I'm Here @ Hope vs Refugia
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
I'm Here @ Hope
This app simplifies attendance tracking for educators. It allows faculty to easily record student presence within a close proximity and offers manual override options for students without devices. Detailed attendance records can be viewed or exported for further analysis.
- Proximity-based attendance registration
- Manual attendance override for students
- View attendance summaries
- Export attendance records
- Supports Excel and Google Sheets formats
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I'm Here allows Hope College faculty to keep track of class attendance. Open attendance at the beginning of each class session and students who are within a small distance of you will be able to register their attendance. Student forgot their cell phone or have a dead battery? No problem - the professor can override any student's attendance directly from their dashboard. You can view a summary of student attendance records from the course home page, or export a detailed record into a format readable by Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets.
Refugia
This app guides users through Marian devotion and Catholic prayer, offering tools for praying the Holy Rosary, accessing a collection of Marian prayers, and exploring faith-based courses and media. It also provides notifications for Marian feast days and custom prayer reminders.
- Guided Holy Rosary prayer
- Collection of Marian prayers
- Faith-based courses and media
- Marian feast day notifications
- Custom prayer reminders
- Spiritual content
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Pray, read, listen, and research the Catholic faith in one beautifully designed app. REFUGIA SCHOLAR Go beyond a list of search results. Research Catholic doctrine across Scripture, the Church Fathers, councils, papal documents, the Doctors of the Church, and St. Thomas Aquinas. • Search the Bible, the Fathers, both together, or St. Thomas • Read sources in context through linked citations • Compare Scripture passages across Bible translations • Explore historically ordered primary sources • Generate source-linked research articles and save them for later • Build guided reading plans, track progress, and resume where you stopped • Copy, share, or export your research with citations • Report irrelevant results so research quality keeps improving PRAYER AND DAILY DEVOTION • Pray all four sets of Rosary mysteries with guided meditations • Build a personal Rule of Life for prayer, Scripture, and spiritual reading • Follow novenas and traditional Catholic prayers with optional reminders • Keep a prayer streak and see your progress across home and Lock Screen widgets • Practice prayers with interactive memorization activities SCRIPTURE, CLASSICS, AND AUDIO • Read the Bible and compare multiple translations • Read the Church Fathers, councils, papal writings, and spiritual classics • Listen with text-to-speech or available recorded audio • Create custom audio playlists and continue across chapters • Follow focused reading challenges and daily plans Refugia is free to begin. Refugia Premium unlocks the complete library and additional prayer, media, and listening features. Scholar subscriptions unlock the full research workspace and their included monthly research credits. Available features and pricing are shown clearly before purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless canceled and can be managed through your Apple account. Privacy Policy: https://refugia.download/privacy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: I'm Here @ Hope at none against Refugia's 5. I'm Here @ Hope also leads on iOS requirement (13 vs 17.6). Refugia's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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. Refugia sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. I'm Here @ Hope asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for I'm Here @ Hope against 4.9 for Refugia. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Refugia has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
I'm Here @ Hope ships an update every 2 months, Refugia every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on June 5, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | I'm Here @ Hope | Refugia |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 92.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 35 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 51 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hope College | Adrian Lawson |
Customer experience
I'm Here @ Hope
Refugia
In-app purchases
I'm Here @ Hope
No in-app purchases
Refugia
- Refugia Premium$4.991 Month
- Scholar$9.991 Month
- Scholar Plus$14.991 Month
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- Refugia Premium$39.991 Year
- Scholar Max$49.991 Month





