Tipitaka Abidan vs Plain Dharma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tipitaka Abidan
This app provides definitions for over 200,000 Pali words from 27 books across 25 volumes. It features Myanmar Unicode search and supports both Day and Night theme modes for a comfortable reading experience.
- 200,000+ Pali word definitions
- 27 books, 25 volumes
- Myanmar Unicode search
- Day/Night theme mode
- Extensive dictionary content
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Tipitaka Pali-Myanmar Dictionary - Definitions of over 200,000 pali words - 27 books of 25 volumes - search word ( myanmar unicode ) - support Day/ Night Theme mode
Plain Dharma
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Plain Dharma offers the six foundational teachings of the Buddha in plain modern English — free, and dedicated to the public domain. These are the discourses at the root of the whole tradition: the first talk in the deer park, the teaching on not-self, the fire sermon, loving-kindness, the foundations of mindfulness, and how to decide what to believe. They're rendered for a first-time reader who'd rather understand than wade through footnotes — the structure, the repetitions, and the key images are kept; the archaic English is stripped away. • Read all six in about an hour • Listen to the narrated audiobook • Highlight passages and keep private notes — with an optional account to sync across your devices • Also available in Simplified Chinese • No ads, no tracking, nothing to buy Everything here — the text, the audio, and the art — is CC0 / public domain. Copy it, print it, translate it, remix it, share it freely. A small gift, offered in the spirit of the dharma.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Plain Dharma at every 6 weeks against Tipitaka Abidan's every 3 months. Tipitaka Abidan's advantage is device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, 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.
Tipitaka Abidan ships an update every 3 months, Plain Dharma every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tipitaka Abidan | Plain Dharma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (16 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 16 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1.0 GB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pinnyar Daza | Flexbike, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Tipitaka Abidan
No in-app purchases
Plain Dharma
No in-app purchases
Questions
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