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App Design & Development

Mobile apps for monasteries and Buddhist institutions

From shaping the idea and designing the screens to development, store release and later updates, we take care of it end to end. Apps support Tibetan, Chinese and English, and install directly on Android phones in mainland China.

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Mock-up: reading a practice text, Tibetan and Chinese side by side

What kinds of apps

Calendar and practice tools

Everyday tools such as a Tibetan calendar or a practice log.

Texts and teachings

Read practice texts and listen to teachings on the phone, with Tibetan and Chinese side by side.

Monastery news

Puja schedules, notices and visitor information, from the same content as the monastery website.

What we provide

Tibetan that displays correctly

Fonts ship inside the app and Tibetan breaks at syllable markers, whatever fonts the phone has.

Three-language interface

Switch between Tibetan, Chinese and English for devotees in different regions.

Installs everywhere

Released on the App Store and Google Play, with a direct Android APK download for users in mainland China.

Updates after launch

We handle OS compatibility, content updates and bug fixes for the long term.

How we deliver

You sign off on each step before we move on.

  1. Define the needs

    Together we work out who the app is for, what problem it solves and what goes into version one.

  2. Design the screens

    We start with a clickable prototype, and build only once the flow and look are agreed.

  3. Develop

    iOS and Android are built together, with test builds to try along the way.

  4. Review together

    We check every feature and every line of text; anything touching the Dharma is checked by our Buddhist-studies editor.

  5. Release and maintain

    We publish to the app stores under your name and keep it updated as agreed.

Tibetan calendar app month view, Phugpa system, dark theme, July 2026
Tibetan calendar app month view, Tsurluk system, light theme, July 2026

Case study · our own product

Traditional Tibetan calendar app

Tibetan and Gregorian dates side by side, day by day, in the two most widely used calculation systems, switchable at any time. Because the two calculate differently, the Tibetan date for a given day and the position of leap months sometimes differ.

Phugpa

ཕུག་ལུགས།

The most widely used Tibetan calendar system; most Tibetan almanacs are calculated with it.

Tsurluk

མཚུར་ལུགས།

Handed down from Tsurphu Monastery and used mainly in the Karma Kagyu tradition.

More screens

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  • Day view: the Tibetan date, festivals and almanac guidance for the day (Phugpa, dark theme)

    Day viewPhugpa

  • Day view: the Tibetan date, festivals and almanac guidance for the day (Tsurluk, light theme)

    Day viewTsurluk

  • Today's sky: moon phase, sunrise and sunset, and almanac elements (Phugpa, dark theme)

    Today's skyPhugpa

  • Today's sky: moon phase, sunrise and sunset, and almanac elements (Tsurluk, light theme)

    Today's skyTsurluk

  • Date converter: Gregorian to Tibetan and back (Phugpa, dark theme)

    Date converterPhugpa

  • Date converter: Gregorian to Tibetan and back (Tsurluk, light theme)

    Date converterTsurluk

Have an idea for an app?

It doesn't need to be fully formed. Book an online consultation and we'll help you work out what the first version should do.

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