SMPK vs OCCM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SMPK
This app keeps you connected to your church community. Access service schedules, event details, news, and announcements. Facilitates giving opportunities and outreach information.
- Church service information
- Event schedules
- Latest news and announcements
- Giving opportunities
- Outreach details
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St. Mina & Pope Kyrillous Coptic Orthodox Church App is your all-in-one App for staying connected and engaged with church services, events, outreach, giving opportunities and more. Stay informed about the latest news and announcements, ensuring you're always up to date with the happenings of our church family, all at your fingertips.
OCCM
Connect with Orthodox Christian campus ministries, events, and fellow students. Access daily prayers, the Bible, podcasts, and community features. Stay informed about liturgies, meetings, and regional gatherings.
- Event calendar with RSVPs and reminders
- Daily spiritual content (Bible, podcasts, readings)
- Community chat and messaging
- QR code check-in and event photo sharing
- Rideshare coordination
- Prayer wall and requests
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Orthodox Christian Campus Ministries (OCCM) brings together every school's ministry across its region and connects them on a national level. This is a community built for students (prospective, undergraduate and graduate), alumni, servants, and clergy. "For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." Matthew 18:20 Features: • Ministries: every Oriental Orthodox ministry at every school, Coptic, Ethiopian, Eritrean, Syriac, Armenian and Indian • Events: liturgies, Bible studies and retreats on one calendar, with RSVP features, event group chats, and photo albums • Rides: organize carpooling to any event right from the app • Tickets: in Wallet, and saved to your attended events • Live events: on your Lock Screen while they are ongoing • Messages: your ministry's chat, groups and direct messages • Feed: posts and announcements from your school, your region and everyone • Alumni: your school's ministry kept after graduation • Bible: with your own highlights and notes • Synaxarium: the saints of the day, and the Church's fasts and feasts • Prayer wall: where the ministry carries one another's burdens • Sermons and essays: sermons, essays and videos from Orthodox resources, on one page • For the board: announcements by school, attendance and outreach, officer transition and more No ads and no tracking. Browse the schools, the events and the Spiritual tab before you make an account. Terms: https://occmusa.org/terms Privacy: https://occmusa.org/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: OCCM at weekly against SMPK's every 12 months. OCCM also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SMPK's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 16.4). On price, ratings volume, 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.
OCCM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 4 respectively.
SMPK ships an update every 12 months, OCCM weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SMPK | OCCM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Jiosdev LLC | Orthodox Christian Campus Ministries |
Customer experience
SMPK
OCCM
In-app purchases
SMPK
No in-app purchases
OCCM
No in-app purchases





