Saintify vs Heroic Men
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Saintify
Share life experiences and connect with loved ones through faith. This app offers contemporary interpretations of Patron Saints with original art, biographies, and prayers. Easily share these spiritual insights with a personal message via email or social media.
- Original prayers for strength and humor
- Contemporary original artwork
- Concise saint biographies
- Create and save personal prayers/notes
- Saints organized by Patronage, Feast Day, Name
- Clean and stylish interface
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Saintify is a quiet companion to the saints. Each day it offers one saint: original artwork, a short life, and an original prayer written in plain, modern language. On a saint's feast day, that saint takes the day. The rest of the year moves gently through the collection. When you need someone in particular, look by need rather than by name - travel, lost things, toothache, impossible causes - and keep the ones who keep you company. WHAT'S INSIDE - Saint of the Day, with home screen and lock screen widgets - Fifty saints, each with original art, a concise life, and an original prayer - Search by need or by name, and browse the year by feast day - Light a candle, with an intention if you have one - Add cards of your own - a personal patron, a grandparent, someone you remember - with a photo, a story, a prayer, and a day of their own - Keep favorites, and write a personal prayer for any saint - Share a saint as a card image - Ask Siri for the saint of the day QUIET BY DESIGN No account. No feed. No advertising. No streaks and nothing to keep up with. Your prayers, candles, and cards stay on your device - Saintify collects nothing and sends nothing anywhere. Artwork by Gary Amaro. Made with Craig Mieritz, Anna Mieritz, Fiel Valdez, and Kaolin Fire.
Heroic Men
This platform offers a curated collection of Catholic media, including videos, podcasts, and audiobooks, specifically for men. It aims to deepen faith, foster a relationship with Jesus Christ, and promote integrity and leadership in various aspects of life.
- Video streaming
- Podcast access
- Audiobooks
- eBooks
- Bilingual content (English/Spanish)
- Faith-based media
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HEROIC MEN is a streaming platform especially designed for men by integrating state-of-the-art technology, and best-in-class Catholic content (English and Spanish) to provide unprecedented access to the truth, beauty, and goodness of the Catholic Faith. Easily access high quality videos, podcasts, audiobooks, eBooks and more... HEROIC MEN is committed to helping Catholic men across the world discover or rediscover the Catholic faith, gain an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, and live with integrity, servant leadership and boldness in their marriages, families, parishes, workplaces and local communities. Strengthen the man, strengthen the family; strengthen the family, strengthen the Church; strengthen the Church, fix society! Terms of Service: https://watch.heroicmen.com/tos Privacy Policy: https://watch.heroicmen.com/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Heroic Men at 4.9 against Saintify's 4.3. Heroic Men also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 81 months) and review sentiment (95% vs 72%). Saintify's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, in-app purchases and device support 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.
Heroic Men holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Heroic Men has 173 ratings behind it against 33, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Saintify's written reviews are positive against 95% of Heroic Men's.
Saintify ships an update every 81 months, Heroic Men every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 21, 2026.
| Parameter | Saintify | Heroic Men |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (33 ratings) | 4.9 (173 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews | 95.4% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 33 | 173 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 81 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kaolin Fire | CATHOLIC MEN'S LEADERSHIP ALLIANCE, INC. |
Customer experience
Saintify
Heroic Men
Bugs and requests
Saintify
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Heroic Men
Reported bugs
4 issues- Email login not sending verification emails
- Login system not recognizing registered email addresses
- Content access restrictions with unclear registration process
- Some content locked behind login that doesn't work properly
Requested features
5 requests- Shorter video content (5-10 minute videos)
- Text-based reading materials alongside videos
- Content in other languages, particularly Tagalog for Filipino audience
- Expanded video library and more frequent content updates
- Movies and films section (though some content exists)
In-app purchases
Saintify
No in-app purchases
Heroic Men
No in-app purchases
Questions
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