myBAPS vs SMVS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
myBAPS
Stay connected with the BAPS community through daily spiritual insights, event updates, and news. Access family sabha materials and watch exclusive videos.
- Daily Murti Darshan
- Daily Satsang updates
- Gharsabha Syllabus access
- BAPS Channel videos
- Upcoming Events schedule
- News & Announcements
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Welcome to myBAPS Features: Daily Murti Darshan - perform daily murti darshan from anywhere with the App. Daily Satsang - Get daily satsang updates. Gharsabha Syllabus - Access the Gharsabha material that will help you run your weekly sabha with the whole family. BAPS Channel - Watch videos from the BAPS Channel Upcoming Events - View upcoming events schedule and add them to your calendar direct from the App. News & Announcements - Get news and announcements from BAPS UK & Europe. and much more...
SMVS
Access daily spiritual practices, scripture readings, and event updates from the SMVS organization. Engage in meditation, listen to prayers, and watch or listen to live and recorded Satsang sessions.
- Daily Darshan of Lord Swaminarayan
- Today's Prayer guidance
- Guided Meditation with MP3
- Vachnamrut scripture reading with bookmarking
- Bapashri ni Vato discourses
- Video and Audio collection of events
- Live Satsang streaming
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SMVS Satsang is the perfect app provided by SMVS organization for human beings to fulfill/complete their daily rules provided by Lord Swaminarayan and to see upcoming event updates from SMVS. * Daily Darshan: Look at the daily darshan of Lord Swaminarayan presented in different temples and on different dates. * Today's Prayer: will show today's prayer to follow, so no need to remember all the prayers of the month. * Meditation: Visualization of lord Swaminarayan murti and peaceful MP3 play for lord Swaminarayan dhyan. * Vachnamrut: read 273 principal scriptures of the Swaminarayan Sampraday with a zoom feature and have an auto bookmark feature where you last read in the listing. * Bapashri ni Vato: complete collection of Jeevanpran Shree Abji Bapashree's discourses given in this section with similar features to the Vachnamrut section. * SMVS Video: Video collection of all different events handled at SMVS under different categories. * 5 Minutes Satsang: Same as SMVS Video section but with solutions to all your questions with short video clips. * SMVS Audio: An audio collection of all different events handled at SMVS under different categories with kirtans in audio format. * Live Satsang: Live Satsang of P.Santo can be available in audio and video streaming formats. * Updates: Past and upcoming event updates of/from SMVS. For more information, visit www.smvs.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: SMVS at none against myBAPS's shown. SMVS also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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 — 5.0 for myBAPS against 5.0 for SMVS. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 40 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
myBAPS ships an update every 16 months, SMVS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 20, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | myBAPS | SMVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (40 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | BAPS SWAMINARAYAN SANSTHA LIMITED | SMVS swaminarayan mandir vasna sanstha |
Customer experience
myBAPS
SMVS
In-app purchases
myBAPS
No in-app purchases
SMVS
No in-app purchases
