Comparison

Cemmansys vs Damascus

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Cemmansys

Easily locate loved ones and access detailed cemetery information from a vast database. Save profiles for quick access, get GPS directions to gravesites, and find visitation hours. Contact cemetery offices directly through the app.

Highlights
  • Search over a million cemetery records
  • Save deceased and cemetery details
  • GPS navigation to gravesites
  • Access cemetery maps and directions
  • View visitation and office hours
  • Direct contact options for cemetery offices
Features
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Find loved ones and cemetery details from over a million records. Features: + Save deceased or cemetery details to your profile for easy access later. + GPS navigation to your loved one's final resting place. + Access cemetery maps, driving directions and visitation/office hours. + Call or email with a tap of a button. + Use your shared login account with our website - no need to re-register.

About

Damascus

This daily Catholic companion helps users establish a consistent prayer routine with guided flows, Mass readings, saint information, and a prayer journal. It offers social features to pray with friends and integrates with Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets for convenient access.

Highlights
  • Daily guided prayer flow
  • Today's Mass readings
  • Saint of the day information
  • Social prayer streaks
  • Prayer journal
  • Apple Watch and Home Screen widgets
Features
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Prayer isn't a to-do list. It's a relationship... "the living relationship of the children of God with their Father" (CCC 2565). The Damascus App is built to help you live it: every day, with your people, everywhere your phone already is. Praying every day is hard. Damascus makes the rhythm stick — and keeps it social, so you're never doing it alone. Today's Mass readings, the saint of the day, the rosary, and your prayer journal come together in one guided flow you build yourself: the Prayer Dare. Open the app, pray the day, mark it done, watch your streak grow. WHAT'S INSIDE • Prayer Dare — a modular daily prayer flow you build yourself. Mass readings, antiphons, the rosary, Divine Mercy Chaplet, the Angelus, the saint of the day, reflections, intentions, silent timers, and your own custom prayers. Reorder, hide, or add anything in seconds. • Color Wars & community — weekly team leaderboards, friend invites, and contact matching so you pray alongside the people you actually know. Faith is a team sport. • Scripture Before Scrolling — let prayer be the key that unlocks your phone. Choose the apps that distract you and earn them back with prayer. Every other screen-time app just blocks you; Damascus leads you somewhere that matters. • Today's Mass readings — full First Reading, Psalm, Second Reading, acclamation, and Gospel, sourced daily. Highlight a verse, attach a note, find it again in My Highlights. Synced everywhere you sign in. • Saint of the day — a beautiful portrait, a monologue, and their patronage, in a fullscreen view you can zoom and share. • Pray everywhere — Home Screen and Lock Screen widgets, Control Center, Apple Watch, and CarPlay. Today's Gospel on your wrist, today's saint on your screen, today's prayer on your drive. Built natively for Apple, so a moment with God is always one glance away. • Streaks, quests & achievements — a forgiving streak that doesn't punish you for a hard day, with badges for the rhythm you actually keep. • Prayer journal — a place for what you heard in prayer today, synced across devices. • Events & ticketing — registration, schedules, and tickets for Damascus events in person. DAMASCUS+ (OPTIONAL) Damascus+ unlocks the full talk library: homilies, retreat sessions, conference talks, and teaching series. Search and filter by speaker, year, event, or category. Favorite, watch later, and pick up where you left off on iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch. Damascus+ subscription options (auto-renewing): • Individual monthly: $7.99 / month • Individual yearly: $59.99 / year (best value — save $36) • Family monthly: $14.99 / month (up to 6 seats) • Family yearly: $119.99 / year (up to 6 seats) Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when a subscription is purchased. Terms of Service: https://damascus.net/terms Privacy Policy: https://damascus.net/privacy ABOUT DAMASCUS The Damascus App is built by the team behind the Damascus Missionary Movement, whose summer camps and retreats have formed young Catholics for over two decades. The app brings that same daily rhythm and adventurous spirit home, so the encounter doesn't end when camp does. (Fittingly, the Catechism's own definition of prayer comes from St. John Damascene.) Live the adventure. Daily.

Screenshots

Cemmansys4 screens
Damascus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Damascus at 98% against Cemmansys's 27%. Damascus also leads on rating (4.9 vs 1.9) and ratings volume (624 vs 51). Cemmansys's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Damascus sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Cemmansys asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Damascus holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 1.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Damascus has 624 ratings behind it against 51, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Cemmansys's written reviews are positive against 98% of Damascus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Cemmansys ships an update every 4 weeks, Damascus every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Cemmansys versus Damascus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCemmansysDamascus
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.9 (51 ratings)4.9 (624 ratings) — better
Positive reviews26.9% of reviews98.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings51624 — better
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size13 MB212 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCatholic Cemeteries Association of the Diocese of ClevelandDamascus Inc.

Customer experience

Cemmansys

All ratings51 ratings
Positive19.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative80.4%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive26.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative73.1%

Damascus

All ratings614 ratings
Positive98.5%
Neutral0.8%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive98.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Cemmansys

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Damascus

Subscriptions4
  • Damascus+ Monthly$7.991 Month
  • Damascus+ Family Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Damascus+ Annual7 Days trial$59.991 Year
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  • Damascus+ Family Annual$119.991 Year

Questions

Is Cemmansys free?
Cemmansys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Damascus free?
Damascus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Cemmansys or Damascus?
Damascus is rated higher. Cemmansys averages 1.9 out of 5 from 51 ratings, while Damascus averages 4.9 from 624 ratings.
Do Cemmansys or Damascus have ads?
Neither Cemmansys nor Damascus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Cemmansys or Damascus?
Cemmansys ships an update every 4 weeks, and Damascus every 2 weeks. Most recently, Cemmansys was updated on October 24, 2026 and Damascus on October 23, 2026.

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