Comparison

Catholic Feast Days vs Openlight Media Plus

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

Head to head
About

Catholic Feast Days

Explore profiles of saints, blesseds, and significant liturgical events. Discover patronages, biographies, and short videos for each feast. Access blog posts reflecting on the lives and significance of these holy figures.

Highlights
  • Saint and blessed profiles
  • Special devotions
  • Liturgical calendar events
  • Short biographies
  • Patronage information
  • Short videos
  • Ad Infinitum Blog posts
Features
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Welcome to the Catholic Apostolate Center’s Catholic Feast Days app! This app features profiles of saints and blesseds, special devotions in the church including Marian devotions, and other important events in the liturgical calendar. For each feast, you will find a short biography or description, the patronage of the saint, and a short video. Many of these biographies and pages are summarized by the staff of the Catholic Apostolate Center. Additionally, some feasts feature Ad Infinitum Blog posts reflecting on the life of the saint and significance of the feast. This ever-growing app serves as a reference to learn about the lives of holiness of saints throughout the whole Catholic Church.

About

Openlight Media Plus

Access a comprehensive library of faith-based educational content for all ages. Learn about virtues, the Catholic faith, and personal well-being through engaging video, audio, and text lessons. Track your progress and stay updated with new releases.

Highlights
  • Full content library access
  • Mobile-formatted lessons (video, audio, text)
  • Progress tracking and start/stop playback
  • Content for elementary, middle, high school, and adults
  • Focus on virtues and Christian anthropology
  • Push notifications for new releases
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Openlight Media is the media apostolate of the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Since 2013, our flagship framework, Disciple of Christ, Education in Virtue, has been trusted by 13 (arch)dioceses, 850+ schools, and educators in 89+ countries worldwide. Now the full library comes with you. With the Openlight Media Plus app, everything you love lives in one place. Access your courses anytime, from anywhere, and learn when it works best for you: at home, in the classroom, or on your commute. Video, audio, and text lessons are all formatted for mobile, and progress tracking with start-and-stop playback means you never lose your place. Turn on push notifications to stay in the loop on new releases. Explore programs for every age and stage: Elementary. Cultivating the Virtues introduces the youngest learners to the Kerygma, the sacraments, and 28 virtues through story, saints, and Scripture. Upper Elementary. Secure in Grace and Daily Virtue invite students to know and participate in their own neurodevelopment, pairing virtue with neuroscience, saints, and simple SEL strategies. Middle and High School. Arise, Virtue Explorer, the Life of Christ Companion Series, Uplifted: What Makes You Happy?, and Vice to Virtue help adolescents navigate identity, emotions, and faith with confidence. Our award-winning Virtue Field Guide (National Indie Excellence 2024 winner and Benjamin Franklin 2024 silver winner) empowers teens to explore the world of the virtues. Adult Formation. Grow alongside those you teach with the Education in Virtue mini-series, Learn the Virtues, Raised in Grace: Made for Wholeness, and the Still Point of Grace audio reflections. Millions have met the Sisters through the viral Dominican Sisters Open Mic podcast, drawn in by their joy, wit, and witness to the faith. Openlight Media Plus is where that same spirit becomes formation you can carry with you, deepening your walk with Christ day by day. Rooted in Christian anthropology, the teaching of St. Thomas Aquinas, and modern neuroscience, Openlight Media integrates timeless virtue with the science of how we're made. Students and adults learn what virtue looks like and sounds like, and how to nurture mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being at every age. Download the Openlight Media Plus app today, and take your formation with you.

Screenshots

Catholic Feast Days4 screens
Openlight Media Plus4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Catholic Feast Days at 50% against Openlight Media Plus's 0%. Catholic Feast Days also leads on rating (3.5 vs 2.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Openlight Media Plus's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Openlight Media Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Catholic Feast Days asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Catholic Feast Days holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Catholic Feast Days's written reviews are positive against 0% of Openlight Media Plus's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Catholic Feast Days ships an update every 2 months, Openlight Media Plus every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Catholic Feast Days versus Openlight Media Plus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCatholic Feast DaysOpenlight Media Plus
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (6 ratings) — better2.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supportedFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size79 MB80 MB
Age rating17+4+
DeveloperPallottine Seminary at Green Hill, Inc.Openlight Media, Inc.

Customer experience

Catholic Feast Days

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Openlight Media Plus

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Catholic Feast Days

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Openlight Media Plus

One-time1
  • Uplifted: What Makes You Happy?$39.00

Questions

Is Catholic Feast Days free?
Catholic Feast Days is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Openlight Media Plus free?
Openlight Media Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Catholic Feast Days or Openlight Media Plus?
Catholic Feast Days is rated higher. Catholic Feast Days averages 3.5 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Openlight Media Plus averages 2.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Catholic Feast Days or Openlight Media Plus have ads?
Catholic Feast Days shows ads; Openlight Media Plus does not.
Which is updated more often, Catholic Feast Days or Openlight Media Plus?
Catholic Feast Days ships an update every 2 months, and Openlight Media Plus every 9 days. Most recently, Catholic Feast Days was updated on November 4, 2026 and Openlight Media Plus on October 31, 2026.

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