Dharma Treasure vs Dharma Player
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Library of ancient Tibetan scriptures
- Upload personal scriptures (RTF)
- Horizontal and vertical text viewing
- Automatic Pecha-format adjustment
- Tibetan-Tibetan dictionary
- Phonetic lookup
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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
Dharma Player
Access a vast library of dharma talks and guided meditations on your mobile device. Stream or download content for offline listening, and easily search and filter by teachers, talks, or retreats. Organize your favorites for quick access.
- Stream dharma talks and guided meditations
- Search and filter library
- Download for offline listening
- Favorite talks, teachers, and retreats
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The Dharma Player app brings the Dharma Seed library to your phone. • Stream dharma talks and guided meditations • Search the whole library and filter by talks, teachers, and retreats • Download talks and entire retreats for offline listening • Star your favorite talks, teachers, and retreats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dharma Player at 5.0 against Dharma Treasure's 4.8. Dharma Treasure's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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 Player holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 6 respectively.
Dharma Treasure ships an update every 4 months, Dharma Player every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 17, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dharma Treasure | Dharma Player |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 80.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 59 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rabten Stiftung | Redspring Software, LLC |
Customer experience
Dharma Treasure
Dharma Player
In-app purchases
Dharma Treasure
No in-app purchases
Dharma Player
No in-app purchases
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