Agios vs New Material
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Agios
This Coptic calendar app features daily Saint icons and Synaxarion updates. It provides stories of Saints, quotes from church fathers, and liturgical readings. Users receive reminders for fasts and feasts to stay connected with religious observances.
- Daily Saint icons and Synaxarion updates
- Stories and teachings of Saints
- Daily quotes from church fathers
- Liturgical readings
- Reminders for fasts and feasts
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Agios is a Coptic calendar with icons of Saints that update daily according to the Synaxarion. Celebrate feasts of the Saints, read their stories and learn from from their strength in the faith. Each day also contains a daily quote from our Holy church fathers as well as the daily liturgical readings. Inside the app there are reminders for upcoming fasts and feasts so that you never miss a Saint's feast ever again.
New Material
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: New Material at every 2 weeks against Agios's every 7 months. Agios's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Agios ships an update every 7 months, New Material every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Agios | New Material |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (11 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 23 MB | 10 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Kamel | New Material, Inc. |
In-app purchases
Agios
No in-app purchases
New Material
No in-app purchases
