Aripsaleen vs CopticHymns
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Aripsaleen
Learn and practice Coptic hymns with an electronic teacher. This app allows you to play hymns in sequences, repeat parts, and view lyrics in Arabic or Coptic with musical notes. It covers all Coptic hymns and praises for every occasion.
- Electronic Coptic hymns teacher
- Hymn playback control
- Sequential and group playback
- Repeat part functionality
- Arabic and Coptic lyrics
- Musical notes for hymns
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Aripsaleen is an electronic teacher for all Coptic hymns and praises for all occasions around the year. By dividing any hymn as small parts with full control to playing parts as a flow sequence or as group sequence or as single part with specified repeat times you choose. you can also show its lyrics in Arabic or Coptic and musical note for many hymns
CopticHymns
This app preserves the oral chant heritage of Coptic hymnology through accurate recordings. It serves as a reference for education and enrichment of Copts and those interested in historical musical heritages.
- Preservation of Coptic hymnology
- Accurate hymn recordings
- Reference for education
- Enrichment of Coptic heritage
- Historical musical heritage exploration
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The Heritage of the Coptic Orthodox Church (HCOC) choir was founded in the summer of 2000, under the leadership of Deacon Albair Mikhail. Most choir members are from the church of the Prophet Daniel and the Three Saintly Youth in Mississauga, Canada. HCOC also has members from the churches in the Greater Toronto Area, Montreal, the USA, Australia, and Egypt. The aim of the HCOC is the preservation of the increasingly at-risk oral chant heritage of Coptic hymnology, through receiving and recording the most accurate renditions of the hymns. These academic recordings are intended to be references for the education, preservation and enrichment of Copts and those who are interested in the historical musical heritages of indigenous communities around the world. In handing down the hymns, we follow a rigorous study, research, and comparative analysis of Coptic hymnology from Cantor Mikhail El-Batanouny, who is our main source, and his disciples. Mobile app version: 6.21.1
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CopticHymns at Free against Aripsaleen's $12.99. CopticHymns also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (66 vs 3). Aripsaleen's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On rating, review sentiment, 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
CopticHymns is free to download; Aripsaleen costs $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Aripsaleen against 5.0 for CopticHymns. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: CopticHymns has 66 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Aripsaleen ships an update every 15 months, CopticHymns every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Aripsaleen | CopticHymns |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (66 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 66 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 15 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 122 MB | 53 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Victor Isaac | HCOC |
Customer experience
Aripsaleen
CopticHymns
In-app purchases
Aripsaleen
No in-app purchases
CopticHymns
No in-app purchases
