Bilingual Library vs Monlam Elementary Dict
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Bilingual Library
Access three major collections of Buddhist texts, including the encyclopedic Treasury of Knowledge. Explore DharmaCloud resources and Tibetan catalogs from the Tsadra Foundation.
- Treasury of Knowledge collection
- Five Treatises of Maitreya
- Tibetan Texts collection
- DharmaCloud Library access
- Tsadra Tibetan Catalogs
- Translation and Transmission Conferences
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This application provides three important collections of Buddhist texts and access to other Tasdra Foundation resources: Collections included: - The Treasury of Knowledge - The Five Treatises of Maitreya - A collection of Tibetan Texts Tsadra Resources: - The DharmaCloud Library - The Tsadra Tibetan Catalogs - The Translation and Transmission Conferences About the Treasury of Knowledge Collection The Treasury of Knowledge, a unique encyclopedic masterpiece by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodro Tayé (1813-1900), comprising the entire range of Buddhist teachings as they were preserved in Tibet. The Treasury of Knowledge contains ten books, the first four of which are historically oriented, focusing respectively on cosmology, the Buddha, his teachings, and their propagation in ancient India and Tibet. The fifth book concerns the integration of monastic, bodhisattva, and mantra vows, while the next three (books six through eight) concern the cultivation of discriminative awareness, through study, reflection, and meditation, respectively. The last two books, nine and ten, offer Kongtrul’s syncretic analysis of the spiritual paths and goals attained through the causal and fruition vehicles of Buddhist practice. The Treasury also includes an introduction and a conclusion preceding and concluding the ten books, respectively.
Monlam Elementary Dict
This educational app provides a comprehensive Tibetan and Western abbreviations dictionary. It's structured into sections for beginners and elementary learners, offering simple explanations for easy understanding.
- Tibetan and Western abbreviations
- Beginner level section
- Elementary text section
- Simple explanations
- Structured learning
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It has been designed on the basis of special comparison made between the most resourceful materials of Tibetan abraviations and the western abrivaitions.The monlam elementray dictionary consist maximum western abraviations dividing it in three section first, Easyarts containing 220 English abrivaition and 370 abrivations for beginner level. And for the second elementary text consist of 1290 abrivaiton apx. The explanation of those abraviton is in very simple form and easy to understand.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bilingual Library at 67% against Monlam Elementary Dict's 0%. Monlam Elementary Dict's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 20). On price, ratings volume 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. Bilingual Library sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Monlam Elementary Dict asks for nothing beyond the download.
Monlam Elementary Dict holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 67% of Bilingual Library's written reviews are positive against 0% of Monlam Elementary Dict's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
| Parameter | Bilingual Library | Monlam Elementary Dict |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) | 4.8 (4 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 24 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Tsadra Foundation | Lobsang Monlam16922404891 |
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Bilingual Library
Monlam Elementary Dict
In-app purchases
Bilingual Library
- Myriad Worlds: Book 1Free
- Buddhism's Journey to TibetFree
- TOK Buddhist Ethics - Book 5Free
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- Indo-Tibetan Classical LearningFree
- Frameworks of Buddhist PhilosophyFree
- Systems of Buddhist TantraFree
- Foundations of Buddhist Study and PracticeFree
- The Elements of Tantric PracticeFree
- Esoteric InstructionsFree
- Journey and GoalFree
- Middle Beyond ExtremesFree
- Buddha NatureFree
- The DharmadharmatavibhagaFree
- Mining for WisdomFree
- The MadhyantavibhagaFree
- Ornament of the Great VehicleFree
- When the Clouds PartFree
- Gone Beyond (Volume 1)Free
- Gone Beyond (Volume 2)Free
- The Universal VehicleFree
Monlam Elementary Dict
No in-app purchases
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