Comparison

Convivium vs Be Native

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

Head to head
About

Convivium

This app connects adults within a Catholic movement for prayer and spiritual formation. It facilitates the experience of Church as a living community, fostering faith and shared spirituality among members.

Highlights
  • Spiritual formation groups
  • Prayer and reflection
  • Community building
  • Catholic teachings
  • Faith sharing
Features
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La Fraternidad de Agrupaciones Santo Tomás de Aquino (Fasta) es un movimiento de la Iglesia Católica que busca evangelizar la cultura, la familia y la juventud a la luz de la sabiduría de su santo patrono, Tomás de Aquino. Su comunidad de laicos, sacerdotes y consagradas procuran iluminar la cultura desde una vida de formación espiritual y compromiso cotidiano. Los adultos de Fasta se reúnen en pequeñas comunidades de oración y formación llamadas Convivios, en palabra de fray Anibal Fosbery, nuestro Padre Fundador: “Un convivio es la experiencia de Iglesia entendida como una comunidad viva de fe, de los miembros adultos de Fasta, que quiere vivir en un mismo carisma y espiritualidad la gracia de Dios”.

About

Be Native

Learn Swift and iOS development through podcasts, videos, and articles. Offers structured courses, guided projects, and professional training with subscription tiers. Content is updated weekly with the latest Apple announcements.

Highlights
  • Hundreds of podcasts, videos, and articles
  • Structured courses and guided projects
  • Weekly content updates
  • Professional training from zero to expert
  • Spanish language with English subtitles
  • Universal app for iPhone and iPad
Features
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Learn Swift, SwiftUI, and native development for Apple platforms with instructors who have more than 10 years of experience and have taught thousands of students. Be Native combines structured training, guided projects, and continuously updated practical content. Explore sample lessons from many courses and mini-courses to experience the teaching method before choosing a Junior or Senior subscription. Be Native runs natively on iPhone Duo, with layouts for every pose. Fold it to keep video above its information without interrupting playback, read articles like a book across the hinge, or use bedside mode for full-screen video and large podcast controls. BILINGUAL TRAINING New training content includes Spanish and English audio tracks, professional subtitles in both languages, and full transcripts. Dual audio is being extended across the historical catalog. All source code used in the videos is included so you can study, run, and adapt it. FOUR WAYS TO LEARN - Full courses with progressive learning paths and guided projects - Mini-courses focused on specific frameworks, tools, and goals - Quick tips that solve everyday development problems - Practical, reusable code snippets explained with context - Swift, SwiftUI, UIKit, SwiftData, architecture, Xcode, GitHub, and AI-assisted development - Weekly content aligned with the latest iOS, Swift, and WWDC updates CODE NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS Save snippets, development tips, programming notes, and ideas from any lesson or article in the new Notes module. On compatible devices where Apple Intelligence is available, you can also ask the system to explain the code in lesson examples. EXPLORE THE PLATFORM Explore articles, videos, newsletters, live sessions, and original Spanish-language podcasts covering the Apple ecosystem. Save favorites, build topic notebooks, and find the right lesson with private on-device semantic search. A PATH FOR EVERY LEVEL Junior unlocks beginner and junior training. Senior unlocks the full path: beginner, junior, intermediate, senior, and expert. Build solid foundations first and move forward when you are ready. TOOLS THAT SUPPORT REAL LEARNING - Digital notebooks and topic-based notes - Timestamp markers inside every video - Favorites, progress tracking, and notifications - VoiceOver, Dynamic Type, and reduced-motion support - One subscription for iPhone, iPad, and Mac - A Mac experience built from scratch for macOS, with multi-window workflows Be Native also introduces a more modern design, renewed with ideas and feedback from the community. Be Native does not promise shortcuts. It gives you a clear path to understand code, practice with purpose, and become the developer you would hire. Understand the code. Change the world. ASK, FIND AND KEEP LEARNING Ask Be Native answers questions using your courses, lessons, podcasts, articles and transcripts, on device. Spotlight helps you find lessons by idea, not just by matching words. SiriAI can find lessons, create and manage notes, and play podcasts. These features require iOS 27, Apple Intelligence and SiriAI (beta). SiriAI currently speaks English only. More languages are coming soon. Your Library groups saved, in-progress and completed content, with search, sorting and filters. Organize notes in notebooks and folders, recover them from Recently Deleted, and build your own lists. Article read-aloud remembers your place across devices. On iPad, read articles in a two-page landscape layout. Add Shortcuts to resume a course, reopen recent content or open notes.

Screenshots

Convivium4 screens
Be Native4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Convivium at none against Be Native's 5. Convivium also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.4). Be Native's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs monthly). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Be Native sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $17.99 per month. Convivium asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Convivium against 5.0 for Be Native. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Convivium ships an update monthly, Be Native every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Convivium versus Be Native: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterConviviumBe Native
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS11.0 — better18.4
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB48 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperFraternidad De Agrupaciones Santo Tomas De Aquino (F.A.S.T.A.)BN Coding

Customer experience

Convivium

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Be Native

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Convivium

No in-app purchases

5 purchases

Be Native

Subscriptions5
  • Junior Developer (Monthly)$17.991 Month
  • Senior Developer (Monthly)$29.991 Month
  • Junior Developer (Annually)$178.991 Year
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  • Developer Senior (6 Months)$180.996 Months
  • Senior Developer (Annually)$299.991 Year

Questions

Is Convivium free?
Convivium is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Be Native free?
Be Native is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Convivium or Be Native?
Convivium and Be Native are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Convivium or Be Native have ads?
Neither Convivium nor Be Native shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Convivium or Be Native?
Convivium ships an update monthly, and Be Native every 9 days. Most recently, Convivium was updated on October 12, 2026 and Be Native on October 20, 2026.

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