Comparison

DYC Polestar vs BuddhaPath

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

Head to head
About

DYC Polestar

Generate detailed astrology charts using traditional Chinese methods. This app calculates natal, yearly, and decade cycle charts from birth data. It also includes extensive course notes and interactive lookup features for astrological auspiciousness.

Highlights
  • Polestar (Zi Wei) chart generation
  • Natal, yearly progression, and decade cycle charts
  • Solar birth data conversion to stems and branches
  • PDF chart export
  • Email and print chart functionality
  • 300+ pages of class notes
  • Interactive star auspice lookup
Features
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This application generates Polestar (Zi Wei) astrology charts. Enter solar birth data which is then converted to the stems and branches system for chart calculation. The application can generate natal, yearly progression, and decade cycle charts. Charts can be converted to PDF and emailed or printed from within the application. DYC Polestar now includes over 300 pages of class notes and extensive star auspice information from Da Yuan Circle's Polestar Astrology course. The new "interactive text" function allows students and practitioners to quickly look up details when preparing charts.

About

BuddhaPath

This app offers resources for learning, contemplation, and meditation on Buddhist teachings. It includes texts on the Four Noble Truths and daily practice, along with a meditation timer and a campaign for accumulating mantras.

Highlights
  • Four Noble Truths text
  • Daily practice texts
  • Meditation timer
  • Mantra recitation campaign
  • Multi-language support
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Welcome to The Buddha Path, the Swiftest Means to Enlightenment. This app provides invaluable resources to aid Dharma practitioners in their learning, contemplation, and meditation on the essence of Buddha Shakyamuni’s entire teachings. Currently this app offer three features: 1) The Four Noble Truths This text, entitled How to Knowingly Practice The Four Noble Truths of the Enlightened conatins the sence of all Buddha’s teachings presented as a very concise daily recitation practice. 2) The Buddha Path The Buddha Path is a daily practice text containing all the Buddha’s teachings in profound and practical meditation sections: Preliminary Practice, Learning Practice, Sutra Practice and Concluding Practice. 3) 108 Million Mantra Campaign In addition to the texts, The Buddha Path app includes a meditation timer function and an easy means to participate in the 108 Million Auspicious Mantras Recitation Campaign, an international group mantra accumulation practice. About These Sacred Texts These Buddhist study and practice texts are part of a global effort to benefit all beings and to preserve and promulgate the Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni around the world. These texts have been translated into numerous languages including English, Tibetan, Mandarin, Russian, Spanish, German, Japanese, French, Dutch, Estonian, and Finnish. About The 108 Million Mantra Campaign Your recitations of these most powerful mantras can be recorded using My Daily Practice which is included in the app and added to the global mantra recitation campaign. Please report your accumulations on a daily or weekly basis. Everyone is welcome to participate in this auspicious mantra recitation campaign! It is our goal to accumulate these mantras throughout the whole year and complete the accumulation by Chotrul Duchen, the 15th day of the 1st lunar month of the Iron Ox year, the 27th of February, 2021. We will make a special empowerment blessing for those help to reach this goal for the benefit of all beings in this world. Register at My Daily Practice Report: https://www.thebuddhapath.org/wp-login.php?action=register (https://www.thebuddhapath.org/wp-login.php?action=register) About The Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage The Buddha Path was developed under the guidance of renowned Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditation master, His Eminence Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche, for use by his thousands of international students and by anyone interested in practicing Dharma for the benefit of beings worldwide. It is the main aspiration and project of Dzogchen Khenpo Choga Rinpoche to preserve and promulgate the traditional Tibetan Buddhist system in modern society by making the Buddha’s teachings easily accessible to all who aspire to practice peace, happiness and wisdom. These inspiring and transformative practices are being released this year to commemorate the 2,900th anniversary of the parinirvana of the Supreme Guide Buddha Shakyamuni. For more information about the Dzogchen Buddha Path Lineage, please visit website: www.thebuddhapath.org facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DzogchenKhenpoChogaRinpoche/ email: info@thebuddhapath.org

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: BuddhaPath at Free against DYC Polestar's $99.99. BuddhaPath also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 71%) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). DYC Polestar's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 8). On rating, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

BuddhaPath is free to download; DYC Polestar costs $99.99 up front. BuddhaPath sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. DYC Polestar asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for DYC Polestar against 5.0 for BuddhaPath. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 11 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 71% of DYC Polestar's written reviews are positive against 100% of BuddhaPath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DYC Polestar ships an update every 7 months, BuddhaPath every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
DYC Polestar versus BuddhaPath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDYC PolestarBuddhaPath
Price$99.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (3 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings)
Positive reviews71.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings311 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDarren GibbsDZOGCHEN SHRI SINGHA FOUNDATION USA INC

Customer experience

DYC Polestar

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive71.4%
Neutral14.3%
Negative14.3%

BuddhaPath

All ratings11 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

DYC Polestar

No in-app purchases

8 purchases

BuddhaPath

One-time8
  • Concise Buddha Path English$11.99
  • Concise Buddha Path German$11.99
  • Concise Buddha Path Russian$11.99
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  • Concise Ed. Trad. Chinese$11.99
  • Concise Buddha Path - Japanese$11.99
  • Buddha Path 2nd Ed. English$27.99
  • Buddha Path 2nd Ed. S. Chinese$27.99
  • Buddha Path 2nd Ed. T. Chinese$27.99

Questions

Is DYC Polestar free?
DYC Polestar costs $99.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuddhaPath free?
BuddhaPath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, DYC Polestar or BuddhaPath?
DYC Polestar and BuddhaPath are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 3 and 11 ratings respectively.
Do DYC Polestar or BuddhaPath have ads?
Neither DYC Polestar nor BuddhaPath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DYC Polestar or BuddhaPath?
DYC Polestar ships an update every 7 months, and BuddhaPath every 2 months. Most recently, DYC Polestar was updated on October 11, 2026 and BuddhaPath on October 7, 2026.

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