OrthoApp vs Лествица!
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
OrthoApp
This app provides daily Orthodox Christian resources including a calendar, lives of saints, Bible with interpretations, and a prayer book. It also features news, push notifications for significant dates, and a map of Orthodox churches.
- Orthodox calendar
- Lives of saints
- Bible with interpretations
- Prayer book
- Orthodox news and Q&A
- Church map with details
- Daily quotes and notifications
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Peace be with you, dear brothers and sisters. In the application you will find everything that an Orthodox Christian needs every day: - Orthodox calendar for every day; - Lives of the saints: you can read a life for every day or find a description of the life of your saint; - Quote, parable and thoughts of Theophan the Recluse for every day; - Complete Bible with interpretations for each verse from the Church Fathers and. scientists; - Prayer book with hundreds of prayers on any topic; - News from Orthodox media, answers to questions from priests; - Push notifications about significant dates, daily distribution of quotes from the Holy Fathers and the Bible; - Map of Orthodox churches with history, photos and comments. The most downloaded Orthodox app in the Appstore.
Лествица!
This app provides a spiritual guide based on the teachings of John Climacus, featuring 30 "steps" towards spiritual perfection. It also includes prayers, a religious calendar, sayings of saints, news, and information on holy sites and lives of saints.
- 30 spiritual steps
- Prayers and favorites
- Orthodox calendar
- Sayings of saints
- Religious news feed
- Pilgrimage information
- Lives of saints
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Лествица! — это сочинение Иоанна Лествичника, состоит из 30 глав, «ступеней» добродетелей, по которым христианин должен восходить на пути к духовному совершенству. Кроме сочинения, Вы так же найдете много интересного, что может быть полезным для христианина: - молитвы и избранное, - православный календарь на год, - слова святых, - православный еженедельный вестник, - лента новостей, - православные каналы, - паломничество по святым храмам и их описание, - жития святых, - Святое Евангелие, - Псалтирь, - Акафист, - Канон, - Книги из Библии, - возможность обратной связи и даяний. Мы стараемся наполнить приложение все большей и большей полезной информацией. Вам будет интересно. Будьте ближе к Богу и да хранит Вас Господь!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Лествица! at none against OrthoApp's 10. OrthoApp's advantage is ratings volume (91 vs 1) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating and ads 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. OrthoApp sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Лествица! asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for OrthoApp against 5.0 for Лествица!. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: OrthoApp has 91 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
OrthoApp ships an update every 4 days, Лествица! every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | OrthoApp | Лествица! |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (91 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 91 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 61 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maksim Novikov | Denis Lyakhovich |
Customer experience
OrthoApp
Лествица!
In-app purchases
OrthoApp
- Bible interpretation: monthly2 variants$0.991 Month
- Bible interpretation: monthly3 Days trial$1.491 Month
- Bible interpretation: monthly1 Month trial$1.491 Month
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- Bible interpretation: quarter$1.993 Months
- Bible: half-year$3.496 Months
- Bible interpretation: year$6.491 Year
- Bible interpretation: 3 month3 Days trial$6.993 Months
- Bible interpretation: 6 month3 Days trial$10.996 Months
- Bible interpretation: yearly3 Days trial$15.991 Year
Лествица!
No in-app purchases
