Comparison

e vs Beacon Events App

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

Head to head
About

e

Discover your next spiritual reading with a vast catalog of over 600 books and documents. This app offers comprehensive summaries, organized lists, and personal note-taking features to enhance your reading experience. Keep your database updated and manage your reading history all in one place.

Highlights
  • Extensive catalog of 600+ spiritual books
  • Comprehensive book summaries
  • Organized lists and catalog
  • Personalized reading lists
  • Note-taking for each book
  • Database update notifications
Features
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This app helps you find your next Spiritual reading book. The catalogue contains over 600+ books and documents from early Fathers of the Church to current spiritual writers.  In this second version you get a comprehensive summary of the book, a series of lists and a thought through catalogue. You can also keep a list of Books you have read, write notes for each book and ensure that you have the latest version of the database! All in one easy to use App.

About

Beacon Events App

Features
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What does Beacon do? There’s a myriad of amazing initiatives and great Catholic events on in Ireland, that you may not have even heard of! The aim of this app is to make those events discoverable to you, so that they can easily be shared with others, build communities, and allow like-minded Catholics to meet each other and form lasting friendships centred on the faith. You can tailor your search using filters, and tags, to find events based on what you’re into, where you want to go or when you want to go. With the Beacon app you can: • Find the latest Catholic events on in Ireland in a centralised place. • View all the information about that event, such as price, organiser, location, duration, etc. • Apply filters to tailor your search. • Save events of interest which will be added to your Bookmarks tab. • Upload your own events to share with the community. • View and search for events in map view, to easily pinpoint events near you. We named the app “Beacon” as it is a sign of hope to young Catholics that you’re not alone in your faith, and this is realised through fellowship. In the words of St. Catherine of Siena, “Be who you are meant to be, and you will set the world on fire”.

Screenshots

e4 screens
Beacon Events App4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Beacon Events App at none against e's shown. e's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

e ships an update every 9 days, Beacon Events App every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
e versus Beacon Events App: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParametereBeacon Events App
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIGRO GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT LIMITEDROSPER DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY

In-app purchases

None

e

No in-app purchases

None

Beacon Events App

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is e free?
e is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beacon Events App free?
Beacon Events App is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do e or Beacon Events App have ads?
e shows ads; Beacon Events App does not.
Which is updated more often, e or Beacon Events App?
e ships an update every 9 days, and Beacon Events App every 10 days. Most recently, e was updated on November 3, 2026 and Beacon Events App on November 8, 2026.

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