Comparison

Buddha calendar vs QiMenChart

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

Head to head
About

Buddha calendar

This app provides a comprehensive Buddhist calendar with lunar dates, festivals, and reminders. It also includes Buddhist scriptures for reading, a chanting counter, meditation timer, and a notepad.

Highlights
  • Buddhist calendar with festivals and reminders
  • Digital Buddhist scriptures with adjustable font size
  • Chanting counter with voice recognition
  • Meditation timer with chime alerts
  • Notepad and weather forecast
  • Buddhist famous sentences collection
Features
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Buddha calendar is a Buddhist calendar software specially developed for the vast number of friends who like Buddhism and practice Buddhism. It is also suitable for you who are related to Buddhism. In addition to the basic calendar lunar calendar function, it has the following features: 1. Exquisite and meticulous calendar, including national festivals, lunar festivals, solar terms, Buddhist festivals. The calendar uses double day layout, so that you will not mistake every festival. The calendar is equipped with push to remind Buddha and Bodhisattva festivals, ten (6) Ramadan, Guanyin Ramadan, legal holidays and other information. 2. If the Tibetan calendar and related Tibetan festivals and Tibetan Buddhist festivals are not displayed, please download the latest calendar data in the related - > settings interface. 3. The inquiry function of Shoukang treasure warning period and the contrast function of barber farmer Tibetan calendar. 4. Buddhist Scripture, reading function of Scripture, support gesture to zoom font. It contains the commonly used Buddhist scriptures, which are necessary for daily work, such as the Vajra Sutra, with good typesetting and book reading experience. The app also provides the function of continued reading of sutras, which allows you to finish reading long Sutras in several times. 5. Chanting Buddha voice recognition, Buddha number automatic counting function, using standard Mandarin, medium speech speed can improve the counting accuracy, and can participate in the common practice and check the times. 6. For the function of Buddha, you can choose the Buddha image. There is a white jade Avalokitesvara image in the purple bamboo forest of Mount Tuo, Mount Putuo. You can go to Putuo without leaving home. You can use Buddha number to exchange incense, lamp, water, flower, fruit, treasure and gold offerings for Buddha, and play Buddha mantra while offering Buddha. Please put your cell phone in place when offering Buddha. Sincerity is the spirit. When the time is up (10 minutes), the offerings will be automatically collected! 7. Simple and easy-to-use notepad and reminder function, as well as concise weather forecast function, convenient for life. 8. The appreciation function of Buddhist famous sentences selects a large number of classic sentences. 9. Meditation timing function. When the time is up, it will remind you with a chime. It's a good helper for your personal meditation. Disclaimer: This software is a paid software, and the price and fee are only based on the code functions and other value services added to the software development at the time of your purchase. It does not include the value of scriptures, Buddha statues, and other document images; The push reminder service of the software is a free service and is not included in the paid value. The effectiveness and timeliness of the reminder service are not guaranteed; The corresponding Tibetan calendar year in the software is provided for free. Due to uncertainty factors, there is no commitment to the provision of Tibetan calendar for future years. If you purchase this software, it will be deemed that you agree to this statement.

About

QiMenChart

This app generates historical charts for years, months, days, and hours using traditional Chinese calendrical methods. It allows users to orient the chart with a compass based on their position. The application focuses solely on chart plotting without providing any analysis or user settings.

Highlights
  • Plot Year, Month, Day, Hour Charts
  • Chai Bu and Zhi Run Methods
  • Year Range 1800-9999
  • Compass Orientation
  • Chart Plotting Only
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* Plot Year Chart, Month Chart, Day Chart, Hour Chart (拆补法 Chai Bu Method) and (置闰法 Zhi Run Method) * Year range from 1800 to 9999 * Turn on the compass and rotate the chart to your facing or sitting * Just plot the chart, no analysis and other functions available. * No user settings.

Screenshots

Buddha calendar4 screens
QiMenChart4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Buddha calendar at 80% against QiMenChart's 0%. Buddha calendar also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 6 months) and price ($3.99 vs $6.99). QiMenChart's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10). On ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Buddha calendar costs $3.99 and QiMenChart $6.99 up front. Buddha calendar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. QiMenChart asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddha calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, QiMenChart every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Buddha calendar versus QiMenChart: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddha calendarQiMenChart
Price$3.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer敏江 蔡LAY KHIM TAN

Customer experience

Buddha calendar

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral10.0%
Negative10.0%

QiMenChart

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Buddha calendar

One-time10
  • Tibetan calendar in 2020$0.99
  • One year period_ data service$0.99
  • Tibetan calendar in 2021$0.99
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  • Schedule recording function$0.99
  • 阳历2021年日历所对应的藏历$0.99
  • Tibetan calendar in 2023$0.99
  • Liuzhai Text color setting$2.99
  • Shizhai Text color setting$2.99
  • 制作2022年日历图片$6.99
  • Two year period_ data service$14.99
None

QiMenChart

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buddha calendar free?
Buddha calendar costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is QiMenChart free?
QiMenChart costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Buddha calendar or QiMenChart have ads?
Neither Buddha calendar nor QiMenChart shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddha calendar or QiMenChart?
Buddha calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and QiMenChart every 6 months. Most recently, Buddha calendar was updated on October 24, 2026 and QiMenChart on October 8, 2026.

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