Treasure Books vs Plain Dharma
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side โ with what reviewers say about each.
Treasure Books
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Treasure Books: Discovering Buddhist Wisdom, provide Buddhist books, videos, events
Plain Dharma
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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. โข Read all six in about an hour โข Listen to the narrated audiobook โข Highlight passages and keep private notes โ with an optional account to sync across your devices โข Also available in Simplified Chinese โข 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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Treasure Books | Plain Dharma |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | โ | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod โ better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 โ better | 16.4 |
| Further details โ not scored | ||
| Size | 10 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bodhisattva wish temple inc | Flexbike, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Treasure Books
No in-app purchases
Plain Dharma
No in-app purchases
Questions
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