Discerning Hearts vs Honor Your Inner Monk
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.
Honor Your Inner Monk
This app provides a daily rhythm for developing a personal relationship with God, featuring morning and evening prayers, scripture readings, and guided prayer practices. It offers live streams from a monastic community and gentle habit-building tools.
- Morning and Evening Prayer
- Daily Rule of St. Benedict reading
- Guided Lectio Divina
- Live streams from Archabbey Church
- Prayer history and favorites
- Optional reminders and milestones
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At Saint Meinrad Archabbey, we believe all Christians have an "inner monk": the part of each of us that wants to develop a deep, intense, and personal relationship with God. Honor Your Inner Monk offers a simple rhythm for that life, created by the Benedictine monks of Saint Meinrad in southern Indiana. MORNING AND EVENING PRAYER A new prayer for every morning and every evening of the year, written by the monks of Saint Meinrad. The app knows the time of day and opens to the prayer you need. THE RULE OF ST. BENEDICT A short daily reading from the Rule, following the traditional Benedictine practice of reading the whole Rule three times each year. GUIDED LECTIO DIVINA Pray with Scripture step by step through the ancient practice of lectio divina: reading, meditation, prayer and contemplation. LIVE FROM THE ARCHABBEY CHURCH Join the monastic community in prayer through live streams from the Archabbey Church of Our Lady of Einsiedeln. A GENTLE HABIT Create a free account to keep a history of your prayers, save favorites, and set optional morning and evening reminders on your phone. Quiet milestones mark your faithfulness along the way. They never count missed days against you, and you can turn them off entirely. NEWS FROM SAINT MEINRAD Stay connected with news, events, the podcast, and the blog from Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Honor Your Inner Monk is free and contains no ads.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Discerning Hearts at 4.9 against Honor Your Inner Monk's 4.5. Discerning Hearts also leads on ratings volume (965 vs 15) and review sentiment (97% vs 75%). 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 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discerning Hearts has 965 ratings behind it against 15, 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 75% of Honor Your Inner Monk's.
Discerning Hearts ships an update every 3 months, Honor Your Inner Monk every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discerning Hearts | Honor Your Inner Monk |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (965 ratings) — better | 4.5 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 965 — better | 15 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Discerning Hearts | Abbey Press Publications |
Customer experience
Discerning Hearts
Honor Your Inner Monk
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
Honor Your Inner Monk
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Discerning Hearts
No in-app purchases
Honor Your Inner Monk
No in-app purchases
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