Prayer Wheel vs 佛珠
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Prayer Wheel
Experience a virtual prayer wheel simulation by simply spinning your phone. This utility app offers a digital way to engage with prayer practices.
- 3D prayer wheel simulation
- Spin phone to activate
- Digital spiritual practice tool
- Intuitive user interface
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This app simulates a real prayer wheel. Spin your phone to turn the handheld wheel, or swipe the screen to turn the standing wheel. This update also adds Bamboo Cicada : Apple Watch can spin both the prayer wheel and the cicada.
佛珠
This app simulates real Buddhist chanting for meditation and prayer. It offers a clean interface with various prayer beads, seasonal backgrounds, and customization options like engraving and custom blessings. Enjoy automatic chanting, vibration, and sound effects for stress relief and inner peace.
- Simulated Buddhist chanting
- Variety of prayer beads
- Seasonal backgrounds
- Customizable engraving
- Automatic chanting
- Vibration and sound effects
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*苹果编辑、小众软件、少数派、考编神器推荐* 无广告！无弹窗！ 佛珠是一款模拟真实念佛的手机冥想神器，适合您在许愿祈福、专注冥想，减压去焦虑等等的时刻使用。 我们能为您提供的服务： 1、界面：简洁、无广告的界面，非常人性化的交互 2、禅珠：多种不同样式的佛珠，代表不同的意义 3、禅境：二十四节气的背景，体现不同的时节 4、刻字：可以在佛珠上刻心仪的字，为她(他)祝福 5、其它：自定义祝福语、自动念佛、震动和音乐效果 焦虑渐远去，治愈抚人心，采菊东篱下，悠然见南山。 真诚希望佛珠能为您带来心旷神怡的须臾。 【自动续费包年会员】 在您确认购买时和每个续费周期开始时，我们会从您的 iTunes 账户中收取订阅费用，您可以在 iTunes 设置中取消您的订阅。 取消订阅将会在当前订阅周期最后一天后生效，您将会被降级为免费服务。 隐私政策: https://docs.qq.com/document/DRk5EVmNPWEJTc1h4 会员使用条款：https://docs.qq.com/document/DRlRJemltYUtUV2Jx
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Verdict
Prayer Wheel and 佛珠 both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of 佛珠's written reviews are positive against 81% of Prayer Wheel's. 佛珠 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Prayer Wheel's advantage is ratings volume (21 vs 2). On price, rating, 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. Prayer Wheel sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and 佛珠 sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $0.99 per year. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Prayer Wheel against 5.0 for 佛珠. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Prayer Wheel has 21 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Prayer Wheel's written reviews are positive against 100% of 佛珠's.
Prayer Wheel ships an update every 6 weeks, 佛珠 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Prayer Wheel | 佛珠 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 乃君 黄 | 景超 陆 |
Customer experience
Prayer Wheel
佛珠
In-app purchases
Prayer Wheel
- Unlock all content$0.99
- Support developer$2.99
佛珠
- 佛珠 Vip$0.991 Year
