bliss by Gurudev vs Abhyaasa
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
bliss by Gurudev
This app offers a comprehensive approach to meditation, integrating ancient Vedic principles with modern technology. It provides guided sessions, breathwork, sacred sounds, and wisdom from a renowned spiritual teacher to support your inner journey and self-awareness.
- Guided Meditations
- Breathwork exercises
- Sacred Sounds & Vedic chants
- Wisdom Library
- Meditation Tracker & Stats
- Community Circles
- Live Events
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Meditation has ancient roots – and so does bliss. Authentic, deeply profound, and rooted in Vedic principles of meditation that millions of people have benefitted from for thousands of years, bliss brings together meditation, sacred sounds, music, breathwork, and wisdom to support your inner journey. At the heart of bliss is renowned humanitarian and spiritual teacher Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, a thought leader in yoga and meditation who has guided millions of people around the world toward effortless meditation and deeper self-awareness. If you’re new to meditation, you’ll find simple yet profound practices starting from just six minutes, along with routines, goals, and reminders to help you build a consistent practice. For seasoned meditators, explore 300+ Guided Meditations, Sacred Sounds, Vedic chants and mantras, meditation music, breathwork, binaural beats, and powerful tools to deepen your practice. Set challenges, reach milestones, earn trophies, and track your meditation journey with in-depth stats. bliss offers curated collections and playlists to take the guesswork out of meditation, so you can simply close your eyes and practice according to your mood, feeling, or time of day. Explore the Wisdom Library from Gurudev, featuring videos, transcripts, and timeless insights to help you learn, reflect, and grow. You can also Ask Gurudev, connect with others through Circles, join live events, and discover new ways to bring meditation into your everyday life. Discover, explore, immerse, and unwind with bliss - where ancient wisdom meets modern technology, right in the palm of your hand. WHAT’S INCLUDED: • Guided Meditations • Sacred Sounds – Vedic mantras and chants • Breathwork • Binaural Beats • Meditation Music • Meditation Timer & Tracker • Wisdom Library from Gurudev – videos and transcripts • Ask Gurudev • Mudra Meditations • Curated Collections – based on mood, desire, and time of day • Playlists – handpicked so you can just hit play • Circles – create or join communities and practice together • Live Events • Routines – build a consistent meditation practice • Personalized Reminders – set your own notifications • Mood Tracker – track how you feel before and after meditation • In-depth Stats – track your progress and consistency • Challenges – set milestones and stay on track • Trophies – unlock achievements as you progress • Meditation Community – connect, communicate, motivate, and meditate together • Wisdom Quotes – discover and share inspiring insights • Heart Rate Monitor • Location – see the places where you’ve meditated on a map • Surprises – leave post-meditation tokens of love for your friends Terms and Conditions https://www.sattva.life/terms Privacy Policy https://www.sattva.life/privacy-policy Disclaimer https://www.sattva.life/disclaimer.html
Abhyaasa
Practice daily spiritual routines like meditation, chanting, and yoga anytime, anywhere. Personalize your sessions with custom playlists and track your progress. This app guides you through the teachings of a renowned spiritual program.
- Daily Sadhana practice
- Sudarshan Kriya, Chantings, Surya Namaskar, Meditation
- Personalize teacher, pace, and content
- Create custom playlists
- Play individual sessions (one-offs)
- Track progress
- Revamped intuitive interface
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Practice the rejuvenating Daily Sadhana of your favorite The Art of Living program anytime and anywhere with the all new Abhyaasa app. Religiously followed by over 75,000 seekers across the globe, this exhilarating application will be the guide of Daily Sadhana in your favorite teacher’s voice. Install the sublime app today to- - Unlock the profound benefits of the Daily Sadhana at your convenient time and place. - Practice Sudarshan Kriya, Chantings, Surya Namaskar, Meditation and everything that Guruji has taught us. - Personalize your daily Sadhana by customizing teacher, pace and almost everything. - Create tailor-made playlists and play them as per the time available at your disposal. - Play any meditation or chants or asana without creating a playlist through all new Play one-offs feature. - Track your progress and stay motivated for the next Daily Sadhana session. Avail more features now with the latest update. -More Personalization- Sometimes prefer 6-6-4 counts instead of 8-8-6 in Pranayama? Done. Want to play Devi Kavacham after Kriya? Easy. Padmsadhana to be rushed sometimes? Sure. Just tell Abhyaasa what you want and it will create tailor-made playlists for you. - An entirely new look : To make things more intuitive, seamless and use-friendly, we've revamped the entire app experience. Install it now and we bet, you’d find it refreshingly simpler and instantly familiar. - Sequences are now called playlists : Yes, that sounds more friendly, we know. And the whole app revolves around playlists now. - Tap and slide to play : We’ve streamlined the day-to-day experience and brought the most frequently required playlists on the sliding screens : front and top. Easy come, easy go. - Play one-offs : By popular request, you can now play any meditation or chants or asana without having to create a playlist. Just head on to the “Play one-offs” screen. Yay! - No teacher’s approval needed : This is a big one. The teacher approval process is removed now. Meaning, your app now comes full loaded, pre-activated, even for doing Sudarshan Kriya.. Teacher-student connect feature is coming soon. Loved by the Best of the Yogis out there. **Recommendations** "After 20 years of practising Sudarshan Kriya, I switched to Abhyaasa. And that was the best thing to have happened to my practice." - Dinesh Ghodke "The second best thing to doing sadhana with Guruji." - Abhyaasa User "Melodious. Sublime. Ethereal. Profound. Exhilarating. That's Abhyaasa!" - Rishi Nitya Pragya
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: bliss by Gurudev at 4.8 against Abhyaasa's 3.5. bliss by Gurudev also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and ratings volume (13K vs 50). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. bliss by Gurudev sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and Abhyaasa sells 9 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
bliss by Gurudev holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: bliss by Gurudev has 13K ratings behind it against 50, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of bliss by Gurudev's written reviews are positive against 50% of Abhyaasa's.
bliss by Gurudev ships an update monthly, Abhyaasa every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | bliss by Gurudev | Abhyaasa |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (13K ratings) — better | 3.5 (50 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 84.3% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 13K — better | 50 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 353 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Shankara Multimedia Services | Sumeru Software Solutions |
Customer experience
bliss by Gurudev
Abhyaasa
User reviews
bliss by Gurudev
From 13K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🧘♀️ Excellent guided meditations
- 🎶 Beautiful chants and music
- 📈 Helpful progress tracking
- 🙏 Authentic spiritual content
- 🆓 Generous free content
Room to improve
- 🔒 Excessive paywalled content
- 🔍 Lack of transparency on pricing
- 📱 Compatibility issues with newer devices
- 🤔 Confusing navigation in recent updates
Abhyaasa
From 50 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Useful app for Sadhana
- 👍 Good for Kriya & Pranayama
- 👍 Customization options
- 👍 Playlist feature
- 👍 Calming design
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 App not opening/blank screen
- 🐛 Login/signup issues
- 🐛 Audio playback problems
- 🐛 Playlists reset/not working
Bugs and requests
bliss by Gurudev
Reported bugs
3 issues- Meditation timer not working as expected
- Crashes when accessing downloaded content
- Inconsistent syncing of meditation progress
Requested features
4 requests- Offline mode for downloaded content
- More customization options for meditation sessions
- Integration with third-party fitness trackers
- Better customer support and feedback channels
Abhyaasa
Reported bugs
80 issues- Kriya pauses mid-way
- Playlists sometimes do not run
- Voice gets distorted during counting
- Audios playing slower than actual
- Bell sound in custom meditation not at expected time
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- Not able to play audio on iOS device
- Hari Om meditation has no audio
- Kriya never ending / needs manual close
- Saved playlists get reset daily
- App purchase issue not reflected
- Unable to signup or sign in (HandshakeException)
- App stuck at login page after update
- Pranayama count duration too long
- Meditation timers don't work most of the times
- Logs out every time
- Few audio files are missing
- Application crashes in between
- Count gap of pranayam increases suddenly
- Suddenly logged out
- Samvedha chants don't work
- Crashes on launch
- Unable to open the app after update
- App does not open after recent update
- Padma sadhna never works / no option to edit sequence
- Unable to open app in IOS after latest update
- App stopped working on latest iOS
- App does not start anymore (white screen)
- Shows blank screen when 'OPEN' is pressed
- Slow and unresponsive, shows white screen
- App not working, only white screen appears
- Shows a blank white screen
- App just stopped working (white screen)
- Can't log into account after last update
- Logs out automatically
- Unable to login after first time using
- Unable to login since last few days
- Unable to download/login on new iPhone
- Latest version does not allow login using email/password, forces social login
- App cannot log in
- Keep getting logged out / have to log in again and again
- Finish early not disappearing after meditation
- App not functioning for past few days on iOS
- Something went wrong error / unable to log in
- Stops in between Sadhna
- Lags in app
- Sadhna log not available
- Shows remaining 1 sec after completion
- Language change is a mess / reverts to English
- Suddenly logged out in middle of changing settings
- Unable to login / password or email wrong
- App is very slow
- Features don't work properly
- Have to uninstall and install to make things work
- Playlists don't show up
- New playlist not able to make
- Takes lot of time for loading
- Need to open and close again and again to make it work faster
- Can't reset password
- Most audio didn't work
- App keeps deleting or forgetting user
- Playlist disappears
- When creating a new playlist it takes a long time / app shuts down
- Dragging and changing items within a playlist is not happening
- Audio goes missing in playlist after starting sadhna
- App is very slow
- App gets locked out for 20 minutes after wrong password
- Not able to operate the app / login / forgot password not working
- Kriya track gets corrupted / Kriya count goes on till 16
- Error when trying to create a custom sequence
- Logs you out very quickly
- Sadhana log recording issues (not recording all or total time)
- Password required every week or two
- Most audio files fail to play
- Cannot pause a meditation or chant and come back to it
- In three stage Pranayama, count inconsistency
- When Kriya is done, cannot listen to other added meditations
- App is irrelevant for those who haven't attended Art of Living Program
- Software is clunky
- Distracting, out of place, irrelevant fast music in background
- Voice does not say what we are doing
Requested features
12 requests- Allow users to set tempo of Asanas (e.g., Suryanamaskar speed)
- Ability to have a preview of every step individually in-app
- Repositioning of sequences allowed
- Ability to pause and resume meditation/chant
- Add a single bell/beep sound for transitions
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- Ability to copy playlists
- Ability to move to exact times within a playlist (time slider)
- Add guided Sudarshan Kriya
- Sadhana log recording improvements
- Option to set pranayama count duration preference
- Add dark mode
- Add Hindi language support
In-app purchases
bliss by Gurudev
- Sattva Digital$5.991 Month
- Sattva Monthly Subscription$12.991 Month
- Sattva Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year
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- Sattva Yearly3 Days trial$49.991 Year
- Om - Guided Meditation$0.99
- Relax and rejuvenate with sri sri - Guided Meditation$1.99
- Calm your mind - Guided Meditation$1.99
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- Happiness with sri sri - Guided Meditation$1.99
- Relax and let go with sri sri - Guided Meditation$1.99
- Patanjali Yoga Sutras$7.99
Abhyaasa
- Padma Saadhana$0.99
- Sandhyavandanam2 variants$1.99
- Atomo Molecula y Vida Spanish$8.99
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- Del Sol Spanish$8.99
- Hari Om Spanish$8.99
- Om Guiada Spanish$8.99
- Ser Un Testigo Spanish$8.99
- Suavizar Impresiones Del$8.99
- Transformaciones De Las$8.99
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