church AppsKalash, Inc.

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

HapyTap

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

SRF/YSS

No in-app purchases

None

HapyTap

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SRF/YSS free?
SRF/YSS is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is HapyTap free?
HapyTap is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SRF/YSS or HapyTap?
HapyTap is rated higher. SRF/YSS averages 4.8 out of 5 from 392 ratings, while HapyTap averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SRF/YSS or HapyTap have ads?
Neither SRF/YSS nor HapyTap shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SRF/YSS or HapyTap?
SRF/YSS ships an update every 2 months, and HapyTap weekly. Most recently, SRF/YSS was updated on October 16, 2026 and HapyTap on September 23, 2026.

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