DhyanaMala vs Smaraṇa

DhyanaMala is a Sanskrit chanting app for daily sadhana: a mala counter for japa, 260 curated mantras, 24 Sacred Texts to read as a full parayana, and today's panchang. Chant a Ganapati, Gayatri or navagraha mantra, count 108 beads, read the Bhagavad Gita or the Hanuman Chalisa, look up today's tithi and nakshatra, or find the next Ekadashi. It is free, with no in-app purchases, no ads and no account, and every feature works offline. MORNING: THE PANCHANG The app opens here, computed on your device. - Tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana and the lunar month (masa), with meanings and start and end times - Sunrise, solar noon, sunset, and auspicious windows (muhurta) - The planetary hour (hora) running now, with a graha mantra to chant while it lasts - Enter your birth details once to find your janma nakshatra and its mantra THROUGH THE DAY: THE MALA - A digital counter with 27, 54 or 108 beads - Rounds of 1, 3, 7, 11, 21, 108, or no limit - Haptics on each bead and at the close of every round - The screen stays awake, and the volume buttons can count for you, so your eyes can stay closed THE MANTRAS - 260 curated mantras in 19 groups: 45 widely chanted mantras, the 32 Forms of Ganapati, 27 nakshatra mantras and their 27 Gayatris, 15 Gayatri mantras, 13 for wealth including the complete Ashtalakshmi Stotram, 12 Jyotirlingas, 10 Dashavatara, 9 Navagraha with 9 Navagraha Gayatris and 9 Navagraha Stotrams, 8 Ashta Murti, 7 Devi, 7 graha mantras, 6 beej mantras, and sets of 6 each for success, Subrahmanya, Venkateswara and Ayyappa - Readings are checked against primary texts, and many mantras carry a cited source - IAST transliteration and an English meaning with every mantra THE SCRIPTS - Four scripts throughout: every mantra and every Sacred Text reads in Devanagari, Telugu, Kannada or Malayalam, so you read in the letters you grew up with SADHANA: THE VOW YOU KEEP Sadhana has its own tab, and your chanting counts toward the vow on its own. - A fixed day vow, for example 40 days - A cumulative japa goal, for example one lakh - A 27 day vow that follows the Moon through the nakshatras, chanting the Ganapati form belonging to each - Optional morning and evening reminders WHEN YOU SIT: MEDITATION - A timer with presets, ambient sounds, bell intervals and background audio - Trataka, steady gazing - Antar Mauna, a course in six stages - Pranayama, four techniques with their traditional ratios - Nirguna, self inquiry - Manasika Puja, mental worship - An optional mood check before and after, with a trend EVENING: THE SACRED TEXTS - The Bhagavad Gita complete, all 700 verses in 18 chapters, in Sankara's recension, with a chapter list to move through it - 23 more Sacred Texts to read as a full parayana, among them Hanuman Chalisa, Vishnu Sahasranama, Lalita Sahasranama, Shiva Tandava Stotram, Aditya Hrudayam, Ganapati Atharvashirsha, Kanakadhara Stotram and Bhaja Govindam - The same four scripts, with IAST alongside, so you can follow the line you are reading SACRED DAYS: THE DAYS THAT ASK MORE - A calendar of vrats with every Ekadashi named, Vaikuntha, Nirjala, Mokshada and the rest - Opt-in reminders for Ekadashi fasting and for Amavasya, the ancestors' day ON YOUR APPLE DEVICES - A standalone Apple Watch japa counter, tapped bead by bead, with haptics - Home and Lock Screen and StandBy widgets for the daily mantra and panchang - Siri Shortcuts - Mindful minutes to Apple Health, opt in and off by default - iPhone and iPad BACKUP AND CORRECTIONS - Your chanting history, sadhana vows and saved mantras can be copied to your own iCloud Drive, daily or on demand, so it survives a new phone, or the app being deleted - When a reading is corrected against its source, it can reach you without waiting for an App Store update PRIVACY - No account, no ads, no tracking, no analytics - Free, with no in-app purchases and nothing to subscribe to Chant, keep the count, and let the day hold the rest.

Smaraṇa is a gentle companion for chanting. Pick a sloka, chant aloud at your own pace, and watch each word glow as you say it — like reverse karaoke — so you never lose your place. The app stays quiet while you chant. A calm review follows, never a score. Everything happens on your phone. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, and your voice is never recorded or uploaded. PLAY ALONG — NEW Every sloka now has a recording you can play inside the app. Play it on the speaker and the words light up as the reciter says them, with the page keeping your line in the middle. Learn the tune and the pace from a real recitation, then chant it yourself. TWENTY-THREE SLOKAS • Sri Vishnu Sahasranamam and Sri Lalita Sahasranamam — the thousand names, glossed name by name • Sri Rudram — Namakam, Chamakam and Laghunyasam, with Vedic svara marks • Hanuman Chalisa, Aditya Hrudayam, Rama Raksha Stotram, Dakshinamurti Stotram • Lingashtakam, Krishnashtakam, Kalabhairava Ashtakam, Mahalakshmi Ashtakam, Ganesha Pancharatnam, Arjuna's Durga Stotram, Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra • A "For Little Ones" set of short slokas for children READ IT YOUR WAY Devanagari, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Malayalam, Bengali, Gujarati or romanized English — or two together. The romanization marks long vowels, so you can see where to hold a syllable. MEANINGS Twenty of the slokas carry verse-by-verse meanings in English, Hindi and Telugu, composed for this app and cross-checked against published sources. TWO WAYS TO CHANT Follow waits for you, one line at a time — best while you are learning. Fast Reading keeps pace as you read ahead, for a sloka you know by heart. MADE FOR PRACTICE • Adjustable text size on every screen • Easy, Balanced and Strict pronunciation settings • A weekly strip that quietly marks the days you chanted Smaraṇa is offered as a gentle mirror for your practice, never a test. For true recitation — svara, bhāva and pronunciation — learn from a guru.