Comparison

Mantra Reader vs Mandala

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

Head to head
About

Mantra Reader

This app helps you practice mantra recitation for mental clarity and spiritual growth. It allows you to use preset or custom mantras, track your progress, and sync data across devices. Enjoy a user-friendly interface with widgets for easy access.

Highlights
  • Preset and custom mantra support
  • Track reading statistics
  • Favorites list for mantras
  • User-friendly interface
  • Home and Lock Screen widgets
  • iCloud data sync
Features
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The repetition of mantras has a beneficial effect on a person in many areas of his life. This process is able to remove suffering on the mental and physical levels and to clarify consciousness. Recite mantras and keep track of your level. In this app: - Use preset mantras or create and set up your own. - Add most actual mantras to Favorites. - Track your readings statistics over time. - Enjoy the user-friendly interface and beautiful design on your iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad and Mac (with M-chip). - Use all kinds of widgets with the necessary data on Home Screen and Lock Screen. - Take advantage of data sync across all your devices via iCloud (works automatically for signed-in users). All data is saved in iCloud and won’t be lost even if the application is deleted. Important information: Recitation of mantras - is a sacrament. Approach this issue with all your awareness. In order for the practice of reciting to be correct, one must receive the transmission of the mantra from the teacher. Transmission is essential to maintain the strength of the original source of the mantra. It is not enough just to read it in a book or on the Internet. For this reason, application doesn't include the mantra texts themselves (except Vajrasattva). They must be given to you by your spiritual mentor and can be added manually later. We wish you deep awarenesses and spiritual growth!

About

Mandala

Features
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Provides mantras and thanks to help beginner to practice visualizing and chanting mantras.

Screenshots

Mantra Reader4 screens
Mandala4 screens

Verdict

The call

Mantra Reader and Mandala are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mantra Reader ships an update monthly, Mandala every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and February 27, 2026 respectively.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Mantra Reader versus Mandala: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMantra ReaderMandala
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.8 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.416.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAleksandr VorobevChen-Hai Teng

In-app purchases

None

Mantra Reader

No in-app purchases

None

Mandala

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mantra Reader free?
Mantra Reader is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mandala free?
Mandala is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mantra Reader or Mandala have ads?
Neither Mantra Reader nor Mandala shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mantra Reader or Mandala?
Mantra Reader ships an update monthly, and Mandala every 3 weeks. Most recently, Mantra Reader was updated on June 4, 2026 and Mandala on February 27, 2026.

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