FOCUS Equip vs Discerning Hearts
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FOCUS Equip
Access free electronic Bible studies and resources for evangelization and discipleship. This app provides videos and audio talks from conferences to deepen your faith and leadership skills.
- Free electronic Bible studies
- Evangelization and discipleship guides
- Conference videos and audio talks
- Leadership training resources
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Welcome to the official FOCUS Equip mobile application! FOCUS Equip is the curriculum department of FOCUS (The Fellowship of Catholic University Students). The mobile application features: *Free electronic FOCUS Bible studies *How-to series on evangelization, disicpleship, and leading a Bible study *Videos and full-length audio talks from FOCUS conferences For more resources, check out www.focusequip.org. Follow FOCUS Equip on Twitter, or Like us on Facebook. For more about FOCUS, go to: www.focus.org. The FOCUS (The Fellowship of Catholic University Students) App was created with The Church App by Subsplash. Mobile app version: 6.21.1
Discerning Hearts
Access a vast library of spirituality audio and video podcasts on demand. Explore topics from the lives of saints to prayer and Catholic social teaching, featuring renowned authors and spiritual leaders.
- On-demand audio and video podcasts
- Streaming content
- Topics on prayer and discernment
- Content from leading authors and teachers
- Focus on saints and Catholic social teaching
- Discussions on liturgy and everyday prayer
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Spirituality audio & video podcasts. Free ON_DEMAND & STREAMING content. A school of prayer and discernment for the New Evangelization! The best authors, teachers, spiritual leaders discussing topics that affect our everyday lives. Shows range from Inside the Pages w/Kris McGregor to series with Fr. Timothy Gallagher, Deacon James Keating, Dr. Anthony Lilles, Dr. R. R. Reno, Mike Aquilina, Joseph Pearce, Msgr. John Esseff, Archbishop George J. Lucas, and many others. From the lives of the saints to the basics of Catholic Social teaching, from the Sacred Liturgy to prayer in the everyday moments of our lives, we walk together as we fulfill our call to be saints in the making.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Discerning Hearts at 4.9 against FOCUS Equip's 4.6. Discerning Hearts also leads on ratings volume (965 vs 22). On price, review sentiment, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Discerning Hearts holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discerning Hearts has 965 ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 93% of FOCUS Equip's written reviews are positive against 97% of Discerning Hearts's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | FOCUS Equip | Discerning Hearts |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (22 ratings) | 4.9 (965 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 92.9% of reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 | 965 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Fellowship of Catholic University Students | Discerning Hearts |
Customer experience
FOCUS Equip
Discerning Hearts
Bugs and requests
FOCUS Equip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Discerning Hearts
Reported bugs
2 issues- Crashes on launch
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
Requested features
3 requests- Bookmark/favorites feature
- Text search functionality
- Improved user interface
In-app purchases
FOCUS Equip
No in-app purchases
Discerning Hearts
No in-app purchases
Questions
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