Kybalion App vs Delphi
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Kybalion App
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The Kybalion is a mobile app for reading and studying the classic text of Hermetic philosophy in English. The app includes the Prooemium, 15 chapters, the Emerald Tablet, explanations, and concise keys for each section. It also offers convenient navigation, adjustable text size, light and dark themes, and Apple Watch support. The app is designed for thoughtful reading, exploring the philosophical tradition, and reflecting on ideas of mind, reality, and causation. The app is available in more than 30 languages, including Arabic, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Urdu, and Vietnamese.
Delphi
This app provides a synchronized reading and listening experience for classic literature. As the audio plays, the text is highlighted, and you can tap any sentence to resume narration from that exact point. Enjoy offline access to a curated library of timeless works.
- Synchronized text and audio narration
- Tap to play sentence feature
- Offline reading and listening
- Automatic resume functionality
- Bookmark saving
- Background playback
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Delphi is a reader for the great books — with narration that stays in sync with the text. As the audio plays, the current sentence is highlighted and the page scrolls with it. Tap any sentence to hear it from exactly that point. Close the app mid-chapter and Delphi brings you back to the same spot, ready to continue. THE LIBRARY • Thucydides — History of the Peloponnesian War • Augustine — Confessions • Plato — Dialogues (Apology, Phaedo, Symposium, Republic and more) • Goethe — Faust • Aristotle — Nicomachean Ethics and Politics • The Bible (KJV) — Old Testament • Hamilton, Madison, Jay — The Federalist Papers • Machiavelli — The Prince • Dostoevsky — Crime and Punishment MADE FOR LISTENING • Word-for-word sync: the sentence being read is always highlighted • Tap to play: touch any line to jump the narration there • Background playback with full lock screen and Control Center controls • Skip back and forward 15 seconds, scrub anywhere MADE FOR READING • The complete text of every work is built in — no connection needed to read • Download any work's audio once and listen fully offline • Bookmarks for every book: save a passage, jump back to it anytime • Automatic resume: pick up exactly where you stopped, even after restarting No account. No subscription. No ads. Just the classics, read to you.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Delphi at Free against Kybalion App's $19.95. On update cadence, 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
Delphi is free to download; Kybalion App costs $19.95 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Kybalion App ships an update every 5 days, Delphi every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Kybalion App | Delphi |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19.95 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Galina Pashchenko | Chenyu Li |
In-app purchases
Kybalion App
No in-app purchases
Delphi
No in-app purchases









