Inner Monk vs TAN Direction
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Inner Monk
This app helps you establish a daily prayer routine with morning and evening prayers composed by monks. It tracks your progress, offers text-to-speech for prayers, and provides access to monastery news, podcasts, and live streams.
- Morning and evening prayers
- Prayer progress tracking
- Text-to-speech prayer reader
- Access to monastery news and events
- Live Mass and Vespers streams
- Prayer request submission
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At Saint Meinrad Archabbey, we believe all Christians have an "inner monk": the part of each of us that wants to develop a deep, intense and personal relationship with God. Inner Monk offers a simple rhythm for that life, created by the Benedictine monks of Saint Meinrad in southern Indiana. MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER A new prayer for every morning and every evening of the year, written by the monks of Saint Meinrad. The app knows the time of day and opens to the prayer you need. THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT A short daily reading from the Rule, following the traditional Benedictine practice of reading the whole Rule three times each year. GUIDED LECTIO DIVINA Pray with Scripture step by step through the ancient practice of lectio divina: reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. LIVE FROM THE ARCHABBEY CHURCH Join the monastic community in prayer through live streams from the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln. A GENTLE HABIT Create a free account to keep a history of your prayers, save favorites, and set optional morning and evening reminders on your phone. Quiet milestones mark your faithfulness along the way. They never count missed days against you, and you can turn them off entirely. NEWS FROM SAINT MEINRAD Stay connected with news, events, the podcast and the blog from Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Inner Monk is free, with no ads.
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
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Inner Monk at none against TAN Direction's 52. Inner Monk also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%) and device support (3 vs 1). TAN Direction's advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 38 months). On price, rating, ratings volume 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 14 one-off in-app purchases. Inner Monk asks for nothing beyond the download.
TAN Direction holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 15 and 9 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 75% of Inner Monk's written reviews are positive against 50% of TAN Direction's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Inner Monk ships an update every 38 months, TAN Direction every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Inner Monk | TAN Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (15 ratings) | 4.7 (9 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 15 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 38 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 | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 80 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Abbey Press Publications | SAINT BENDICT PRESS LLC |
Customer experience
Inner Monk
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In-app purchases
Inner Monk
No in-app purchases
TAN Direction
- Tan Books$9.00
- The Sacraments$10.00
- Doors of Mercy$10.00
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- Kingdom of happiness$10.00
- Tan Books$13.00
- Tan Books2 variants$14.00
- Tan Books4 variants$20.00
- Tan Books6 variants$24.00
- Tan Books30 variants$39.00
- The Ancient World$39.00
- The Medieval World$39.00
- The Making of the Modern World$39.00
- History of the United States$39.00
- Tan Books$149.00
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