Gutka vs Gurbani Mobile
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gutka
This app provides access to religious texts with improved navigation and bookmarking. Users can switch languages easily and access a Nanakshahi calendar with event notifications. It also includes a counter to track reading progress.
- Improved banis with fixes
- Bookmark pages
- Switch between Gurmukhi, English, Hindi
- Nanakshahi Calendar
- Push notifications for events
- Counter for reading progress
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All new Gutka App with fixes in all banis. Like before, you can bookmark the pages and switch from Gurmukhi to English, Hindi without going back to home screen. We have also added few new features like Nanakshahi Calendar and receive push notification for events, counter to keep tabs on your total count of banis you read and more features. Please give your feedback so we can make this App a better experience for you. Also, going forward we'll make new releases more often. Please wash your hands and cover your hair before reading Bani's. Thanks
Gurbani Mobile
Access the Sikh Gurbani with this application. Search for specific keywords, navigate through pages, or jump between sections. Save your favorite pages for quick access.
- Full Gurbani access
- Keyword search
- Page-by-page navigation
- Section jumping
- Save favorite pages
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Gurbani Mobile allows you full access to the Sikh Gurbani. This App allows users to search for keywords, to navigate page by page or to jump from section to section. You can even save your favorite page to come back to later. Please enjoy Gurbani Mobile!
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Verdict
Gutka and Gurbani Mobile both sit at 4.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 86% of Gurbani Mobile's written reviews are positive against 66% of Gutka's. Gurbani Mobile also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 11.0). Gutka's advantage is ratings volume (23 vs 6). On price, rating, 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.0 for Gutka against 4.0 for Gurbani Mobile. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Gutka's written reviews are positive against 86% of Gurbani Mobile's.
Gutka ships an update every 2 months, Gurbani Mobile every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Gutka | Gurbani Mobile |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (23 ratings) | 4.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.3% of reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 63 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iGutka | scott salter |
Customer experience
Gutka
Gurbani Mobile
Bugs and requests
Gutka
Reported bugs
36 issues- English language not displaying correctly
- App crashes on opening
- App closes immediately after opening
- Content missing in Sukhmani Sahib
- Mistakes in saloks of Sukhmani Sahib
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- Words missing in Sukhmani Sahib
- Ashtpatis missing in Sukhmani Sahib
- Salok endings missing in Sukhmani Sahib
- Lines missing in Ardaas
- Pages missing in Ardaas
- Lines and words not part of banis in Chaupai Sahib
- Ramayana line in Rehras Sahib
- Japji Sahib out of order in English
- Sukhmani Sahib ashtpadis missing
- Sukhmani Sahib text scrambled
- Unable to download
- Downloaded version on iOS not working
- App not working on iPhone
- Crashes when logging in
- App closes in 2 seconds after clicking icon
- Not readable in English
- Languages not displaying in a pattern
- App crashing after last update
- Stopped opening after last update
- Sentences missing in new update version of Sukhmani Sahib
- Not working after update
- Gurbani cut off from specific phones
- English translation of Ardaas not complete
- Pages missing in Sukhmani Sahib
- Mistakes in Ardas
- App vanishes on opening
- Discrepancies in Ardas in English and Hindi
- Border issue on iPhone 8 Plus
- Rehras Sahib page 17 missing bani
- Rehras Sahib page 23 wording from Ramayana
- Japaji Sahib text scrambled
Requested features
13 requests- Add English meaning/translation
- Add audio
- Add dark mode
- Add text size adjustment
- Add notifications for important days
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- Add more banis
- Update Nanakshahi calendar
- Add line-to-line meaning
- Define asatpadees of Sukhmani sahib
- Add Ardas
- Add Dukh Bhanjani Sahib path
- Improve UI for iPhone X
- Add night mode
Gurbani Mobile
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gutka
No in-app purchases
Gurbani Mobile
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Gutka free?
Is Gurbani Mobile free?
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