Comparison

Kashi Darshan vs Puja Hopping

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

Head to head
About

Kashi Darshan

Features
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A simple and accessible mobile app at your fingertips to make you Varanasi experience seamless. App that acts as a Tourist Guide Create pass directly from the landing screen. Simple navigation and user friendly Interface. Access to e-book guide that helps during your visit. 24 hours easy cancellation. 100% secure payment gateway.

About

Puja Hopping

Discover Durga Puja pandals across West Bengal with this app. Plan your routes, find nearby food and essential services, and share your itinerary with friends and family. Explore over 500 pandals and enjoy the festival offline.

Highlights
  • Discover 500+ pandals
  • Curated and custom route planning
  • Share routes with friends and family
  • Find nearby food and essential services
  • Offline browsing of pandal and transport info
  • Festival countdown and reminders
Features
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From the first pandal to the last mishti, make every stop part of your Puja. Puja Hopping helps you explore Durga Puja pandals across Kolkata and selected destinations in West Bengal. Discover 500+ pandals across 8 zones, choose from 85 curated neighbourhood routes, or build a plan around the places you want to see. Share it with your people, find a food stop along the way, and enjoy the celebrations together. Find your next pandal: Browse by zone, search by pandal name or area, and use Near Me to discover what’s close by. Save your favourites for later. Plan a Pujo that feels like yours: Start with a curated route or create your own. Add pandals, rearrange stops and check estimated walking distances and times. View your route on a map, open a pandal in your maps app for directions, and mark stops as visited as you go. Get everyone in on the plan: Share curated and custom routes with friends and family. Import a shared route into the app, or turn your itinerary into a picture to share on social media. Give your group a plan to look forward to. Make room for something delicious: Find nearby restaurants, street food, cafes and sweet shops. Whether it’s a quick bite between pandals or a well-earned food break, discover places around you without starting your search from scratch. Keep the essentials close: Look for drinking water, public toilets, pharmacies, ATMs, parking and other useful places nearby. Access emergency helpline numbers and search for nearby hospitals and police stations. Figure out the journey: Explore Kolkata Metro lines and stations, plan a metro journey with interchange guidance, and search bus routes by number or stop. Find nearby metro stations and bus stops to help plan your next move. Stay in the Pujo spirit: Follow the festival countdown and turn on optional reminders before Puja days. Choose English, Bengali or Hindi to explore in the language you prefer. Keep your plans handy: Browse bundled pandal, metro and bus information offline. Your favourites and saved routes stay on your device. No account, no ads and no in-app purchases. Maps, online walking routes and fresh nearby-place searches need internet access. Nearby results depend on available map data. Pick your pandals. Bring your people. Make this Durga Puja your own!

Screenshots

Kashi Darshan4 screens
Puja Hopping4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Puja Hopping at every 5 days against Kashi Darshan's fortnightly. Kashi Darshan's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Kashi Darshan ships an update fortnightly, Puja Hopping every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
Kashi Darshan versus Puja Hopping: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKashi DarshanPuja Hopping
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB179 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVaranasi Smart City LtdKhush Desai

In-app purchases

None

Kashi Darshan

No in-app purchases

None

Puja Hopping

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Kashi Darshan free?
Kashi Darshan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Puja Hopping free?
Puja Hopping is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Kashi Darshan or Puja Hopping have ads?
Neither Kashi Darshan nor Puja Hopping shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Kashi Darshan or Puja Hopping?
Kashi Darshan ships an update fortnightly, and Puja Hopping every 5 days. Most recently, Kashi Darshan was updated on October 19, 2026 and Puja Hopping on October 29, 2026.

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