Dharma Views vs Dharma Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dharma Views
This app offers Buddhist teachings to help users cultivate mindfulness and learn from life's challenges. It provides opportunities for personal growth and mental discipline through contemplative practice.
- Mindfulness practice
- Learning from difficulties
- Mental discipline
- Personal growth
- Contemplative practice
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Buddhist practice is to tame your mind in the face of difficulties. Hence, all things or persons you come across in life are good opportunities for learning and practice.
Dharma Player
Access a vast library of dharma talks and guided meditations on your mobile device. Stream or download content for offline listening, and easily search and filter by teachers, talks, or retreats. Organize your favorites for quick access.
- Stream dharma talks and guided meditations
- Search and filter library
- Download for offline listening
- Favorite talks, teachers, and retreats
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The Dharma Player app brings the Dharma Seed library to your phone. • Stream dharma talks and guided meditations • Search the whole library and filter by talks, teachers, and retreats • Download talks and entire retreats for offline listening • Star your favorite talks, teachers, and retreats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Dharma Player at every 6 months against Dharma Views's every 17 months. Dharma Player also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). Dharma Views's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 26.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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 Dharma Views against 5.0 for Dharma Player. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dharma Player has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Dharma Views ships an update every 17 months, Dharma Player every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dharma Views | Dharma Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 17 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 76 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Peace Of Mind Mercy Foundation Ltd | Redspring Software, LLC |
Customer experience
Dharma Views
Dharma Player
In-app purchases
Dharma Views
No in-app purchases
Dharma Player
No in-app purchases
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