# Japo

> Japo is a japa counter for iPhone: a real mala you pull with your thumb, bead by bead. Every count is kept, it works offline, and it shows no ads.

Key facts:
- Platform: iPhone, iOS 15.0 or later (iPhone). Android is coming to Google Play.
- App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6814749121 (listed as "Japo: Naam Jap & Mala Counter").
- Counting: pull a mala of 108 beads down with your thumb, or tap a bead. A soft tick for each bead and a firmer one at the sumeru. Volume up counts, volume down undoes. While a sitting runs, the lock screen shows the count with +1 and Undo, never the mantra.
- Every bead is saved as it is counted, through a call, restart or dead battery.
- Free for everyone: counting, history and calendar, insights, sankalpa and anushthan goals, 27 built-in mantras plus your own, reminders and sacred-day notes. No ads.
- Japo Plus: one-time purchase, no subscription (₹199 in India, $4.99 in the US). Adds automatic backup, private to the user, and the mala collection (Tulsi at 1,008 lifetime chants, Chandan at 10,800, Sphatik at 1,25,000, Kamal gatta at 5,00,000, Rakta chandan at 11,00,000, Swarna rudraksha at one crore).
- Languages: English, Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada.
- Privacy: no account, no sign-up, no analytics, no server of its own. App Store privacy label: Data Not Linked to You: Purchases.
- Made by IdeaForgeLabs, Mumbai, India. Support: ideaforgelabs.support@gmail.com

## Core pages

- [About Japo](https://japomala.com/about/): Japo is a quiet japa counter for iPhone, made by IdeaForgeLabs in Mumbai. Why it exists, what it leaves out on purpose, and how to reach us.
- [What's New in Japo](https://japomala.com/changelog/): Release notes for Japo, the japa counter for iPhone, newest first.
- [Privacy Policy](https://japomala.com/privacy/): How the Japo japa counter handles your information. No account, no ads, no analytics, and what you chant stays on your phone.
- [Support](https://japomala.com/support/): Help with Japo, the japa counter. Missing counts, restoring Japo Plus on a new phone, moving your practice, refunds and haptics, and how to contact us.
- [Terms of Use](https://japomala.com/terms/): The terms for using the Japo japa counter app on iPhone and Android, including Japo Plus, automatic backup and refunds.
- [For AI agents](https://japomala.com/agents/): WebMCP tools and machine-readable files for AI assistants.
- [Japo: japa mala counter for iPhone](https://japomala.com/): Japo is a japa counter for iPhone: a real mala you pull with your thumb, bead by bead. Every count is kept, it works offline, and it shows no ads.

## Guides

- [How to Do Japa with a Mala](https://japomala.com/guides/how-to-do-japa-with-a-mala/): How to hold a japa mala and why the fingers sit where they do, why you turn at the sumeru instead of crossing it, and how to count japa on your fingers.
- [Vaikhari, Upamshu, Manasika: The Three Voices of Japa](https://japomala.com/guides/vaikhari-upamshu-manasika-japa/): The three ways of saying japa, aloud, whispered and in the mind, why the tradition ranks them as it does, and two more forms, likhita japa and ajapa japa.
- [Why Does a Mala Have 108 Beads?](https://japomala.com/guides/why-108-beads-on-a-mala/): Why japa malas have 108 beads, what the number means in Hindu, Buddhist and Jain traditions, why some malas have 54 or 27 beads, and what the 109th bead is for.
- [The Sumeru Bead, and the Rest of the Mala](https://japomala.com/guides/what-is-the-sumeru-bead/): What the sumeru bead is, why it is never counted or crossed, and the less-known parts of a mala, from marker beads to the Tibetan counters that track a lakh.
- [Sava Lakh Jaap: How Much It Is and How to Plan It](https://japomala.com/guides/sava-lakh-jaap/): Sava lakh jaap is 1,25,000 repetitions of a mantra, or 1,158 malas of 108. How many malas a day it takes, how many days, and how to plan and keep count.
- [Rudraksha, Tulsi, Sphatik: What a Mala Is Made Of](https://japomala.com/guides/what-is-a-mala-made-of/): What japa malas are made of and what each material carries, from rudraksha and tulsi to sphatik crystal, sandalwood, red sandalwood and lotus seed.
- [What Is an Anushthan?](https://japomala.com/guides/what-is-anushthan/): What anushthan means, how a japa anushthan differs from a sankalpa or daily practice, the usual counts, and how to plan one so you finish on the day you set.
- [How Many Times Should You Chant a Mantra?](https://japomala.com/guides/how-many-times-to-chant-a-mantra/): How many times to chant a mantra: why the answer is counted in malas of 108, the few numbers traditions set, and how long each takes for short and long mantras.

## Mantras

- [Gayatri Mantra 108 Times](https://japomala.com/mantras/gayatri-mantra/): The Gayatri Mantra in Devanagari and English letters, written 108 times, with how to chant and count it on a mala and how long 108 repetitions take.
- [Mahamrityunjaya Mantra 108 Times](https://japomala.com/mantras/mahamrityunjaya-mantra/): The Mahamrityunjaya Mantra in Devanagari and English letters, written 108 times, with how to chant it on a mala, how long it takes and sava lakh jaap.
- [Om Namah Shivaya 108 Times](https://japomala.com/mantras/om-namah-shivaya/): Om Namah Shivaya in Devanagari and English letters, written 108 times, with how to chant the Panchakshara mantra on a mala and how long 108 takes.
- [Hare Krishna Mahamantra: 16 Rounds and How to Count](https://japomala.com/mantras/hare-krishna-mahamantra/): The Hare Krishna Mahamantra in Devanagari and English letters, how to chant it on japa beads, what 16 rounds means and how long it takes, written out 108 times.
- [Radha Naam Jap: Radhe Radhe on a Mala](https://japomala.com/mantras/radhe-radhe/): How to do Radha naam jap, counting Radhe Radhe on a mala of 108, how long 11,000 takes, and a free online counter for Radha naam jap.
- [All 27 mantras](https://japomala.com/mantras/): The 27 mantras in the Japo app, in Devanagari with transliteration. Search by name or deity, or tap a deity's portrait, then count it online.

## Free tools

- [Online Japa Counter](https://japomala.com/tools/online-japa-counter/): A free online japa and naam jap counter in the likhita style. Write Ram, Radhe, Shiva, Om or Waheguru 108 times, and watch a deity's emblem form. No sign-up.
- [Jaap Sankalpa Calculator](https://japomala.com/tools/jaap-sankalpa-calculator/): Work out how many malas a day a sankalpa or anushthan needs, how long each day takes and when it finishes. Sava lakh, 11 lakh, 1 crore or your own count.

## Features

- [A Mala You Pull With Your Thumb](https://japomala.com/features/thumb-pull-mala/): Japo's counter is a real mala of 108 beads and a sumeru that you pull down with your thumb, bead by bead, instead of a plain tap counter. Free.
- [Count Japa With Your Eyes Closed](https://japomala.com/features/count-with-eyes-closed/): Japo is made for your thumb, not your eyes. A tick for every bead, a firmer one at the sumeru, volume keys that count, and the count on your lock screen.
- [Sankalpa and Anushthan Goals](https://japomala.com/features/sankalpa-and-anushthan/): Take a sankalpa of 1 lakh or 1 crore with the reason you took it, or an anushthan with an end date, and see what it means per day. Free, with no nagging.
- [Your Mantra, in Your Own Script](https://japomala.com/features/mantras-in-your-script/): Japo is written in English, Hindi, Gujarati, Telugu and Kannada, with 27 mantras or your own, floating on the counter in your script as you chant.
- [Japa History, Calendar and Insights](https://japomala.com/features/history-and-insights/): Every sitting kept exactly as you counted it, a calendar of days lit, quiet insights about your rhythm, and sittings you counted on a physical mala. No streaks.
- [Japo Plus: Backup and the Mala Collection](https://japomala.com/features/japo-plus/): Japo Plus is a one-time purchase, not a subscription, that adds automatic backup, private to you, and seven malas received as your lifetime count grows.

## Comparisons

- [The Best Japa Counter Apps for iPhone, Compared](https://japomala.com/compare/best-japa-counter-apps-iphone/): Six japa and naam jap counter apps for iPhone compared on how you count, ads, tracking and what is paid, from their App Store pages in October 2026.
- [Japo vs Naam Jap Counter](https://japomala.com/compare/japo-vs-naam-jap-counter/): Japo and Naam Jap Counter (Mantra Chant) side by side: how you count, what each includes, price and privacy, from the App Store, October 2026.

## Scenarios

- [How to Do Japa on a Commute Without Anyone Noticing](https://japomala.com/scenarios/japa-on-a-commute/): A plan for japa on a bus, train or walk, with whispered or silent chanting, counting without looking, and how many malas fit a 30-minute commute.
- [How to Fit 16 Rounds of Japa Into a Busy Day](https://japomala.com/scenarios/16-rounds-a-day/): 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra take about 90 minutes. A plan that splits them across a working day, what to do on bad days, and how to keep count.

## Agent tools (WebMCP)

Pages register these WebMCP tools (document.modelContext). Details: https://japomala.com/agents/

- get_app_info: Facts about Japo: how counting works, what is free, what Japo Plus adds and costs, privacy, languages, App Store link.
- search_site: Search guides, mantra pages, free tools, features and comparisons. Returns titles, summaries and URLs.
- get_mantras: The 27 mantras in the Japo app, in Devanagari with transliteration, by group. Text only.
- plan_jaap_sankalpa: Malas a day, chants a day, minutes a day and finishing date for a sankalpa or anushthan.
- open_japa_counter: Opens the free online japa counter, a likhita page of 108 cells, with a short name chosen (Ram, Sita Ram, Radhe, Shiva, Om or Waheguru).

Data: https://japomala.com/app.json, https://japomala.com/mantras.json, https://japomala.com/search-index.json