Comparison

Chant Counter vs Tachlis

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

Head to head
About

Chant Counter

This spiritual companion uses on-device speech recognition for hands-free mantra counting during meditation. It supports rapid chanting, flexible goals, and multiple languages, all while prioritizing your privacy with offline processing.

Highlights
  • Voice-activated counting
  • Rapid chant support
  • Flexible goal setting
  • Multi-language support
  • 100% privacy focused
  • Smart screen lock
Features
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Experience the freedom of hands-free chanting. Chant Counter is a privacy-first spiritual companion designed to help you focus entirely on your meditation and devotion. Unlike traditional counters that require a physical tap for every repetition, Chant Counter uses on-device speech recognition to count your mantras automatically. Key Features: Voice-Activated Counting Simply speak your mantra. The app listens and increments the count for you, letting you keep your eyes closed and your focus inward. Rapid Chant Support Advanced recognition logic handles fast-paced chanting (e.g., "Om Namah Shivaya") without missing a beat, even when words merge together. Flexible Goals Choose traditional milestones like 21 or 108, or set a custom target for your specific Sadhana. Multi-Language Support Specially tuned for Sanskrit and English pronunciation to ensure accuracy across different mantras and slokas. 100% Privacy Focused Your privacy is sacred. All speech processing happens offline on your device. No audio is ever recorded, stored, or sent to any server. Smart Screen Lock The app keeps your screen awake during your session, ensuring you never lose track of your progress. Perfect for: Daily Japa practice Completing 108 repetitions Learning new Slokas or Stotrams Hands-free meditation during commutes or yoga Download Chant Counter today and elevate your spiritual practice.

About

Tachlis

Explore Jewish self-knowledge with daily practices, a Hebrew birth chart, and a structured journal. All content is sourced from classical texts and made for offline use, ensuring your privacy.

Highlights
  • Hebrew birth chart (Mazal)
  • Nightly structured journal (Cheshbon HaNefesh)
  • 40-day practice tracker
  • Psalm 100 with translation
  • Vision board with sourced teachings
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Tachlis is a tool for Jewish self-knowledge, built on classical sources and made for daily use. Everything in it is sourced. Tap the ※ beside any teaching and you get the exact place it comes from — tractate and daf, chapter and verse — with the further references that stand behind it and a plain-English note on what each one holds. There are 91 sources and 266 supporting references, and you can browse the whole library inside the app. WHAT'S IN IT Mazal — your Hebrew birth chart Enter your birth date and, if you know it, the time and place. You get the Hebrew date, the month and its mazal, the letter, tribe, sense and organ assigned to it in Sefer Yetzirah, and a reading of the lunar nodes. The Hebrew date accounts for sunset, so an evening birth falls on the next Hebrew day, with daylight saving handled for historical dates. Cheshbon HaNefesh — the nightly accounting A short structured journal in the pattern Ramchal describes: what you're grateful for, what went well, what you'd do differently. It saves as you type. Your history is grouped and searchable, and you can back it up and restore it. 40 Days — one practice, held Take on a single giving practice and keep it for forty days, with a calendar to mark and encouragement along the way. Mizmor L'Todah Psalm 100 with translation line by line, how R. Shalom Arush teaches the Chok Todah, and the sources behind why it's built the way it is. Aliyah — your growth over time Vision Board — over 270 sourced teachings to keep close PRIVACY Nothing you write leaves your phone. There is no account, no sign-in, no server, no analytics, and no advertising. Tachlis collects no data of any kind. It works completely offline, including on a plane. SOURCES Sefer Yetzirah, Talmud Bavli, Zohar, the Arizal, Ramchal, Rambam, Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, the Baal Shem Tov, R. Shalom Arush, R. Israel Yakobov, and Bilvavi Mishkan Evneh, among others. Where a teaching is a contemporary custom or an oral tradition rather than a classical text, the app says so plainly and points to what it does rest on. Support: abeyelie@gmail.com

Screenshots

Chant Counter4 screens
Tachlis4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tachlis at 13.0 against Chant Counter's 26.0. On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chant Counter against 5.0 for Tachlis. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 2 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chant Counter ships an update every 2 days, Tachlis daily. Both last shipped on October 8, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chant Counter versus Tachlis: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChant CounterTachlis
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings5 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS26.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperARAVIND SAI TALLAPANENIAvraham Egert

Customer experience

Chant Counter

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tachlis

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chant Counter

No in-app purchases

None

Tachlis

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chant Counter free?
Chant Counter is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tachlis free?
Tachlis is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chant Counter or Tachlis?
Chant Counter and Tachlis are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Chant Counter or Tachlis have ads?
Neither Chant Counter nor Tachlis shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chant Counter or Tachlis?
Chant Counter ships an update every 2 days, and Tachlis daily. Most recently, Chant Counter was updated on October 8, 2026 and Tachlis on October 8, 2026.

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