Life Starts Here vs TAN Direction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Life Starts Here
Experience encounters with God for healing and freedom. This ministry offers adoration, praise, worship, and talks to foster restoration and a deeper relationship with the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- Encounters with God
- Spiritual healing and freedom
- Adoration and praise
- Engaging talks
- Life-changing retreats
- Restoration of relationship with God
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An evangelistic ministry devoted to providing you with encounters with the Living God, who desires your healing and freedom. Through adoration, praise & worship, engaging talks, and life-changing retreats, we seek to bring restoration and new life to your relationship with God, who is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
TAN Direction
Explore spiritual wisdom from saints and Catholic authors to deepen your faith. This app offers resources for those seeking Christian perfection and a transformed spiritual journey.
- Spiritual wisdom of saints
- Resources from Catholic authors
- Deepen faith
- Transform spiritual journey
- Pursue Christian perfection
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Discover the spiritual wisdom of the saints and faithful Catholic authors with the TAN Direction app. Designed for Catholics striving to reach the heights of Christian perfection and sanctity, this app provides resources to deepen your faith and transform your spiritual journey.
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Verdict
Life Starts Here and TAN Direction both sit at 4.8 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Life Starts Here's written reviews are positive against 50% of TAN Direction's. Life Starts Here also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ratings volume (41 vs 9). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. TAN Direction sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Life Starts Here asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Life Starts Here against 4.7 for TAN Direction. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 41 and 9 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Life Starts Here's written reviews are positive against 50% of TAN Direction's.
Life Starts Here ships an update every 2 months, TAN Direction every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Life Starts Here | TAN Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (41 ratings) — better | 4.7 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 41 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Life Starts Here Ministries LLC | SAINT BENDICT PRESS LLC |
Customer experience
Life Starts Here
TAN Direction
In-app purchases
Life Starts Here
No in-app purchases
TAN Direction
- Tan Books$13.00
- Tan Books4 variants$20.00
- Tan Books5 variants$24.00
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