猫眼 vs Dharma Words
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
猫眼
Easily purchase tickets for concerts, music festivals, comedy shows, plays, musicals, and exhibitions. Get real-time updates on movie showtimes, book seats, and discover local entertainment and dining deals.
- Concert and festival ticket booking
- Movie showtime and ticket purchasing
- Theater and exhibition ticket sales
- Local dining and entertainment deals
- Event information and recommendations
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Dharma Words
This app shares Buddhist teachings and inspirations from Venerable Master Hsing Yun. It explains the concept of karma, emphasizing that good deeds lead to merit and wrongdoings to negative karma, rather than predicting fate.
- Buddhist teachings
- Inspirations from Venerable Master Hsing Yun
- Explanation of karma
- Focus on good deeds and merit
- Guidance on avoiding negative karma
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Venerable Master Hsing Yun introduced the “Dharma Words” as a way to share the Buddha’s teachings and inspirations with devotees and visitors. The “Dharma Words” differ from fortune telling in that they do not determine the fate of a person. Their purpose is to explain the Buddhist concept of karma – performing good deeds will bring good merit while wrong doings will bring bad karma.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Dharma Words at 100% against 猫眼's 49%. Dharma Words also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). 猫眼's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dharma Words holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 猫眼 has 1.5K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of 猫眼's written reviews are positive against 100% of Dharma Words's.
猫眼 ships an update monthly, Dharma Words every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | 猫眼 | Dharma Words |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.5K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 49.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Monthly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 103 MB | 123 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Beijing Maoyan Culture Media Co., Ltd. | Beautiful Life Television Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
猫眼
Dharma Words
Bugs and requests
猫眼
Reported bugs
3 issues- Login issues and frequent logout problems
- Inability to save movie tickets to digital wallet
- Unreliable ticket purchasing and reservation process
Requested features
3 requests- Add movie tickets to Apple Wallet
- Provide more payment options beyond WeChat
- Improve transparency and communication around ticket sales and cancellations
Dharma Words
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
猫眼
No in-app purchases
Dharma Words
No in-app purchases
