Comparison

Trojan Catholic vs BuildSaints

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

Head to head
About

Trojan Catholic

Features
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Our Savior Parish and USC Caruso Catholic Center is a vibrant Roman Catholic community at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. Connect and engage with our community through our app - With this app, you can discover our liturgies, media content, give a donation conveniently, or learn more about us!

About

BuildSaints

This app helps users build daily spiritual habits through personalized prayer, scripture, and sacrament routines. It adapts content based on user activity and intentions, drawing inspiration from Catholic teachings and the lives of saints. Users can customize their plan, track their progress, and optionally share intentions with a trusted community.

Highlights
  • Personalized daily prayer and scripture
  • AI-generated reflections based on user input
  • Customizable spiritual habit routines
  • Sacramental schedule integration
  • Activity history and progress tracking
  • Optional community intention sharing
Features
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Your Catholic Agent From everyday activities to spiritual goals, BuildSaints helps you encounter God — prayer, Scripture, and community, grown the way you want. As introduced in Plan of Life: Daily Habits book by Msgr. Roger Landry. The core practices include: - The Morning Offering, the Rosary, and the Liturgy of the Hours - The day's Mass readings, and today's Gospel as a short film each morning - Reflections and prayers written for your own intentions, read aloud - An Examen that helps you find God's presence in your day Ask, and It's Made Everything happens in one simple chat. Say what you need in your own words: - "A prayer for my mother's surgery tomorrow" — written for her and read aloud. - "A short film on St. Teresa of Ávila" — her story and her own words. - "A reading plan on the Psalms, one each morning at 7" — it comes daily, at your time. - "A trivia on today's Gospel" — to play now or send to friends. Anything that should come every day arrives on your schedule, and you can turn it off in one tap. Ideas and Goals - Ideas — fresh ways to grow, picked for where you are: a prayer to try, a reading to start, a feast to keep, a game to play. - Goals — your spiritual goals in your own words, with a clear path and gentle tracking, never pressure. Daily Groups Start a group with friends, your parish, or your school. Each morning the day's Gospel film arrives, followed by one quick game: which line stuck with you, and can you guess what your group picked? Invite anyone with a link or a QR code — friends can join and play right away on the web, with no download needed. Events in New York A feed of young adult Catholic events across New York City, from Masses and holy hours to talks, socials and retreats, with RSVPs and short films that explain the teaching behind them. Saints You Find in Person Walk with a saint as your intercessor. Visit a partner church and scan a statue or a sacred work of art to meet that saint or devotion, then keep what you find in your collection. Going Further — When You're Ready Connect more of your life if you'd like: invest your money according to the Church's teaching, set spending habits that support your goals, or bring the people and places in your week into your prayer. These are always optional and always yours to decide — nothing is done in your name without your tap. Rooted in the Tradition BuildSaints draws on Scripture, the liturgical calendar, the Catechism, the Church's documents — including Magnifica Humanitas — and the writings of the saints, quoted exactly and cited. It never speaks for God, and never replaces a priest or the sacraments. Your reflections and personal content stay private — never sold, never shared. You choose what you connect and what you share. Free to begin — every daily practice, your groups, and your community, with a generous weekly allowance for things made just for you. A membership removes the weekly limit. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Trojan Catholic3 screens
BuildSaints4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Trojan Catholic at none against BuildSaints's 1. BuildSaints's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 months). On price, 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

Both are free to download. BuildSaints sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month. Trojan Catholic asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trojan Catholic ships an update every 5 months, BuildSaints every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Trojan Catholic versus BuildSaints: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrojan CatholicBuildSaints
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Ad-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB62 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOur Savior Parish and USC Caruso Catholic CenterBuildSaints

In-app purchases

None

Trojan Catholic

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

BuildSaints

Subscriptions1
  • Premium Account$4.991 Month

Questions

Is Trojan Catholic free?
Trojan Catholic is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BuildSaints free?
BuildSaints is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Trojan Catholic or BuildSaints have ads?
Neither Trojan Catholic nor BuildSaints shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trojan Catholic or BuildSaints?
Trojan Catholic ships an update every 5 months, and BuildSaints every 3 days. Most recently, Trojan Catholic was updated on November 7, 2026 and BuildSaints on October 30, 2026.

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