Comparison

Eight vs Facing death

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

Head to head
About

Eight

Features
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Prepare for eternity with the classic spiritual exercises of Saint Alphonsus Liguori. The Eight-Day Retreat App brings you a complete, focused spiritual retreat based on the timeless meditations from Preparation for Death. In the original book, the considerations and points are scattered across more than thirty chapters and require constant flipping back and forth, making a proper retreat extremely difficult. This app solves that problem by organizing everything into a clear eight-day sequence. The Retreat menu guides you day by day and highlights your progress until the retreat is completed. Designed for quiet reflection and serious prayer, the app keeps technology out of the way so you can stay fixed on the eternal truths that matter most. Fully offline — no internet required once installed. The Eight-Day Retreat App brings you a complete, focused spiritual retreat based on the timeless meditations from Preparation for Death. Designed for quiet reflection and serious prayer, the app keeps technology out of the way so you can stay fixed on the eternal truths that matter most. What you’ll find inside: Fully offline — no internet required once installed. • Full Eight-Day Retreat Suggested schedule with Introduction, daily meditations, and supporting prayers. A simple Gold Square™ tracker helps you follow your progress from Day 1 through Day 8. • Consideration Points Powerful meditations drawn directly from Saint Alphonsus that confront the reality of death, judgment, and the business of eternal salvation — so that our final moment may be one of joy rather than terror. • Daily Devotions – Rule of Life – Maxims and Prayers (by day of the week) – Daily Meditations – Daily Prayers to the Blessed Virgin Mary – Benediction (English & Latin) – Holy Rosary Prayers (English & Latin) • Practical Tools – Customizable reminders (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or once) – Clear index of all consideration topics – Foreword by Fr. Carl Hoegerl, C.SS.R. explaining the origin and purpose of the work Every view uses clean, predictable iOS controls and beautiful contemplative graphics so nothing distracts from prayer. Completely free of ads, subscriptions, and interruptions. We dedicate this work to the Holy Souls in Purgatory and to the memory of family and friends who have gone before us. Begin your retreat today and place the business of eternal salvation first. Saint Alphonsus Liguori, pray for us.

About

Facing death

This app helps users explore and prepare for the end of life, making it a more meaningful experience. It offers tools for creating farewell cards, notes, and action plans, alongside a photo album for life memories. It also integrates with health apps to track fitness goals.

Highlights
  • Farewell card creation
  • Note and epitaph writing
  • Action plan development
  • Life memory photo album
  • HealthKit integration for step tracking
Features
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Death is always with us, part of our being. We should talk about it, prepare for it, and use it to guide our lives Make the end of life less painful and more meaningful. We have time to understand how our life will end. And the most important thing is how to spend the last time. Use this app to know about information and preparation about death. Then you can make your farewell card, notes, epitaph, action plan, use checklist to have a quick check. Use photo album to save your meaningful time, memory and life record We integrate with the health app (HealthKit) to read and track your steps data and help you track your daily steps and monitor your progress towards your fitness goals.

Screenshots

Eight4 screens
Facing death4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Facing death at Free against Eight's $2.99. Facing death also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 11 months). Eight's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Facing death is free to download; Eight costs $2.99 up front. Facing death sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Eight asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Eight ships an update every 11 months, Facing death every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Eight versus Facing death: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEightFacing death
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Free with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size229 MB171 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBil KimesMan Hung Sun

In-app purchases

None

Eight

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Facing death

One-time1
  • upgrade$0.99

Questions

Is Eight free?
Eight costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Facing death free?
Facing death is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Eight or Facing death have ads?
Neither Eight nor Facing death shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Eight or Facing death?
Eight ships an update every 11 months, and Facing death every 10 days. Most recently, Eight was updated on October 25, 2026 and Facing death on October 18, 2026.

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