Comparison

Mandalay Maps vs Diwartapati

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Mandalay Maps

This app provides official city maps and address information for Mandalay City, developed by the Mandalay City Development Committee. It helps users find road names, addresses, zip codes, and ward/township details.

Highlights
  • Official city maps
  • Address lookup
  • Road name identification
  • Zip code information
  • Ward and township details
Features
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This app is officially developed by Mandalay City Development Committee that manages municipal works of Mandalay City. It is led by Mayor of Mandalay City. Mandalay City Development Committee provides service such as water supply, solid waste collection, sanitation, sewage disposal, parks and gardens, cemeteries, road and bridges, traffic control and land management. It issues business licenses, consturction permits and municipal related permits. This app is designed to let you find out road name, address, zip code, name of ward and townships.

About

Diwartapati

This app supports Theravada Buddhists in Myanmar with a 108-day vow, offering daily recitation guidance, progress tracking, and a virtual 3D shrine. It also includes prayer beads, counters, and educational Dhamma content.

Highlights
  • 108-day vow tracking
  • Virtual 3D home shrine
  • Prayer beads and tap counter
  • Daily Dhamma verse and stories
  • Moderated community for reflection
  • Offline Dhamma content downloads
Features
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Diwartapati is a companion for the Diwartapati Adhiṭṭhāna: the 108-day vow of reciting the Divā tapati verse (Dhammapada 387) kept by Theravada Buddhists in Myanmar. "The sun shines by day, the moon lights up the night, but the Buddha shines with radiance all day and all night." Start your vow on a day you choose, see which day and stage you are on, recite in the right order and keep the vow unbroken with a gentle daily reminder, in Burmese or English. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO • Open, pages spread across both halves: the list beside the reading, books that open like real books • The 3D home shrine shows its three walls across the open display and follows the fold • Folded, everything works as on any iPhone YOUR 108-DAY VOW, DAY BY DAY • 12 stages of 9 days, counted from your own start date • Today's target, from 9 to 108 recitations, and a record chart of every day • A recitation guide for homage, the verse and the sharing of merit • A progress card to share when you complete a stage PRAYER BEADS AND COUNTER • A tap counter with today's target and gentle haptics • Animated prayer beads for 27, 54, 108 or your own number of rounds • A daily reminder at your chosen start time MORE VOWS • Nine Qualities (Navaguṇa) vow programs of 3, 9, 21, 30, 45 and 90 days • A vow of your own, or the 16-tier Khanti pagoda, each with its own daily count and reminder YOUR 3D HOME SHRINE • Make the daily offerings of water, flowers and light at your own shrine • Strike the gong to share merit; the sky follows the time of day • Visit the story gallery, chant room, vow hall and hall of honour LEARN THE DHAMMA • A Dhammapada verse every day in Pali, English and Burmese • Illustrated Dhamma story books for young readers • Dhamma quizzes with levels, a daily quiz and an evening exam • Dhamma texts, talks and books, with offline downloads A KIND, MODERATED COMMUNITY • Share reflections, comment and rejoice with "Sadhu" • A Dhamma group chat • Report and block everywhere, community rules with zero tolerance for abuse, and moderators who review reports within 24 hours • Delete your account at any time from your profile FREE AND PRIVATE • No ads and nothing to buy • An account is optional: sign in with Apple or Google to post and to keep your practice in sync Diwartapati has been made by Sithu Aung since 2023. Questions or ideas: Settings > Contact & Feedback, or https://diwar.burma.it.com

Screenshots

Mandalay Maps4 screens
Diwartapati4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Diwartapati at 4.8 against Mandalay Maps's 4.0. Diwartapati also leads on ratings volume (683 vs 1). Mandalay Maps's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Diwartapati holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Diwartapati has 683 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mandalay Maps ships an update every 11 days, Diwartapati weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Mandalay Maps versus Diwartapati: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMandalay MapsDiwartapati
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (1 ratings)4.8 (683 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings1683 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size57 MB136 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechnomation Company LimitedSithu Aung

Customer experience

Mandalay Maps

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Diwartapati

All ratings683 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral2.5%
Negative2.6%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

None

Mandalay Maps

No in-app purchases

None

Diwartapati

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mandalay Maps free?
Mandalay Maps is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Diwartapati free?
Diwartapati is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Mandalay Maps or Diwartapati?
Diwartapati is rated higher. Mandalay Maps averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Diwartapati averages 4.8 from 683 ratings.
Do Mandalay Maps or Diwartapati have ads?
Neither Mandalay Maps nor Diwartapati shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mandalay Maps or Diwartapati?
Mandalay Maps ships an update every 11 days, and Diwartapati weekly. Most recently, Mandalay Maps was updated on November 3, 2026 and Diwartapati on November 7, 2026.

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