Comparison

Dharma Treasure vs BuddhaPath

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

Head to head
About

Dharma Treasure

Access a vast library of ancient Tibetan scriptures and upload your own personal texts in RTF format. View scriptures horizontally or vertically, with automatic adjustment to Pecha-format. Includes a Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary and encyclopedia with phonetic lookup.

Highlights
  • Library of ancient Tibetan scriptures
  • Upload personal scriptures (RTF)
  • Horizontal and vertical text viewing
  • Automatic Pecha-format adjustment
  • Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary
  • Phonetic lookup
Features
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* Library of ancient Tibetan scriptures * Upload of personal scriptures in RTF-format in Tibetan script * Viewing of texts in Tibetan horizontally and vertically, automatically adjusting to Pecha-format in landscape mode * Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary and encyclopedia with phonetic lookup

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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BuddhaPath3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dharma Treasure at none against BuddhaPath's 8. BuddhaPath's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). On price, ratings volume, ads and monetization model 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. BuddhaPath sells 8 one-off in-app purchases. Dharma Treasure asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BuddhaPath holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 80% of Dharma Treasure's written reviews are positive against 100% of BuddhaPath's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Dharma Treasure ships an update every 4 months, BuddhaPath every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Dharma Treasure versus BuddhaPath: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDharma TreasureBuddhaPath
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (6 ratings)5.0 (11 ratings) — better
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings611 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB163 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRabten StiftungDZOGCHEN SHRI SINGHA FOUNDATION USA INC

Customer experience

Dharma Treasure

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews10 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

BuddhaPath

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

In-app purchases

None

Dharma Treasure

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 Dharma Treasure free?
Dharma Treasure is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuddhaPath free?
BuddhaPath is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Dharma Treasure or BuddhaPath?
BuddhaPath is rated higher. Dharma Treasure averages 4.8 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while BuddhaPath averages 5.0 from 11 ratings.
Do Dharma Treasure or BuddhaPath have ads?
Neither Dharma Treasure nor BuddhaPath shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Dharma Treasure or BuddhaPath?
Dharma Treasure ships an update every 4 months, and BuddhaPath every 2 months. Most recently, Dharma Treasure was updated on September 17, 2026 and BuddhaPath on September 19, 2026.

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