Lectio Divina Journal vs Pulse
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Lectio Divina Journal
This app guides users through a contemplative prayer practice based on the ancient Lectio Divina method. It offers daily spiritual readings, reflection prompts, and journaling opportunities to foster communion with God.
- Daily Lectio Divina invitations
- Four movements of prayer
- Saturday Examen Prayer practice
- Sunday Journaling option
- Contemplative prayer guidance
- Spiritual reading and reflection
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The Lectio Divina Journal provides a contemplative prayer practice for the everyday human experience. The long and lived history of Lectio Divina offers four movements (lectio - reading of, meditatio - reflecting on, oratio - responding to, contemplatio - resting in) inviting the participant(s) from simply attaining information about God toward communion and union with God that is formational and transformative. The journal provides a daily (Monday - Friday) Lectio Divina invitation, a Saturday Examen Prayer practice, and a Sunday Journaling option. Please note that this app is now absolutely free to use. There are no hidden charges. Members can create a free account on the website and use the Lectio Divina Journal to do their daily readings on the app, tablet, and website.
Pulse
This app helps businesses leverage underutilized time by offering discount promotions on unwanted products and downtime. It aims to increase customer base, profit margins, and overall profitability.
- Discount promotion management
- Utilize downtime effectively
- Increase customer base
- Boost profit margins
- Improve bottom line
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PULSE is a revolutionary app that helps businesses capitalize on time which otherwise wouldn’t be utilised. Offering a new and innovative way of getting rid of non favorable products and unwanted down time. By carefully managing discount promotions businesses can strike the perfect balance and grow their customer base, increase their profit, margins, and intern increasing their bottom line.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pulse at 100% against Lectio Divina Journal's 54%. Pulse also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.2) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 11 months). Lectio Divina Journal's advantage is ratings volume (32 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pulse holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Lectio Divina Journal has 32 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 54% of Lectio Divina Journal's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pulse's.
Lectio Divina Journal ships an update every 11 months, Pulse every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Lectio Divina Journal | Pulse |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (32 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 54.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 32 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 11 months | Every 4 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alongsiders Church | Michael Brown |
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Lectio Divina Journal
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In-app purchases
Lectio Divina Journal
No in-app purchases
Pulse
No in-app purchases
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