Comparison

Purohit.app vs Rahukaal

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

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About

Purohit.app

Features
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Purohit.app brings the day's panchang, your festivals and a purohit for your puja together in one place, in your language. TODAY • The day's panchang for your city: tithi, nakshatra, yoga, karana, sunrise and sunset, Rahu kaal and Abhijit muhurat • Share today's panchang card with family and friends • "Your day" from your birth star • An optional 5:30 am panchang notification FESTIVALS • The festivals and vrats of the year, with when, how and why each is kept • Dates worked out for your city BOOK A PUROHIT • Ask for a purohit for any puja, homa or ceremony: Griha Pravesh, Satyanarayan Puja, Namakarana, weddings, shraddha and more • Purohits who serve your area see your request and call you to talk it through • Or ask for a phone call with a purohit who speaks your language • Follow your requests in My pujas JYOTISH • Kundali (birth chart), kept for you • Kundali matching and baby names • Muhurat: good days for griha pravesh, weddings and more • The full panchang in seven panchangam systems: Drik Ganita (Lahiri), Ontikoppal, Uttaradi, Vaakya, Telugu, Raman and KP FOR PUROHITS • Puja requests from customers in your area: accept the ones you want • Your own page with your pujas, photos, dakshina and reviews • Tools for your work: panchang, muhurat, kundali and shraddha dates JAPA AND MEDITATION • The day's mantra, from the festival or vrat of the day or the weekday, or one you choose • Count japa on a mala that keeps every bead, or add the malas you counted on your own mala • Meditation with a soft tanpura that keeps going when the phone is locked • Your practice, kept on your phone IN YOUR LANGUAGE English, Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali, in light and dark themes.

About

Rahukaal

This app helps you stay on track with daily spiritual practices by calculating and alerting you to important times like Rahu Kaal and the four Sandhyas based on your precise location. It also provides a comprehensive Panchang and special reminders for devotional days.

Highlights
  • Location-based Rahu Kaal and Sandhya calculations
  • Customizable alarms for spiritual times
  • Full Drik Panchang details
  • Reminders for devotional days
  • Widgets and Lock Screen Live Activity
  • Calendar synchronization
  • Shareable devotional cards
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RahuKaal keeps your daily practice on time. It calculates Rahu Kaal and the four Sandhyas from the real position of the sun at your exact location, rings a proper alarm when each window opens, and shows a full Drik (observational) Panchang for any day — all on your device, with nothing sent anywhere. RAHU KAAL & THE FOUR SANDHYAS See today's Rahu Kaal at a glance, plus Pratah, Madhyahna, Sayam and the night Sandhya — each computed from sunrise and sunset where you actually are, not a fixed table. A live timeline shows where "now" sits in the day. ALARMS THAT ACTUALLY REACH YOU Set an alarm for any Sandhya and RahuKaal rings it like a real alarm — breaking through silent mode and Focus — so your practice doesn't depend on watching the clock. Snooze or stop it right from the Lock Screen. Choose a temple bell, conch, om chant, or chime. A COMPLETE DRIK PANCHANG A dedicated Panchang tab gives you tithi and paksha, nakshatra, yoga and karana — each with the time it ends — plus the Amanta and Purnimanta month and the Vikram and Shaka samvat. Ekadashi and Bhadra (Vishti) windows are flagged so you always know what kind of day it is. DURGA PAATH DAYS Krishna Ashtami and Krishna Chaturdashi are marked as Durga Paath days: the whole app turns to a deep red, a reminder arrives the evening before, and you can look ahead to find the next one. WIDGETS, LOCK SCREEN & LIVE ACTIVITY Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets show the current window and today's tithi at a glance. When a window is running, a Live Activity and Dynamic Island tell you exactly when it ends — in the timezone of the place you're tracking. KNOWS WHERE YOU ARE Pick any city, or turn on "Use GPS" and RahuKaal quietly keeps up as you travel — and always tells you when it does. Times render in the location's own timezone, so Kashi always reads as Kashi time even if your phone is set elsewhere. SYNC TO YOUR CALENDAR Write your Sandhya and Rahu Kaal windows into any calendar you choose, and re-sync cleanly whenever your day or place changes. SHARE THE DAY Tap to create a beautiful devotional card with the day's Panchang and times, ready to send to family. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Your location is used only for the maths, on your device, and is never uploaded. There are no accounts, no ads, no trackers, and no analytics. Namonarayan. MADE FOR IPHONE DUO On iPhone Duo's large display, Home and Panchang open into two columns, and when it's half-folded each column stays clear of the fold. Every iPhone also works in landscape. Available in English and Hindi. Designed for iOS 26.

Screenshots

Purohit.app4 screens
Rahukaal4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Rahukaal at none against Purohit.app's shown. Purohit.app's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). On price and in-app purchases 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

Purohit.app ships an update every 10 days, Rahukaal every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Purohit.app versus Rahukaal: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPurohit.appRahukaal
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—2 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaushik S ArakalgudKanishk Sonee

In-app purchases

None

Purohit.app

No in-app purchases

None

Rahukaal

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Purohit.app free?
Purohit.app is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Rahukaal free?
Rahukaal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Purohit.app or Rahukaal have ads?
Purohit.app shows ads; Rahukaal does not.
Which is updated more often, Purohit.app or Rahukaal?
Purohit.app ships an update every 10 days, and Rahukaal every 5 weeks. Most recently, Purohit.app was updated on November 5, 2026 and Rahukaal on November 6, 2026.

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