SGI-USA 3.9.17 - App Store

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About SGI-USA

This app provides resources to support your daily practice of SGI Nichiren Buddhism. First, there is a chanting calculator that allows you to set and track chanting targets (campaigns). There is also an audio guide useful...

This app provides resources to support your daily practice of SGI Nichiren Buddhism. First, there is a chanting calculator that allows you to set and track chanting targets (campaigns). There is also an audio guide useful as an aid in learning the daily recitation of Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and the Lotus Sutra. You can set your goals and watch your progress! There are several other useful tools such as a location finder for SGI-USA facilities and links to the new World Tribune website.

Version History Bug fixes for campaign feature. 3.9.17 May 19 Updated splash screen with 2026 Theme Poster 3.9.16 Jan 2 Minor updates to Silent Prayers. 3.9.15 08/28/2025 New 2025 Theme Splash Screen. 3.9.14 01/08/2025 New 2024 Theme Splash Screen. 3.9.13 01/01/2024 New "Towards 2030 with Ikeda Sensei" encouragement. 3.9.12 12/11/2023 Bug fixes for iPhone 8 and SE fingerprint authorization issue and cloud storage issue preventing logins. 3.9.11 10/27/2023 Fix for issue where first launch logs you in as a guest, instead of your logged-in account session. 3.9.8 06/17/2023 Guests and Overseas Members can now skip the login page to use the Chanting Counter features. 3.9.7 06/07/2023 Fixes for the following issues: 1. To My Friends did not update or was late to update. 2. Could not see typed characters in the login form when in Dark mode. 3. Adding and Removing Daimoku Counts in settings only calculated at 55/min and did not honor configured Daimoku Rate. 4. Removing Daimoku Counts did not work. 5. A sub-set of users could not access their Campaigns/Goals or Statistics. 3.9.3 04/24/2023 The Daimoku counter now has a speed control bar for the audio feature, allowing you to change the pace of your Daimoku instantly. To simplify the app, many of the embedded web pages have been removed and we are now offering a list of links to SGI-USA online resources and websites. We are now storing your Daimoku counts and Goals in the cloud - you can now access your Daimoku counts and Goals from your phone and tablet. This change does require you to be connected to the Internet via your Data or WiFi network to use the app. 3.9 03/29/2023 New 2023 annual theme for the splash screen. 3.8.12 01/25/2023 New Booster status for Digital ID. Updated Splash Screen with 2022 Theme Poster. 3.8.2 01/14/2022 Fixing links to Quotes in the Study tab. Updating Digital ID to support reopening of SGI-USA centers and facilities. 3.7 06/16/2021 Updated 2021 Theme Poster for Splash Screen. 3.3 01/26/2021 Updating the splash screen with the 2020 annual theme poster. 2.8 01/01/2020 Support for updates in iOS 13.1. In Settings, you can now set the Digital ID as a Start Screen. Fixing issues with the display of Daimoku Counts over 1 million in the Stats and Change Counts screens. 2.7 09/26/2019 Updated for iOS 12. New Start Screen options in settings: Chant - Stopwatch, Chant - Timer. Fixing Total Cumulative display so it can present full counts over 1 million. 2.3 06/18/2019 New Digital Membership Card feature – login with your SGI-USA Portal credentials. Updating the splash screen with the 2019 Annual Theme poster. 2.1.1 01/01/2019 Fixed issues with Daimoku counts not being stored and with the counter stopping while in the background. 2.0.3 08/13/2018 NOTE: Installing this update will replace any previous install and any existing data. 1. New count-down timer - an alarm will let you know when your chanting time has been reached. 2. New Introduction to Buddhism section - helps you introduce your friends and family to Buddhism and the SGI-USA. 3. New Social Media section - stay connected to SGI-USA's latest efforts and online media resources! 4. New Notification's feature - have your daily encouragement pop-up on your phone at a time of your choosing. You can choose to receive encouraging quotes from Nichiren and SGI President Daisaku Ikeda, or even a reminder of how much you need to chant to meet any chanting campaign targets. 5. Improved chanting campaigns and personal goals features. 6. Font size can now be increased. 7. Configurable start screen - choose what your first screen will be on launch. 2.0 07/19/2018 Updating the splash screen with the 2018 annual theme poster. 1.2.1 01/12/2018 What we added: 1.The splash screen when initializing the app is our annual theme poster. 2.In the configuration screen, there is now a feature to “Change Count” which allows you to manually add or subtract Daimoku counts for any given day. Features we changed: 1.Daimoku counter no longer resets automatically. It only stops counting when hitting the pause button, and only resets the count to zero when hitting the reset button. 2.Improved audio features: a.Audio continues to play when locking screen or switching to different screens on the app. b.Audio will play, regardless of the “silent” switch on iOS devices. 3.The configuration for the Daimoku rate allows for higher rates. 4.We added a simple tip overlay to show how goals can be deleted. 5.Goals can be viewed in their entirety on the summary view. Features we fixed: 1.Addressed various typos in Silent Prayers and in Liturgy. 2.Now able to uncheck a goal. 3.Addressed issue of Daimoku audio not playing, even though the bell and gongyo audio features worked. 4.Addressed issue of crashing the app when adding a campaign. 5.Addressed issue of Daimoku counts not being added to the current day. 1.2 03/23/2017 Fixes on campaign section due iOS 10.2 update New vesion 1.1 12/20/2016 1.0 12/07/2016

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Previous Versions

Here you can find the changelog of SGI-USA since it was posted on our website on 2017-01-04 21:22:03. The latest version is 3.9.17 and it was updated on 2026-10-06 13:26:52. See below the changes in each version.

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