Comparison

YDisciple vs St Carlo

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

Head to head
About

YDisciple

This app provides Catholic parish leaders and parents with video content, discussion guides, and training to effectively disciple young people in small groups. It offers scalable solutions for parishes of any size, with features like offline playback and downloadable resources in English and Spanish.

Highlights
  • Video content for teens
  • Downloadable leader guides
  • Teen journals and parent sheets
  • Adult training library
  • Offline playback
  • Scalable small group discipleship
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YDisciple gives Catholic parish leaders, parents, faithful adults the tools you need to effectively disciple small groups of young people by providing quality video content for teens, engaging discussion guides and comprehensive training for leaders. Whether you have 10 young people in your parish or 1000, or 1000 teens but only 10 who are involved, small group discipleship can be scaled to fit your parish’s needs. App Features: * Streaming of 40+ videos and for teens * Downloadable Leader Guides, Teen Journals & Parent Sheets (English & Spanish) * A robust library of training content for adults * Offline Playback YDisciple offers an auto-renewing Yearly Subscription with a Free Trial. You'll receive unlimited access to content on all your devices. Payment is charged to your Apple ID Account at confirmation of purchase. Pricing varies by location and is confirmed prior to purchase. After the free trial, the subscription automatically renews at the yearly rate unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the trial period. Subscription automatically renews each year unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current billing period. Cancel anytime in Account Settings. For more information see our: ○ Terms of Service: https://ydisciple.com/terms-and-conditions/ ○ Privacy Policy: https://ydisciple.com/privacy-policy/

About

St Carlo

Explore documented Eucharistic miracles globally, inspired by Saint Carlo Acutis. This app offers stories, images, and historical context to deepen understanding and encourage reflection on the Eucharist. Learn, reflect, and discover locations of these significant events.

Highlights
  • Documented Eucharistic miracles
  • Stories and images
  • Historical context
  • Educational content
  • Devotional purposes
  • Location discovery
Features
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The Eucharistic Miracles app invites you to explore documented Eucharistic miracles from around the world, drawing inspiration from the research and witness of Saint Carlo Acutis. Through stories, images, and historical context, the app seeks to deepen understanding of the Eucharist and encourage reflection on its central place in the life of the Church. Content is presented for educational and devotional purposes, offering users a way to learn, reflect, and, when possible, visit the places where these events occurred.

Screenshots

YDisciple3 screens
St Carlo4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: St Carlo at free against YDisciple's subscription. St Carlo also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (19 vs 2). On price, rating, review sentiment 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. 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 YDisciple against 5.0 for St Carlo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: St Carlo has 19 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

YDisciple ships an update every 2 months, St Carlo weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
YDisciple versus St Carlo: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYDiscipleSt Carlo
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings219 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationSubscriptionFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size71 MB150 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNET Ministries, Inc.Voveo Marketing Group

Customer experience

YDisciple

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

St Carlo

All ratings19 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

YDisciple

No in-app purchases

None

St Carlo

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is YDisciple free?
YDisciple is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is St Carlo free?
St Carlo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, YDisciple or St Carlo?
YDisciple and St Carlo are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 19 ratings respectively.
Do YDisciple or St Carlo have ads?
Neither YDisciple nor St Carlo shows ads.
Which is updated more often, YDisciple or St Carlo?
YDisciple ships an update every 2 months, and St Carlo weekly. Most recently, YDisciple was updated on October 2, 2026 and St Carlo on October 12, 2026.

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