Comparison

Teaching Self vs Pius X Catechism

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

Head to head
About

Teaching Self

This app provides parents with resources to enhance their parenting journey. Access exclusive features like the Job Jar, read blogs, listen to podcasts, and join support group calls. Future updates will include digital content, audio files, and eBooks.

Highlights
  • Exclusive Job Jar feature
  • Parenting blogs
  • Podcasts
  • Support group calls
  • Access to store
  • Digital content (coming soon)
Features
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Join the parenting revolution, tested principles and skills to take your family to break negative patterns and cycles! Our new Digital Library allows you to read blogs and ebooks, listen to podcasts and audiobooks, use parenting resources, connect to and listen to Support Group calls, ask NicholeenBot any question, and connect to our store. Teaching Self-Government program has revolutionized parenting for thousands of families around the globe, and with the TSG app, it's now easier than ever!

About

Pius X Catechism

Features
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Read, listen, and practice aloud. Pius X Catechism is an iPhone and iPad app for studying the Catechism of Saint Pius X. Read through a lesson or listen to the questions and answers, then try answering aloud without looking at the text. STUDY THE CATECHISM There are 959 study questions adapted from the traditional catechism, covering the Creed, prayer, the sacraments, the Commandments, and the virtues. Browse by lesson or search for a particular question or answer. PRACTICE ALOUD Say your answer aloud and the app checks it. If you get stuck, reveal the catechism's answer, read it aloud, and try again in a later review. You can also turn on Semantic Review, which uses AI to check whether an answer in your own words has the same meaning as the catechism's answer. LISTEN TO A CHAPTER Listen to recorded questions and answers as you follow along. Chapter audio works offline and keeps playing in the background, with playback controls on the lock screen. During practice, Voice mode reads questions and feedback aloud. You can ask it to repeat a question, read the answer, or move on without tapping the screen. REVIEW WHAT YOU'VE LEARNED Reviews adapt to your progress so you spend more time on the material you need to practice. Pick up an unfinished set where you left off, track your progress, or look back at saved answers to see what you missed. Separate learner profiles keep each person's practice history on the device. KEEP IT SIMPLE The layout is straightforward, with easy-to-read text and light and dark modes. You don't need an online account. You can read and listen offline. Spoken practice needs access to the microphone and speech recognition. Once Apple's speech assets are ready, the app can check exact answers offline too. Optional Semantic Review needs an internet connection and adult consent. It sends the text of your spoken answers through AWS to TypeSafe for checking, without sending learner names or audio. Speech recognition and AI feedback can make mistakes. Requires iOS or iPadOS 26 or later.

Screenshots

Teaching Self4 screens
Pius X Catechism4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Pius X Catechism at none against Teaching Self's 10. Teaching Self's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Teaching Self sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Pius X Catechism asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Teaching Self versus Pius X Catechism: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTeaching SelfPius X Catechism
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB280 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTeaching Self-Government LLCMatthew McCarty

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Teaching Self

One-time10
  • Choices Map$4.95
  • The Power of Christmas$4.95
  • Cue Cards$7.99
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  • 5 Social Lessons$9.95
  • TSG for Type A and B$9.95
  • Power of Calm Audio$12.95
  • Training the Heart$13.95
  • Roles eBook$15.00
  • 4 Basic Skills Book Treasury$39.99
  • TSG Parenting Seminar Audio$59.00
None

Pius X Catechism

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Teaching Self free?
Teaching Self is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Pius X Catechism free?
Pius X Catechism is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Teaching Self or Pius X Catechism have ads?
Neither Teaching Self nor Pius X Catechism shows ads.

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