Rishi Darshan vs Vedic Studies
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Rishi Darshan
Access a wide range of free videos covering health tips, divine kirtans, spiritual discourses, and devotional songs. Subscribers can also log in to watch and download their purchased editions.
- Free health tips videos
- Divine kirtans and bhajans
- Spiritual discourses (Satsang)
- Information on auspicious dates
- Updates on ashram activities
- Subscription content access
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There is something for everyone, you will get free videos related to following categories: Health Tips Free Highlights of latest edition Divine Kirtan Durlabh Satsang (rare collection of old tatvik satsang of Sant Asharam Bapuji) Geeta Satsang (Divya Satsang of Sant Asharam Bapuji) Bhajans Ekadashi related videos Main Jayanti related videos Information of Meritorious Dates Divine Experiences of Sadhaks Sewa Activities News about latest ashram activities & lot more...... If you have taken a subscription to E-Rishi Darshan then you can login through app and watch/download your subscribed editions. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Vedic Studies
This platform provides guided Vedic education with features like playlists, audio downloads, and playback control. It aims to make the wisdom of the Vedas accessible globally through an enriching online learning experience.
- Create and add to playlists
- Download audio content
- Listen to history
- Resume playback from previous location
- Bookmark audio to the exact second
- Background audio playback
- Sync downloads between devices
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|| Shri Hari Vayu Gurubhyo Namah || Vedic Students is now Vedic Studies. Since the last update, everything has been rebuilt: the app, the player, and the library behind it. What you can do now: * Listen to the same chant three ways: Learn repeats after the teacher, Understand explains it, Listen plays the full rendition. * Add a chant's text from a link, a paste or a PDF and read along full screen. Vedic svara marks are drawn as marks, exactly as printed. * Split sandhi into its words and keep private study notes on any line. * Download chants and listen with no signal at all. * Repeat a chant 108 or 1008 times with an honest counter: only full recitations count. * See which parts of a chant you have truly heard, not just how far you scrubbed. * The daily panchanga for your own city, drawn from printed almanacs, with any day shareable as a picture. * Playlists, bookmarked moments, and your place kept across devices. * A light theme and a warm dark theme for evening practice. Free, with no ads and nothing to buy, from a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Corrections to any text are genuinely welcome: write to contact@vedicstudies.org. || Shree Krishnarpanamastu ||
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Vedic Studies at 4.9 against Rishi Darshan's 4.4. Vedic Studies also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months) and review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Rishi Darshan's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Rishi Darshan sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Vedic Studies sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Vedic Studies holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Vedic Studies has 31 ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of Rishi Darshan's written reviews are positive against 100% of Vedic Studies's.
Rishi Darshan ships an update every 3 months, Vedic Studies every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Rishi Darshan | Vedic Studies |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (5 ratings) | 4.9 (31 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 88.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 5 | 31 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Krishnapal Singh | Vedic Studies Inc |
Customer experience
Rishi Darshan
Vedic Studies
In-app purchases
Rishi Darshan
- Basic Plan$0.99
Vedic Studies
- Buy 5 Token$2.99
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