Comparison

Treasure Books vs Plain Dharma

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

Head to head
About

Treasure Books

Features
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Treasure Books: Discovering Buddhist Wisdom, provide Buddhist books, videos, events

About

Plain Dharma

Features
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Plain Dharma offers the six foundational teachings of the Buddha in plain modern English โ€” free, and dedicated to the public domain. These are the discourses at the root of the whole tradition: the first talk in the deer park, the teaching on not-self, the fire sermon, loving-kindness, the foundations of mindfulness, and how to decide what to believe. They're rendered for a first-time reader who'd rather understand than wade through footnotes โ€” the structure, the repetitions, and the key images are kept; the archaic English is stripped away. โ€ข Read all six in about an hour โ€ข Listen to the narrated audiobook โ€ข Highlight passages and keep private notes โ€” with an optional account to sync across your devices โ€ข Also available in Simplified Chinese โ€ข No ads, no tracking, nothing to buy Everything here โ€” the text, the audio, and the art โ€” is CC0 / public domain. Copy it, print it, translate it, remix it, share it freely. A small gift, offered in the spirit of the dharma.

Screenshots

Treasure Books4 screens
Plain Dharma4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Treasure Books at 3 against Plain Dharma's 1. Treasure Books also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.4). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences ยท 4 level
Treasure Books versus Plain Dharma: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTreasure BooksPlain Dharma
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS12.0 โ€” better16.4
Further details โ€” not scored
Size10 MB60 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBodhisattva wish temple incFlexbike, Inc.

In-app purchases

None

Treasure Books

No in-app purchases

None

Plain Dharma

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Treasure Books free?
Treasure Books is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Plain Dharma free?
Plain Dharma is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Treasure Books or Plain Dharma have ads?
Neither Treasure Books nor Plain Dharma shows ads.

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