Comparison

eScrivaLite vs Timeful

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

Head to head
About

eScrivaLite

This app provides daily Catholic Mass gospel readings and meditations based on the writings of St. Josemaria Escriva. It aims to make understanding the Gospel easier and can be integrated into daily prayer routines. An optional premium version offers access to eight of his books.

Highlights
  • Daily gospel readings
  • St. Josemaria Escriva meditations
  • Commentaries on the Gospel
  • Language selection tool
  • Offline book downloads (Premium)
Features
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'Incredible. Meditation made easy.' - Franca Attoh 'Great App, I read it before mass, first thing at morning, when I feel down.it's the best!' - Chigozie Ofor Over 100,000 people are diving deeper into the daily gospel readings from the Catholic Mass with eScrivalite. Let St Josemaria Escriva guide you to a fuller understanding of the Gospel as you meditate on his words. Users have said using the App has made Meditation easier. Why not make it a part of your daily prayer routine? St Josemaria's writings emphasize the laity's calling to sanctification. Pope St John Paul II made the following observation in his homily at the beatification of Escrivá: 'With supernatural intuition, Blessed Josemaría untiringly preached the universal call to holiness and apostolate. Christ calls everyone to become holy in the realities of everyday life. Hence work too is a means of personal holiness and apostolate, when it is done in union with Jesus Christ.' This free App makes the reading of the Gospel easy, attractive and straightforward. Just click on TODAY to access the Gospel of the day and the writings from St. Josemaria's published works about that Gospel. Click on the relevant points to read St. Josemaria's commentaries on the Gospel. Just click on the text you want to read, and the point opens up. If you upgrade to the Premium version you can download and own eight of St Josemaria's books; The Way, Furrow, The Forge, Christ is Passing By, Friends of God, Conversations, Holy Rosary, and The Way of the Cross. Available in 11 different languages, eScrivaLite identifies your preferred language, and it also comes with an inbuilt language selection tool for greater flexibility.

About

Timeful

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Thanks to the Timeful app, you can regain more value, focus on your work, and stop unpleasant habits like constantly checking your smartphone. The Timeful app starts a predefined timer (2 minutes - 2 hours) during which you will no longer use your smartphone. This allows you to fully concentrate on your work, your studies or whatever you want to do. Once the timer has expired, the app will report back to you, and you can get a report of how much time you have been focused and what percentage you have kept up. With the strict mode, you can also improve your behaviour even more by placing the smartphone face down. The smartphone must then be in this state for the entire duration. The better the percentage, the better your productivity was.

Screenshots

eScrivaLite4 screens
Timeful4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: eScrivaLite at Free against Timeful's $1.99. eScrivaLite also leads on iOS requirement (11.0 vs 15.0). Timeful's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On device support 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

eScrivaLite is free to download; Timeful costs $1.99 up front. eScrivaLite sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Timeful asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

eScrivaLite ships an update every 2 months, Timeful every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
eScrivaLite versus Timeful: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereScrivaLiteTimeful
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.9 (726 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews91.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings726 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank—#51 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB8 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperIGRO GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDJulian Schmuckli

Bugs and requests

eScrivaLite

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • App not opening after recent update
  • Buttons or navigation not working as expected

Requested features

3 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Improved search by keywords or topics
  • Support for additional liturgical calendars

Timeful

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

eScrivaLite

One-time1
  • All the books and more$7.99
None

Timeful

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is eScrivaLite free?
eScrivaLite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Timeful free?
Timeful costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do eScrivaLite or Timeful have ads?
eScrivaLite shows ads; Timeful does not.
Which is updated more often, eScrivaLite or Timeful?
eScrivaLite ships an update every 2 months, and Timeful every 3 weeks. Most recently, eScrivaLite was updated on September 29, 2026 and Timeful on October 1, 2026.

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