Bon Calendar vs Mandala
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bon Calendar
Access the Tibetan Bön calendar with daily lunar dates, observances, and element combinations. View Tibetan dates for any year between 1901 and 2100, and access Bön prayer books in multiple languages. This app works fully offline.
- Tibetan lunar date and Bönpo year
- Daily practice and observance
- Month view with special days marked
- Tibetan dates for 1901-2100
- Bön prayer books in multiple languages
- Offline functionality
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Bon Calendar brings the Yungdrung Bön calendar to your iPhone and iPad, in Tibetan and English, from the Gyalshen Institute. • Each day’s Tibetan lunar date, month and Bönpo year beside the Western date • The day’s practice, special observance and element combination • A month view with full moon, new moon, double days and skipped days marked • Tibetan dates for any year from 1901 to 2100 • Bön prayer books in Tibetan, English, Chinese and Polish Works fully offline. No account, no ads, no data collected.
Mandala
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Provides mantras and thanks to help beginner to practice visualizing and chanting mantras.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Mandala at every 3 weeks against Bon Calendar's every 4 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Bon Calendar ships an update every 4 months, Mandala every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Bon Calendar | Mandala |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 73 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | GYALSHEN INSTITUTE FOR THE STUDY OF ZHANG ZHUNG AND TIBETAN CULTURE INC | Chen-Hai Teng |
In-app purchases
Bon Calendar
No in-app purchases
Mandala
No in-app purchases
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