Discerning Hearts vs Daily Scripture
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.
Daily Scripture
This app offers daily scripture readings, meditations, and prayers based on the Gospels. It also includes daily readings from Christian books and a searchable archive of past meditations. Users can set daily alarms for reminders and access additional Bible study resources.
- Daily scripture readings from Gospels
- Meditations written by Don Schwager
- Daily Christian book readings
- Searchable meditation archive
- Daily alarm reminders
- Bible study resource materials
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Daily Scripture is an aid for daily prayer and meditation on the Scriptures. It provides a short Scripture reading for each day of the year from one of the four Gospel texts, followed by a meditation, written by Don Schwager based on the Scripture passage, along with a prayer and a few verses from the Book of Psalms. The app also has a daily resource, such as a reading selection from a Christian book. In addition, the app provides functionality to browse more than 300 meditation archives, bookmark meditations and reading selections for later reference and access a rich selection of resource materials on Bible study and several other Christian topics. Daily Scripture also allows you to set a daily alarm to remind you to read the meditation. The daily meditations displayed in the app are also available online at www.dailyscripture.net.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ratings volume: Discerning Hearts at 964 against Daily Scripture's 42. Discerning Hearts also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months). Daily Scripture's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Discerning Hearts against 4.8 for Daily Scripture. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Discerning Hearts has 964 ratings behind it against 42, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 97% of Discerning Hearts's written reviews are positive against 100% of Daily Scripture's.
Discerning Hearts ships an update every 3 months, Daily Scripture every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 14, 2026 and June 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Discerning Hearts | Daily Scripture |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (964 ratings) — better | 4.8 (42 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 96.9% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 964 — better | 42 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 51 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Discerning Hearts | The Servants of the Word |
Customer experience
Discerning Hearts
Daily Scripture
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
Daily Scripture
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Discerning Hearts
No in-app purchases
Daily Scripture
No in-app purchases
