Kṛṣṇa vs Chapterly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kṛṣṇa
Access the complete text of "Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead" in multiple languages. Enhance your reading experience with customizable text, a searchable database, and an image gallery. Save your progress with bookmarks and notes.
- Full text in English, German, Russian
- Extensive image gallery
- Full text search functionality
- Bookmarks, notes, and highlights
- Customizable typeface, text size, line spacing
- Day/night modes and color palettes
- Resume reading from last position
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• Contains the full text of "Kṛṣṇa, The Supreme Personality of Godhead" in English, German and Russian. • An extensive image gallery. • The text is fully searchable. • Create bookmarks, notes, and highlights, and customize the look by changing the typeface, text size, and line spacing. • Dynamic glossary. • Day/night color modes and multiple daytime color palettes personalize the app. • Resume reading from where you left off. Easily access the menu for when you want to go elsewhere in the app.
Chapterly
This app helps readers track their reading habits and stay motivated to read more consistently. It offers a simple, distraction-free interface to log books and understand personal reading patterns.
- Track books read
- Understand reading habits
- Stay motivated
- Distraction-free interface
- Set yearly reading goals
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Track every book you read, understand your habits, and stay motivated with a simple, distraction-free book tracker built for readers. Whether you’re working toward a yearly goal or just want to read more consistently, this app helps you turn reading into a lasting habit. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Chapterly at Free against Kṛṣṇa's $4.99. Chapterly also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 71%). Kṛṣṇa's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (42 vs 4). On 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
Chapterly is free to download; Kṛṣṇa costs $4.99 up front. Chapterly sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Kṛṣṇa asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chapterly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Kṛṣṇa has 42 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Kṛṣṇa's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chapterly's.
Kṛṣṇa ships an update every 7 months, Chapterly every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kṛṣṇa | Chapterly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (42 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 42 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 52 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. | Luis Santana |
Customer experience
Kṛṣṇa
Chapterly
In-app purchases
Kṛṣṇa
No in-app purchases
Chapterly
- Chapterly Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
- Chapterly Annual Subscription$39.991 Year
- Chapterly Lifetime Purchase$69.99
