My Mala vs Japa+
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
My Mala
This app provides a digital alternative to traditional prayer beads for spiritual practices. It helps users count mantras and holy chants with a user-friendly interface, offering a convenient way to maintain spiritual practice without physical beads.
- Digital mala for counting mantras
- User-friendly interface
- Spiritual practice aid
- Accurate prayer tracking
- Convenient alternative to physical beads
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Mala / Prayer beads is commonly used by Hindus and Buddhists for spiritual practices. To count the mantras and the holy chants, Mala (prayer beads) is used. This 'Mala' application helps you in reciting religious mantras or chants whenever you need to find the peace of mind. With smoothly designed and easy to use interface it is going to provide you a friendly experience. There is no more need to carry "Mala/ Prayer Beads "in your busy scheduled lifestyle in your wallets/ purse. Just install the application and start your spiritual practice instantly. The smoothly designed interface of this 'Mala' app assists you in counting religious mantras in a very friendly way. Just tap your fingers on the beads on the application screen and move ahead for the next recitation. Traditionally, "Mala", come as a string of 108 beads and on completion of series (108 beads turn) will give you the same feeling of the traditional "Mala" which you carry for worship/ recitation/ praying purpose. Helping you in getting concentrated by keeping the connection with the finger movements and your mind, the app is your spiritual mentor. This app will help you to count them in an accurate manner. This will allow the user to keep track of how many prayers have been said with a minimal amount of conscious effort, which in turn allows greater attention to be paid to the prayers themselves. This app also makes “prayer” easier as a simple touch will not be as tight as of a “Mala” beads when used with an app. Mala / Prayer beads are central to the life of many Hinduism, Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism and many more religions. Prayers/ Mala are repeated along with the names of favorite gods for hours on daily basis.
Japa+
This app helps you count mantras and rounds during meditation. It offers configurable vibration feedback for completed mantras and allows you to set the number of mantras per round for flexible practice.
- Mantra counting
- Round tracking
- Configurable vibration feedback
- Customizable mantras per round
- Simple and easy to use interface
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The easy to use, simple japa counting app! This is a great tool to use when you don't have your japa mala or it is difficult to use. Featuring a configurable vibration for completed mantras for easy use when you're not looking at your phone. You can also choose the number of mantras per round if you're not using a 108 bead mala.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Japa+ at 4.9 against My Mala's 3.6. Japa+ also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 54%). My Mala's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 8 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
Japa+ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 19 and 12 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of My Mala's written reviews are positive against 91% of Japa+'s.
My Mala ships an update fortnightly, Japa+ every 8 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | My Mala | Japa+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (19 ratings) | 4.9 (12 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 53.6% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | SynapseIndia LLC | Christopher Norris |
Customer experience
My Mala
Japa+
In-app purchases
My Mala
No in-app purchases
Japa+
No in-app purchases
