Comparison

Pocket Ritual vs Thelema 93

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

Head to head
About

Pocket Ritual

This reference app provides the full text of the G.E.R.M.A.N. Club's Ritual, originally written in 1935. It also includes a space for users to record personal notes and reflections on the ritual's principles.

Highlights
  • Full text of the Ritual
  • Note-taking section
  • Historical context of the Ritual
  • Reference for club members and prospective members
Features
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The Pocket Ritual app is a reference for the G.E.R.M.A.N. Club of Virginia Tech's Ritual. The Ritual describes how every member of the club is expected to live, as well as a gauge for those looking to join the Club. The Ritual was written in 1935 by Mel Jeffries, as a description of what the Club meant to him. The application has a section that contains a text copy of the Ritual, as well as a section to write down notes and thoughts about the ritual.

About

Thelema 93

This app provides a suite of tools for Thelemic practitioners and ceremonial magicians. It includes features for tracking Thelemic dates, planetary hours, and celestial stations, alongside gematria and isopsephy calculators. It also offers Tattva cards for concentration practice.

Highlights
  • Thelemic date tracking
  • Planetary hours and celestial stations
  • Gematria calculator with Hebrew keyboard
  • Isopsephy calculator with Greek keyboard
  • Tattva cards for concentration
  • Compass for directional orientation
Features
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"Thelema 93" is a suite of tools for the practicing Thelemite and ceremonial magician. • View, and copy, the Thelemic date, both current and in the past and future. * See Planetary Hours of the day for timing of rituals and intention-making. • See the calculated daily times for the stations of the Sun in order to time your practice of Liber Resh. • See the calculated daily times for the stations of the Moon in order to time your practices such as recitation of the Gayatri Mantra. • Use the compass and locator to find your bearing towards Boleskine House, if you prefer to use it for East in your practices. • A gematria calculator - with a Hebrew keyboard that uses a traditional script font that you will be familiar with, or use the native Hebrew keyboard if configured • An isopsephy calculator - "Greek gematria" - with a Greek keyboard that uses all necessary characters, or use the native Greek keyboard if configured. • A set of Tattva cards to help your practice of concentration and mastery of the Astral.

Screenshots

Pocket Ritual1 screens
Thelema 934 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pocket Ritual at Free against Thelema 93's $2.99. Pocket Ritual also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.0). Thelema 93's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 13 months) and chart position (#199 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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

Pocket Ritual is free to download; Thelema 93 costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pocket Ritual holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 14 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pocket Ritual ships an update every 13 months, Thelema 93 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Pocket Ritual versus Thelema 93: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPocket RitualThelema 93
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.7 (14 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings714 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#199 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB33 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperTercaet LLCNoon Shy, LLC

Customer experience

Pocket Ritual

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Thelema 93

All ratings14 ratings
Positive92.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Pocket Ritual

No in-app purchases

None

Thelema 93

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pocket Ritual free?
Pocket Ritual is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Thelema 93 free?
Thelema 93 costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pocket Ritual or Thelema 93?
Pocket Ritual is rated higher. Pocket Ritual averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Thelema 93 averages 4.7 from 14 ratings.
Do Pocket Ritual or Thelema 93 have ads?
Neither Pocket Ritual nor Thelema 93 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Pocket Ritual or Thelema 93?
Pocket Ritual ships an update every 13 months, and Thelema 93 every 2 months. Most recently, Pocket Ritual was updated on November 1, 2026 and Thelema 93 on November 3, 2026.

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