Monlam Grand Dictionary vs pechaa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Monlam Grand Dictionary
This offline dictionary offers comprehensive Tibetan, Tibetan-English, and English-Tibetan translations. It's an extensive resource for learners, scholars, and language enthusiasts, featuring quick search and accurate definitions for everyday and specialized vocabulary.
- Offline functionality
- Tibetan-English dictionary
- English-Tibetan dictionary
- Comprehensive vocabulary
- Quick search
- Accurate definitions
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Monlam Grand Dictionary is a comprehensive, offline Tibetan, Tibetan-English, and English-Tibetan dictionary designed for learners, scholars, and language enthusiasts. Compiled by over 37 editorial teams from Tibet’s major religious traditions, this 223-volume work is the largest dictionary in the world, covering both everyday vocabulary and uncommon philosophical terms. Featuring quick search and accurate definitions, it is the perfect tool for students and translators to learn, reference, and explore the Tibetan language anytime, anywhere.
pechaa
This app offers a collection of Buddhist prayers with enhanced features for a better user experience. It includes complete audio, auto-scrolling text, a dark theme, adjustable text size, and a progress indicator.
- Complete prayer audio
- Auto-scrolling text
- Dark theme
- Adjustable text size
- Progress indicator
- Audio-only prayer option
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Tashi Delek! Most of you know that I have published Tibetan prayer apps before and some of you have commented in the app store that some of the prayers have spelling errors or that audio is incomplete. And later I realized that the app lacked some features which are quite important like, complete audio, auto scrolling of text, dark theme, text size increase option, progress indicator and audio only prayer. So therefore this time, I have done proper research and been working on this project for more than 3 months so that I can bring a better product for you all. And I am sure that this time, you will definitely like this version of the app since it contains most of the features you can think of. If you like then please comment in the app store.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Monlam Grand Dictionary at none against pechaa's 1. Monlam Grand Dictionary also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (14 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. pechaa sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Monlam Grand Dictionary asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Monlam Grand Dictionary against 5.0 for pechaa. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Monlam Grand Dictionary has 14 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Monlam Grand Dictionary ships an update every 11 days, pechaa every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Monlam Grand Dictionary | pechaa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 121 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Lobsang Monlam16922404891 | tenzin thinley |
Customer experience
Monlam Grand Dictionary
pechaa
In-app purchases
Monlam Grand Dictionary
No in-app purchases
pechaa
- Remove Ads$9.99
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