Comparison

반야심경 vs Jonggyeol

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

Head to head
About

반야심경

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Reading "Heart Sutra" every day keeps your health and your family's health. It keeps your life and help to overcome hardships. Features: - English - Korean The Heart Sutra is a well-known Buddhist sutra that is very popular among Mahayana Buddhists both for its brevity and depth of meaning. Buddhist writer and translator Bill Porter calls the Heart Sutra the best known and most popular of all Buddhist scriptures.

About

Jonggyeol

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Jonggyeol is an e-book reader that brings the feel of a paper book to your iPhone and iPad. When you turn a page, the paper curls after your fingertip, with the words on the back showing through and soft shadows underneath, so reading feels like holding a real book. ■ Pages that turn like paper · The page curls with your finger, or from the corner when you pull a corner · 11 page-turn sounds that rustle with the speed of your swipe (plain paper, hardcover, hanji, newspaper, magazine, night reading and more) · A gentle haptic tap on each turn (iPhone) ■ Paper and type, just the way you like · 13 paper textures: offset, newsprint, hanji, linen, kraft, recycled, watercolor, parchment, canvas, crumpled and more · Paper color, text color and theme remembered separately for light and dark mode · 11 Korean and Latin fonts, with text size, line spacing, letter spacing, margins and alignment ■ Read aloud · Reads sentence by sentence from the current page, highlighting each sentence and turning the pages as it goes · Choose the voice, speed and pitch, and set a sleep timer (15, 30 or 60 minutes, or the end of the chapter) · Picks a voice that matches the language of the book (English or Korean) ■ Made for iPhone and iPad · On wide screens such as iPad or in landscape, the book opens into two pages side by side with the spine in the middle, or choose one or two pages yourself · Rotate at any time and carry on from the same sentence ■ Your library · Read TXT, EPUB and PDF (view PDFs as original pages, or reflow just the text) · Import books or whole folders from the Files app, including iCloud Drive; organize books into folders, search and sort · EPUB covers shown automatically, bookmarks with notes, table of contents, and your reading position remembered ■ Languages · English and Korean, following your device language ■ Privacy · No sign-up. Your books and settings stay on your device · An ad may appear when you open the app; a one-time purchase removes ads Contact: geunsoo7@gmail.com

Screenshots

반야심경3 screens
Jonggyeol4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: 반야심경 at none against Jonggyeol's 1. 반야심경 also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.0). On price and device support 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. Jonggyeol sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 반야심경 asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
반야심경 versus Jonggyeol: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parameter반야심경Jonggyeol
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews76.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGyuhyeon JeonGEUNSOO LEE

In-app purchases

None

반야심경

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Jonggyeol

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is 반야심경 free?
반야심경 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Jonggyeol free?
Jonggyeol is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do 반야심경 or Jonggyeol have ads?
Jonggyeol shows ads; 반야심경 does not.

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