Comparison

Saint Steps vs Theo | Bible Study Lock

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

Head to head
About

Saint Steps

This app uses psychological principles and church resources to help users break bad habits and cultivate virtue. It offers features like habit tracking, quick temptation escape, daily spiritual content, and customizable tools to support personal growth.

Highlights
  • Virtue and habit tracking
  • Temptation escape feature
  • Daily spiritual content
  • Customizable panic button
  • Fasting timer for habits
Features
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Break the cycle. Build virtue. Become free. Saint Steps is a Catholic formation app designed to help men overcome pornography and rebuild their lives through discipline, truth, and grace. Instead of relying on willpower alone, Saint Steps gives you a structured system that trains your mind, strengthens your habits, and restores control. Built on the teachings of Thomas Aquinas, the spiritual exercises of Ignatius of Loyola, and modern psychology through a Catholic lens, Saint Steps is designed to reforge your mind, heart, and soul. Developed for men who are serious about change, Saint Steps combines daily formation, behavioral psychology, and proven spiritual practices to help you break the cycle for good. What you can do with Saint Steps: • Follow a structured 6-month formation regimen designed to eliminate relapse and build the virtue of temperance through daily action • Track your progress with the Grace Streak and build real momentum toward lasting freedom • Stop urges in real time with the Panic Button, using personalized images, prayers, and reminders • Begin and end each day with guided meditations, scripture, and formation content • Reflect daily with a guided examination of conscience to stay aligned and accountable • Train discipline through intentional fasting, habit tracking and action based habit formation. Why Saint Steps works: • Built as a system, not motivation. You don’t need to guess what to do each day • Combines Catholic truth with proven psychological principles of habit formation • Designed for daily use, helping you build temperance through consistent action • Focuses on transformation, not just behavior control Whether you are trying to quit pornography, regain control of your life, or build real discipline, Saint Steps gives you the structure and direction most men never have. Start your path to freedom today. Terms of Service: https://saintsteps.com/policies/terms-of-service

About

Theo | Bible Study Lock

This app helps you focus on your Bible study by blocking distracting applications. It offers guided reading plans, an AI scripture companion, journaling, and a fasting tracker to build your faith.

Highlights
  • App blocking focus mode
  • Daily Bible with reading plans
  • AI Scripture companion
  • Private and shared journaling
  • Fasting tracker and community support
Features
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You opened your Bible app with the best intentions. Then you "just checked" one notification. Now it's 11:47pm, you've watched three cooking videos and a man restoring a rusty wrench, and you have read exactly zero verses. Theo gets it. Theo also does something about it. Theo is the Bible app that fights for your attention. Sit down with God, and Theo locks the apps that keep stealing you away — so "quiet time" is actually quiet. It's your Bible, your focus coach, and your slightly-too-honest accountability friend, in one app. WHAT YOU GET • Focus mode — politely (but firmly) blocks the apps wrecking your attention during study and fasting • Daily Bible + guided reading plans that fit a real, busy life • Theo, your AI Scripture companion — ask the questions you'd be too embarrassed to ask out loud • Journaling — private between you and God, or shared with your people • Fasting tracker, streaks & a community that actually cheers you on Theo is free, and the free plan is genuinely useful — no bait-and-switch. Upgrade when you want unlimited Theo chat and the full toolkit. Come for the focus. Stay for the faith. — Subscriptions are auto-renewable. Payment is charged to your Apple ID; renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel anytime in Account Settings. Terms: https://tommymaglietto.github.io/theo-site/privacy.html · Privacy: https://tommymaglietto.github.io/theo-site/terms.html

Screenshots

Saint Steps4 screens
Theo | Bible Study Lock4 screens

Verdict

The call

Saint Steps and Theo | Bible Study Lock both sit at 4.9 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Theo | Bible Study Lock's written reviews are positive against 79% of Saint Steps's. Theo | Bible Study Lock also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). Saint Steps's advantage is ratings volume (370 vs 12) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Saint Steps sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Theo | Bible Study Lock sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Saint Steps against 5.0 for Theo | Bible Study Lock. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Saint Steps has 370 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 79% of Saint Steps's written reviews are positive against 100% of Theo | Bible Study Lock's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Saint Steps ships an update every 2 weeks, Theo | Bible Study Lock every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Saint Steps versus Theo | Bible Study Lock: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSaint StepsTheo | Bible Study Lock
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (370 ratings)5.0 (12 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.3% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings370 — better12
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size203 MB88 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperSaint Steps LLCLandSlide Studios LLC

Customer experience

Saint Steps

All ratings347 ratings
Positive98.0%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.2%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive79.3%
Neutral10.3%
Negative10.3%

Theo | Bible Study Lock

All ratings12 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Saint Steps

Subscriptions3
  • One Month$9.991 Month
  • Six month Subscription$39.996 Months
  • Yearly Subscription$69.991 Year
3 purchases

Theo | Bible Study Lock

Subscriptions3
  • Theo Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Theo Yearly Discount$29.991 Year
  • Theo Premium — Yearly$39.991 Year

Questions

Is Saint Steps free?
Saint Steps is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Theo | Bible Study Lock free?
Theo | Bible Study Lock is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Saint Steps or Theo | Bible Study Lock?
Theo | Bible Study Lock is rated higher. Saint Steps averages 4.9 out of 5 from 370 ratings, while Theo | Bible Study Lock averages 5.0 from 12 ratings.
Do Saint Steps or Theo | Bible Study Lock have ads?
Neither Saint Steps nor Theo | Bible Study Lock shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Saint Steps or Theo | Bible Study Lock?
Saint Steps ships an update every 2 weeks, and Theo | Bible Study Lock every 4 days. Most recently, Saint Steps was updated on October 30, 2026 and Theo | Bible Study Lock on October 21, 2026.

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