Comparison

BuddhaMind vs Dickens Yard

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

Head to head
About

BuddhaMind

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BuddhaMind is a meditation app from the London Buddhist Centre, designed to help you develop greater awareness, wisdom and compassion. Whether you’re new to meditation or have been practising for years, BuddhaMind offers high-quality guided meditations, structured courses, and teachings for modern life — all rooted in the Buddhist tradition. This isn’t just another meditation app. It’s a doorway into a living spiritual community. All content is created by experienced Buddhist teachers, grounded in their own practice of the Buddha’s teachings. What you’ll find inside • Guided meditations, including mindfulness, loving-kindness (mettā), compassion, body awareness, and practices for working with difficult emotions • Structured, multi-week courses that support depth and continuity in practice • A simple meditation timer for daily practice • Teachings from experienced Buddhist teachers connected with the London Buddhist Centre • A sense of connection to a living Buddhist community

About

Dickens Yard

Features
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Effortlessly connect with your property management and on-site teams, as well as your community. Through the Dickens Yard app you will be able to see important information about your property and the wider estate. Receive instant news notifications or important massages from the office teams, helping to stay up to date with your home, the community and those things that matter to you the most. These are some of the highlights of the Dickens Yard app: - Manage key aspects of your property - Communicate with the office teams

Screenshots

BuddhaMind4 screens
Dickens Yard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: BuddhaMind at every 10 days against Dickens Yard's every 3 weeks. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

BuddhaMind ships an update every 10 days, Dickens Yard every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
BuddhaMind versus Dickens Yard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddhaMindDickens Yard
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLondon Buddhist CentreDwellant

In-app purchases

None

BuddhaMind

No in-app purchases

None

Dickens Yard

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is BuddhaMind free?
BuddhaMind is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dickens Yard free?
Dickens Yard is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do BuddhaMind or Dickens Yard have ads?
Neither BuddhaMind nor Dickens Yard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BuddhaMind or Dickens Yard?
BuddhaMind ships an update every 10 days, and Dickens Yard every 3 weeks. Most recently, BuddhaMind was updated on October 1, 2026 and Dickens Yard on October 6, 2026.

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