Mokugyo Pro vs Prayer Beads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mokugyo Pro
This app provides authentic Japanese Buddhist temple sounds, including the Mokugyo, Dai-Keisu, and Sho-Keisu. It's designed to help users maintain rhythm while chanting sutras, offering features like auto-looping and background playback. Recommended for an immersive experience with earphones or external speakers.
- Mokugyo, Dai-Keisu, Sho-Keisu sounds
- Auto loop functionality
- Tap tempo detection
- Background playing
- Adjustable BPM (50-300)
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"Mokugyo" is a musical instrument familiar to Japanese Buddhist temples. Beat it to adjust the rhythm while chanting the sutras. Auto loop, Tap tempo detection, Background playing are available. The rhythm is accurately ticked between 50 and 300 BPM. Recommend using earphones or external speakers to hear the comfortable bass range. - Recorded instruments - Mokugyo(Wooden fish) Dai-Keisu(Large singing bowl) Sho-Keisu(Small singing bowl)
Prayer Beads
This app simulates the experience of using prayer beads on your device. Tap the screen to roll the beads and hear realistic sounds, aiding in meditation and reducing anxiety. It offers customizable features and a variety of bead styles.
- Simulates real prayer beads
- Auditory feedback with rolling sounds
- Helps with meditation and anxiety
- Customizable hover text
- Supports Apple Watch
- Displays scroll count
- Automatic scrolling function
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This is an application that simulates real Prayer beads, just tap the screen, the Prayer beads will be rolled, you can hear the sound of real Prayer beads rolling. It helps you to meditate and calm down your anxiety. Download it now and try it out! FEATURES - Customizable hover text - Support Watch - iPhone/iPad can make sound - Display scroll count - Automatic scrolling function with settable interval time - Many styles of Prayer beads - More functions waiting for you to discover If you have any questions or suggestions in the process of using, please give us feedback on the App.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Prayer Beads at none against Mokugyo Pro's shown. Prayer Beads also leads on update cadence (every 8 days vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (657 vs 21). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Mokugyo Pro against 4.6 for Prayer Beads. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Beads has 657 ratings behind it against 21, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Mokugyo Pro ships an update every 6 months, Prayer Beads every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mokugyo Pro | Prayer Beads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (21 ratings) — better | 4.6 (657 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 87.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 21 | 657 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 90 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yosuke Arasawa | 友财 徐 |
Customer experience
Mokugyo Pro
Prayer Beads
Bugs and requests
Mokugyo Pro
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Prayer Beads
Reported bugs
2 issues- Cannot reset the bead counter
- Occasional crashes reported
Requested features
3 requests- Add option to set target count and alert when reached
- Provide easier way to clear count
- Introduce more bead color options
In-app purchases
Mokugyo Pro
No in-app purchases
Prayer Beads
No in-app purchases
