Arete7 vs BeSaintly
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Arete7
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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.
BeSaintly
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Arete7 | BeSaintly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Michal Jaremko | Marc Bonner |
In-app purchases
Arete7
No in-app purchases
BeSaintly
No in-app purchases









