Comparison

Refocus Now vs Grace to You

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Refocus Now

This app offers biblically and clinically based mental health and mindfulness exercises. It provides guided meditations, affirmations, and journaling prompts to help users process emotions and improve their well-being. It's designed as a supplement to therapy for personal emotional health.

Highlights
  • Biblically based meditations
  • Therapeutic exercises for grief, identity, relationships, trauma
  • Guided prayer and affirmations
  • Daily meditations under 10 minutes
  • Journaling for emotional processing
  • Self-guided education and visualizations
Features
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This isn't your typical mindfulness app. Refocus Now is a biblically & clinically based mental health, mindfulness and meditation app with therapeutic exercises designed for your personal emotional health needs.  Including specific categories such as grief, identity & self worth, relationships, trauma, and more. We offer daily meditations with guided prayer. Affirmations from our therapists that provide encouragement for practical everyday situations. And journaling to help you process your thoughts & emotions. This is not therapy, but it can be a great supplement to therapy, providing helpful exercises. Work through self guided education, self analysis, visualizations, and breathing exercises related to various life issues. Start your day off with the right mindset by meditating to God's work by listening to our many biblical meditations, all under 10 minutes. Let our therapists pour words of affirmation into your life through videos that address practical everyday situations. Journal your thoughts on your daily emotions, or answer reflective questions that are assigned to some of the therapeutic topical exercises. While based on Christian principles and scriptures, this app can be helpful for both Christians who are walking in the faith or even those who are simply curious about Christianity. We believe that this app can help you to refocus on living in the now. And journey towards being the person that God created you to be. Subscriptions Pricing and Terms Refocus Now offers an auto-renewing subscription: $1.99 per month These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries vary and actual charges may be converted to your local currency depending on the country of residence. The subscription will automatically renew unless turned off in your iTunes Account Settings at least 24 hours before the current period ends. You can go to your iTunes Account settings to manage your subscription and turn off auto-renew. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed. If you subscribe before your free trial ends, the rest of your free trial will be forfeited as soon as your purchase is confirmed. Read the terms and conditions here: https://refocusapp.com/terms-%26-conditions Read the privacy policy here: https://refocusapp.com/privacy-policy

About

Grace to You

Access over fifty-five years of verse-by-verse Bible teaching from John MacArthur. This app offers thousands of hours of in-depth content, including sermons, broadcasts, and daily devotionals, all available for free.

Highlights
  • Verse-by-verse Bible teaching
  • Thousands of hours of content
  • Search sermons by passage or topic
  • Listen to radio and TV broadcasts
  • Daily devotionals
  • 24/7 streaming Bible teaching
  • Progress tracking and saved sermons
Features
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Grace to You is the streaming app that brings you the Bible-teaching ministry of John MacArthur. When you download this app, you carry instant access to over fifty-five years of verse-by-verse Bible teaching in your pocket. That’s thousands of hours of in-depth teaching available at the touch of your fingertip—and all free of charge. Search for sermons on Bible passages or topics that interest you, listen to our radio and television broadcasts on your schedule, set a new habit with one of our daily devotionals, or—if you don’t know where to start—tune into Grace Stream anytime for nonstop, verse-by-verse Bible teaching. Rebuilt from the ground up, our new app provides a fresh look and simpler navigation, helping you find your way through the vast library of John MacArthur’s Bible-teaching resources. • Enjoy more robust search capabilities. • Sign in to keep track of your progress and save sermons to watch later. • Tune in to Grace Stream anytime for nonstop, 24/7 Bible teaching. For more information about Grace to You, please visit gty.org

Screenshots

Refocus Now4 screens
Grace to You4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Refocus Now at 100% against Grace to You's 28%. Refocus Now also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.4) and iOS requirement (13.4 vs 15.1). Grace to You's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (823 vs 6). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Refocus Now sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Grace to You asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Refocus Now holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Grace to You has 823 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of Refocus Now's written reviews are positive against 28% of Grace to You's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Refocus Now ships an update every 6 weeks, Grace to You every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Refocus Now versus Grace to You: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRefocus NowGrace to You
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better3.4 (823 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better28.1% of reviews
Number of ratings6823 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS13.4 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB61 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperREFOCUS APP LLCGrace to You

Customer experience

Refocus Now

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Grace to You

All ratings823 ratings
Positive54.3%
Neutral6.7%
Negative39.0%
Written reviews360 reviews
Positive28.1%
Neutral15.3%
Negative56.7%

Bugs and requests

Refocus Now

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Grace to You

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Sermons missing
  • Overlapping/unreadable UI elements
  • Crashes when locking screen

Requested features

5 requests
  • Bring back the old app
  • Add ability to share sermons
  • Improve search and navigation
  • Restore playback position
  • Organize by book/chapter instead of volumes

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Refocus Now

Subscriptions2
  • Annual Premium Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Year
  • Monthly Premium Subscription7 Days trial$1.991 Month
None

Grace to You

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Refocus Now free?
Refocus Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Grace to You free?
Grace to You is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Refocus Now or Grace to You?
Refocus Now is rated higher. Refocus Now averages 5.0 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Grace to You averages 3.4 from 823 ratings.
Do Refocus Now or Grace to You have ads?
Neither Refocus Now nor Grace to You shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Refocus Now or Grace to You?
Refocus Now ships an update every 6 weeks, and Grace to You every 3 weeks. Most recently, Refocus Now was updated on November 3, 2026 and Grace to You on November 8, 2026.

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