Maanini vs Swardhara
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Maanini
Access thousands of recorded spiritual discourses, stories, and devotional songs. Organize content by albums, collections, and categories, and create custom playlists. Enjoy offline playback and share specific audio segments.
- Thousands of recorded Satsang, Bhagawat Kathas, and Kirtan
- Organized by albums, collections, and categories
- Create custom playlists and manage favorites
- Offline playback of downloaded tracks
- Share audio clips or full tracks
- Search and filter content by speaker or date
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Maanini is an official mobile app of Maan Mandir Seva Sansthan, which is a dedicatedSatsang streaming service and provides FREE access to thousands of recordedSatsang, Bhagawat Kathas and Kirtan by Padmashri Param Pujya Shri Ramesh Baba JiMaharaj, Pujya Shri Murlika Ji and other Katha Vyasas of Maan Mandir. Maanini - one of the names of Shri Radha Rani, aims at providing rich experience of listening and managing Satsang and Kirtan to users with following features to the users: Version 1.0 • Language - The Maanini is available in both English and Hindi. • Improved home page with most common sections are easily accessible. • Albums - Satsang tracks are organized in form of albums, Tatvik Pravach, Braj Ke Rasia, Yugal Mantra, Tulsi Das Ji - Bhakt Charitra, are few examples. • Recently Played Tracks - Play history is saved for your quick reference, and you can play a track from you stopped. • New Releases - Newly added tracks are listed separately and are accessible from the home page. • Collections - One or more albums of similar topic or genre are clubbed together as collections. Easy to find similar albums through collection. • Categories - At top level, tracks, collections and albums are further clubbed as Categories, i.e. "Dhaam Ras" category will have any Pad, Kirtan under tracks, any album on Dhaam Ras , and any collection categorized as Dhaam Ras. All that at one place. Categories are easily accessible from home page too. • Trending Satsang tracks • Suggested Tracks • Artists - Satsang, Katha and Kirtans can be accessed by a speaker. For example, if you wish access the satsang by Pujya Murlika Ji, you can access all of them at one place. • Browse - Easy to browse tracks, albums, artists, playlists • Search - Now it is very easy to search Satsang tracks and albums. You can search a track from the search section, where result will include tracks as well as albums. Each section has its own search feature at the top, which allows you to search for a track within that section, for example, you can search a track from within an album. You can also filter the search result based on recorded dates. • Downloads - Users can download any track individually, or the complete album. These downloaded tracks can be played in offline mode. • My Playlist- You can create your own playlist of tracks you like. • My Downloads - All your downloaded tracks can be access under this section. You can organize the downloads by creating folders. • My Favorite - You can like any track or album and it can be accessible from My Favorite section under My Music. • Sharing - A track or album can be shared on Chat, WhatsApp, Skype, Mail, and other social media. • Crop and Share - one of the most powerful features of Maanini app is to share a small part of a track. With this functionality, you can use a slider to select a portion of a track that you want to share. The cropped link will only play the selected portion when played. • Lyrics - Each satsang track will have Lyrics attached to it. You can access it from More Information section of a track. • Play Count - Play count can be accessed from More Information section of a track. • Background Play - App will continue to play the Satsang in locked screen as well. • मानिनी ऐप की विशेषताएँ हिन्दी में - https://maanmandir.org/features-of-maanini-app/
Swardhara
Learn Hindustani classical music through structured lessons focusing on listening and vocalization. This app offers a formal curriculum suitable for schools, music teachers, and parents to integrate music education equitably.
- Structured Hindustani music curriculum
- Listening and vocalization methodology
- Swar and Taal understanding
- Formal subject integration for schools
- Founded by vocalist Dr Gauri Kavi
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Swardhara Learn Hindustani Music with a structured curriculum. Swardhara curriculum provides lessons in a very simple methodology of listening and vocalization, to enable a thorough understanding of Swar and Taal. Schools, Music Teachers, and Parents find this content very useful to ensure Hindustani Music education reaches every single student in an equitable manner as a formal subject in School. Founded by renowned vocalist Dr Gauri Kavi this App has found a lot of interest and adoption by schools in India. If you subscribe to Swardhara via iTunes, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase and your membership will automatically renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Subscriptions will be renewed within 24 hours before the end of each period at the rate of your selected plan. Turn off auto-renewal anytime through iTunes. Privacy policy: https://prod.swardharaapp.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Maanini at none against Swardhara's 10. Swardhara's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 6 months). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Swardhara sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Maanini asks for nothing beyond the download.
Maanini ships an update every 6 months, Swardhara every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Maanini | Swardhara |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Serve Braj Inc | ADYANT EDTECH PVT LTD |
Customer experience
Maanini
Swardhara
In-app purchases
Maanini
No in-app purchases
Swardhara
- Leometric Volume$0.991 Year
- Volume 1$9.991 Year
- Volume 2$9.991 Year
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- Tanpura$9.991 Year
- Kids Volume$12.991 Year
- Volume 3$12.991 Year
- Volume 4$12.991 Year
- Volume 5$14.991 Year
- Tanpura$0.99
- Kids Volume$0.99









