Open the counter and choose your mantra
On the main japa counter page, the large circular bead is your digital mala. Above it sits the mantra text. Tap the text to edit it — type any naam, mantra or affirmation you wish — or pick a ready-made preset such as Ram, Radhe, Om Namah Shivaya or the Hare Krishna Maha Mantra.
Your choice is remembered on this device, so the next time you open the page your mantra is already waiting.
Tap once for every repetition
Each tap (or press of the Space or Enter key) counts one japa. A soft sound plays, a +1 floats up, and the ring around the bead fills toward 108. When the round completes, a gentle bell rings and the mala counter advances by one.
If you tap by mistake, use Undo (or the Backspace key). If you need to restart the current round without touching your completed malas, use Reset round.
Set beads per mala and a daily goal
The default is 108 beads per mala. Switch to 54, 27, 21 or 11 when you want a shorter round. Separately, set a daily goal of 1, 3, 5, 11 or 21 malas. The progress bar shows how much of today's goal remains.
Your total japa figure keeps climbing regardless of the goal, so longer anushthans and multi-day sankalpas are easy to track.
Sound, vibration and ambience
Bead sound gives a soft click on every tap. Vibration feedback does the same through the phone motor — useful when your eyes are closed. Om ambience plays a quiet synthesised drone so the session feels a little more like a temple and a little less like a phone screen.
All three can be toggled independently, and the M key mutes sound quickly mid-session.
Focus mode and keyboard shortcuts
Focus mode (F key, or the expand icon) clears everything except the mantra and the bead. Escape exits. The full shortcut list is: Space or Enter to count, Backspace to undo, R to reset the round, F for focus, M to mute.
On mobile, the large tap area and optional vibration make one-handed, eyes-closed counting comfortable.
What is saved, and where
Your current round, completed malas, total japa, settings and a seven-day history are stored in your browser's local storage on that device. Nothing is uploaded to a server and no account is required.
Clearing your browser data or switching devices will reset the count, so if you are mid-anushthan, avoid clearing site data until the sankalpa is complete.