Comparison

Stand to Reason vs Candle Tracker

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

Head to head
About

Stand to Reason

This app provides Christians with resources to deepen their understanding of faith and articulate a reasoned defense of classical Christianity. Access podcasts, blogs, articles, and letters to build confidence in your beliefs.

Highlights
  • Weekly radio and video podcasts
  • Daily blog
  • Featured articles
  • Solid Ground and mentoring letters
  • Key articles on defending Christianity
  • Social media sharing
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Get equipped anywhere, anytime with Stand to Reason’s free app. Stand to Reason trains Christians to think more clearly about their faith and to make an even-handed, incisive, yet gracious defense for classical Christianity and classical Christian values. Get Greg Koukl’s weekly radio and video podcasts, STR’s daily blog, the weekly featured article, a selection of Solid Ground and mentoring letters, and a some of the essential articles on topics key to defending Christianity and building your own faith and confidence. Connect with STR on Facebook and Twitter, and share the podcasts with your friends on Facebook and Twitter. For more training tools, visit www.str.org The Stand to Reason App was created with The Church App by Subsplash. Mobile app version: 6.21.3

About

Candle Tracker

Features
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Every candle on your shelf has a clock inside it. Cresset is the candle tracker that reads it for you: how many hours are left in each jar, what each hour is really costing you, and which scents you keep coming back to. Most candle apps stop at a list. Cresset turns your collection into a burn log with numbers behind it. Log a session in seconds, and the app keeps every candle's remaining hours current, warns you when a favourite is running low, and works out value-per-hour so your next purchase is a smarter one. WHAT YOU GET • Always know how much life is left in a jar before you light it • Log hours in two taps, with a rating and note for every session • See your true cost per hour and which candle gives the best value • Get a warning when a favourite is running low, and a mark when it is burned out • Discover your scent profile across twelve families, from Woody to Gourmand • Catch the whole picture in one glance: total hours, sessions, spend, and a seven-day chart PERFECT FOR • Collectors who own more candles than they can keep track of by memory • Anyone who spends real money on candles and wants that spend to count • People hunting for a signature scent and want data instead of guesswork • Gift-givers who need to remember which brand and scent someone loved WHY NOT JUST USE A NOTES APP A note can hold a list of candles. It cannot subtract tonight's burn from the hours left, rank your jars by cost per hour, or tell you that 60 percent of your burn time has been Smoky and Woody. Cresset does the arithmetic, keeps the history, and keeps it searchable and sortable by brand, hours left, or date added. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT Your shelf, sessions, ratings, and notes are stored on your device, and only there. No account to create, no cloud sync, no ads, and no tracking. Cresset works fully offline. FULL ACCESS Cresset is a paid app, unlocked by subscription. Choose a weekly plan or a yearly plan. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed or cancelled in your App Store account settings. Add your first candle tonight, and light it knowing exactly what is left. Terms of Service: https://pnkl26.web.app/terms-of-service Privacy Policy: https://pnkl26.web.app/privacy-policy Support: pnkhanhlinh0206@gmail.com

Screenshots

Stand to Reason3 screens
Candle Tracker4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stand to Reason at none against Candle Tracker's 3. Stand to Reason also leads on device support (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Candle Tracker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Stand to Reason asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stand to Reason ships an update every 4 months, Candle Tracker every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Stand to Reason versus Candle Tracker: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStand to ReasonCandle Tracker
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (59 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews86.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings59 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperStand to ReasonLinh Phan Nhat Khanh

Bugs and requests

Stand to Reason

Reported bugs

7 issues
  • Garbled audio playback
  • Errors on all devices when watching videos
  • Cannot play audio
  • Broken links in resources section
  • Blog section yields error message
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  • Audio playback issues after update
  • Podcast restarts from the beginning after a phone call

Requested features

11 requests
  • Search bar for easy navigation
  • Offline access to written content
  • Ability to search for material like on the website
  • Include a search box for easy navigation
  • Add J. Warner Wallace's podcast to the lineup
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  • Dark mode option
  • Offline availability of information with refresh
  • Include a search box for easy navigation of material
  • Zoom or font size increase
  • Fix audio playback issues
  • Fix podcast restarting problem

Candle Tracker

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Stand to Reason

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Candle Tracker

Subscriptions2
  • Cresset Candle Log Weekly$2.997 Days
  • Cresset Candle Log Yearly$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • Cost Calculator Lifetime$29.99

Questions

Is Stand to Reason free?
Stand to Reason is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Candle Tracker free?
Candle Tracker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Stand to Reason or Candle Tracker have ads?
Neither Stand to Reason nor Candle Tracker shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stand to Reason or Candle Tracker?
Stand to Reason ships an update every 4 months, and Candle Tracker every 3 months. Most recently, Stand to Reason was updated on November 1, 2026 and Candle Tracker on October 31, 2026.

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