Comparison

Engage vs Salt + Light Plus

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

Head to head
About

Engage

This app helps you translate spiritual learning into tangible actions for personal growth and world impact. Partner with others, track your progress across life dimensions, and engage in meaningful conversations.

Highlights
  • Daily reflection prompts
  • Track life dimensions
  • Configure to personality types
  • Action tracking and habit creation
  • Meaningful conversation channels
  • Prayer and action collaboration
Features
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Pathway is a spiritual formation app designed for the people you're doing life with — your closest friends, committed to growing together in apprenticeship to Jesus. Unlike social platforms or church communication tools, Pathway is built for small, intimate communities where real transformation happens. Everything in the app is designed to be experienced together. WALK THE PATH TOGETHER Pathway is organised around the metaphor of a journey — past, present, and future — so you always know where you've been, where you are today, and where God is calling you next. TODAY — Your Rhythm of Life Build a personal Rule of Life made up of daily, weekly, and monthly spiritual practices. Each day, only today's practices appear — no overwhelming lists, no guilt-based streaks, no performance metrics. Just the practices God has called you to, one day at a time. Your community can see your rhythm, encourage you, and walk alongside you. THE PAST — Your Story Journal the story God is writing in your life. Share entries with your community and watch the larger narrative unfold over time — a record of God's faithfulness, written step by step. THE FUTURE — Your Focus Areas Capture the areas you sense God calling you to grow in. Keep them front of mind, share them with your community, and let them shape both your practices and your conversations. CURATED CONTENT FOR EVERY STAGE Pathway includes a structured content journey across five levels of spiritual maturity — from Seeker to Movement Maker — with each session suggesting practices to carry into your Rhythm of Life. Learn together, then live it out together. COMMUNITY AT THE CENTRE Every screen can be viewed through the eyes of someone in your community. See what your friends are practising today, read their stories, and encourage them on their focus areas. BEAUTIFULLY CRAFTED A living day/night cycle follows the sunrise and sunset at your location. The path you're walking animates around you as you move between past, present, and future. Pathway is built to be a tool for formation, not distraction — no gamification, no engagement loops, no noise. Begin your journey. Invite your companions. Walk the path together.

About

Salt + Light Plus

Access a library of Catholic TV shows, documentaries, and live Mass. Stream uplifting content, manage your viewing, and nourish your faith on demand.

Highlights
  • Watch Daily TV Mass
  • Award-winning documentaries
  • Devotional content
  • New episode alerts
  • Continue watching feature
  • Usage monitoring
Features
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SLPlus is a premium subscription service for watching Mass, Catholic TV shows, Vatican coverage, and more. Looking for a convenient way to access prayerful and wholesome TV shows, documentaries, and videos? With SLPlus, you have the flexibility to watch uplifting content anytime, anywhere. What you can enjoy - Award-winning documentaries and devotional content: Walking Together, the Holy Rosary from Lourdes, Daily TV Mass, Pray with the Saints, and more. - New episodes: Search for the latest episode of a show, add it to your favourites, and stream the video on your device. - A seamless viewing experience: Pick up from where you left off on a video or skip forward or backward as needed. - Control of your time: Monitor and limit your daily usage. Let SLPlus inspire you with enriching and hope-filled Catholic TV shows, documentaries, and more. SLPlus offers a variety of Catholic content to nourish your faith. Users of this application can subscribe to optional auto-renewing subscriptions for SLPlus Premium to obtain access to additional features. Should you choose to subscribe, please be aware that it will automatically renew each month and your credit card will be charged through your iTunes account. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the subscription cost agreed upon at the time of the original auto-renewing subscription purchase. You can turn off auto-renew at anytime from your iTunes account settings but it must be turned off at least 24 hours before the end of a current period to avoid being charged for that time period. No cancellation of the current subscription is allowed during an active subscription period. Please go to https://slmedia.org/privacy and https://slmedia.org/termsOfService for more information. Auto-renewing subscriptions available in this app include: SLPlus Premium - $3.99 per month SLPlus Premium - $39.99 per year

Screenshots

Engage4 screens
Salt + Light Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Engage at none against Salt + Light Plus's 2. Engage also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). Salt + Light Plus's advantage is iOS requirement (10.2 vs 15.1). On price and device support 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. Salt + Light Plus sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Engage asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Engage ships an update monthly, Salt + Light Plus every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Engage versus Salt + Light Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEngageSalt + Light Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.8 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.110.2 — better
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDigital Brilliance Inc.Salt and Light Catholic Media Foundation

Customer experience

Engage

Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Salt + Light Plus

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Engage

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Salt + Light Plus

Subscriptions2
  • SL Plus Monthly Subscription14 Days trial$3.991 Month
  • SL Plus Annual Subscription14 Days trial$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Engage free?
Engage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Salt + Light Plus free?
Salt + Light Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Engage or Salt + Light Plus have ads?
Salt + Light Plus shows ads; Engage does not.
Which is updated more often, Engage or Salt + Light Plus?
Engage ships an update monthly, and Salt + Light Plus every 3 months. Most recently, Engage was updated on November 3, 2026 and Salt + Light Plus on November 4, 2026.

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