Comparison

Buddha calendar vs ekaTimer

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

ekaTimer

Features
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ekaTimer - Meditation timer for dedicated meditators ekaTimer is free and open-source beautifully designed, full-featured meditation timer built for both beginners and experienced meditators. With support for multiple timer modes, rich sound options, haptic feedback, and detailed session tracking, ekaTimer helps you build and maintain a consistent meditation practice. # Three Timer Modes: Timed, End At, Unlimited - Timed: Set a precise duration from 1 minute to 10 hours. Choose from quick presets (1h, 1.5h, 2h, 3h), recently used durations, or use the slider for fine-grained control. - End At: Set the timer to end at a specific time of day. Perfect for morning or evening practice sessions. - Unlimited: Meditate freely without any time limit. The timer runs indefinitely until you choose to stop. # Rich Audio & Haptic Feedback - 6 hand-picked meditation sounds: Bell, Bowl, Strong Bowl, Garden Bird, Gong, and Watch - Configurable volume control (0–100%) - Interval bells and mindfulness chimes at custom intervals (1–60 minutes) - 5 vibration patterns: None, Short, Medium, Long, Double - Sounds and vibrations play at session start, end, and during interval markers # Comprehensive Session Records - Automatic session history saved securely to your device - Current streak and longest streak tracking to keep you motivated - Detailed statistics: total sessions, total meditation time, average session duration - Daily, weekly, and monthly meditation summaries - Beautiful bar charts for weekly and monthly trends # Beautiful Design - Color palette with calming teal and warm accent tones - Full light and dark theme support (auto, light, dark) - Smooth animations, fade transitions, and pulse effects - Gradient backgrounds that create a serene meditation atmosphere - Animated circular timer display with progress arc # Customizable to Your Practice - Delay before session starts (0–60 seconds), with tap-to-skip - Screen behavior: Stay On, Dim, or Normal during meditation - Default timer mode and duration preferences - Edit your fixed-hour preset buttons (customize the 4 quick-start options) - Language support: English, Vietnamese, Burmese, Sinhala, German, Indonesian, Chinese, Thai, Hindi, Nepali, Korean, Japanese, Khmer, Russian, Lao # Home Screen Widgets Quick-start your meditation right from your home screen with dedicated iOS widgets for 15m, 30m, 1h, 1.5h, 2h, 2.5h, 3h, 3.5h, 4h, End At, and Unlimited modes. # Privacy First Your meditation data stays on your device. No accounts, no sign-ups, no data collection. ekaTimer works completely offline. # Open Source ekaTimer is free and open-source software licensed under GPLv3. Inspired by Meditation Assistant by Trevor Slocum. --- ekaTimer — Find your stillness, one breath at a time.

Screenshots

Buddha calendar4 screens
ekaTimer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ekaTimer at Free against Buddha calendar's $3.99. ekaTimer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). Buddha calendar's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On ads 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

ekaTimer is free to download; Buddha calendar costs $3.99 up front. Buddha calendar sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. ekaTimer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Buddha calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, ekaTimer every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Buddha calendar versus ekaTimer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBuddha calendarekaTimer
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.2 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size141 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer敏江 蔡KENO88 TRADING SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED

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

ekaTimer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Buddha calendar free?
Buddha calendar costs $3.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ekaTimer free?
ekaTimer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Buddha calendar or ekaTimer have ads?
Neither Buddha calendar nor ekaTimer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Buddha calendar or ekaTimer?
Buddha calendar ships an update every 3 weeks, and ekaTimer every 2 days. Most recently, Buddha calendar was updated on October 24, 2026 and ekaTimer on October 18, 2026.

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