Prayer Wheel vs 电子佛堂
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.
电子佛堂
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功德模拟器，是一款免费的请佛、上香、供奉、放生、求签、敲木鱼App。 【特色功能】 1. 佛堂升级：108级佛堂，吉祥如意，功德圆满； 2. 职位升级：9种佛教职位，沙弥、小僧、比丘、罗汉、执事、首座、大师、方丈、住持； 3. 七种供香：平安香、增寿香、增财香、增禄香、消灾香、功德香、增福香； 4. 九种蜡烛：财丁兴旺、出入平安、财源广进、合家平安、吉祥高照、金玉满堂、平安发财、万事如意； 5. 十七种供品； 6. 六种供花：荷花、百合花、黄百合、金莲花、兰花、桃花； 7. 四种供水； 8. 敲木鱼：手动和自动，两种方式； 9. 领取功德：敲木鱼、放生、拜佛，均能为您积累功德，升级佛堂和职位等级； 我佛慈悲，度一切苦厄，除一世恶欲，让爱洒满人间！
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Prayer Wheel at none against 电子佛堂's shown. 电子佛堂's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 81%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Prayer Wheel sells 2 one-off in-app purchases and 电子佛堂 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. 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 电子佛堂. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 21 and 20 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Prayer Wheel's written reviews are positive against 100% of 电子佛堂's.
Prayer Wheel ships an update every 6 weeks, 电子佛堂 every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Prayer Wheel | 电子佛堂 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (21 ratings) — better | 5.0 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 21 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 85 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | 乃君 黄 | 方元 朱 |
Customer experience
Prayer Wheel
电子佛堂
In-app purchases
Prayer Wheel
- Unlock all content$0.99
- Support developer$2.99
电子佛堂
- 去广告$1.99
