Comparison

Arete7 vs BeSaintly

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

Head to head
About

Arete7

Features
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Arete7 is your personal spiritual coach. It will help you introduce and maintain good practices, well known form long christian tradition. Practices that will help you build internal discipline and freedom of spirit. Additionally, you can use Arete7 to monitor your progress and the impact of these practices on your life. It is a fusion of a digital assistant, a calendar and a mini diary that uses the achievements of neurobiology to help your soul grow. Arete7 is here to help your Soul become excellent.

About

BeSaintly

Features
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LiveSaintly helps you build a prayer life that actually sticks, and keeps good company while you do it. Start your morning with the prayers Catholics have leaned on for centuries: the Rosary, the Divine Mercy Chaplet, the Memorare, the St. Michael prayer, the Morning Offering, and Night Prayer. Set the ones you want as daily habits and check them off as you go. Add your own, and the app remembers where you left off. Every day brings a new Saint of the Day with a short, readable life story, drawn from trusted sources and told in plain language. Spend a few minutes with the men and women who lived the faith before us. Sit with Scripture and the Daily Examen, the quiet evening review that St. Ignatius taught, along with other guided meditations that help you pray instead of just scroll. Keep track of the Holy Days of Obligation for your country so a feast never sneaks up on you, with reminders you control. You do not have to do it alone. Add friends, share intentions, join groups, and pray for one another. It is a place to encourage and be encouraged, without the noise of a typical social feed. Everything in the app carries its source, from the Douay-Rheims Scriptures to the Catechism and the Church Fathers, so you always know where a prayer or lesson comes from. LiveSaintly is free to use, with an optional premium that unlocks the full library and removes limits. Come build a habit of prayer, learn the saints, and grow in the faith one day at a time.

Screenshots

Arete74 screens
BeSaintly4 screens

Verdict

The call

Arete7 and BeSaintly are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Arete7 versus BeSaintly: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterArete7BeSaintly
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB66 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperMichal JaremkoMarc Bonner

In-app purchases

None

Arete7

No in-app purchases

None

BeSaintly

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Arete7 free?
Arete7 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is BeSaintly free?
BeSaintly is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Arete7 or BeSaintly have ads?
Neither Arete7 nor BeSaintly shows ads.

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