Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri vs SMVS
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri
Explore the timeless wisdom of Lord Swaminarayan's Shikshapatri with this commentary. Understand fundamental Hindu commandments derived from ancient scriptures, now available in English, Gujarati, and Sanskrit.
- Commentary on Shikshapatri
- Fundamental Hindu commandments
- Derived from ancient scriptures
- Available in English
- Available in Gujarati
- Available in Sanskrit
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Warmest Jay Shree Swaminarayan to fellow readers! It gives me great pleasure to publish this commentary upon Lord Swaminarayan’s Shikshapatri. Lord Swaminarayan wrote the Shikshapatri towards the end of his lifetime over one hundred and seventy five years ago. However, the underlying principles apply to mankind even today and will undoubtedly apply to all for eternity. The reason being is that the fundamental precepts are consistent with the Vedas and other orthodox scriptures of Hindu Sanatan Dharma. The Lord wrote the Shikshapatri for the benefit of mankind - so that all could read and understand the basic fundamental commandments applying to all Hindus. The contents of the Shikshapatri have been sieved from numerous Dharma Shastras (treatise upon Dharma) from the likes of Manusmruti, Yagnavalkya Smruti, Parashar Smruti etc. as well as other texts such as Mahabharat, Shrimad Bhagwat, the Puranas etc. Added three languages- English, Gujarati, Sanskrit
SMVS
Access daily spiritual practices, scripture readings, and event updates from the SMVS organization. Engage in meditation, listen to prayers, and watch or listen to live and recorded Satsang sessions.
- Daily Darshan of Lord Swaminarayan
- Today's Prayer guidance
- Guided Meditation with MP3
- Vachnamrut scripture reading with bookmarking
- Bapashri ni Vato discourses
- Video and Audio collection of events
- Live Satsang streaming
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SMVS Satsang is the perfect app provided by SMVS organization for human beings to fulfill/complete their daily rules provided by Lord Swaminarayan and to see upcoming event updates from SMVS. * Daily Darshan: Look at the daily darshan of Lord Swaminarayan presented in different temples and on different dates. * Today's Prayer: will show today's prayer to follow, so no need to remember all the prayers of the month. * Meditation: Visualization of lord Swaminarayan murti and peaceful MP3 play for lord Swaminarayan dhyan. * Vachnamrut: read 273 principal scriptures of the Swaminarayan Sampraday with a zoom feature and have an auto bookmark feature where you last read in the listing. * Bapashri ni Vato: complete collection of Jeevanpran Shree Abji Bapashree's discourses given in this section with similar features to the Vachnamrut section. * SMVS Video: Video collection of all different events handled at SMVS under different categories. * 5 Minutes Satsang: Same as SMVS Video section but with solutions to all your questions with short video clips. * SMVS Audio: An audio collection of all different events handled at SMVS under different categories with kirtans in audio format. * Live Satsang: Live Satsang of P.Santo can be available in audio and video streaming formats. * Updates: Past and upcoming event updates of/from SMVS. For more information, visit www.smvs.org
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SMVS at 5.0 against Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri's 3.7. SMVS also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 7 months). Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.1). 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.
SMVS holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri's written reviews are positive against 100% of SMVS's.
Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri ships an update every 7 months, SMVS every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on June 4, 2026 and July 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri | SMVS |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.7 (9 ratings) | 5.0 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9 | 14 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | NTechnosoft | SMVS swaminarayan mandir vasna sanstha |
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In-app purchases
Swaminarayan ShikshaPatri
No in-app purchases
SMVS
No in-app purchases
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