Comparison

ECL vs Scepter Publishers

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

Head to head
About

ECL

This app offers practical strategies and information for leaders of faith formation programs. It provides guidance on recruiting, training, and forming catechists, developing vision, and managing administrative tasks. Access essential wisdom and resources directly from a comprehensive series of books.

Highlights
  • Strategies for faith formation leaders
  • Recruiting and training catechists
  • Developing program vision
  • Administrative task management
  • Printable resources
  • Focus on pastoral issues
Features
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The Effective Catechetical Leader Series provides information, strategies, and approaches to ensure success for leaders of parish faith formation programs. These books include practical instruction and printable resources. They describe best practices for recruiting, training, and forming catechists; developing a vision for faith formation; forming an advisory board; planning and calendaring; networking with colleagues; selecting high-quality resources; handling administrative aspects of the ministry; and identifying the various groups you serve and how best to work with them. The ECL app puts wisdom and practical help at your fingertips. Drawn directly from the six books of the new Effective Catechetical Leader Series, ECL provides an opportunity for catechetical leaders to “check-in” and focus on specific pastoral issues and to identify go-to strategies for meeting the challenges of serving as an effective catechetical leader. For more resources, visit www.loyolapress.com/ECL.

About

Scepter Publishers

Access a curated library of Catholic audiobooks and ebooks to deepen your faith. Nourish your spiritual life with classics and contemporary titles rooted in Catholic tradition, available wherever you go.

Highlights
  • Curated library of Catholic audiobooks and ebooks
  • Spiritual classics and contemporary titles
  • Content rooted in Catholic tradition
  • Growing library updated regularly
  • Accessible on iPhone and iPad
Features
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Scepter: Catholic Books & Audio Deepen your faith, one page — or one listen — at a time. Scepter brings you a curated library of Catholic audiobooks, ebooks, and spiritual content to accompany you through your day. Whether you're commuting, working, or winding down, Scepter makes it easy to nourish your interior life wherever you are. What you'll find: • Audiobooks and ebooks from trusted Catholic authors • Spiritual classics and contemporary titles • Content rooted in the richness of Catholic tradition • A growing library updated regularly Scepter has been publishing books that form consciences and inspire souls for over 60 years. Now that mission comes to your phone. For anyone seeking to grow closer to God in the middle of ordinary life.

Screenshots

ECL4 screens
Scepter Publishers4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Scepter Publishers at every 3 weeks against ECL's every 6 months. Scepter Publishers also leads on ratings volume (15 vs 3). ECL's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ECL against 4.9 for Scepter Publishers. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Scepter Publishers has 15 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ECL ships an update every 6 months, Scepter Publishers every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ECL versus Scepter Publishers: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterECLScepter Publishers
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.9 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings315 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB56 MB
Age rating4+9+
DeveloperLoyola PressScepter Publishers Inc

Customer experience

ECL

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Scepter Publishers

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ECL

No in-app purchases

None

Scepter Publishers

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ECL free?
ECL is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scepter Publishers free?
Scepter Publishers is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ECL or Scepter Publishers?
ECL is rated higher. ECL averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Scepter Publishers averages 4.9 from 15 ratings.
Do ECL or Scepter Publishers have ads?
Neither ECL nor Scepter Publishers shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ECL or Scepter Publishers?
ECL ships an update every 6 months, and Scepter Publishers every 3 weeks. Most recently, ECL was updated on October 17, 2026 and Scepter Publishers on October 20, 2026.

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