Discerning Hearts vs Cursillo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Cursillo
This app offers daily reflections for Cursillistas focused on piety, study, and action. It also allows users to track reconciliation, find ultreyas, and maintain a daily journal.
- Daily reflections on piety, study, and action
- Track reconciliation
- Find ultreyas
- Daily journal
- For Cursillistas
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De Colores! This app is for Cursillistas (those who attended Cursillo). It will help you with a daily reflections for the tripod: - Piety - Study - and Action You can also keep track of when you went to reconciliation, find ultreyas, and keep a daily journal.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Discerning Hearts at 97% against Cursillo's 33%. Discerning Hearts also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.3) and ratings volume (965 vs 9). Cursillo's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.1). On price, update cadence, 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
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 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discerning Hearts has 965 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 97% of Discerning Hearts's written reviews are positive against 33% of Cursillo's.
Discerning Hearts ships an update every 3 months, Cursillo every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discerning Hearts | Cursillo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (965 ratings) — better | 3.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 965 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Discerning Hearts | Hold Me Inc. |
Customer experience
Discerning Hearts
Cursillo
Bugs and 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
Cursillo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Discerning Hearts
No in-app purchases
Cursillo
No in-app purchases
Questions
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