Comparison

Formed vs Bellwork

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

Head to head
About

Formed

This app offers faith-informed content to guide Catholics and those they evangelize toward a fully Catholic life. It provides a comprehensive and customizable platform for spiritual formation and education, accessible anywhere. Empower your curiosity and grow in your faith journey with engaging resources.

Highlights
  • Faith-informed Catholic content
  • Spiritual formation and growth resources
  • High-quality videos and movies
  • Comprehensive and diverse content
  • Customizable learning experience
  • On-the-go learning
Features
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Formed guides Catholics and those they evangelize to a fully Catholic life through faith-informed content. As a faithful authority and helpful guide, which draws people closer to Christ, the Formed platform provides a captivating experience that is comprehensive, customizable, educates, and moves with you wherever you are in your Faith journey. Formed empowers and satisfies curiosity by forming Catholics for life. To access all features and content you can subscribe to Formed on a monthly or yearly basis with an auto-renewing subscription right inside the app.* Pricing can vary by region and will be confirmed before purchase in the app. In app subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of their cycle. * All payments will be paid through your iTunes Account and may be managed under Account Settings after the initial payment. Subscription payments will automatically renew unless deactivated at least 24-hours before the end of the current cycle. Your account will be charged for renewal at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current cycle. Any unused portion of your free trial will be forfeited upon payment. Cancellations are incurred by disabling auto-renewal. Terms of Service: https://watch.formed.org/tos Privacy Policy: https://watch.formed.org/privacy

About

Bellwork

Features
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Bellwork helps private schools document the moments that matter — and turn them into beautiful stories. Teachers capture classroom and event highlights with photos and a few quick notes. Each submission flows into a review queue where admins see AI-suggested grammar and clarity polish written in the school's own editorial voice. Once approved, content syncs automatically to Notion for use in newsletters, social media, and longer feature pieces. Built for educators who care about voice, brand, and authentic storytelling. FEATURES - Up to 8 photos per event with a swipeable, matted gallery - Editorial review queue with AI-assisted polish in your school's voice - Per-school branding — colors, typography, and tone driven entirely from your brand kit - Notion sync for downstream distribution to social, web, and print - Real-time school announcements with native push notifications - Searchable archive across titles, tags, classes, and teachers - Tag system for organizing by subject, event type, or initiative - Save photos to your camera roll for use elsewhere A note about your data Bellwork stores photos and event details in Firebase, secured by Google Cloud infrastructure. Each school's data is fully isolated. Integration tokens are stored encrypted. See our privacy policy for details. For school inquiries: hello@getbellwork.com

Screenshots

Formed4 screens
Bellwork4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Bellwork at none against Formed's 9. Formed's advantage is chart position (#162 vs unranked). On price, ads, device support 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. Formed sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Bellwork asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
Formed versus Bellwork: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFormedBellwork
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (14K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews98.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings14K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#162 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple TV — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB36 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAugustine Institute, Inc.Pipkin Creative Marketing LLC

Bugs and requests

Formed

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Occasional app crashes or freezes
  • Playback issues when switching between audio and video

Requested features

4 requests
  • Improved search and browsing functionality
  • Ability to save progress and resume content
  • More content in languages other than English
  • Integration with smart TVs and other devices

Bellwork

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Formed

Subscriptions2
  • FORMED Subscription7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • FORMED Subscription7 Days trial$99.991 Year
One-time7
  • Formed - 099$0.99
  • Formed - 1499$14.99
  • Formed - 1599$15.99
Show 4 more
  • Formed - 1699$16.99
  • Formed - 1799$17.99
  • Formed - 1899$18.99
  • Formed - 1999$19.99
None

Bellwork

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Formed free?
Formed is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Bellwork free?
Bellwork is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Formed or Bellwork have ads?
Neither Formed nor Bellwork shows ads.

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