Comparison

Pocket Chaplet vs Discipulus

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Chaplet

This app offers a straightforward way to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet. It provides the necessary prayers and tools to help users focus on their devotion without unnecessary features.

Highlights
  • Pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet
  • Simple and sleek interface
  • Includes prayers
  • Focus on devotion
  • Multiple languages
Features
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Want to pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet? No worries! With Pocket Chaplet you have a simple and sleek answer. Nothing fancy, just the beads, the prayers, and the tools you need to focus on God. The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy is a Christian devotion to the Divine Mercy, based on the Christological apparitions of Jesus reported by Saint Faustina Kowalska (1905–1938), known as ”the Apostle of Mercy.“ Languages: ● English ● More to come

About

Discipulus

This app guides users through Catholic spiritual disciplines like prayer, study, and community. It offers tools for habit formation, progress tracking, and accountability, suitable for both new and experienced individuals in their faith journey.

Highlights
  • Guided and self-guided prayer options
  • Study content with embedded videos and audio
  • Mission challenges to put faith into action
  • Virtue development and daily examination
  • Community features for accountability and encouragement
  • Progress tracking and goal reminders
Features
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WHAT IS DISCIPULUS Discipulus is a Catholic discipleship app that helps you experience the joy of God by equipping you to live the spiritual disciplines of prayer, study, mission, virtue, and community, following after some of the greatest people in history. DISCIPULUS WAS MADE FOR YOU Which one best describes you? - The "newbie" -> Gain access to the Church’s spiritual treasures in an easy to access and simplified roadmap - The "busy and trying" -> Get more consistent in your spiritual disciplines - The "veteran in the faith" -> Evangelize and disciple your sphere of influence THE PLAN Living the Christian life can be hard, but it shouldn’t be complicated. No matter if you are a rookie or veteran in the faith, we provide you a roadmap to deepen your union with God following the example of the Saints. On your spiritual journey with Discipulus, you will work on progressing through multiple Degrees with each Degree building upon the previous. TOOLS We equip you with the tools you need to form life-changing habits. Reminders help you to remember to practice your spiritual goals. A Progress tab helps you to evaluate how well you are doing in your spiritual habits. Community helps to keep you accountable to your spiritual disciplines. PRAYER Prayer strengthens our relationship with God. Discipulus offers both audio guided prayer and self-guided prayer. Self-guided prayer is useful if you enjoy using a physical prayer book or another prayer app as it allows you to still complete and track your prayer within Discipulus. Other features included are background music, male and female voices, length of prayer time, and kind of prayer. You can choose between three prayer categories: meditative, devotional, and litanies. MORE THAN PRAYER Prayer is essential in our relationship with God, but it is not the only facet. Discipulus also includes new ways to engage in study, mission, virtue, and community. INCLUDED FEATURES - Goals: Daily, weekly and anytime goals providing you the roadmap for your spiritual journey - Daily prayers: Audio prayers with text along with optional background music - Study: Embedded videos, audio, and other curated content broken out into lessons and exercises to learn more about God and grow to love Him - Mission: Be challenged to change the world for the better by putting your faith into action to serve God by helping out a neighbor, volunteer work, etc. - Virtue: The ability to choose a virtue you would like to develop or improve on. You'll practice it daily with a daily examination. Growing in virtue frees us to overcome sin and love others well. - Community: Create or join a community with your friends to encourage one another and see each other’s progress through your spiritual journey - Messaging: Stay connected and build relationships with your community - Progress: Track your daily progress in real-time as you move through each Degree - Reminders: Set your own daily reminders to complete your goals. We’ll also send you reminders in order to get you back on track. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING AND TERMS When you download and create an account in Discipulus, you will receive a 21 day trial giving you full access to the app. After the 21 days are over, you will need to subscribe in order to continue using Discipulus. A paid subscription will give you full access to Discipulus. Discipulus offers two auto-renewing subscription options, a monthly or yearly subscription. For customers in the United States, the prices are as follows: - $6.99 per month - $49.99 per year Your Discipulus subscription will automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of your current subscription period. You can go to your Apple account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. Terms of Service: https://discipulus.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://discipulus.app/privacy

Screenshots

Pocket Chaplet4 screens
Discipulus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Pocket Chaplet at every 2 weeks against Discipulus's every 3 weeks. Pocket Chaplet also leads on ratings volume (28 vs 8) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). 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. Pocket Chaplet sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Discipulus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Pocket Chaplet against 5.0 for Discipulus. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 8 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Chaplet ships an update every 2 weeks, Discipulus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Pocket Chaplet versus Discipulus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket ChapletDiscipulus
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (28 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings28 — better8
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTercaet LLCDiscipulus LLC

Customer experience

Pocket Chaplet

All ratings28 ratings
Positive96.4%
Neutral3.6%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Discipulus

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Pocket Chaplet

One-time3
  • Generous Tip$1.99
  • Massive Tip$5.99
  • Amazing Tip$9.99
2 purchases

Discipulus

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$6.991 Month
  • Yearly Subscription$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Pocket Chaplet free?
Pocket Chaplet is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Discipulus free?
Discipulus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Chaplet or Discipulus?
Discipulus is rated higher. Pocket Chaplet averages 4.9 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Discipulus averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do Pocket Chaplet or Discipulus have ads?
Neither Pocket Chaplet nor Discipulus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Chaplet or Discipulus?
Pocket Chaplet ships an update every 2 weeks, and Discipulus every 3 weeks. Most recently, Pocket Chaplet was updated on October 12, 2026 and Discipulus on October 18, 2026.

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