Tipitaka Pali Reader vs After death?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tipitaka Pali Reader
This application provides offline access to vast amounts of Pāḷi texts, featuring advanced search and dictionary functions. It allows users to quickly navigate and understand Buddhist scriptures with integrated definitions and script support.
- Offline Pāḷi text access
- Advanced search functionality
- Integrated multi-definition dictionaries
- Support for multiple scripts
- Fast navigation and search results
- English word lookup
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TPR is a software program to help one navigate the vast amounts of Pāḷi texts. The Dictionaries and Search functions are where TPR separates itself from the other Pāḷi readers. It is very fast and totally offline. This application was created at Pa-Auk Forest Monastery in Maymyo. The Mac app supports Sinhala, Myanmar, Thai, and Devanagiri Scripts. The Search function is fast. very very fast. Click on the matrix to limit your search or select all books. As you type, we show you what is available. Click on the word and jump to your searches quickly by list or with a table of search results. The Dictionary panel can display multiple definitions from the selected dictionaries. You can disable or enable them with a simple click to the checkboxes. You can even search for English words you may want to understand clearer by clicking on the English words inside the panel. The dictionaries are also integrated with Sanskrit.
After death?
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This app has a challenging question: And after death? What gives me value and meaning? Every new day is the first of the rest of our lives, and death is our most certain future. Death can perhaps be repressed in our thoughts, but not in its unavoidable reality. Hence the anxious question: What happens afterward? Is there life after death? Assistance in English: And after death? What gives me value and meaning? Every new day is the first of the rest of our lives, and death is our most certain future. Death can perhaps be repressed in our thoughts, but not in its unavoidable reality. Hence the anxious question: What happens afterward? Is there life after death? This app is answering this and other questions people might have. The text is translated into 51 other languages of the world. 9 of them have an audio track reading out the text (Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish. Assistance to navigate in the app Scroll down to find your preferred language. Once you found your language, swipe from right to left to get to the next chapter. Français: Aide à la navigation dans l’application Faites défiler l'écran vers le bas pour trouver votre langue préférée. Une fois votre langue trouvée, balayez l'écran de droite à gauche pour accéder au chapitre suivant. Deutsch: Hilfe bei der Navigation in der App Scrollen Sie nach unten, um Ihre bevorzugte Sprache zu finden. Sobald Sie Ihre Sprache gefunden haben, wischen Sie von rechts nach links, um zum nächsten Kapitel zu gelangen. The 51 languages into which these 7 chapters in English are translated are the following: 1. Amharic 2. Arabic 3. Bambara 4. Bengali 5. Cantonese Yue 6. Chinese Mandarin 7. Dutch, audio 9. Filipino 10. French, audio 11. Fulani 12. German, audio 13. Gujarati 14. Hausa 15. Hebrew 16. Hindi 17. Indonesian 18. Italian, audio 19. Japanese 20. Javanese 21. Khmer 22. Korean 23. Kurdish Kurmanji 24. Kurdish Sorani 25. Malay 26. Marathi 27. Myanmar/Burmese 28. Oromo 29. Pashto 30. Persian 31. Polish, audio 32. Portuguese, audio 33. Punjabi 34. Romanian 35. Russian, audio 36. Sindhi 37. Somali 38. Spanish, audio 39. Sudanese 40. Swahili 41. Tamil 42. Telugu 43. Thai 44. Tibetan 45. Tigrinya 46. Turkish 47. Turkmen 48. Ukrainian 49. Urdu 50. Vietnamese 51. Wolof 52. Yoruba However, the App navigation languages which you can choose in the settings are only: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Arabic, Ukrainian, Turkish, Farsi, Indonesian, Chinese, Vietnamese, Malayalam, Azéri and Bahasa Melayu • Swipe to navigate chapters • Night Mode for reading during when dark • No additional font installation required. (Renders complex scripts well.) • Easy user interface with Navigation drawer menu • Adjustable font size and easy to use interface.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Tipitaka Pali Reader at every 6 days against After death?'s every 3 weeks. 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.
Tipitaka Pali Reader ships an update every 6 days, After death? every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tipitaka Pali Reader | After death? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (26 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 89.5% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 26 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 831 MB | 133 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Path Nirvana Foundation | Urs Niggli |
In-app purchases
Tipitaka Pali Reader
No in-app purchases
After death?
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tipitaka Pali Reader free?
Is After death? free?
Do Tipitaka Pali Reader or After death? have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tipitaka Pali Reader or After death??
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