Comparison

sutamaya vs Dhamma Path

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

Head to head
About

sutamaya

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Sutamaya is a reader for the Early Buddhist Texts: the Pali discourses in English (available translations by Bhikkhu Sujato, Bhikkhu Bodhi and Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu), with the Pali a tap away. Everything is inside the app, so it reads offline from the first launch — on a plane, on retreat, or in airplane mode. The whole canon, easy to move around in The four main nikāyas and the Khuddaka books, arranged the way they are actually read: collection, chapter, sutta. Pali beside the English, word by word Show the Pali line under each segment of translation, and tap any Pali word for its entry in the Digital Pali Dictionary, without leaving the text. Highlights, notes and lists Highlight passages in one of three colours, write a note on a sutta, and tag suttas with words of your own. Save suttas to your own lists and group them into folders. What you've recently read, highlighted and noted is kept as lists of its own, automatically. Search Find a sutta by its number, title or description, or search the text of the whole canon in English or Pali, along with your own notes and lists. Set the page the way you read Typeface, text size, line height, light or dark. Verse, headings and speakers are set the way the source marks them. No account needed Everything works without signing in, and nothing you do leaves your device. Sign in only if you want your lists, notes, highlights and reading history on your other devices, and in the browser at app.sutamaya.org. Free, with no ads and no tracking. English translations by Bhikkhu Sujato, from SuttaCentral, with some editorial changes. Pali definitions from the Digital Pali Dictionary.

About

Dhamma Path

Features
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Dhamma Path is a free app for studying the Buddha's teaching in one place. Tipiṭaka • The Chaṭṭha Saṅgāyana Pāḷi canon (Vinaya, Sutta, Abhidhamma) side by side with Burmese and English translations. • Commentaries (Aṭṭhakathā), sub-commentaries (Ṭīkā) and other texts (Añña) in Pāḷi, linked to the root texts they explain. Life of the Buddha • 66 chapters from Tusita to the Parinibbāna, following Mingun Sayādaw's Great Chronicle of the Buddhas. • Each chapter includes the Sayādaw's original Burmese text and the full English translation. • Maps of the places the Buddha visited and of the spread of the Sāsana. Dhamma Map • Explore how Buddhist concepts connect to one another. Offline reading • Save chapters and texts to read without a connection; "Continue reading" takes you back where you left off. No account, no ads, no data collected. Every source is credited on the in-app Sources page.

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Dhamma Path at none against sutamaya's shown. On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.

Scorecard1 real difference · 5 level
sutamaya versus Dhamma Path: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametersutamayaDhamma Path
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size122 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGabriel AszalosMYAT THWE

In-app purchases

None

sutamaya

No in-app purchases

None

Dhamma Path

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is sutamaya free?
sutamaya is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Dhamma Path free?
Dhamma Path is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do sutamaya or Dhamma Path have ads?
sutamaya shows ads; Dhamma Path does not.

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